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Hurricane Georges: An Interdisciplinary Lesson
http://wtvi.com/teks/98_99_articles/georges.html
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The purpose of this interdisciplinary lesson about Hurricane Georges is to motivate students to learn a wide variety of information about tropical storms and extend their understanding of the scientific relationships of meteorology. This lesson plan contains a list of materials needed, objectives, a discussion of lesson steps, and curriculum links.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High (9-12)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Lesson plan
Subject:
  • Atmospheric science
  • Natural hazards
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright 2003 by Wesley A. Fryer. Please feel free to reproduce articles and projects with their copyright notice for non-commercial educational purposes, give appropriate credit, and notify the author via the contact form on the website.
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-004-213
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • 5-8:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Change, constancy, and measurement
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
        • Understanding about scientific inquiry
      • F - Science in personal / social perspectives:
        • Natural hazards
    • 9-12:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Change, constancy, and measurement
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
        • Understandings about scientific inquiry
      • F - Science in personal / social perspectives:
        • Natural and human-induced hazards
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Author: Wesley A. Fryer
Texas Tech University, College of Education