Storm Trackers: Tropical Storms Around the World

GeoMath
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students will learn to identify the regions in which tropical storms occur, the characteristics/conditions of those regions which result in tropical storms, and practice using the cross product method to solve proportions of travel speed of tropical storms to estimate the time it will hit a specified location, the distance it will travel, or its rate of travel.
Author: 
Gretchen Loken
Grade Range: 
6-8
Duration: 
2 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
application/pdf iconTropical Storms map
image/jpeg iconSatellite Image of Hurricane Hugo 1989
image/jpeg iconSatellite Image of Hurricane Isabel 2003
image/jpeg iconSatellite Image of Hurricane Katrina 2005
Supplemental Files: 
video/quicktime iconHurricane Categories movies
video/mpeg iconHurricane Andrew Damage 1992
image/jpeg iconPhotos Comparing Hurricanes Floyd and Andrew
Standards
Arizona Geography Concepts: 
2: Places and Regions
3: Physical Systems
National Geography Standards: 
4: The physical and human characteristics of places