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Students will participate in a cooperative learning activity to understand the importance of preparing for severe weather. Then, students will discuss that people form governments for many reasons and will understand that one of those reasons is to help keep us safe. They will work with their teacher to explore resources published by their state and federal government to help them prepare for and keep them safe during and after severe weather.

Type: Lesson Plan

Children are challenged to create hurricane kits from a list of $5 supplies and a fixed budget. In a twist, students are asked to revise their kits to account for diverse families including families with young children, families with elderly adults, and families with pets. They are given an increased budget and a checklist for each type of kit.  The expectation is that students can determine which supplies would be useful in an emergency hurricane kit and that they can skip-count by 5’s to make sure they stay within their budgets.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students use daily observations, videos, and activities to learn about meteorology and the changing nature of weather. Students also identify weather events that are commonly reported in the news and discuss how weather affects lives.

Type: Lesson Plan

Discover the importance of preparing for severe weather like strong wind in this interactive science tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Discover the importance of preparing for a severe weather related event such as a flood in this interactive science tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Discover the importance of preparing for severe weather like lightning in this interactive science tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Learn about the exciting work of NOAA's Hurricane Hunters, who fly aircraft through hurricanes to collect weather data that helps us learn about the storms and predict their development to help the public prepare for their impacts in this PowerPoint eReader.

Type: Presentation/Slideshow

In this unit, students learn about meteorology and act as meteorologists, predict and take temperature measurements, and create a severe weather preparedness plan.

Type: Unit/Lesson Sequence

To an outsider, chasing storms probably seems like a lot of boring periods of waiting for conditions to become evident, followed by a few moments of sheer excitement or terror. On the other hand, tornado researchers find that the effort and expenses they put into chasing down a single tornado-producing storm reflect the importance of such events, especially in terms of impact on lives and property. These NOVA-adapted video clips include footage of scientists who study supercells and the tornadoes they spawn, highlighting what they already know about these storms, and what they still want to know about how they form.

Type: Video/Audio/Animation

Through this website, students learn about different weather disasters and what to do before, during, and after an emergency.

Type: Virtual Manipulative