The Cay
6th Grade Mini Research Project
Pathfinder – Hurricane Hunters
Product: Help wanted! Create a display that would provide information for
someone who may be interested in applying for an open position as a
hurricane hunter. Include the qualifications necessary to be a hurricane
hunter, technology used to hunt hurricanes, and testimony from hurricane
hunters.
Key words for searching
Hurricanes, tracking
Books from Roosevelt
551.5 All
Allaby, Michael. How the Weather Works. Pleasantville, NY: Reader's
Digest Association, 1995.
551.5 Cos
Cosgrove, Brian, Karl Shone, and Keith Percival. Weather. New York:
Knopf, 1991.
551.5 Gaf
Gaffney, Timothy R. Storm Scientist: Careers Chasing Severe Weather.
Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2010.
551.5 Tay
Taylor, Barbara. Weather and Climate. New York: Kingfisher, 1993. Print.
551.5 Wag
Wagner, Ronald L., and Bill Adler. The Weather Sourcebook: Your
Onestop Resource for Everything You Need to Feed Your
Weather
Habit. Old Saybrook, CT: Globe Pequot, 1997.
551.55 All
Allaby, Michael. Hurricanes. New York: Facts On File, 1997.
551.55 Cha
Challen, Paul C. Hurricane and Typhoon Alert! New York: Crabtree Pub.,
2004.
551.55 Cha
Challoner, Jack. Hurricane & Tornado. New York: DK Pub., 2004.
551.55 Doe
Doeden, Matt. Hurricanes. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications, 2008.
Roosevelt Middle School Library Learning Center
7560 Oak River Forest, IL 60305 (708) 366-9230
www.district90.org/roosesvelt Updated October 2011
The Cay
6th Grade Mini Research Project
Pathfinder – Hurricane Hunters
551.55 Fin
Fine, Jil. Hurricanes. New York: Children's, 2007.
551.55 Goi
Goin, Miriam. Storms. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2009.
551.55 Tre
Treaster, Joseph B. Hurricane Force: in the Path of America's Deadliest
Storms. Boston: Kingfisher, 2007.
Print Encyclopedias from Roosevelt
Reference
The World Book Encyclopedia 2010. Chicago, IL: World Book, 2010.
Online Encyclopedia
This is an online encyclopedia. You can use this database from anywhere you
have internet access. You do not have to be at school to use this resource.
Go to the school web page: www.district90.org/subsite/rms
Click on Library Learning Center (left side of page)
Click on Resources (top of page)
Click on Encyclopedia Britannica
User ID: rfsd! Password: rfsd
Type in your subject in the search box. Example: Curacao
Roosevelt Middle School Library Learning Center
7560 Oak River Forest, IL 60305 (708) 366-9230
www.district90.org/roosesvelt Updated October 2011
The Cay
6th Grade Mini Research Project
Pathfinder – Hurricane Hunters
Websites
Sites worked as of date indicated in each citation below
Hurricane Hunters Association. Web. 14 Oct. 2011. http://www.hurricanehunters.com/
"The NASA SCIence Files™™: Kids: Dr. D's Lab: Hurricane Basics." NASA SCI Files™.
Web. 14 Oct. 2011. http://scifiles.larc.nasa.gov/text/kids/Problem_Board/
problems/weather/hurricanebasics.html
Weather Wiz Kids Weather Information for Kids. Web. 14 Oct. 2011. http://
weatherwizkids.com/weather-hurricane.htm
Weather Wiz Kids Weather Information for Kids. Web. 14 Oct. 2011. http://
www.weatherwizkids.com/hurricane-tracking-charts.htm
Roosevelt Middle School Library Learning Center
7560 Oak River Forest, IL 60305 (708) 366-9230
www.district90.org/roosesvelt Updated October 2011