Assign a hurricane checklist for items needed when evacuating an area, and have students compare their checklist with the one found at Hurricane Information '97 . Plot the coordinates of the hurricane on the Hurricane Tracking Map, beginning with the first day the storm is tracked. Extend the lesson to include many information media. Evaluate the students with objective or subjective tests. Pizza Hut in Kissimee, Florida, had excellent information and bulletin board size maps for tracking hurricanes many years ago when I was there.
Students are highly motivated if they are assigned homework that they can share with their parents.
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