Students will work in a team to research and present on the physical processes that cause hurricanes and cyclones to form, including a case study on Cyclone Nargis. The presentation should be no more than 10 slides and can include video clips. It will comment on the global distribution of cyclones using a map and be presented on October 13th for a merit or commendation.

1. GCSE Geography@IST
Cyclone & Hurricane Team
Research assignment.
You and your team will be researching the physical processes that
cause hurricanes / cyclones to form. Your presentation may incorporate
or have embedded video clips from Google or YouTube. You should
include information on a case study cyclone called Cyclone Nargis. You
will need to comment on the global distribution of cyclones/hurricanes
around the world using a map similar to the one beneath. Your work
should be structured and include no more than 10 slides.
The best presentation will be awarded a merit or commendation
depending on quality and be presented to, and used by the rest of the
group as the final case study for revision.
To be presented Tuesday 13th October.
Web Links
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/cyclonenargis
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/alevel/geography/natural-hazards.html
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/international/countriesandterritorie
s/myanmar/cyclone_nargis/index.html