Earth Science 11: Extreme Weather Project Since the weather unit is a very important unit in Earth Science, you will be doing a project that focuses on severe weather. This project will require you to choose up to 1 other person (but NO more). With them, you will research a chosen severe weather event and then create a “presentation” of some sort. This will not be presented to the class but must be something that Mr. Drafi can view, such as… - PowerPoint - Prezi
- Brochure - Paper with a poster board
- Edu Glogster presentation - Other?
You may work with 1 other person. It is REQUIRED that you spend out-of-class time to work on this project. We will go to the GP lab together as a class for 2 periods. You will be expected to spend the entire class period in the GP lab researching and gathering information on your chosen topic and ONLY on your chosen topic. Please store all your research, pics, videos all while remembering to cite your sources. It is best to store all of this online such as Google Docs. You WILL NOT do any other school work or non-school work during that time. You also will NOT be able to finish the entire project in those 2 days and must plan on outside class time work as well. Let’s put it this way, nobody has ever passed this project who has said to me they were totally done after just those 2 days in the GP lab. TOPICS: You choose only ONE storm under ONLY one category. For example, you only research and present the Blizzard of ’77. You do not do one storm from each of the 3 categories. Severe Tornado Outbreaks: 1. The Super Outbreak – April 3-4, 1974 2. The Enigma Outbreak – February 19-20, 1884 3. The Super Tuesday Outbreak – February 5-6, 2008 4. The Northern Illinois Outbreak – April 21, 1967 5. Tornado Outbreak – April 6-8, 2006 6. Edmonton Black Friday – July 31, 1987 Famous Hurricanes: 1. Hurricane Andrew 2. Hurricane Hugo 3. Hurricane Camille Buffalo 4. Galveston Hurricane of 1900 5. Hurricane Katrina
Famous Winter Storms: 1. Blizzard of ’77 (Western New York) 2. Buffalo Snow Storm of 2001 – December 26-27, 2001 3. Snow Storm 2000 – November 30, 2000 4. Blizzard of ’93 – March 12-13, 1993 5. Surprise October Storm - October 12-13, 2006
• YOU MUST CHOOSE YOUR PARTNER AND YOUR TOPIC CHOSEN BY TODAY. • ONLY 1 GROUPS PER CLASS MAY DO THE SAME SEVERE STORM! IT IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE ON THE TOPICS! AND ONCE YOU’VE COMITTED TO A TOPIC YOU MAY NOT CHANGE IT.
THIS PROJECT MUST INCLUDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: IN OTHER WORDS THIS IS ALL REQUIRED! 1. Project Title, course name, block, group member name(s) 2. Specific information on the storm itself: a. Name of storm(s) b. Date(s) and time(s) c. Location(s) d. Who did it affect? In other words, how large was the population that was affected by it. e. Did anyone die, and if so, how many? f. If there were a lot of injuries what were they? What was the most common one? g. What type of damage did it do? h. What was the approximate cost of the damage? () i. MUST include a few preventative measures that were actually used or should have been used. Preventative measures are things that help prevent damage, injuries, or loss of life. j. MUST include some general information, diagrams, about your type of storm. In other words, general information about tornadoes, hurricanes, or blizzards/winter storms. Background information on how your type of storm begins and/or strengthens and the actual meteorology behind this type of storm. k. *** If you choose a hurricane, you MUST include information on the Saffir-Simpson scale and if you choose a tornado, you MUST include information on the Fujita or Enhanced Fujita scale. What are they, what do they measure? l. VERY CLEAR HEADINGS – Do not just put information on a page. Be descriptive with a title or clear description. Do not assume the viewer knows everything you do. m. PICTURES – Include many appropriate, labeled diagrams and specific images that support your extreme storm. Having only a text-based project is not appropriate. 3. Information on specific weather conditions about the storm (any and all weather information you can find about the storm) a. What was the weather like a few days leading up to the storm(s)? b. What was the weather like during the actual storm(s)? c. What was the weather like a few days after the storm? d. Was there a specific type of weather or front that caused the storm? e. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU NEED TO USE THE STUFF WE’VE LEARNED IN CLASS AND INCLUDE THE EARTH SCIENCE BEHIND THE STORM!! 4. A summary/description a. This should be a brief, yet detailed and clear summary or conclusion of the storm you chose and conclusion of your presentation. This should go at the very end of the presentation. 5. References a. Must TYPE your references on separate paper and hand this paper to Mr. Drafi.
How Should I “Present” This? • You may choose to submit all this information to Mr. Drafi in ONE of the following ways: o PowerPoint or Prezi – make sure it’s interesting and creative and includes pictures. You may include videos, links, etc. o Glogster – this is an online digital “poster board” so-to-speak. If you know how to use it, great. IN ADDITION to this you would need to submit a written paper of some sort with the rest of the information that is required. o Poster Board or Brochure– make your own, fun, creative, colorful poster board to hand in. IN ADDITION to this you must have a written paper of some sort with the rest of the information that is required. o Other? Please see me for approval prior to starting your work.
Please see the attached rubric for scoring expecations. This project will be worth 100 marks towards to 3rd term mark. PLEASE NOTE – no matter which option you choose, you MUST hand in a typed, works cited/references sheet!!!
Due to Mr. Drafi by Thursday, May 2nd(C) / May 3rd(H)!!!
