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Quarter 4 :Severe Weather Project

Since the weather unit is a very important unit in Earth Science and also a very long unit, we do not get a lot of extra class time to discuss severe weather events. Because of this, you will be doing a project that focuses on severe weather.

This project will require you to choose up to 2 other people (but NO more). With them, you will research a chosen severe weather event and then create a “presentation” of some sort. This will not be presented to the class but must be something that Mrs. Weber can view. Like a PowerPoint, Glogster presentation, or a paper with a poster board.

You must work with at least 1 other person. NOBODY MAY DO THE PROJECT ALONE under any circumstances. That being said, make sure you choose your partners wisely!! You will all get the same grade, so it is not wise to just choose based on friendship alone.

It is REQUIRED that you spend out-of-class time to work on this project, just like with all your quarter projects. I will take the class down to the library for 2 class days. You will be expected to spend the entire class period in the library researching and gathering information on your chosen topic and ONLY on your chosen topic. You WILL NOT do any other school work or non-school work during that time. You also will NOT be able to finish the entire project in those 2 days and must plan on outside work as well. Let’s put it this way, nobody has ever passed this project who has said to me they were totally done after just those 2 days in the library.

TOPICS: You choose only ONE storm under ONLY one category. For example, you only research and present the Blizzard of ’77. You do not do one storm from each of the 3 categories.

Severe Tornado Outbreaks:

1. The Super Outbreak – April 3-4, 1974

2. The Enigma Outbreak – February 19-20, 1884

3. The Super Tuesday Outbreak – February 5-6, 2008

4. The Northern Illinois Outbreak – April 21, 1967

5. April 6-8, 2006 Tornado Outbreak

Famous Hurricanes:

1. Hurricane Andrew

2. Hurricane Hugo

3. Hurricane Camille

4. Galveston Hurricane of 1900

5. Hurricane Katrina

Famous Winter Storms:

1. Blizzard of ’77 (Western New York)

2. Buffalo Snow Storm of 2001 – December 26-27, 2001

3. Buffalo Snow Storm 2000 – November 30, 2000

4. Blizzard of ’93 – March 12-13, 1993

5. Surprise October Storm (October 12-13, 2006)

• YOU MUST HAVE YOUR PARTNER(S) AND YOUR TOPIC CHOSEN BY TODAY.

• ONLY 2 GROUPS PER CLASS MAY DO THE SAME SEVERE STORM! IT IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE ON THE TOPICS! AND ONCE YOU’VE COMITTED TO A TOPIC YOU MAY NOT CHANGE IT.

THIS PROJECT MUST INCLUDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: IN OTHER WORDS THIS IS ALL REQUIRED!

1. Specific information on the storm itself:

a. Name of storm(s)

b. Date(s) and time(s)

c. Location(s)

d. Who did it affect? In other words, how large was the population that was affected by it.

e. Did anyone die, and if so, how many?

f. If there were a lot of injuries what were they? What was the most common one?

g. What type of damage did it do?

h. What was the approximate cost of the damage?

i. MUST include a few preventative measures that were actually used or should have been used. Preventative measures are things that help prevent damage, injuries, or loss of life.

j. MUST include some general information about your type of storm. In other words, general information about tornadoes, hurricanes, or blizzards/winter storms. Background information on how your type of storm begins and/or strengthens and the actual meteorology behind this type of storm.

k. *** If you choose a hurricane, you MUST include information on the Saffir-Simpson scale and if you choose a tornado, you MUST include information on the Fujita scale. What are they, what do they measure?

2. Information on specific weather conditions about the storm (any and all weather information you can find about the storm)

a. What was the weather like a few days leading up to the storm(s)?

b. What was the weather like during the actual storm(s)?

c. What was the weather like a few days after the storm?

d. Was there a specific type of weather or front that caused the storm?

e. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU NEED TO USE THE STUFF WE’VE LEARNED IN CLASS AND INCLUDE THE EARTH SCIENCE BEHIND THE STORM!!

3. A summary/description

a. This should be a brief, yet detailed and clear summary or conclusion of the storm you chose and conclusion of your presentation. This should go at the very end of the presentation.

4. References in MLA format

a. Must TYPE your references, in MLA format, on separate paper and hand this paper to Mrs. Weber

How Should I “Present” This?

• You may choose to submit all this information to Mrs. Weber in ONE of the following ways:

o PowerPoint – make sure it’s interesting and creative and includes pictures, or videos, or links.

o Glogster – this is an online digital “poster board” so-to-speak. If you know how to use it, great. IN ADDITION to this you would need to submit a written paper of some sort with the rest of the information that is required.

o Poster Board – make your own, fun, creative, colorful poster board to hand in. IN ADDITION to this you must have a written paper of some sort with the rest of the information that is required.

PLEASE NOTE – no matter which option you choose, you MUST hand in a typed, MLA format works cited/references sheet!!!

Final project due to Mrs. Weber by Friday, May 18th!!!

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