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This Page: Catastrophic Weather
Select one of the following topics:
  • Hurricanes or Cyclones
  • Tornadoes
  • Blizzards or Winter Storms
  • Heat Waves
  • Floods
  • Severe Thunderstorms
  • Drought
Begin with the encyclopedias available from your school library's web page.  Look up your topic and record the following information:
  • Title of the Article
  • Name of the Encyclopedia
  • A definition of the type of weather
  • What conditions precede the weather and what are its causes; how well it can be predicted
  • What happens; how it works
  • What are the results
  • What precautions can be taken to reduce injury or damage
Britannica Encarta World Book
Login: tax
Password: cut		 Canadian Encyclopedia
Phase 2 - Electric Library [optional]

A.  Use your library's web page to access Electric Library [Login: nearnorth Password: elibrary].  Do a Boolean search on your topic in the following form:

  • hurricane* and worst
  • tornado* and worst
  • "heat wave" and worst
  • flood* and worst
  • severe thunderstorm* and worst
  • blizzard* and worst

Find 1 magazine or newspaper article on the topic and summarize it.  Be sure to include the bibliographic data: author, title of the article, source, date, page numbers

OR

B. Use your library's web page to access SIRS [see your library page for logins and passwords].  

  • Do a SUBJECT search on your topic 
  • Select one or more files on your topic
  • Find article on the topic and summarize it.  Be sure to include the bibliographic data: author, title of the article, source, date, page numbers
Phase 3 [Optional]

Gather extra data from reliable web sites either using the following sites, or carefully selecting sites from a Google search