Explain the basic formation and dangers of a severe weather type relevant to the student's region, such as thunderstorms, wildfires, or hurricanes, and state a correct safety rule.
Severe weather means weather that can be dangerous or cause damage, such as thunderstorms with lightning, tornadoes (fast-spinning columns of air), hurricanes (huge rotating storms with strong wind and rain that form over warm ocean water), and, in dry places, conditions that lead to wildfires. Each type forms from a specific combination of weather ingredients.
Understanding how a severe weather type forms helps explain why it is dangerous, and knowing a real safety rule for it matters far more than just knowing interesting facts about it.
Mastery looks like: They explain the basic formation of one severe weather type and state a correct, specific safety rule for it.
Common stumbles: Mixing up facts between very different severe weather types, such as tornadoes and hurricanes, or treating safety rules as optional common sense rather than specific, practiced steps.