Topics

Handouts and Links

Vocabulary

• Vocab Handout (pdf) 

• Word List for a Word Wall (pdf) 

• Word Search (pdf) 

• KWL: Hurricanes worksheet (pdf) 

• NOAA Glossary | USA Today Glossary | CNN Glossary | 

Parts of the Hurricane

• What is a hurricane Worksheet (pdf) 

• Hurricanes Puzzle Worksheet (pdf) 

• Inside a Hurricane Worksheet (pdf) 

• Hurricane Hunters Worksheet (pdf)

• BrainPOP Movie | What are hurricanes? | How hurricanes are formed | NOAA Structure of a Hurricane | USA Today- What are hurricanes? | FEMA -Hurricane Hunters

Naming Hurricanes

• Naming Hurricanes Worksheet (pdf)  

• Naming Hurricanes

• FEMA - Hurricane Names

• List of Hurricane Names  NOAA 

Stages of Development

• LifeCycle of a Tropical Cyclone Worksheet (pdf)  

• FEMA - How are hurricanes classified?  

• How are hurricanes formed?  

• Information 

• LifeCycle WebSites: NOAA -  & Why Files  

• USA Today 

Rating Hurricanes - Saffir-Simpson Scale

• Rating Hurricanes Worksheet( pdf)  

• Graphing Storm Totals Worksheet (pdf)  

• Interactive Graphic for Storm Surges

• Interactive Graphic for Hurricane Intensity

• FEMA - How are hurricanes classified? 

• FEMA - Disaster Area Intensity Scales 

• Saffir-Simpson Scale

• Weather.com  | NOAA  | NASA 

Online Tracking

• Current Hurricane Season

• Hurricane Season  - Data

• Tropical Cyclone Tracker - enter your hurricane's name and year for animated tracking:  

Printable Tracking Maps

• Latitude and Longitude Review Sheet (pdf)  

• Where are the Tropics? Worksheet(pdf)  

• Movement of Hurricanes Website  

• NOAA  

Interactive Hurricanes

• Eye of the Storm-Understanding Hurricanes

• National Geographic

• Hurricane Maker

Hurricane Safety

• Hurricane warnings worksheet (pdf) 

• Things to know worksheet (pdf)

• Preparing for a Hurricane Worksheet (pdf)

• MiamiSci - Hurricane Warnings Website  

• FEMA - Things to know website 

• FEMA - Preparing For a Hurricane WebSite

Other Resources

• NOAA Hurricane Center

• How stuff works - Hurricanes  

• FEMA - Hurricane info for kids: 

• Hurricane Theme Web Page made by a teacher in Canada:  

• Source of Worksheets listed on this page:  

• Hurricane Handbook - pdf 19 pages from NOAA