Hurricanes Unit Labs
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Provided by: TERC|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- In this series of nine labs about hurricanes, students will study satellite imagery, videos, and animated visualizations, learn about weather systems, air pressure, and heat transfer, and access a live hurricane tracker tool.
- Each lab can be divided up into smaller sections and many can be completed individually in a flipped classroom format.
- Students will analyze data from hurricanes, including Hurricane Katrina.
Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: TERC, Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College (SERC)
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- There are so many great labs to choose from and they include assessments to check for understanding.
- Key questions and learning objectives are outlined in the teacher pages.
Prerequisites
- Review teacher resources for general background information relevant to each lab.
- Students will need access to the Internet.
- Teachers will need to prepare materials for the learning stations.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Social studies classes could use some of these labs to connect to topics such as sea level rise, climate justice, and climate migration.
- Science classes can use these labs to connect to various topics in chemistry, physics, and Earth science classes.
- Biology classes can connect these labs with lessons about ecosystems, the greenhouse effect, biomes, and natural disasters.
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