Upper Elementary, Middle School. Collaborate on the presentation of their severe weather pattern reports to the school or class. Develop and refine their presentation skills. Prepare flyers for students to take home and encourage parents to attend the student presentations. This activity can be a small class presentation, where every student presents their report and related materials to the other members of the class, or it can be a large community and school event in which everyone is encouraged to participate.
Students can present in teams - with each student presenting a portion of the finished report.
Allow time for others to ask questions and make suggestions. If a severe weather pattern action plan has been developed or already exists, include this plan in the presentations and have students link their research to the plan. Concentrate on how what they found influenced the action plan and how they would prepare the school in case their severe weather pattern occurred. Collect all of the student reports and publish them as a book or on the Web to broaden their use outside the school. For those who are interested in publishing their work on the Web, there are a variety of useful resources available to help along these lines.