Weather Unit

Students will complete a mini-research project investigating extreme weather conditions that have impacted Connecticut: nor'easter, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, ice storms, etc.

Sites to use to do your research:

Weather Stories/Weather Events:

http://tfx.grolier.com/ The username is: Hcsreg10 . The password is Hcsreg10 .

Tornado: http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3758124

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/spacescience/freaky-forces-of-nature/

Hurricane Sandy: http://www.timeforkids.com/news/sandys-aftermath/57171

Hurricane Dorian 2019 https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/hurricane-dorian-bahamas-aftermath/index.html

http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/tropical/effect.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard

http://www.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_effects_of_a_blizzard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor%27easter

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/25/march-noreaster-snow-new-england_n_5026735.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/severe.htm

Weather Wiz Kids

Drought Information

Tsunami

http://www.universetoday.com/39319/effects-of-tsunamis/

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collection/inside-hurricane

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurrican_Irene_(2011)

http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id-3758124