HURRICANES IN MOTION
by Robbie Chambers
Developed using the TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING CONTINUUM MODEL
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List the objectives that support chosen learning standard goals and call for learners to gain information. |
List the instructional strategies that might be used to accomplish the objectives. |
List technology resources that might be used to accomplish the objectives. |
Create & describe learning activities that incorporate identified instructional strategies and available technology resources in a way that allows the learner to accomplish objectives. |
Think about creative forms of assessment, list some possibilities, match assessments with objectives. |
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Georgia QCC Learning Standards |
Objectives |
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Subject: Science Strand/Course:
Topic:
Number:
Standard: Georgia
QCC’s National Science Standards
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Know
what hurricanes are in composition and size. Know
the three conditions required for the birth of a hurricane. Know
why and how hurricanes move.
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Presentation Demonstration Discovery Problem Solving
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Computers Internet access VRML plugin for browser VRML websites
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An
interactive 3D model will be used to teach students the structure of a
hurricane. The Students
will use two VRML sites to explore the shape and movement of a
hurricane. |
Evaluation at this time may be observations by teacher as
students maneuver sites or written summaries of experience by students
or sketches by students or a combination of the above. |
Guided
Learning Activity:
1.
Learners should first review what a hurricane is and the
conditions necessary for a hurricane to be created.
An excellent web source is http://kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/index.html
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2.
Learners should also be shown the massive size of some
hurricanes. Hurricane
Andrew is excellent for this observation due to its size in proportion
to Florida. An excellent
web source is http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/rsd/images/andrew.html
. This site has five
different views using remote sensing data.
3.
Learners should next be shown the VRML of Hurricane Linda at http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/rsd/qtvr/qtvr.html
. Choose VRML,45kB under
Hurricane Linda. This VRML
allows students to tour the storm from all sides.
It is especially good for visualizing the height of a hurricane.
The students can even flip it over to see the bottom of the
storm. This is a good site
for students to learn to use the browser.
4.
Learners will next explore a hurricane in motion using the VRML
web site http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/multimedia/vrml/hurricane/
. This site is very useful
in that it shows movement with arrows.
Students can maneuver in all dimensions at this site.
5.
Evaluation at this time may be observations by teacher as
students maneuver sites or written summaries of experience by students
or sketches by students or a combination of the above.