What If a Tornado Hit Every Day?

Cosmo decides to investigate Earth’s weather by causing a tornado to hit the same neighbourhood everyday. Students will learn about how tornadoes are formed and where tornadoes are most common. What are the signs that a tornado is forming? How are people warned when a tornado is spotted? How does the force of a tornado destroy buildings? Could any plants survive daily tornados? And what would it be like to live in an underground city?

Topic: Strong and Stable Structures

Cosmorriculum:

Assess effects of strong and stable structures on society and the environment
Define a structure as a supporting framework, with a definite size, shape, and purpose, that holds a load
Identify the strength of a structure as its ability to support a load
Identify the stability of a structure as its ability to maintain balance and stay fixed in one spot
Describe ways to improve a structure’s strength and stability
Describe ways in which different forces can affect the shape, balance, or position of structures

Topic: Forces Causing Movement

Cosmorriculum:

Assess the effects of the action of forces in nature (natural phenomena) on the natural and built environment
Identify a force as a push or a pull that causes an object to move
Identify different kinds of forces

Topic: Plants

Cosmorriculum:

Identify the major parts of plants, and describe how each contributes to the plant’s survival within the plant’s environment
Identify examples of environmental conditions that may threaten plant and animal survival