Each year 6000 fatalities and property damage in the billions of dollars are caused by weather related incidents. Eighty percent of all declared national emergencies are weather related. The National Weather Service (NWS) gathers and distributes weather related information. The most important service the NWS provides is to warn people of hazardous weather conditions including: thunderstorms, flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, severe winter weather (blizzards and ice storms) and extreme heat.
For this activity you are a member of the NWS and it is your task to design an early warning and education brochure for an anticipated severe weather event. Each team of 1-2
STUDENTS – ONLY will be given a type of severe weather event. Once your team is set you
MAY NOT change partners – grades will be affected.
Your pamphlet must illustrate/explain the following information.
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Describe in detail the type of severe weather event
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Show a map of the United States that diagrams the fronts, areas of high/low pressure that would cause the weather event
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Describe the seasonal variation of this type of weather event (times of the year when most likely to occur and why)
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Describe the atmospheric conditions which trigger this type of event, including temperature, dew point, relative humidity, percent of cloud cover and cloud type, wind speed and wind direction, barometer (rising, falling, steady) and an explanation of how your weather condition formed.
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Describe the impact on citizens including: loss of property (amounts), personal injuries, and loss of life due to this type of event.
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Specific examples of this type of severe weather event.
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Specifically explain types of land use decisions that are impacted by this type of event
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Specifically explain what individuals can do to protect themselves
The severe weather events are severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, tsunami, drought, blizzards and ice storms. Topics will be randomly assigned.
NOTE: The focus of this project is to study a severe weather event in depth. References are being provided for you to minimize the time you spend searching for information. Your time on computers should be spent organizing the information and building your brochure to effectively communicate the information to the public. Links can be found on MOODLE or the share drive in the Geoscience folder.
You will have access to library resources in class on 5/10 and 5/11. You will have access to computers in room 219 on 5/12 and 5/13. Projects are DUE Monday 5/16 at the beginning of the hour. You will be summarizing the information in your brochure for the class.
Students must put the information in their own words. Students plagiarizing the work will receive a zero .
EACH STUDENT is responsible for turning in their research. Whether print resources or Internet resources are used you need to fill out the sheets indicating the topic, source and information gathered from the source. Website evaluation forms need to be filled out for any website you gain information from. EACH STUDENT needs to have a “Works Cited” page of the resources they used.
Grading: The project is worth 50 points (large test grade). 30 points are on the brochure and presentation to the class. 20 points are on the individual research done by each student.

Severe Weather Brochure ChecBric
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Describe the type of severe weather event

Show a map of the United States that diagrams the fronts, areas of high/low pressure that would cause the weather event

Describe the seasonal variation of this type of weather event (times of the year when most likely to occur and why)

Describe the atmospheric conditions which trigger this type of event, including temperature, dew point, relative humidity, percent of cloud cover and cloud type, wind speed and wind direction, barometer (rising, falling, steady) and an explanation of how your weather condition formed.
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Describe the impact on citizens including: loss of property (amounts), personal injuries, and loss of life due to this type of event.

Specific examples of this type of severe weather event.

Specifically explain types of land use decisions that are impacted by this type of event
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Specifically explain what individuals can do to protect themselves
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Presentation to the class
General Weather Cites:
Severe Weather Climatology http://www.erh.noaa.gov/okx/severewx.html#climo
National Weather Service – Severe Weather Awareness http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/severeweather/index.shtml
National Severe Storms Laboratory’s Weather Room http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/
BBC – Understanding Weather (use search at top of page) http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/understanding/
4 Exceptional understanding/interpretation of the topic.
All information is completely and correctly explained.
Goes beyond grade level expectations.
3 Good understanding/interpretation of the topic.
All information is correctly explained. High quality grade
level work.
2 Proficient understanding/interpretation of the topic.
Fulfills grade level standard.
1 Limited degree of understanding of the topic. Below
grade level standard.
Comments:

Severe Weather Brochure ChecBric

Describe the type of severe weather event

Show a map of the United States that diagrams the fronts, areas of high/low pressure that would cause the weather event

Describe the seasonal variation of this type of weather event (times of the year when most likely to occur and why)

Describe the atmospheric conditions which trigger this type of event, including temperature, dew point, relative humidity, percent of cloud cover and cloud type, wind speed and wind direction, barometer (rising, falling, steady) and an explanation of how your weather condition formed.

Describe the impact on citizens including: loss of property (amounts), personal injuries, and loss of life due to this type of event.

Specific examples of this type of severe weather event.

Specifically explain types of land use decisions that are impacted by this type of event

Specifically explain what individuals can do to protect themselves

Presentation to the class
4 Exceptional understanding/interpretation of the topic.
All information is completely and correctly explained.
Goes beyond grade level expectations.
3 Good understanding/interpretation of the topic.
All information is correctly explained. High quality grade
level work.
2 Proficient understanding/interpretation of the topic.
Fulfills grade level standard.
1 Limited degree of understanding of the topic. Below
grade level standard.
Comments:
Severe Weather Brochure ChecBric

Describe the type of severe weather event

Show a map of the United States that diagrams the fronts, areas of high/low pressure that would cause the weather event

Describe the seasonal variation of this type of weather event (times of the year when most likely to occur and why)

Describe the atmospheric conditions which trigger this type of event, including temperature, dew point, relative humidity, percent of cloud cover and cloud type, wind speed and wind direction, barometer (rising, falling, steady) and an explanation of how your weather condition formed.

Describe the impact on citizens including: loss of property (amounts), personal injuries, and loss of life due to this type of event.

Specific examples of this type of severe weather event.

Specifically explain types of land use decisions that are impacted by this type of event

Specifically explain what individuals can do to protect themselves

Presentation to the class
4 Exceptional understanding/interpretation of the topic.
All information is completely and correctly explained.
Goes beyond grade level expectations.
3 Good understanding/interpretation of the topic.
All information is correctly explained. High quality grade
level work.
2 Proficient understanding/interpretation of the topic.
Fulfills grade level standard.
1 Limited degree of understanding of the topic. Below
grade level standard.
Comments:

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