Storm map: how weather gets from the West African coast to the Gulf of Mexico

Hurricane Gustav Wind model
Originally uploaded by GISuser.com

Th, Sept 4

Storm map project:
Sketch, label and color -
- Fla
- Al
- Ms
- La
- Tx
- Mexico
- Yucatan Peninsula
- Cuba
- Haiti / Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo is the capital city).
- Gulf of Mexico
- Caribbean

From the Ocean Currents map (see earlier post) -
- Canary Current
- Equatorial Current

The lesson: "Recognizing connections over vast distances - such as linking Africa and Louisiana via weather - enables students to understand global dynamics. Think big."