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1 S T U D E N T H A N D O U T A Labels for the Birth of a Hurricane warm, moist tropical air tropical disturbance Coriolis effect tropical cyclone Dealing with Extreme Weather: Hurricanes in the Caribbean 1

2 S T U D E N T H A N D O U T B Role Card 1: Tropical Disturbance Your group will act out the thunderstorms that become a tropical disturbance. Step 1: Stand in the Atlantic Ocean slightly off the coast of Africa. Stand close together, but do not touch one another. Step 2: With your hands by your side, slowly move three steps westward, away from Africa. You will be close to, but not touching, other students. These students are acting as warm, moist air. While you move, make sounds and motions to show that you are thunderstorms. Step 3: Staying in place, slowly raise your arms by reaching behind you and then bringing them up over your head. Make sounds to show that you (thunderstorms) are releasing hot air that is rising. You are now a tropical disturbance. tropical disturbance) into a tropical depression. Pay attention to their actions, and let Role Card 1: Tropical Disturbance Your group will act out the thunderstorms that become a tropical disturbance. Step 1: Stand in the Atlantic Ocean slightly off the coast of Africa. Stand close together, but do not touch one another. Step 2: With your hands by your side, slowly move three steps westward, away from Africa. You will be close to, but not touching, other students. These students are acting as warm, moist air. While you move, make sounds and motions to show that you are thunderstorms. Step 3: Staying in place, slowly raise your arms by reaching behind you and then bringing them up over your head. Make sounds to show that you (thunderstorms) are releasing hot air that is rising. You are now a tropical disturbance. tropical disturbance) into a tropical depression. Pay attention to their actions, and let Dealing with Extreme Weather: Hurricanes in the Caribbean 2

3 S T U D E N T H A N D O U T C Role Card 2: Tropical Depression Your group will act out the warm, moist air that helps a tropical disturbance become a tropical depression. Step 1: Sit in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. You should be about four steps west of the thunderstorms (another group of students). Step 2: When the thunderstorms reach you, watch for hot air to be released (the students lift their arms to the ceiling). When they do, rush toward them, staying close to the floor. Step 3: Stand up and form a circle with the thunderstorms. Begin moving the circle slowly counterclockwise. Just as the thunderstorms did earlier, slowly raise your arms by reaching behind you and bringing them up over your head. Make sounds to show that you are releasing hot air that is rising. You are now a tropical depression. tropical depression) into a tropical storm. Pay attention to their actions, and let Role Card 2: Tropical Depression Your group will act out the warm, moist air that helps a tropical disturbance become a tropical depression. Step 1: Sit in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. You should be about four steps west of the thunderstorms (another group of students). Step 2: When the thunderstorms reach you, watch for hot air to be released (the students lift their arms to the ceiling). When they do, rush toward them, staying close to the floor. Step 3: Stand up and form a circle with the thunderstorms. Begin moving the circle slowly counterclockwise. Just as the thunderstorms did earlier, slowly raise your arms by reaching behind you and bringing them up over your head. Make sounds to show that you are releasing hot air that is rising. You are now a tropical depression. tropical depression) into a tropical storm. Pay attention to their actions, and let Dealing with Extreme Weather: Hurricanes in the Caribbean 3

4 S T U D E N T H A N D O U T D Role Card 3: Tropical Storm Your group will act out the warm, moist air that helps a tropical depression become a tropical storm. Step 2: When you see a group of students (a tropical depression) begin to move in a circle, watch for hot air to be released (they will lift their arms to the ceiling). When this happens, rush toward the tropical depression, staying close to the ground. Step 3: Stand up and form a circle around the tropical depression. Move counterclockwise with them, but a little faster. Just as they did earlier, slowly raise your arms by reaching behind you and bringing them up over your head. Make sounds to show that you are releasing hot air that is rising. You are now a tropical storm. tropical storm) into a hurricane. Pay attention to their actions, and let them guide you. Role Card 3: Tropical Storm Your group will act out the warm, moist air that helps a tropical depression become a tropical storm. Step 2: When you see a group of students (a tropical depression) begin to move in a circle, watch for hot air to be released (they will lift their arms to the ceiling). When this happens, rush toward the tropical depression, staying close to the ground. Step 3: Stand up and form a circle around the tropical depression. Move counterclockwise with them, but a little faster. Just as they did earlier, slowly raise your arms by reaching behind you and bringing them up over your head. Make sounds to show that you are releasing hot air that is rising. You are now a tropical storm. tropical storm) into a hurricane. Pay attention to their actions, and let them guide you. Dealing with Extreme Weather: Hurricanes in the Caribbean 4

5 S T U D E N T H A N D O U T E Role Card 4: Hurricane Your group will act out the warm, moist air that helps a tropical storm become a hurricane. Step 2: When you see the students form a second circle (a tropical storm), watch for hot air to be released (they will lift their arms to the ceiling). When this happens, rush toward the tropical storm, staying close to the ground. Step 3: Stand up and form a circle around the tropical storm. Move counterclockwise with them, but a little faster. Just as they did earlier, slowly raise your arms by reaching behind you and bringing them up over your head. Make sounds to show that you are releasing hot air that is rising. You are now a hurricane. Step 4: Start to move the hurricane westward toward the Caribbean islands. Role Card 4: Hurricane Your group will act out the warm, moist air that helps a tropical storm become a hurricane. Step 2: When you see the students form a second circle (a tropical storm), watch for hot air to be released (they will lift their arms to the ceiling). When this happens, rush toward the tropical storm, staying close to the ground. Step 3: Stand up and form a circle around the tropical storm. Move counterclockwise with them, but a little faster. Just as they did earlier, slowly raise your arms by reaching behind you and bringing them up over your head. Make sounds to show that you are releasing hot air that is rising. You are now a hurricane. Step 4: Start to move the hurricane westward toward the Caribbean islands. Dealing with Extreme Weather: Hurricanes in the Caribbean 5

6 S T U D E N T H A N D O U T F Preparing for the Approaching Hurricane Act-It-Out You will work with your group to bring to life a character in western Cuba as Hurricane Ivan approaches. Step 1: Circle the character your teacher assigns to your group. a mother of six children who lives in a small wooden house with a tin roof a laborer who works on a small tobacco plantation a fisherman who fishes on the Caribbean coast a government official who works in the Department of Disaster Management a doctor who works in a local hospital a meteorologist who reports for the national radio station Step 2: Pretend you are the character that your teacher has assigned to your group. Discuss these questions with your group: Who are you? What are you doing? What are your concerns as the hurricane approaches? What do you expect to happen during the hurricane? In what ways do you think your life might change as a result of the hurricane hitting your country? Make sure everyone in your group can answer the questions. Step 3: Brainstorm ideas on how the actor can make the character as realistic as possible. For example, the actor might use certain body postures, facial expressions, and simple props. Dealing with Extreme Weather: Hurricanes in the Caribbean 6