Flick the lights and wait for about twenty seconds before dropping the soda can into the metal wastepaper basket. Students should plan a way to become safe in the approcahing sotrm. Students may use the safety links provided on the web page in order to find more safety information. Students could list places in the house that they should not go and things in the house they should not use. Each group of students should present their information to the class.
Students can decide how to present their information.
Suggestions include a play or discussing the safety techniques they decided would be useful. Find a 911 dispatcher who has taken a call from a victim of lightning and have him or her visit your class. Find a video of a thunderstorm to show to the class. When a storm is approaching, have the students watch the news or the Weather Channel to see what the meteorologists predict. Make a visual that shows what lightning is or what safety precautions should be taken in a storm.