Thursday, March 19, 2015

Today's Hurricane Workshop (Friday, March 20)

Team Windsor!

Today, we have a modified schedule. Groups will meet in one room from 8:30-10:10 to work on expedition research.

212 - Red
213 - Green 
214 - Yellow 
215 - Blue

Here are the steps we'll follow:

1) Complete Case Study Research: Economic Impacts of Hurricane Katrina
    • Students read Hurricane Katrina (A True Book) p. 25-41 and highlight.
    • Add “Impacts” to their T-chart from Lesson #3.
    • DUE DATE: End of the day - Friday -> Mr. Shaddox's Basket

2) Complete "Tracking the Hurricane" Activity
Use Mr. Payne's Portaportal

  • Your map must have a title
  • Include a key for the strength of the storm
  • The track of your storm must be in color.  These are the colors you must use:
  1. Tropical Depression     Light Blue
  2. Tropical storm             Green
  3. Category 1              Yellow
  4. Category 2              Orange
  5. Category 3              Red
  6. Category 4              Purple
  7. Category 5              Brown
  • Take your time. This will be used for your video.

3) Continue researching your hurricane
- Use note-catcher from visit to Maine Historical Society

Here's the document template:





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