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Cyclone Center Course Module
Objectives for Lesson 1: Cyclones and the Coriolis effect
- Students will develop and use models to represent systems and their interaction.
- Students will analyze different cyclones and their Coriolis effect.
- Students will be a part of a citizen science project at cyclonecenter.org
- Students will create a visual representation of a cyclone.
Objectives for Lesson 2: Types of Cyclones
- Students will collect data to serve as the basis for evidence to answer scientific questions.
- Students will compare and contrast the information gained from their experiments and multimedia sources.
- Students will research cyclones using a citizen science project.
Objectives for Lesson 3: Tools that Study Temperature and Wind
- Students will investigate different tools used to measure a cyclone.
- Students will design a model of an outdoor sculpture keeping those tools, temperature, and wind in mind.
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Next Generation Science Standards
Lesson 1
Next Generation Science Standard MS-ESS2-6 – Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.
Lesson 2
Next Generation Science Standard MS-ESS2-5 – Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.
Lesson 3
Next Generation Science Standard MS-ESS2-6 – Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.
Common Core
Lesson 2
Common Core RST.6-8.9 – Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic.
Common Core SL.8.5 – Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest.