Hurricanes occur during the end of summer and the beginning of fall. They thrive in this environment because the water has heated up after a warm summer.

Here is a fun and easy experiment for your chlid to do-Stir up a Hurricane

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/tryfun3.html

This is a great illustration of the anatomy of a hurricane-

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/5819/anat.html

National Geographic Kids Site for Hurricanes-

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0308/hurricane/

All About Hurricans, stages of development, how they are named, tracking and pictures-

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/home.rxml

Inside a Hurricane

http://www.kinderstart.com/frame_for_links.php?redirect=http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane

Learn About Hurricanes-Where Storms occur, Hurrican categories, Storm Surge, Anatomy, How a tropical depression turns into a hurricane, and much more.

http://www.accuweather.com/wx/school/hurricane.htm

Wetlands and Hurricanes Wetlands marshes help absorb the force of the hurricanes.

http://www.lacoast.gov/education/factoid%20old.htm

This article states that "More and more, there’s a human fingerprint in natural disasters in that we’re making them more frequent, more intense, and more destructive," says Dunn. "In a sense, we’re turning up the faucets...and throwing away the sponges, like the forests and wetlands."

http://sustainable.state.fl.us/fdi/fscc/news/world/9804/storms.htm

This article describes how wetlands are formed and nourished-Also information about global warming and rising sea level

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of98-805/lessons/chpt8/

Some more information about mangroves and their importance as buffers during a hurricane.

http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/derm/Ecosystems/pollution_ecosystems.asp#Coastal

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