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  [] This site is kid friendly. It is very colorful and contains easy to read short paragraphs. It offers a hurricane IQ quiz, an online storybook, information about past hurricanes, hurricane disaster math problems, a hurricane house game, cartoons, and pictures from past hurricanes. It also lists hurricane names used for different regions of the world. The website is easy to navigate and links to the FEMA for kid’s homepage. (CKS) (PB)
 * Internet Search **
 * Hurricanes**

[] This site offers tons of information about hurricanes. It contains diagrams, pictures, digital graphics, a list of hurricane names, a hurricane finder, tropical tracks, past hurricane information, and 5 lesson plans for teachers with great online interaction components. This site even offers hurricane tracking charts that can be printed out and used as a classroom project. It contains links to other weather information such as lightening, rain, and floods. (CKS) (PB)
 * Weather Wiz Kids: Hurricanes**

[] This website offers students the opportunity to see if their name has been one of the names selected for a hurricane in the Atlantic Basin. The site has information about what hurricanes are, how they move, and how dangerous they can be. Videos and virtual tours of a hurricane are also available. There are links to the Hurricane Hunters Association, a hurricane word search, and the ESE Kids Only home page. (CKS) (PB)
 * Tropical Twisters: Hurricanes: How They Work and What They Do**

[] This site is perfect for upper elementary to middle school students. It covers topics such as hurricane formation, the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, and hurricane safety. It has many useful links to hurricane hunter, historic hurricane data, the National Hurricane Center and satellite images; to list just a few. The link to the satellite images is very unique and I highly recommend using this link in class. (CKS)
 * Kidstorm**

[] This website contains historical information of over 30 major hurricanes. Each hurricane has a brief page summary, a picture of its path, and several links related to its specific case. This site is a great historical reference that can be applied during social studies class time. (CKS)
 * Hurricane Preparedness: Hurricane History**

[] This website is an interactive map provided by the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration that contains the movement, coordinates and strength of all passed Eastern North Pacific and Atlantic storms. On this site, students can access and see any hurricane or tropical storm by name, zip code, coordinates, year, month, or region. (KS)
 * Historical Hurricane Tracks**

[] This website contains many cross disciplinary activities that can be used when teaching a unit on hurricanes. This website divides the activities up into two main categories, one for all students, and one for upper elementary students. The website gives activities that relate to math, science, language arts, writing and art. (KS)
 * Educational World Lesson Planning: Hurricane Watch!**

[] This is an excellent site as it provides graphics to help you understand the processes of hurricanes, how they evolve, how winds can rip apart a hurricane, how wind rolls creates a stronger force and much more! Also it provided great articles on how to live, learn, and track hurricanes. Moreover, histories of past category 5 hurricanes can be found here, along with how we obtain data from hurricanes, and the history of naming storms. (KS)
 * Resources: Hurricanes**

[|http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural- disasters/hurricane-profile.html] This site not only provides wonderful pictures and articles, but it also gives a list of short clips of hurricanes to watch. This list includes how various hurricanes formed, hurricanes dust, and storm surges. (KS)
 * Hurricanes (National Geographic)**

[] This is a wonderful site that is very detail in all aspects in learning about hurricanes. This website contains pages explaining various acronyms, answering questions, explaining the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, displaying advisory archives, and providing information on the deadliest, costliest, most intense hurricanes. (KS)
 * National Hurricane Center**

[] Hurricane Katrina (08/23 - 08/31). This site provides information on Hurricane Katrina and the places the storm hit. It provides the date of the storm, the maximum wind speeds, the minimum pressure, the US landfall category, the number of deaths and the damage that the storm costs. There is also a map that zooms in and out of where the storm hit. Hurricane Katrina is the costliest hurricane the US has had thus far. (AAW) [] This site provides a list of hurricanes starting form the 1900’s. It provides the name of each storm and a brief summary about the storm including its category, where it hit land, and the damage it did. It also provided a map of the hurricane and the land that it hit. (AAW)
 * [|SunSentinel.com] **
 * Hurricane Preparedness**

