Explanation

What did you find out about hurricane Katrina and the impact on the Gulf Coast of the United States? Listed below are the key questions posed in the Exploration section. Respond to each question, and state your findings in the chart below.

  • You might want to participate in online discussions of the questions shown below at a website set up for this purpose. Go tohttp://www.nicenet.org/ICA/class/conf_start.cfm. You will be asked to join a class (called Katrina). Enter this passcode to proceed: AZ39660K32. You will be asked to join Nicenet (its free), and then you can participate in the discussions.
  • Prepare some form of "media" report, such as an Internet or Powerpoint presentation. Share the url of your website on the Nicenet website identified above for others to see.
Hurrican Katrina & the Gulf Coast

Task:_________________________________________________________________________

Key Questions

Findings

Why did New Orleans flood?

How did hurricane Katrina become a category 5 storm?

What causes the damage when a hurricane passes over an area?

Were warnings about the possibility of category 4 or 5 hurricane might hit New Orleans, and the greater Gulf Coast?

Is criticism of the government agencies and the Federal government warranted? What did you discover?

Other types of activities you might invovle yourself in include:

  • Contributing to a project bulletin board (http://www.nicenet.org/ICA/class/conf_start.cfm) , e.g. responding to questions, summarizing their findings and interpretations
  • Internet log writing. Creating a classroom Blog, and having students contribute to it. You can participate in an ongoing Blog athttp://artofteachingscience.org. You will find a link to Katrina
  • Participating in a video conference

Questions? jhassard@mac.com