April and May
kick off severe weather season in the northern hemisphere.
Hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, hail, lightning and thunder storms are all in
the spring forecast. Here are educational movies on earth science,
severe weather phenomena, geology and natural disasters. Use
these great educational movies for science lessons and severe weather
exploration? Educational movies include links for free printables to follow
up earth science lessons. These educational movies cover many aspects of earth science in an exciting, visceral way.
"Twister"
(1996, Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt) This is one of the action-adventure educational
movies on severe weather. In heart-pounding action from start to finish,
Twister uses mid 1990s computer generation to show the action of tornadoes in a
believable way. Twister shows two storm chasing teams compete to develop
accurate tornado tracking and monitoring devices. The cheesy little back-burner
love triangle between storm chasers doesn't detract from the main concept of
this geology thriller, For free printables on earth science lessons and
follow up activities from Twister, click here. Here's are more free printables on
tornadoes.
"Vertical
Limit" (2000 Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Scott Glenn) In Vertical Limit,
climbers attempt to scale K-2 one of the largest Everest mountains peaks. When
one team gets separated and trapped the others must attempt a rescue during a
brutal storm. Vertical Limit shows severe weather conditions a top the
mountains as well as the effects of high altitude on the human body. Vertical
Limit in earth science lessons on geology and avalanches. For free printables
of earth science lessons on Vertical Limit and click here.
"The Day After Tomorrow" is one of the sci-fi severe weather
educational movies. But kids can still learn about global warming and how it
causes severe weather and natural disasters. Students can learn vital earth
science lessons on the water cycle and development of severe weather patterns.
"When the Levees Broke" and other Hurricane Katrina documentaries show the devastation of natural disasters on an
urban area. Hurricane Katrina, Aug. 25-29, 2005, was one of the worst natural
disasters in the U.S. Students learn earth science lessons on hurricanes, storm
surges and floods. Here are earth science lessons and printables on Hurricane Katrina and other severe
weather natural disasters. Click here for other Hurricane Katrina
lesson plans.
"The
Perfect Storm" (2000 George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly) The
crew of a small fishing boat is caught off the shores of Glouchester,
Massachusetts between two huge storm systems, The Perfect Storm filmography is
intense. This is one of the best action educational movies on the use of radar
in severe weather study. Preview The Perfect Storm to edit out superfluous and
crude parts that are not necessary to the plot. The Perfect Storm in based upon
the book by the same name by Sebastian Junger. Here are free printables on
earth science lessons from The Perfect Storm.
