Lessons

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  Weather 1: Weather Patterns

  K-2  |  Hands-On
  This lesson focuses on how the weather changes from day to day.
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  Hurricanes 1: The Science of Hurricanes

  3-5  |  Video
  This lesson introduces students to the science of hurricanes in an effort to highlight how forces change the speed and direction of motion.
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  Hurricanes 2: Tracking Hurricanes

  3-5  |  Hands-On
  This lesson examines the role of technology in identifying and tracking hurricanes.
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  Properties of Air

  3-5  |  Hands-On
  This lesson demonstrates that air takes up space, and puts pressure, or pushes, on everything around it.
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  Robert Gardner: Teaching Scientific Inquiry

  6-8  |  Audio
  In this lesson, students explore scientific inquiry by performing a hands-on activity about clouds by author Robert Gardner.
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  Air Masses

  9-12  
  In this lesson, students develop an understanding of air masses and the role they play in weather and climate.

Tools

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  Animated guide: Hurricanes

  3-8  |  Website
  Animated guides: Hurricanes is one of three animated guides to the world’s most devastating phenomena found on the BBC website.

Science Updates

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  Adaptive Happiness

  6-12  |  Audio
  This Science Update examines how Hurricane Katrina survivors got over the trauma of the hurricane surprisingly quickly.
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  Hurricanes

  6-12  |  Audio
  Hurricanes cycle through long periods of high and low activity.
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  Katrina Mental Health

  6-12  |  Audio
  This Science Update looks at the mental health of victims of hurricane Katrina.
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  Cyclone Drift

  6-12  |  Audio
  Cyclones have been peaking in intensity closer and closer to the poles over the last 30 years.

Videos

• 2010 BioBlitz BobCast 4: Mangroves

  K-12  |  Video
  A Biscayne National Park Ranger working at the 2010 BioBlitz takes us on a tour of mangrove trees.

Collections

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  The Science of Weather

  K-12  
  This collection focuses on different types of weather and the natural forces that cause them.