<p>The Internet activities that you will do today are designed to help you understand the physical characteristics and weather associated with the formation of hurricanes. You will also explore how hurricanes are named and what the "Hurricane Hunters" do as they fly through the eye of a hurricane. Activity #1: Interactive Self Paced Tutorial for Hurricanes (see me for handouts) Activity # 2: Online Tracking (see me for handouts) Activity # 3: Hurricane Safety (see me for handouts) After completing these activities, turn in your handouts to the tray. Then you may check out the other links listed below or complete the word puzzles (see me for handouts) </p><p>Interactive Self Paced Tutorial for Hurricanes: hurricanes.htm Topics Handouts and Links Vocab Handout (pdf) Word List for a Word Wall (pdf) Word Search (pdf) Vocabulary KWL: Hurricanes worksheet (pdf) NOAA Glossary | USA Today Glossary | CNN Glossary | Parts of the What is a hurricane Worksheet (pdf) Hurricane Hurricanes Puzzle Worksheet (pdf) Inside a Hurricane Worksheet (pdf) Hurricane Hunters Worksheet (pdf) BrainPOP Movie | What are hurricanes? | How hurricanes are formed | NOAA Structure of a Hurricane | USA Today- What are hurricanes? | FEMA -Hurricane Hunters Naming Hurricanes Worksheet (pdf) Naming Naming Hurricanes Hurricanes FEMA - Hurricane Names List of Hurricane Names NOAA LifeCycle of a Tropical Cyclone Worksheet (pdf) FEMA - How are hurricanes classified? Stages of How are hurricanes formed? Development Information LifeCycle WebSites: NOAA - & Why Files USA Today Rating Hurricanes Worksheet( pdf) Graphing Storm Totals Worksheet (pdf) Interactive Graphic for Storm Surges Rating Hurricanes Interactive Graphic for Hurricane Intensity - Saffir-Simpson FEMA - How are hurricanes classified? Scale FEMA - Disaster Area Intensity Scales Saffir-Simpson Scale Weather.com | NOAA | NASA Current Hurricane Season Hurricane Season - Data Online Tracking Tropical Cyclone Tracker - enter your hurricane's name and year for animated tracking: Latitude and Longitude Review Sheet (pdf) Printable Tracking Where are the Tropics? Worksheet(pdf) Maps Movement of Hurricanes Website NOAA Eye of the Storm- Understanding Hurricanes Interactive National Geographic Hurricanes Hurricane Maker Hurricane Safety Hurricane warnings worksheet (pdf) Things to know worksheet (pdf) Preparing for a Hurricane Worksheet (pdf) MiamiSci - Hurricane Warnings Website FEMA - Things to know website FEMA - Preparing For a Hurricane WebSite NOAA Hurricane Center How stuff works - Hurricanes FEMA - Hurricane info for kids: Hurricane Theme Web Page made by a teacher Other Resources in Canada: Source of Worksheets listed on this page: Hurricane Handbook - pdf 19 pages from NOAA </p>