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Online Guide - Hurricanes

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/home.rxml

Hurricanes is one of several online guides produced by the Weather World 2010 project at the University of Illinois. These guides use multimedia technology and the dynamic capabilities of the web to incorporate text, colorful diagrams, animations, computer simulations, audio, and video to introduce topics and concepts in the atmospheric sciences. The purpose of this module is to introduce hurricanes and their associated features, to show where hurricanes develop, and to explain the atmospheric conditions necessary for hurricane development. This guide covers topics such as hurricane growth, structure, movement, stages of development, preparation for hurricanes, damage and destruction, naming hurricanes, and how El Nino affects hurricanes. There is a storm tracker to view tracks of past cyclones, and a 3-D interactive trip through a hurricane.

Resource Type: Instructional Material - Tutorial, Audio/Visual - Movie/Animation
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Online Guide - Severe Storms

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/svr/home.rxml

Part of the University of Illinois Weather World 2010 project, this guide uses multimedia technology and the dynamic capabilities of the web to incorporate text, colorful diagrams, animations, computer simulations, audio, and video to introduce topics and concepts in the atmospheric sciences. This module is a combination of two elements. The first is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Severe Storms Spotters Guide. The second is a section discussing the efforts and results of modeling severe storms. The Spotters Guide contains supplemental instructional resources and a program designed to familiarize meteorologists and advanced severe storm spotters with the building blocks of convective storm structure. The focus of the training series is the development of a thunderstorm spectrum and a discussion of the physical characteristics and severe weather potential of the various storm types in the spectrum.

Resource Type: Instructional Material - Tutorial, Audio/Visual - Photograph
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Examine an animation of hail forming

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1805/es180...

Teachers can use this animation to continue a study of clouds. In addition to asking students to construct their own explanation of how hail forms, students can identify the cloud type pictured and explain how its characteristics optimize the formation of hail. Although the resource was designed to accompany a specific Earth science textbook, it can be used without that text.

Resource Type: Instructional Material - Simulation, Audio/Visual - Movie/Animation
Grade Level: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6