University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Flood Chances
Students test the hypothesis that a 100-year flood happens once every hundred years, learning how the probability of a flood does not mean that floods happen at regular intervals.
NASA
Nasa Earth Observatory: Natural Hazards: Floods
NASA's Earth Observatory offers photos of floods all over the globe. Examine these as you read about the causes and often devastating effects of these natural disasters.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Environmental Public Health: Natural Hazards
For this lesson plan, students are introduced to a variety of natural hazards and explore how understanding these threats make us better able to avoid or reduce their potential harmful impact.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Natural Hazards Programs: Lessons Learned for Reducing Risk [Pdf]
This site provides links to articles about natural disasters such as volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, floods, etc.
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: Floods and Flood Plains
This site provides a detailed report on floods and flood plains. Facts about weather patterns, zoning restrictions, and dams and levees are given along with diagrams and photos.
Geographypods
Geographypods: Hazards and Risk Management: Tropical Storms
This learning module looks at tropical storms. It explains the characteristics of a tropical storm, how they form, how they are predicted, and their frequency. Includes student tasks, graphs, videos, and an interactive animation of...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Geological Hazards
Learn about geohazards such as mudslides, earthquakes, and outburst floods that can be found in National Parks.
NOAA
Noaa: Owlie Skywarns Weather Book [Pdf]
Download and print this free activity book about hurricanes, tornadoes, lightening, floods and winter storms. A quiz section is also included.
Other
National Flood Insurance Program
This page provides several links to resources about the National Flood Insurance Program.
Michigan Technological University
Up Seis: What Are Earthquake Hazards?
Earthquakes really pose little direct danger to a person. People can't be shaken to death by an earthquake. Some movies show scenes with the ground suddenly opening up and people falling into fiery pits, but this just doesn't happen in...
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Volcanic Hazards, Features, and Phenomena
Site from the U.S. Geological Survey provides a brief list of volcano terminology including descriptions as well as links to major menus.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Natural Disasters
Students are introduced to our planet's structure and its dynamic system of natural forces through an examination of the natural hazards of earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, tsunamis, floods and tornados, as well as avalanches, fires,...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Hurricanes
Middle schoolers learn what causes hurricanes and what engineers do to help protect people from destruction caused by hurricane winds and rain. Research and data collection vessels allow for scientists and engineers to model and predict...
Ready
Ready: Make a Plan
Thorough resource that covers preparing for natural and man-made disasters and hazards.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Erosion in Rivers
Learners learn about water erosion through an experimental process in which small-scale buildings are placed along a simulated riverbank to experience a range of flooding conditions. They make model buildings either with a 3D printer or...
NOAA
Noaa: National Weather Service: Jetstream: Thunderstorms
Online school for weather presents an abundance of information about thunderstorms. Discover how they form, the different types, their hazards, and what to do if there is a risk for severe weather. A review quiz and lesson plans are...
Geographypods
Geographypods: Theme 2: Natural Environments
A rich collection of highly engaging learning modules on topics related to the natural environment. Covers four main areas - plate tectonics, forms and processes, weather and climate, and rainforest and desert. Within each of these,...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Naturally Disastrous
Students are introduced to natural disasters, and learn the difference between natural hazards and natural disasters. They discover the many types of natural hazards - avalanche, earthquake, flood, forest fire, hurricane, landslide,...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Protect My Home!
Students create a model using materials to build a barrier or protective wall to prevent your home from flooding during a storm surge.
Library of Congress
Loc: Natural Disasters: Nature's Fury
People have always tried to understand the natural world in which they live. In early times, they created myths to explain their experiences with fire, flood and other violent forces. Over the centuries, new scientific discoveries added...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Understanding Tsunamis
Come and learn more about the devastating effects of tsunamis. This site features video segments revealing the devastation tsunamis can cause and how tsunamis are formed.
Other
Planet Ark: World Environmental News
Welcome to Planet Ark's daily Reuters World Environment News - the most comprehensive source of environmental news on the Net. To read previous news stories, please use the search engine below to find stories relating to any...
Other
Un/isdr: Stop Disasters!
The goal of this online game is to save lives after a disaster. Students choose a scenario and try to minimize the impact of a disaster. They explore how to build safer villages and cities as they learn about disaster risk reduction.