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By Andre . Storms . Tornadoes . http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSajNLBH7cA. What is a Tornado? . Prior Knowledge . What we learned . That a tornado vacuums stuff up Spins 300 miles per hour Violent storms . They can damage houses Destroy your houses
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By Andre Storms
Tornadoes • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSajNLBH7cA
What is a Tornado? Prior Knowledge What we learned That a tornado vacuums stuff up Spins 300 miles per hour Violent storms • They can damage houses • Destroy your houses • Blow up cars if it gets struck by lightening • Start a fire with lightening • Stay away from windows • Go to the bathroom or basement • The rain comes down hard if there is a tornado coming you need to get someone to pick you up
Why do Tornadoes Form? Prior Knowledge What we learned Warm air traps a cloud and it becomes a tornado, it breaks through the cool air Vacuums everything in its path and if nothing is in a path it cant vacuum it up • Clouds come together to make a tornado and they keep spinning
Damage from Tornados • Flooding • Blows cars up • Can damage houses
Main Idea of Story • Most part of the story tornados what a tornado is. • Tornado funnel shaped cloud
Details • Tornados vacuum objects up
How are hurricanes sand tornados the same? How are they different? Same Different Hurricanes comes together by the clouds but tornados warm air and trap it Tornados are not close to water Hurricanes are by the water • They both twist • Similar how to they form • Both destroy objects
Thunderstorms and Lightening Prior Knowledge What Andre Learned How thunderstorms are created How wind blows The wind blows because of warm moisture • Thunder comes first and lightening comes second • When it Lightening it rains • They can flood • Lightening can struck people with medal and can kill them
Weather Wiz Kids • Predictions: • How a storm forms • Evidence from text: “What causes a thunderstorm” • Ingredients: Moisture and air • How to see when a storm is coming • Evidence from text: The Clouds “When thunder occurs” • Different colors of lightening • We did not learn about this • What causes lightening • Evidence from text: “ An electric charge”
Weather Wiz Kids Cont. • Questions: • What is a thunderstorm? • A storm with lightening, winds, rain, and sometimes hail. • What causes thunder? • Caused of lightening. • How do you know if lighting is nearby? • If you see dark clouds listen for thunder. • What causes the wind to blow? • Cool air moves in and replaces warm air
Weather Wiz Kids Cont. • Clarify
Weather Wiz Kids Cont. • Summary • How thunderstorms are created • How wind blows • The wind blows because of warm moisture.
Weather Wiz Kids Week 2 • Sections read: • What is a thunderstorm? • What causes a thunderstorm? • When is a thunderstorm most likely to occur?
Weather Wiz Kids Cont. • Prediction
Weather Wiz Kids Cont. • Question:
Weather Wiz Kids Cont. • Clarify:
Weather Wiz Kids Cont. • Summarize A thunderstorm is gusty winds with hail and they can be dangerous. If you hear thunder go inside . If there is a tornado and you do not have windows go to the bathtub. Thunderstorms have gusty winds and rain A thunderstorm is thunder and lightening Details Hail is ice and water They are dangerous
Write Information : Task • I want you to search this website and come up with one of the best questions you can, that has to do with thunderstorms and lightening. We will write your question down in our book • Question: What to do when you hear a thunderstorm?
Sharing Information • We have read a lot today and learned a lot. What is a way we can share our information with someone? We can add it to our book can’t we? If you were sharing this information with one of your friends what is a few pieces of information that you would want them to know? • If you hear thunder go in the house. If you see lightening go in the house. Do not stay out side because you might get struck by lightening. Thunderstorms are dangerous.