C7.3 Japan - Lesson 8: Talas rages over Japan

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C7.3: Talas rages over Japan

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C7.3: Talas rages over Japan

C7.3: 

TALAS RAGES OVER JAPAN

LAST WEEK GOALS

1. You can explain what wind is (GG 52).
2. You can explain what the Beaufort scale is (GG 52).
   
3. You can explain what the Saffir-Simpson scale is.
4. You can explain what low pressure areas and high pressure areas are (GG 55).

What's wind?

LOW PRESSURE AREA            HIGH PRESSURE AREA                       

Two kinds of "wind"-scales

BEAUFORT SCALE -- 0 to 12

Scale for measuring wind force.

SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE -- 1 to 5

Scale for measuring hurricanes.

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TODAY'S GOALS

1. You can explain in 5 steps how a hurricane forms (GG 58 +§3, question 4).
   
2. You can name 2 other names for hurricanes (GG 57).
   
3. You can name 5 consequences of the typhoon Talas in Japan in 2011.
   
4. You can give 2 reasons why hurricanes slow down over land (GG 58).
   

MINIMUM 26.5

EXERCISE 7

You're allowed to 

work in pairs

HOMEWORK

Prepare (in pairs) a presentation about hurricans that lasts at least 3 minutes.