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Storms from the Seas

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112125/

Educational site made by students for students providing information on hurricanes, typhoons and tropical cyclones.

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Selected Hurricane Readings

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lbi.html

A bibliography of books suitable for middle school, high school, and teachers.

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Science Education Pages

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/educate/educate.shtml

The National Data Buoy Center, with an interactive questions and answers asking such questions as, "What are hurricanes?" and "How do winter storms differ from summer storms?"

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NPR: Hurricane Season

http://www.npr.org/news/specials/hurricane/ap/

Animation illustrating the Saffir-Simpson scale and the type of damage caused by each category of hurricanes, and a map showing the path of previous hurricanes from 1850 to today.

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Movement of Hurricanes

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/mvmt.rxml

An explanation of global wind movements and hurricanes from the University of Illinois.

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Lesson Planning: Hurricane Watch

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson067.shtml

Hurricane learning, lesson plans, and science projects for elementary school grades and above, by Education World.

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Hurricane Georges: An Interdisciplinary Lesson

http://wtvi.com/teks/98_99_articles/georges.html

Teacher's lesson plan about hurricanes. Requires no more than a 486 classroom computer and software downloaded from here. Sponsored by Tools for the Teks: Integrating Technology in the Classroom.

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Hurricane Blog

http://hurricane.blogcarnival.com/

Hurricane news and information. Hurricane and weather science.

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Florida Division of Emergency Management

http://www.floridadisaster.org/

Division of Emergency Management manages the overall response and recovery efforts to natural and technological disaster response in Florida by integrating resources statewide.

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FAQ: Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Tropical Cyclones

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html

An excellent, detailed, and up to date catalogue of commonly asked questions and answers, with additional links for more information.

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