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Hurricane
Resources: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/EDTEC572/f96projects/final/disasters/Hur/HurricanesDayOne.html Includes general information about how and where hurricanes occur. http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/english/hurricanes/causesofhurricanes.shtml Includes information about the causes of hurricanes. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/hurrbro.htm Includes information on the three types of tropical storms, describes the Saffir-Simpson scale, and gives information about what to do in a hurricane. http://library.thinkquest.org/16132/html/hurricane.html?tqskip=1 Includes information about the causes of hurricanes, the hurricane scale, and the worst hurricanes in history. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/stormcenter/front.htm Includes pictures of hurricane destruction. |
| Tornado
Resources: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/basics/twist0.htm Includes a definition and the causes of tornadoes. http://www.naturalhazards.org/investigate/tornadoes/index.html Includes the definition of tornadoes, what causes them, and where and when they occur. http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/tornado/ Includes safety procedures, damage that tornadoes can cause, where they occur, and more. http://quake.ualr.edu/HazardMitigation/armitig-plan/Tornadoes.htm Includes definition and cause of tornadoes, where they occur, damages that result from them, and the F-scale. http://www.co.barron.wi.us/forms/weather.pdf Includes indications that a tornado is approaching. http://www.tornadoproject.com/fscale/fscale.htm Includes information about the F-Scale. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/1925/ss_frame.html These give information about the deadliest tornado in human history. http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/storms/ Includes information about the worst tornado outbreak in U.S. history. Simon, S. (1999). Tornadoes. New York: Morrow Junior Books. National Geographic. (2001). Student Atlas of the World. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society. |
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| Monsoon
Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsoon Gives an overview of monsoons, what they are, where they occur, and what causes them. http://users.erols.com/vikki.french/vf-defs.html Gives a definition of a monsoon, and a general definition of what causes it. http://www.kpho.com/Global/story.asp?S=358235&nav=23Kv9wXd This is website is from one of the local news channels, it gives information on what is needed for a monsoon to develop. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wtsm5.htm Describes how monsoons are formed, and provides a table of the average monthly rainfall for Phoenix, AZ http://geography.asu.edu/aztc/monsoon.html Gives information specific to the Arizona Monsoon, including when, why, and how http://phoenix.about.com/cs/weather/a/monsoon01.htm Gives safety tips to follow during a the monsoons thunderstorms http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/relatedarticles/33868.php It has an article from one of the local newspapers in Arizona that talks about how businesses work around monsoons. |
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Credits: http://www.pics4learning.com http://www.freefoto.com WebQuest format Credits: http://webquest.sdsu.edu Evaluation Page Credits: http://nwrel.org |