Internet Station

Name: ______________________________ Date: ______________
At this station you will use 4 bookmarked websites to complete this page.

A) Go to: http://www.fema.gov/library/thunderf.htm .This is the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s website. At this site you will:
1. Write down one danger sign of a thunderstorm. ___________________________________________________________________________

2. Name two supplies to have in your home to be prepared for a thunderstorm. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________

3. Scroll down to find what to do when you are outdoors in a thunderstorm. Write two things to do. _________________________________________________________________________________

B) Go to: http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/nationalwarnings.html . This weather website gives you immediate access to all current weather warnings in the United States. Click on “Severe Thunderstorms.”
1. Is there a current warning? ________________________________________

2. Where is the storm? _____________________________________________

3) What is the date and time of the warning? Date:________ Time: __________

C) Go to: http://strikingimages.com/light.htm. This site has some neat photos of lightning. Check here when you have looked at one and thought it was neat! ________

D) Go to: http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/skeets.html . This NASA website has movies of lightning from space. Scroll down until you see MPEG movies. Click on, “Storms over Argentina”. Wait a few moments and then watch lightning from an astronaut’s point of view. Check here when you have watched and thought it was neat! __________

 

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