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Huntley Hills Elementary

Dekalb County Schools

STEM units

<font color="blue"><font size=5>Hurricanes

Hurricane book image 
 
 The Principal's Book of the Month is Hurricanes!  Click this link for the online book reading. 
 
 
 
 
Imagine a force that can toss boats around like toys, wash away bridges, and create waves that are higher than 18 feet.  With fierce winds and torrential rains, hurricanes can do all of these things.  For centuries, people did not know when a hurricane was coming.
 
See the documents below for the challenge, constraints, materials, and tools.

<font color="blue"><font size=5>Downloads for Weather Instruments

Use this rubric for scoring student work.
This is the powerpoint to use for Weather Instruments.
This is the text above but specific to Weather Instruments.
These are the student journal pages

<font color="blue"><font size=5>Downloads for Water Cycle

These are the student journal pages for the Water Cycle.
This is the text above with specifics for Water cycle.
This is the PPT for water cycle
Use this rubric for student work

<font color="blue"><font size=5>Downloads for Water Protection

These are the journal pages for students.
This is a copy of the above text but with specifics for water protection.
This is the PPT for water protection.
Use this rubric for scoring water protection STEM work.

<font color="blue"><font size=5>Downloads for Hurricane House

These are the journal pages for students.
Copy of the text above but with specifics for Hurricane House
This is the PPT to show for Hurricane House.
Use this rubric for scoring student work.

<font color="blue"><font size=5>Downloads for Storm Surge

Use this rubric for Storm Surge projects.
Copy of the text above but with specifics to storm surge.
This is the PPT to use with storm surge.
These are the journal pages for students.

<font color="blue"><font size=5>Downloads for PSA

These are the journal pages for PSA
Copy of the above text but with specifics to PSA.
This is the PPT for PSA
Use this rubric for PSA projects