Lightning Strikes!

Yesterday we viewed a Mythbusters episode that featured

a young man being struck by lightning. We should have learned that lightning is both powerful and

unpredictable.

Read the Nova article titled “Lightning Hunters” in pairs.

Watch the 3 minute video clip from…

http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.lighthunter/

Based on the reading and video clip, what was the purpose of

this experiment?

What question do the scientists want answers to?

Based on data from their experiment, what conclusion can these scientist make ?

What could be a potential next step in the series of

experiments?

If you were part of this research team and wanted to do something with the information you just learned, what direction should you take. Consider the steps of the scientific

method.