Wondering About Hurricanes?
Data Story
In this data story, students use the Notice-Think-Wonder strategy to investigate a graph about when during the year hurricanes in the Atlantic tend to start.
Welcome to this Tuva data story! Hurricanes are destructive storms with heavy rains and powerful, fast winds. Tropical storms have winds that are slower than hurricane winds. This dataset is about tropical storms and hurricanes that formed in the Atlantic Ocean between 2014 and 2019. A good first step for analyzing a graph is considering what you Notice, Think, and Wonder. In this data story, you will do that for a graph about hurricanes. Click Next to get started!
Topics and standards: Science, Earth Science, Weather, MS-ESS2-5, Natural Hazards, Patterns, Grades 6-8, Ask-Questions, TEKS Science 8.10.B, 6-ESS2-7, 3.3.6-8.J