The Science of Hurricanes

Scientists in room 302 were introduced to media literacy today. We used the same strategies we use in close reading while we viewed a short video about hurricanes. First, we watched the video in its entirety to get the gist. Then, we watched the video a second time paying attention to three different focus questions. We quickly realized that, just like in reading when something doesn't make sense, you need to reread, or in this case, rewatch to clarify. We found ourselves pausing the video often and rewinding as we worked to make sense of all of the information and take organized notes. Please ask your junior scientist what they learned about hurricanes and what strategies they used to gain that understanding from the video.