Description:
A blend of science and human interest pages allow students to explore hurricanes. A "Healing Quilt" page allows students to tell the story of their own experiences in a natural disaster. Other pages show students how to hurricanes work; how to build one's own instruments for measuring the aspects of weather that change when a hurricane is coming; and how to prepare for the arrival of a hurricane at home. Other pages help students to interpret satellite images of hurricanes forming and to track a hurricane across a map. A hotlink is provided to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, where hurricanes are detected, named, and tracked.

Organization:
Miami Museum of Science and Space Transit Planetarium

URL:
http://bird.miamisci.org/hurricane/hurricane0.html

Contact:
Museum Education Department
3280 South Miami Avenue
Miami, Florida 33129
Phone: (305) 854-4245
Classes for Adults/Teachers: Email: hpollock@miamisci.org
Classes for Kids: Email: kread@miamisci.org

Cost:
Free over the Internet

Education Level:
Grades 5-8

Subject:
Hurricanes
Meteorology
Satellite Imagery
Weather

Resource Type:
Internet Site
Curriculum/Instructional Materials
 
 

Date Added to teachearth.com:
5/1/00