Week 15: Hurricane

Week Fifteen: Hurricane
Global Circulation Models
Weeks 13, 14, and 15 make up a three-week cycle about a hurricane. Currently, you are in the Classroom Application week of the cycle.

This week you will develop cooperative activities that engage your students in understanding Earth as a system through analyzing the causes and effects of a hurricane. You also have the option of choosing a Local Event to focus your lesson. As usual you will use the resources listed below to develop your ideas, then submit them for your teammates to rate and for your instructor to grade.

Assignments:

Individual: (by midnight Sunday)

Review the Classroom Application Goal and Rubric
Read more about instructional strategies.
Create or adapt activities to help your students develop the concepts you have explored in your study of a hurricane. You may choose to do a Local Event Analysis for extra credit this week and then base your Classroom Application on it. If you choose to do a local event analysis and then also develop it for your classroom application, you can satisfy this week's requirements and receive extra credit. Refer to the Local Event Goal and Rubric for more information.
After submitting your own classroom application, recruit a classmate to rate and make comments on your classroom application in the Portfolio in the Classroom. Refer to the Reflection Goal and Rubric.

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Submit to the Portfolio in the Classroom your classroom application with a description of its relevance to students, connection to the curriculum, instructional strategy and assessment methods. Include a reflection on what and how you have learned about Earth System Science and this event as a result of this module

Suggested Activities for Your Students

In Looking at Earth from Space, you might consider doing the activity on pp. 17-23 to learn more about general circulation of the atmosphere at mid-latitudes.

You will want to locate other resources locally and on the Internet to supplement these. Post the resources you find in Resource Space in the Classroom.

Readings

ILT Publications See the readings on pedagogy and technology.

Science Is a Study of Earth. pp. 125-134. Sources of Activities & Resources.

Web Sites

Inside the Climatologist's Toolbox: The Why Files How do scientists measure climate and how it changes over time? How do they forecast what might happen in the future? This site explores these questions and many more.

Marine Geology & Geophysics Images Animations and images from the World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics.