This web quest must be  done during an active hurricane. Students will use real-time data to analyze data, practice reading maps, and make predication. Students will also have the opportunity to research past hurricanes. 

Video Description:  Balancing Earth's incoming and outgoing energy is like balancing an equation. When both are equal, Earth's energy is in balance. Learn more about how changes in this balance may impact Earth.  Video Length:  2:56.NASA eClipsTM is a suite of online student-centered, standards-based resources that support instruction by increasing STEM literacy in formal and nonformal settings.  These free digital and downloadable resources inform and engage students through NASA-inspired, real-world connections.NASA eClips Real World segments (grades 6-8) connect classroom mathematics to 21st Century careers and innovations.  They are designed for students to develop an appreciation for mathematics through real-world problem solving.

Students use a spreadsheet to compute the hypothetical risk of an Andrew-like hurricane to downtown Miami.

Students use spreadsheets to analyze the reasons why New Orleans has subsided in the past 250 years.