SEVERE WEATHER
LASHAWN’S CLASS HAS BEEN STUDYING WEATHER. STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO STUDY
A TYPE OF SEVERE WEATHER AND CREATE A PROJECT ABOUT IT. LASHAWN DOESN’T KNOW
WHAT TO DO AND HIS MOTHER SUGGESTED HE MAKE A LIST OF THE TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER AND PICK THE ONE THAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING TO HIM. WHAT TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER DO YOU THINK LASHAWN INCLUDED ON HIS LIST?
SEVERE WEATHER TYPES
• LET’S CREATE A TREE MAP OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER.
SEVERE WEATHER
• WHAT DO YOU THINK THUNDERSTORMS, TORNADOES AND HURRICANES HAVE IN COMMON?
THUNDERSTORMS
• RECORD IN YOUR SCIENCE NOTEBOOK THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THUNDERSTORMS AND
WHAT YOU THINK MAKES THEM DANGEROUS.
THUNDERSTORMS
• LET’S WATCH A SHORT VIDEO ON THUNDERSTORMS AND SAFETY DURING A THUNDERSTORM.
• HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=KCL0MEJ2R6K
SEVERE WEATHER
• THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE WEATHER
ARE DIFFERENT FOR EACH TYPE OF STORM. THESE CONDITIONS
HAVE DIFFERENT EFFECTS AND THERE ARE SAFETY CONCERNS
ASSOCIATED WITH EACH CONDITION.
THUNDERSTORMS
• A THUNDERSTORM IS A SEVERE STORM WITH LIGHTNING,
THUNDER, HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS.
• HAIL MAY ALSO FORM.
• SOME EXAMPLES OF THE EFFECTS OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE
HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE FLOODING, LIGHTNING CAN CAUSE
FIRES, STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW OVER TREES OR POWERLINES.
WHAT INFERENCES CAN YOU MAKE FROM THIS
PICTURE? WHAT IS YOUR EVIDENCE?
TORNADOES
• THE PICTURE SHOWS THE RESULT OF A TORNADO IN FERGUS FALLS,
MINNESOTA ON JUNE 22, 1919. THERE WERE 228 HOMES
DESTROYED AND 57 PEOPLE KILLED.
• HOW CAN A TORNADO CAUSE THAT KIND OF DAMAGE? WHAT
ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A TORNADO? DO TORNADOES AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON?
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TORNADOES
• HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=H3Z50ZX_RMM
TORNADOES
• A TORNADO IS A SMALL, FUNNEL-SHAPED CLOUD THAT COMES
DOWN FROM A STORM CLOUD WITH WINDS SPINNING AT VERY
HIGH SPEEDS.
• SOME EXAMPLES OF EFFECTS OF TORNADOES MAY BE WINDS
TEARING APART BUILDINGS, EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH GETTING
DESTROYED.
HURRICANES
THE GALVESTON HURRICANE OF 1900
THE GALVESTON HURRICANE
• DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE HURRICANE AND STORM SURGE WAS THE GREATEST NATURAL
DISASTER IN TERMS OF LOSS OF LIFE IN US HISTORY. BETWEEN 6,000 AND 7,000 DIED.
HURRICANES
HURRICANES
• HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=HJYDFJORWF4
HURRICANES
• A HURRICANE IS A LARGE STORM THAT FORMS OVER WARM
OCEAN WATER WITH VERY STRONG WINDS THAT BLOW IN A
CIRCULAR PATTERN AROUND THE CENTER, OR EYE OF THE STORM.
• EFFECTS OF A HURRICANE MAY BE TREES BEING BLOWN OVER,
FLOODING AND DAMAGE TO COASTAL AREAS.