Students visit the following appropriate Websites, depending on their severe weather pattern of interest. As students are investigating their severe weather patterns, ask them to identify and document steps that can be taken in the case of an actual weather emergency. Also ask them to consider how a severe weather pattern might affect the school and surrounding community. For those students who are interested in more research and discovery about weather patterns, there are a variety of useful shareware programs available for students. With features like toolbars, status bars, graphs, full color printing, print previewing and context sensitive help, 'Tracking The Eye' can instantly determine the distance between any city on the eastern seaboard and the storm it is tracking.
Plots map, storm and coordinates on any printer.
Animation, Sounds, VCR style controls, statistical graph and storm warning flags. Like WeatherGraphix and WeatherView, Quik-Sky generates weather graphics from raw alphanumeric data. All 50 states are supported. Packed with features that make analyzing weather data fast and enjoyable, even for novices. Features customizable high definition maps, storm tagging, animated plots, and command line capability for fast plots.