Chasing the Storm
The Big Idea: Studying storms and climate may provide humans opportunities to control its impact.
Grade Range: Elementary 3rd-5th Grade
Description: Students will learn about extreme weather and climate as well as its impact on humans and their strategies for lessening its effects.
Learning Lens: Weather, Extreme Storms, Historical Storms' Impacts, Human Response
Potential Roles and Actions: Meteorology, Architecture, Alert Systems, Safety Plans
Safety Rules in the Natural World:
We keep ourselves safe.
We keep each other safe.
We keep our things safe.
Tigers R.O.A.R.!
(Responsible, Observant, Always Kind, Respectful)
Resources:
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/atmosphere/en/
Natural Disasters and Severe Weather | CDC
Hurricanes, Tornadoes & Lightning Lesson For Kids | Extreme Weather! (generationgenius.com)
Tornado near Yuma rips apart home while kids shelter in basement | FOX31 Denver (kdvr.com)
Tornadoes (nationalgeographic.com)
The I SURVIVED Series | Lauren Tarshis
Prepare! Don't Let Severe Weather Take You by Surprise
Climate Prediction Center (noaa.gov)
How to make a Rain Gauge | dArtofscience - YouTube
Make a Cloud in a jar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq5yVILTSmI&t=15s
How to make an anemometer (wind speed meter) - YouTube
Tornado in a Bottle https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=M9OmmqtoM_k
Convection experiments: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KVRDh3dgwz4 Convection Pinwheel - STEAM Puffs (youtube.com)
Red Cross Teaching Kids About Emergency Preparedness | American Red Cross