Teacher Page Go to… Teacher Page Introduction Tasks Processes Resources Evaluation Hello students this is your Meteorologist Mr. Gatz speaking and this week we are going to be doing a activity that should be very familiar to most of you… Hurricanes! This activity is to better your knowledge about Hurricanes and how to plot their paths. This assignment is about learning things you never knew so have fun and create the best presentation that you can. Next Page

Introduction Go to… Teacher Page Introduction Tasks Processes Resources Evaluation We all remember Hurricane Charley and how destructive it was to Charlotte County. This activity will help you learn to track hurricanes. Using latitude and longitude you will be graphing a hurricanes path. Then creating a presentation about your hurricane. Next Page

Tasks Go to… Teacher Page Introduction Tasks Processes Resources Evaluation Throughout the next few days you will be researching a hurricane in the past and getting vital information to help you plot its location and path. To complete this activity you must know about the coordinate plane because it will be very important while plotting your hurricane. At the end of the activity you will be presenting your finished graph to the class as well as information about the hurricane you chose (PowerPoint presentations as well as Boards are acceptable for presenting) The presentation part of the assignment will not be an in class assignment, you must do that outside of class. Next Page

Processes Day 1: Go online and go to this website Interactive Storm Tracker and find a hurricane that you would like to do more research on and start researching things that you think are important. Day 2: Go to this website Weather Underground and find your hurricane and find its latitude and longitude path. (Pick 5 latitude and 5 longitude points) Then plot those into the worksheet. Day 3: Take your worksheet and plot the latitude and longitude lines into the map and connect them to display your hurricanes path. After completing this you may finish up any work you need to in order to be prepared for your presentation the next day. Go to… Teacher Page Introduction Tasks Processes Resources Evaluation Next Page

Resources Interactive Storm Tracker: This site will allow you to look up any hurricane that you want. Also you can watch a hurricanes path. Weather Underground: This site allows you to see certain things about certain hurricanes like the speed of the hurricane, the latitude distance, and the longitude distance. Hurricane Facts and Information: This site shows a lot of different stats about hurricanes. Go to… Teacher Page Introduction Tasks Processes Resources Evaluation Next Page

Evaluation The plotted map and the finished worksheet will be separate grades and will be worth 25 points each. You will be graded on the accuracy of the worksheet to the map. The Presentation will be worth 50 points and will be graded using the rubric below. Go to… Teacher Page Introduction Tasks Processes Resources Evaluation CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Presentation Well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention. Rehearsed with fairly smooth delivery that holds audience attention most of the time. Delivery not smooth, but able to maintain interest of the audience most of the time. Delivery not smooth and audience attention often lost. Attractiveness Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation. Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content. Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentation content. Originality Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive. Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights. Uses other people\'s ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking. Uses other people\'s ideas, but does not give them credit. Organization Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to related material. Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed. Content is logically organized for the most part. There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.