[] This site provides a plethora of information on major hurricanes in Florida ’s history. It has “quick stats” on four major hurricanes of 2004. It lists the date of the hurricane, landfall, rainfall and damage information. It has links on how to prepare, cope and recover from a Hurricane, (AAW) [|About.com] **: **Miami**   [] This site provides information about the deadliest hurricanes on record. It also provides answers to various questions including…// What was the most intense hurricane to strike the US ? In the 20th century, how many hurricanes hit the US? What was the busiest // hurricane season //on record in the Atlantic? What is the busiest month in the US for major hurricane hits?// // What was the most intense hurricane to strike the US? How often do major hurricanes hit the US? This website has a plethora of information that surrounds the most intense storms to hit the US including Florida. (AAW)//
 * Surviving the Storm**
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(**Exploring Florida) Hurricanes in Florida** [] This site is a very informational site. It gives the definition of what a Hurricane is. It also explains how Hurricanes are predicted and how Hurricanes are named. This site also provides information on how hurricanes are classified. It then goes on to list the names and information about some of Florida’s worst hurricanes. Lastly, it shows a picture of what a hurricane looks like.(AAW)

[|WWW.howstuffworks.com] This site includes a section on how hurricanes and floods work. (PB)
 * How Stuff Works**

[|WWW.hurricanehunters.com] The official website of the U.S. Air Force reserve's Hurricane Hunters. This site includes a section called "Ask a Hurricane Hunter" and even "Homework Help". (PB)  
 * The Hurricane Hunters**
 * Literature List **

**Magic School Bus- Inside a Hurricane** By: Joanna Cole Illustrated By: Bruce Degen Summary: This fiction story is about a class trip with their teacher Ms. Frizzle. They fly into a hurricane on a crazy field trip filled with adventure and excitement. The story reveals tons of fact about hurricanes. It even lists the most famous hurricanes. Eventually the class makes it back safely to school. The text is full of entertaining illustrations, captions, science projects, and interesting weather facts. (CKS)(AAW)

By: Julie Richards Summary: //Howling Hurricanes// is a non-fiction text that is easily readable for kids. This informational book has text features such as a table of contents, headings, captions, pictures, maps, diagrams, bold face words, bullets, a glossary, and a table of contents. Specifically relating to history the text discusses record-breaking hurricanes, such as Andrew and Gilbert. The text is aimed at answering common and interesting questions related to hurricanes. (CKS)
 * Natural Disasters: Howling Hurricanes**

By: Liza N. Burby Summary: This is an informational non-fiction text that discusses basic information about hurricanes. The text contains a section that involves the naming of hurricanes and tropical storms and identifies several historical hurricanes. It is a great informational read for upper elementary students. (CKS)
 * Extreme Weather: Tropical Storms and Hurricanes**

By: Kathy Gemmell Designed by: Andy Dixon Illustrated by: Gary Bines and Ian Jackson Summary//: Storms and Hurricanes// contains an enormous amount of useful information about all types of weather, including hurricanes. In addition to the text features previously mentioned it also contains pie charts, cut-outs, and individual hurricanes paths and information. It specifically focuses on hurricane Hugo. The font in this text is smaller and probably aimed towards fourth or fifth grade reading comprehension. This text is extremely informative and would be a good resource for a research paper. (CKS)
 * Storms and Hurricanes**

By: Neil Morris Summary: This non-fiction information text covers topics such as identifying hurricanes, Atlantic hurricanes, Pacific hurricanes, Indian cyclones, tornados, twisters, waterspouts, storm forecast, taking precautions, the biggest storms, and global climate. It has a table of content, headings, diagrams, pictures, captions, a glossary, and index. This book has large font and several pictures on each page. It is visually appealing for younger students. It mentions hurricanes such as Fran, Camille, and Andrew. (CKS)
 * The Wonders of our World: Hurricanes and Tornadoes**

Author: Joan Hiatt Harlow Genre: Historical Fiction This book is about a boy named Jake Pitney who lives in the Florida Keys. He befriends a girl named Mara whose life is very much filled with sorrow. It is Labor Day weekend when an unpredictable Atlantic hurricane hits Jake's town, destroying his island. Jake now goes on a journey to find his family and his friend Mara on his devastated island. (KS) Author: Jan Day Genre: Fantasy This fantasy book is all about a cow hunter named Kissimmee Pete and his adventure as he struggles with the forces of nature, trying to round up his scattered cattle. This book if filled with word play and clever descriptions that children would love to hear again and again. (KS)
 * Blown Away!**
 * Kissimmee Pete and the Hurricane **

Author: Patricia Lauber Genre: Nonfiction This text is filled with detailed black & white and color photographs, maps, satellite images, and weather diagrams of hurricanes. It also gives a dramatic account of the hurricane of 1938 and its effects, explains the making of a hurricane, naming of hurricanes, the damage caused by high winds, and what scientists think about future storms. This is an excellent book presented by Scholastic. (KS)
 * Hurricanes: Earth's Mightiest Storms**

