Hurricanes


 * ===[[image:Katrina.jpg width="246" height="312"]]=== || **HURRICANES!** **Powerful Forces of Nature**

To find out lots more about hurricanes, check out the [|FEMA for Kids: Hurricanes] website.
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 * ==DATABASES - ENTER KEYWORDS TO FIND EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED==

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 * ====Watch these videos from the Discovery Channel:====
 * ====[|How Hurricanes Form]====
 * ====[|Hurricane Prediction]====
 * ====[|How Hurricanes Develop]====
 * ====[|Death by Hurricane]====
 * ====Find out the [|five categories of hurricanes] - how intense the storm is and a picture of the damage from that category of storm==== ||
 * ==HURRICANE KATRINA==
 * ==HURRICANE KATRINA==

====The image above of Hurricane Katrina was taken by NASA on Monday, August 29, 2005. What this image shows is Hurricane Katrina heading toward the east before hitting land. New Orleans was blasted with 145-mph winds and flooding rains.====

Photo Credit: AP Photo/NASA, Jeff Schmaltz. "Hurricane Katrina." Image from Space. //MODIS Land Rapid Response// Team 29 August 2005. || ==== ====

Read [|"Katrina's Statistics Tell Story of Its Wrath"] from The Weather Channel. Answer the following:

 * Category
 * Damage
 * Death Toll
 * Winds
 * Evacuees ||
 * ==HAITI'S HURRICANES==
 * ====Tragic History - from the Wunderground - the first Internet weather service.====
 * ====Hurricanes: Science and Society - from the University of Rhode Island====
 * ====NASA - Hurricane Season - Hurricane Gustav==== ||  ||
 * ==HURRICANE HUNTERS==
 * ==HURRICANE HUNTERS==
 * ==HURRICANE HUNTERS==


 * ====[|Hurricane Hunters - NASA]====
 * ====[|Cool Jobs: Hurricane Hunters]====

Get the directions to make your own [|Weather Plane].
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 * media type="custom" key="2666093" || ==REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE==
 * media type="custom" key="2666093" || ==REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE==

====Visit the Miami Museum of Science to [|Meet a Family that Survived the Storm.] Click on the family members name to find out about their experiences with the hurricane.==== ||
 * ==EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS==
 * ==EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS==

Be ** Red Cross ** Ready! Follow the advice to families so that you will be prepared in case of an emergency. Click on the link to the right.
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[|Be Red Cross Ready!] ||
 * ==ENRICHMENT:==
 * ==ENRICHMENT:==

Answer these questions in detail:

 * ====How are the two videos similar? (Compare)====
 * ====How are the two videos different? (Contrast)====

Look specifically for differences in clothing and technology.
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