When a levee fails, it means disaster. Introduce your class to hurricanes and the technologies used to help protect against them. The included presentation provides background information using Hurricane Katrina as a reference. 

Concepts

hurricanes, storms, wind, water, floods, engineering design, hurricane katrina, tropical storms, technology resources

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Additional Tags

hurricanes, structures to help detect hurricanes

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Instructional Ideas

• Have the class research different hurricanes and compare them based upon strength, damage, and preventative structures in the area
• Develop a compare and contrast chart to analyze differences between tornadoes, hurricanes, and tsunamis 

Classroom Considerations

• Review the story of Katrina to answer questions that may arise during the lesson
• The 9th in a 12-part series

Pros

• The plan provides background information for the teacher in order to understand hurricanes
• The resource contains presenter notes for many of the slides

Cons

• The teacher directions are unclear