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Hurricanes Unit Labs

Provided by: TERC |Published on: April 27, 2021
Lesson Plans Grades 9-12

Synopsis

  • In this series of nine labs about hurricanes, students will study satellite imagery, videos, and animated visualizations, learn about weather systems, air pressure, and heat transfer, and access a live hurricane tracker tool.
  • Each lab can be divided up into smaller sections and many can be completed individually in a flipped classroom format.
  • Students will analyze data from hurricanes, including Hurricane Katrina.
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Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: TERC, Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College (SERC)
Region: Global
Languages: English

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