This document provides resources for a 2nd grade presentation on tornadoes that integrates technology. It includes internet content like videos and pictures to help students understand tornadoes. Specific resources highlighted are a YouTube video on tornado types, a blog about how tornadoes work and preparing for them, and a podcast with first-hand accounts of a Midwest tornado. Teaching materials like worksheets and a bottle tornado activity are also outlined. The document recommends internet sites for more information and discusses using educational social media like Edmodo.
2. Technology Integration
Rationale:
Natural disasters like tornadoes happen
everyday around the world and are important
to understand and keep an eye on.
Technology is not only important for tracking
and determining when the storm will land it
also plays a big role in notifying and helping
people to get out of harms way in time.
This presentation will provide multiple
resources pertaining to tornadoes that will
assist teachers in integrating technology into
their lessons!
4. Internet Content
The internet is full of resources that will
allow students to explore and learn
about tornadoes, these resources
include videos, blogs, pictures and
others.
Viewing videos and pictures of
tornadoes will help students to
understand them and this information
can be clarified by experts.
5. YouTube Content
This video shows all different types of tornadoes and the disasters
that can occur because of them.
7. Podcast
This podcast explains a dangerous situation
that happened the Midwest, United States.
It gives first hand accounts of what
happened before, after and during the
tornado. Students get to hear these first
hand accounts and understand just how
dangerous a tornado really is.
8. Internet Resource
Ready. Gov
Government website that is devoted to providing necessary
information about natural disasters. Has a lot of necessary
information about tornadoes and what to do and how to do it.
Ready Kids!
A good interactive website for kids to learn about a number of different
natural disasters and to explore. Educational and interactive website
that allows kids to both learn and play.
National Severe Storms Laboratory
National severe storms laboratory, website contains a lot of information
about tornadoes.
12. Teaching Materials Continued
Tornado Alley Words
Search
Students get to
perform a word search
using words that relate
to tornadoes. Students
get to become
comfortable with these
words and understand
what they mean
through numerous
lessons.
13. Teaching Materials Continued
Tornado in a Bottle
Activity
Students will get the
opportunity to create
their own tornadoes with
assistance from adults.
They will create tornadoes
from two 2 liter bottles.
14. Subject-specific Internet-based Resources
Weather Watch Tornadoes
This website is full of information about
tornadoes including what they are and
witness accounts of the storms. There are
games and interactive materials on the
website to educate the students about
different weather systems.
15. Uses of the internet
The Online Tornado FAQ
This is a government website that covers
everything a person needs to know about
Tornadoes. Its has virtually all information
about tornadoes that the United States has to
offer and is an excellent resource for anyone
interested in tornadoes.
16. Uses of the Internet
Tornado Alley Live
This website offers live weather and video
view from storm chasers. These webcams are
awesome to watch and the website has
information about tornadoes and its
interactive weather. The storm chaser map
makes it easy to see the situations going on
anywhere in the country.
17. Web 2.0
Teachers and students can use this
resource to communicate inside
and outside of the classroom.
It is educational social networking,
more specifically is its the
educational twitter. My students
can tweet about Tornadoes and
learn more about them through
others.
18. Web 2.0
Edmodo
Edmodo can be used to communicate and
collaborate on ideas and assignments.
It is a safe and educational social networking
site that allows for students and teachers to
connect together and share their learnings.
#2: The background picture was taken from Images on Google.com. The picture can also be found at http://www.uvm.edu/~inquiryb/webquest/sp08/pmontgom/hurricanestornadoes.html
#5: Websites are trusted websites that provide reliable information. https://www.nwf.org/Eco-Schools-USA/Become-an-Eco-School/Tornadoes/Activites-Lesson-Plans.aspxhttp://education.nationalgeographic.com/archive/xpeditions/lessons/15/gk2/tornadowhat.html?ar_a=1http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-tornado.htm