Day 1: Tornado Research
Research information about tornadoes using these websites.
Jetstream - Online School for Weather
Alternate resource: Use/Print this packet of information.
Take notes to answer these questions
Must
answer
all 3
What is a tornado?
How do tornadoes form? Where do tornadoes form? Why is it so important to be able to accurately predict tornadoes? What are some of the problems researchers face when trying to predict tornadoes? Why is it so difficult? What are some of the technologies that have been used to track storms and predict tornadoes? Which ones were unsuccessful, and why? Which technologies do scientists think are going to prove most useful in the future? What have researchers learned about tornadoes so far, and what do they hope to learn in the future? How will technology help?
Day 2: Project
| Informative Poster | Create a poster to inform people about tornadoes. You poster should include details about the questions you researched. Use detailed pictures to help explain how tornadoes form and can be tracked or predicted. |
| Warning Poster | Create a poster to warn people about the dangers of tornadoes and what they can do when tornado conditions exist. Use detailed pictures to help explain how tornadoes form and can be tracked or predicted. |
| Damage Scale Poster | Create a poster to inform people about tornadoes. Include details about how and where tornadoes form and the scale of damage that can be done by different tornadoes. Use detailed pictures to help explain how tornadoes form and can be tracked or predicted. |