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How is ocean temperature measured in order to predict hurricanes?
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Middle school students, as scientists, investigate natural hazards and ocean temperature measurement tools to answer the following driving question: How is ocean temperature measured to predict hurricanes? Students begin by reviewing what they figured out in the previous lesson and what they decided to investigate next. Students analyze temperature data for the Gulf of Mexico between 8/27/21 and 8/29/21 and Global Sea Surface Temperature 2002–2024. Students consider how they could use information about sea surface temperature, a cause of hurricanes, to predict hurricanes. Students also consider how the data was collected. During their investigation, students obtain and evaluate information from an article and consider the limitations of data collected from a variety of strategies and tools used to measure ocean temperature. Finally, students write an explanation of how sea surface temperature is measured and how this data is used to predict hurricanes.
This lesson is Lesson 3 of the Using Technology to Predict Hurricanes Unit Playlist
This unit was created in collaboration with Northrop Grumman and supported by the Northrop Grumman Foundation.
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