In this activity students will examine some visualizations of cyclones that occurred south of the equator. Students will be asked to draw conclusions about how these storms differ from those that North Americans are familiar with.

Students will use data to plot the path of a hurricane onto a map and then analyze the data and map to better understand hurricane formation.

This activity is designed to guide students through a process-oriented lesson in analyzing data from the Tropical Storms - Esri GeoInquiries™ collection for Earth Science at http://www.esri.com/geoinquiries. Students will use storm tracking data from Hurricanes in 2005 to investigate the relationship between pressure and wind, as well as determine and explain the conditions that lead to the development of hurricanes and tropical storms.

This lesson was adapted from the resource:
"Tropical storms"
Author: GRACE
Project Provider: Michigan Virtual
Date Added: 11/21/2016
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Language: English
Media Format: Text/HTML

This activity is designed to guide students through a process-oriented lesson in analyzing data from the Tropical Storms - Esri GeoInquiries™ collection for Earth Science at http://www.esri.com/geoinquiries. Students will use storm tracking data from Hurricanes in 2005 to investigate the relationship between pressure and wind, as well as determine and explain the conditions that lead to the development of hurricanes and tropical storms.

This lesson was adapted from the resource:
"Tropical storms"
Author: GRACE
Project Provider: Michigan Virtual
Date Added: 11/21/2016
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Language: English
Media Format: Text/HTML

This activity is designed to guide students through a process-oriented lesson in analyzing data from the Tropical Storms - Esri GeoInquiries™ collection for Earth Science at http://www.esri.com/geoinquiries. Students will use storm tracking data from Hurricanes in 2005 to investigate the relationship between pressure and wind, as well as determine and explain the conditions that lead to the development of hurricanes and tropical storms.

This lesson was adapted from the resource:
"Tropical storms"
Author: GRACE
Project Provider: Michigan Virtual
Date Added: 11/21/2016
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Language: English
Media Format: Text/HTML

This activity is designed to guide students through a process-oriented lesson in analyzing data from the Tropical Storms - Esri GeoInquiries™ collection for Earth Science at http://www.esri.com/geoinquiries. Students will use storm tracking data from Hurricanes in 2005 to investigate the relationship between pressure and wind, as well as determine and explain the conditions that lead to the development of hurricanes and tropical storms.

This lesson was adapted from the resource:
"Tropical storms"
Author: GRACE
Project Provider: Michigan Virtual
Date Added: 11/21/2016
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Language: English
Media Format: Text/HTML

This activity is designed to guide students through a process-oriented lesson in analyzing data from the Tropical Storms - Esri GeoInquiries™ collection for Earth Science at http://www.esri.com/geoinquiries. Students will use storm tracking data from Hurricanes in 2005 to investigate the relationship between pressure and wind, as well as determine and explain the conditions that lead to the development of hurricanes and tropical storms.

REMIX: Tie-in Impact of storm by looking at specific storm data points before, during and well after US landfall.

This lesson was adapted from the resource:
"Tropical storms"
Author: GRACE
Project Provider: Michigan Virtual
Date Added: 11/21/2016
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Language: English
Media Format: Text/HTML

This science update discusses the increase in hurricane activity in the mid 1990s and the proposed reasons for the increase.

In this unit students will learn about hurricane season and patterns of hurricanes.

This online article describes hurricanes, how they form, and factors that cause them to intensify and/or weaken.

In this instructional module, students will learn about hurricanes and how they form. They will also investigate the factors that influence strength and intensity of hurricanes and how warm ocean waters fuel them.

In this lesson, students investigate the link between ocean temperatures and hurricane intensity, analyze instrumental and historic data and speculate on possible future changes.

In this lesson, students graph the relationship between air pressure and wind speed in 2005's Hurricane Katrina and for the entire 2005 hurricane season. From their analyses, they come up with an estimate of the minimum air pressure that is likely to result in hurricane-force winds of 65 knots or higher.

Students will make a hurricane and learn about the factors that control that control the strength of the storm, including temperature, wind, and moisture.

Students will analyze a map that shows the surface weather conditions for Superstorm Sandy.

This resource describes mid-latitude cyclones and explains how and where they form. It includes diagrams, videos, practice questions, a study guide, flash cards, interactive assessments, and articles on real world applications.

The purpose of this online tutorial activity is to introduce the characteristics of cyclones, the associated air masses and fronts, and finally how to locate the center of a cyclone from wind observations. Key words throughout this activity link directly to helper resources that provide useful information for answering the questions.

Students interpret hurricane data (station model data, isobars, wind direction) to find the relationship between pressure gradients and wind speed.

In this interdisciplinary lesson, students use a combination of technological skills to understand and explain the formation, power, and history of hurricanes.

With this interactive, students explore the relationship between sea surface temperatures (SST) and hurricane strength.