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.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Eruption!
A downloadable computer simulation which showcases a series of villages that surround an active volcano. The volcano is modeled after Mount Vesuvius and is getting close to erupting. The goal of the exercise is to preserve as many people...
Swiss Educ
Swiss Educ.: Stromboli Online: Mt. St. Helens
Come along on a virtual tour of Mt. St. Helens with the Stromboli Online Team as they take you along with them to view how life has returned to the mountain after its horrific explosion. Users need to navigate the site using the links on...
NASA
Floods: Using Satellites to Keep Our Heads Above Water
This article describes how scientists use satellite images to try and spot extreme floods. These satellites keep information stored, such as data on hundred-year floods, and try to identify likely flood plains based on that data.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Learn the Issues: Flooding
This site provides real-world issues as well as the scientific research and technology used to support the EPA's mission to protect human health and safeguard the natural environment.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Learn the Issues: Tornados
Find out about some real-world issues as well as the scientific research and technology used to support the EPA's mission to protect human health and safeguard the natural environment.
Ready
Ready
Explore the Ready website for an overview of how families and businesses can prepare for emergencies, threats, and disasters by building kits, making plans, and staying informed. Find safety information about biological threats,...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Pump It!
Pumps are used to get drinking water to our houses every day! And in disaster situations, pumps are essential to keep flood water out. In this hands-on activity, student groups design, build, test and improve devices to pump water as if...
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: Pakistan's Floods
Lesson with multi-media resources introduces learners to the disaster in Pakistan after the devestating floods in 2010 and encourages them to consider the impact of history, climate vulnerability, and current politics as they attempt to...
BBC
Bbc: Week of 9 1 14: Iceland Issues New Volcano Alert
Iceland has been on the watch for potential disaster caused by volcanic explosions. Read about the current risks and view video of the eruptions from the Bardarbunga volcano.
A&E Television
History.com: 2021 Events
2021 is nearly history. Take a look back at a year that saw political turmoil, the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, an unusual Olympic Games, devastating natural disasters, advances in space exploration and more.
Tramline
Hurricane Virtual Field Trip
What conditions are necessary to create a hurricane? Where do hurricanes occur? When is hurricane season? What is the difference between a tropical cyclone and a hurricane? How is the strength of a hurricane measured? Where do hurricanes...
Other
Bureau of Meteorology: Surviving Cyclones
Fascinating coverage by the Australian government of cyclones, cyclone preparedness, and more.
Ready
Ready: Welcome to Ready Kids!
An engaging site developed by the Department of Homeland Security to teach students how to prepare for emergency situations. Loaded with learning activities, games, songs, lesson plans, and printable worksheets that are designed to help...
Other
The 1900 Storm: Remembering the Great Hurricane, September 8, 1900
The City of Galveston doesn't want the horrendous hurricane of 1900 to be forgotten. Read through the personal memoirs of those affected, see pictures of the devastation, and watch film clips that show the aftermath of the storm.
Other
Usa Gov: Hurricane Recovery
Resources to help you prepare for hurricanes and to help you find family and friends, get help, and health and safety tips.
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Lesson Plan, Future of Haiti
In this lesson, designed for grades 7 -12, the students will explain the social and economic achievements of Haiti, articulate the horrific consequences of the earthquake, describe the ways the economy responded to catastrophe and...
BBC
Bbc: Week of 11 11 13: Typhoon Haiyan: Un Launches $301M Philippines Aid Appeal
In the wake of the horrifying supertyphoon that hit the Philippines, its citizens are now in urgent need of aid. Learn how international governments are proposing to help.
NOAA
Noaa: Ncdc: Hurricane Katrina Information [Pdf]
Lots of information about the causes of Hurricane Katrina from a meteorology point of view is shared, as well as the data from the Hurricane and the impact the Hurricane had on the cities and towns that were affected.
NOAA
Noaa: Tornadoes, Nature's Most Violent Storms
This page, put out by the National Weather Service, thoroughly explains the causes and types of tornadoes. Tornado safety is covered in the form of warning signs and what you can do to stay safe both in school and at home. The full...
EL Education
El Education: Earth, Wind and Fire
Third grade students at World of Inquiry, School #58 created this set of cards as part of an expedition on natural disasters. To create their card, each student researched and wrote a descriptive summary on a specific natural event; each...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: San Francisco Earthquake
This article provides a summary and detailed facts about the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, one of the most devasting natural disasters in American history.
Read Works
Read Works: Starting Over
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about rebuilding after a disaster. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
Read Works
Read Works: Animal Instinct
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about animals that are able to sense a disaster before it happens. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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