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Original Student Tutorials Science - Grades 9-12
Learn to identify different types of severe weather and the conditions that contribute to the formation of severe weather in this interactive tutorial.
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Original Student Tutorial
Learn to identify different types of severe weather and the conditions that contribute to the formation of severe weather in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Perspectives Video: Expert
In a fog about weather patterns? This climatologist will demystify the topic for you.
Type: Perspectives Video: Expert
Tutorial
This resource is a basic introduction to the types of severe weather. Students will learn about the formation of tornadoes, lightning, floods, and hurricanes. Images of each weather system also accompany each section.
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'Towers in the Tempest' is a 4.5 minute narrated animation that explains recent scientific insights into how hurricanes intensify. This intensification can be caused by a phenomenon called a 'hot tower'. For the first time, research meteorologists have run complex simulations using a very fine temporal resolution of 3 minutes. Combining this simulation data with satellite observations enables detailed study of 'hot towers'. The science of 'hot towers' is described using: observed hurricane data from a satellite, descriptive illustrations, and volumetric visualizations of simulation data.
Type: Video/Audio/Animation
This video from NASA presents the 2005 hurricane season with actual data that NASA and NOAA satellites measured. Sea surface temperatures, clouds, storm tracks, and hurricane category labels are shown as the hurricane season progresses.
Type: Video/Audio/Animation
This site describes how hurricanes (tropical cyclones) form. The site includes text, diagrams, and satellite images in a movie.
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Perspectives Video: Expert
In a fog about weather patterns? This climatologist will demystify the topic for you.
Type: Perspectives Video: Expert
Perspectives Video: Teaching Idea
A climatologist raises the bar with this classroom-ready 3D fluid dynamics weather demonstration.
Download the CPALMS Perspectives video student note taking guide.
Type: Perspectives Video: Teaching Idea