Park View Middle School: Content Literacy - Extreme Weather

Content Literacy is a semester-based course provided to 7th and 8th grade students.  

Literacy skills will include, but are not limited to, vocabulary, comprehension and writing to build background knowledge on a topic through listening, speaking, reading and writing. 

-- Content Literacy Curriculum Committee

The purpose of this page is to put research resources into one place. Please use these resources and others given to you by your teachers to complete your work. Do not use search engines for resources of your own while completing assignments for the assignment. Mrs. Mills will review credible sources and citing in MLA format when classes visit the library. 

Tornadoes

Ready.gov

NSSL - NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory - Severe Weather Tornadoes 101

National Weather Service - Tornado Safety

National Geographic - Tornadoes 101 - video

 

Hurricanes

Ready.gov

National Geographic - The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale

UCAR - Center for Science Education - Hurricanes

National Weather Service - Hurricane Safety Tips and Resources

NOAA/NWS - National Hurricane Center - Overview - video

National Geographic - Hurricanes 101 - video

 

Thunder and Lightning

Ready.gov

NSSL - NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory  - Severe Weather Thunderstorms 101

UCAR - Center for Science Education - Thunderstorms

National Weather Service - Severe Thunderstorm Safety 

National Geographic - Lightning

NSSL - NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory - Severe Weather Lightning Basics

National Weather Service - Lightning Safety Tips and Resources

 

Tsunamis

Ready.gov

National Geographic - Tsunami 101

National Geographic - Tsunami that hit Japan March 2011

National Weather Service - Tsunami Safety

 

Floods

Ready.gov

National Geographic

NSSL - NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory - Severe Weather Floods Basics

National Weather Service - Flood Safety Tips and Resources

 

Winter Weather

Ready.gov

NSSL - NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory - Severe Weather Winter Weather Basics

UCAR - Center for Science Education - Blizzards and Winter Weather

National Weather Service - Winter

 

 

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