Hurricanes have been the focus of our attention during the last month. As we tracked Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Maria, and Hurricane Jose many students were asking why there were so many bad storms this season. We researched the scientific reasons why the hurricane season has been so bad this year. Then, we discussed the fact that people that lived thousands of years ago didn't have the luxury of researching on the internet. They didn't understand all of the scientific reasons why storms were created, so they had to come up with other explanations for these terrible storms. We looked into ancient cultures from Mexico, Greece, and the Caribbean and discussed the mythological explanations they had for hurricanes. We looked at the similarities between all these mythological explanations and also looked at where these cultures were located on a world map and thought about why these cultures would have needed these explanations for hurricanes and why other cultures didn't. We had some great conversations!
Here is a chart that summarizes what we discovered.
Here is a chart that summarizes what we discovered.
