Storm Tracker
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you will now become an expert storm tracker. You will visit the link below,
and complete the two online activities. After you complete these assignments,
you will actually track the Storm of 1928 using the actual coordinates provided.
First, you will need to become familiar with the actual tracking process.
Click on the link below, to begin your journey.
Now that your an expert storm tracker, download the tracking map, and save it to your folder with the name Tracking Map. To save the map using PrintKey click here and follow the instructions provided. Follow the steps below to plot the coordinates to the map in Microsoft Word.
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Open Word 2007. Click the Office Button
and select new from the drop down menu.
Select new blank document:
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Click on the office buttons and again and select Save As a Word Document. Name it Tracking Map. To review your save options click here.
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Set the Page Setup to Landscape by clicking the Page Layout Tab and selecting Portrait.
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Type your Name at the top of the page centered followed by the text Tracking Map (Example: Julie's Tracking Map).
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Place your cursor below your name where you will insert your map in the document, just under your name tracking map. Click the center alignment button to center the map to the center of the page.
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On the Insert tab then click the picture icon.
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Navigate to your student photo and click on the tracking map to insert it. Your photo should now appear where your cursor was placed. You might need to adjust the size of your map so that is appears on only one page. The next step is to set set the picture so that is appears behind text. This will allow you to put another graphic on the top of the map in order to plot the storms path. Click on the map to select it, then click on the Picture Tools tab to activate the picture tools options.
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Click the small arrow on the bottom of the text wrapping button to open the drop down menu and select Behind Text.
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Click off the map to deselect it.
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Next you will create an AutoShape to use for plotting points on the map where the storm traveled. Make sure you have the Insert tab selected. Click Shapes then select the Quad Arrow:
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Drag the AutoShape out on top of your map. Play around with your Shape Style options until you get the arrow the way you want it
. Here is how my arrow looks 
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Now you need to copy and paste several more arrows to use as our plot coordinates. Make sure you have the arrow selected. Click back on the home tab and click the copy icon then click the paste icon several times to get more arrows on your map. Remember, you will not be plotting every single coordinate. Just enough to give you the general direction that the storm took.
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Go to the following Web site to find the actual coordinates of the Unnamed Storm of 1928. Plot them on the map and then join them using the line tool. Remember, you will not plot every single coordinate, just enough to give a general direction of the path of the storm. Remember your arrows will outline the path the Unnamed Storm of 1928 path.
Coordinates of the Unnamed Storm
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Next you need to connect your arrows with a line. To do this, you will use the curve line tool which is located under the Shapes used above. Make sure you have the Insert tab selected. Click Shapes then select the Curve Line:
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With the curve line selected click once on your first arrow, move to the second arrow click once, and continue until you click on the last arrow which you will then double click to set the line.
When you are finished, save your work to your student folder with the same file name. Make sure you check your tracking map with the grading rubric before submitting it for grading.
Now that your an expert storm tracker, download the tracking map, and save it to your folder with the name Tracking Map. To save the map using PrintKey click here and follow the instructions provided. Follow the steps below to plot the coordinates to the map in Microsoft Word.
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