Author: Seymour Simon Genre: Nonfiction __Hurricanes__ by Seymour Simon is filled with information on famous hurricanes such as Andrew, Camille, and Floyd. In this book, how hurricanes are predicted and rated by forecasters. Moreover, this book also includes satellite photos, ground-level scenes of flooded streets, computer enhanced radar images, and shots of storm victims being rescued. (KS)
 * Hurricanes**

Author: Matt Doeden Genre: Nonfiction This book is a very kid friendly book all about hurricanes. It contains pictures and important facts put into short sentences. This book discusses how hurricanes starts, what people do to get ready when a hurricane is coming, how to stay safe, and when do most hurricanes happen. (KS)
 * Hurricanes**

JWM Productions: Weather Fundamentals This production (DVD) gives us an up close glimpse of hurricanes, animated graphics, and detailed weather maps. We learn how everything starts from the formation of a rain droplet, to a hurricane. This 23 minute video is hosted by Spencer Christian, a weather forecaster from ABC's //Good Morning America//. (KS)
 * Hurricanes and Tornadoes (DVD)**

National Geographic Author: Judy and Dennis Fradin Genre: Nonfiction This National Geographic book shows us how Katrina started out in the sea, to when she weaken on the Gulf Coast. This book takes us further, inspecting how hurricanes come, how scientist predicts their landfall, and the deadliest pass storms. (KS) **Hurricane Watch **  Author: Franklyn M. Branley Genre: Nonfiction This nonfiction text explains clearly how hurricanes storms start, why do they begin in warm places, and what precautions you can do to stay safe.(KS) <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">**Disastrous Hurricanes and Tornadoes** By: Max and Charlotte Alth This book is an informational book on hurricanes and tornadoes. It starts off by describing "winds" that are a direct result of storms such as hurricanes and tornadoes. It also shows pictures of these winds and the damage that they cause. It then describes tornadoes and hurricanes. It provides pictures and descriptions of what these storms have done to communities, houses and land. This book also has a chart that lists the characteristics of winds that accompany storms including wind effects, miles per hour, and different terms/names that weather bureau's associate with the different types of winds. This book is a great literature piece to read alound to students because it has vital information on understanding what a hurricane is. It also has great visuals to accompany the information. (AAW) By: Keith Lye This atlas on weather is a great literature piece on weather and climate around the globe. It describes the atmosphere and what happens in it when storms arise. This book has great pictures of hurricanes and including how they form, and the damage they can cause. This book would be great to keep in the classriim libraruy for students to refer to when they begin learning about hurricanes. (AAW)
 * Hurricanes: Witness to Disaster**
 * The Weather Atlas**

<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">**Hurricane** By: David Wiesner This book is a children's picture book that tells a story of a family that prepares for a hurricane. The family actually experiences the hurricane and deals with minor damage including a tree in their yeard that gets destroyed by the Hurricane. This piece of literature would be a great read aloud in any classroom because of the great illustrations and storyline. This book is also a great way to introduce the concept of storms (more specifically-hurricanes) to students. (AAW)

By: Michael Allaby This book is comprised of various types of weather conditions and how they work. More specifically, this book has 100 ways that parents and kids can share the secrets of the atmosphere, including secrets on hurricanes. The section on hurricanes in this book provides two wonderful experiments on how to create a hurricane in your own home. It shows the tools needed, and the necessary steps to creating a hurricane like project. This section also has information on hurricanes including how they form, and what they do. It also shows an illustration of a hurricane at work. This book would be a great tool to implement into a science lesson on storms/hurricanes (especially if the experiment is done on how to create a hurricane). This book would not work as a read aloud (when compared to other books) because it is more of an informational book. (AAW) <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> **Hurricane! The 1900 Galveston Night of Terror.** By: Donna Latham This story is about a hurricane that struck Galveston, Texas, in 1900, killing more people than any other in American history. (PB)
 * How the Weather Works**

By: Jack Challoner This book uses stunning photography, eyewitness accounts, and real-life examples to help understand nature’s most destructive storms. (PB)
 * Eyewitness Hurricane & Tornado.**

By: Victoria Sherrow This book details the course of Hurricane Andrew and describes the recovery efforts that followed the storm. (PB)
 * Hurricane Andrew: NATURE’S Rage.**

By: April Isaacs This book shows examples to students of how to prepare for natural disasters. (PB)
 * Tornadoes, Hurricanes, and Tsunamis: A Practical Survival Guide.**

By: Peggy J. Parks Disastrous Hurricanes and Tornadoes <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> This book shows students the hurricanes of the past, how storms are tracked, and the disasters caused by nature. (PB)
 * Hurricanes**