{"id":287649,"date":"2010-02-06T12:09:59","date_gmt":"2010-02-06T17:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2333"},"modified":"2010-02-06T12:09:59","modified_gmt":"2010-02-06T17:09:59","slug":"teaching-earth-science-with-children%e2%80%99s-literature-tornadoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/287649","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Earth Science with Children\u2019s Literature: Tornadoes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2010\/02\/tornadoes.jpg\" title=\"tornadoes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2010\/02\/tornadoes.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"tornadoes.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Introduction and Summary: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gailgibbons.com\/tornadoes.html\">Tornadoes<\/a> was written by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gailgibbons.com\/index.htm\">Gail Gibbons<\/a> and provides information to students about their formation, how they are classified from one another, historical and safety information if one were to occur where they live.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8220;The word Tornado comes from the Spanish word tronada meaning &#8216;thunderstorm&#8217;.\u00a0 It is raining hard, the winds are strong.\u00a0 The sky is dark.\u00a0 Suddenly a twisting column of moist air reaches down from a cloud and touches the ground.\u00a0 It makes a loud, roaring sound.\u00a0 It is a tornado!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Curriculum Connection: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 This book can assist teachers and students on identification of cumulonimbus clouds and learning about severe weather situations.\u00a0 It goes on to explain how tornadoes are formed and then goes into the classification of these storms utilizing Fujita Tornado Scale system.\u00a0 It shows what the projected aftermath would be based on each storm time and provides an estimated range of wind speeds per classification.\u00a0 This book also provides a lot of vocabulary terms relevant to fourth grade science.\u00a0 Terms like temperature, condensation, updrafts and downdrafts are defined to name a few.\u00a0 The book also provides safety tips to follow if a person was ever in a situation where a tornado was taking place.\u00a0 (VA SOL 4.6 a, b, and c.)<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fema.gov\/kids\/intense.htm\">FEMA For Kids: Intensity Scales<\/a> : This website from FEMA provides information relating to the different intensity scales\u00a0 Saffir Simpson Scale and the Fujita Intensity Scale.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.proteacher.com\/cgi-bin\/outsidesite.cgi?id=12491&amp;external=http:\/\/www.yesmag.bc.ca\/projects\/projects.html&amp;original=http:\/\/www.proteacher.com\/110053.shtml&amp;title=Yes%20Mag%20Projects\">ProTeacher: Yes Mag Projects:<\/a>\u00a0 Students with the materials provided will create a tornado vortex out of two liter drink bottles.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aclayouthservices.pbworks.com\/f\/Cloudy+Scholastic+Lesson+Plans.pdf\">Lesson #2: Tornado Lab Report:<\/a> Activity worksheets and the ability to create another type of vortex.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>General Information: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Book: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gailgibbons.com\/tornadoes.html\">Tornadoes<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gailgibbons.com\/index.htm\">Gail Gibbons<\/a><br \/>\nPublisher: Holiday House Books<br \/>\nPublication Date: 2009<br \/>\nPages: 32<br \/>\nGrade Range: 2nd through 5th<br \/>\nISBN: 978-0-8234-2216-6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 &nbsp; 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