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Activity
McGraw Hill

Glencoe Technology Education: Hurricanes Web Quest

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this WebQuest to find out about hurricanes, how they are created and classified, and how to stay safe in a storm.
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Website
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Structure of a Hurricane

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has general information on the structure of a hurricane. There are links to the eye, eye wall, spiral rain bands, and the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Danger Potential Scale.
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Website
Other

Hurricane Zone

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is dedicated to the latest information on tropical storms.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Hurricanes

For Students 3rd - 6th
Learn about hurricanes and how they are created. Features include video animation, the histories of the most devastating hurricanes and topics such as hurricane naming and hurricane study.
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Graphic
Other

Unisys: Hurricanes/tropical Data

For Students 9th - 10th
There is a table that has links to hurricanes in the Atlantic from 1995, East Pacific from 1997, West Pacific from 1996, South Pacific from 2000, and South India from 2000. This page has a satellite map and the Saffir-Simpson Scale.
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eBook
Science Struck

Science Struck: Interesting Facts About Hurricanes

For Students 9th - 10th
An ebook (with some embedded ads) that describes the characteristics and behavior of hurricanes, which are really the same phenomenon as typhoons and cyclones, and the damage caused by them.