Questions and Assignments

Use this lesson plan to help your students find answers to:

1. Is there an increase in the frequency of major hurricanes over the past few decades?
2. Calculate the trend and determine the confidence interval for the frequency of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean from past records.
3. Calculate the trend and evaluate the uncertainty for the intensity of hurricanes.
4. What are the possible effects of climate change on the intensity and number of tropical cyclones/hurricanes?