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Cyclones
Students explore Earth science by researching natural disasters in class. In this cyclone lesson, students discuss the creation of cyclones and what their potential destruction can be in the wrong environment. Students read assigned text...
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The Great Wave
Students investigate tsunamis and how they are caused. In this natural disaster lesson, students discuss earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and other causes of tsunamis. Students conduct an experiment in which they drop objects into...
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Living With Risk: The Human Element of Natural Disasters
Seventh graders research the Internet and the given websites to complete this lesson. In this investigating natural disasters lesson students complete several activities about natural disasters.
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ESL Natural Disasters Matching Worksheet
In this ESL natural disasters worksheet, students examine small pictures. They match the pictures with the words that name them such as an avalanche, a hail storm, a drought, and a volcano.
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How Communication Technologies Affect People
Third graders complete a worksheet, first with known information, and then with researched information. They create a PowerPoint, video, or radio broadcast to convey the results of their research. They learn to use a graphic organizer to...
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Implementing a Civic Action Project
Students are provided with a six-step process for empowering students to plan and implement civic participation projects in the community. They look into solutions to community problems and seek ideas for actions project in response to...
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Have You Ever Experienced a Disaster?
In this ESL interview worksheet, students interview or respond to 4 short answer questions regarding natural disaster experiences.
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This Is How the World Ends: Coronal Mass Ejections/Space Storms
Is this the end of the world as we know it? Pupils prepare for a coronal mass ejection during a lesson from the K20 Center. The activity combines video and Internet research in a collaborative assignment that focuses on public safety...
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Preparing for Disaster
Students examine the effects of earthquakes. In this earthquake lesson plan, students investigate survival strategies and disaster preparedness in the wake of an earthquake.
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Disaster Relief - You Can Count On Me!
Students practice stewardship. In this service learning lesson, students respond to those in need after a natural disaster as they investigate philanthropy.
It's About Time
Succession in Communities
What occurs following a natural disaster? High schoolers research this question and others as they investigate natural succession after a disaster. First, as they differentiate between primary and secondary succession, they explain how...
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Analyzing Point of View: Inferring about the Natural Disaster in Eight Days
Who is telling the story? Readers take a look at the text Eight Days to determine if the story is told in first or third person. They then discuss in groups and complete a shared writing activity to describe how the narrator's point of...
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Including Multimedia and Visual Displays in Presentations: Prioritization of Relief Aid after Natural Disasters
It's time to put the plan into practice. Using their plans from the previous lesson, scholars create multimedia and visual displays for their opinion speeches. Next, they watch videos of speeches and use a presentation rubric to evaluate...
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The Eruptor
Young scholars use the internet to research facts about volcanoes. In groups, they locate the nearest volcano near them and find photographs of volcanoes erupting. To end the lesson, they build their own model of a volcano with different...
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Massive Tornado in Missouri
The New York Times published an article on the tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri in 2011. Learners read the article then answer each of the 11 who, what, when, where, and why questions. Hint: This article and ones like it link to a...
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Help I've Fallen And I Can't Get Up
Middle schoolers examine how natural disasters impact humans and how to develop a disaster relief plan. They develop a list of natural disasters, and in disaster relief teams, create an emergency plan for their families to follow if a...
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Are You Prepared?
Pupils research specific natural disasters using the Internet and a collection of books. The natural disasters include; floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, winter stroms, wildfires, thunderstorms, volcanoes, and earthquakes. They...
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Natural Disaster Acrostic Poems
Fourth graders will conduct research to locate facts about natural disasters. Using a cross-curricular approach they will create acrostic poems with technology. The emphasis will be upon establishing skills for using powerpoint media.
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Weather Watch
Middle schoolers research severe weather conditions that occur in their region of the country and develop guidelines to deal with natural disaster-related emergencies.
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Warning Signs for Dangerous Times
Students explore the use of storm-tracking technologies, research and present how they forecast natural disasters, and assess the importance of these technologies.
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The Humanitarian Side of Architecture
Students explore the role that architects play in rebuilding communities after natural disasters. They investigate the aftermath of the 1906 California earthquake and fires, and current day efforts to rebuild communities after natural...
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Buddy, Are You Ready?-Preparing for School Emergencies
Students explore natural disasters by reading stories about volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes. They explore safe behaviors in order to understand what to expect in a catastrophe. Students practice safe evacuation procedures...
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Floods
Students explore Earth science by answering study questions on-line. In this natural disasters lesson plan, students research Australia flood statistics over the past 40 years and identify patterns. Students utilize the web to view...
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The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
Young scholars study the history of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. They read a story, view photos of the disaster, and complete a comprehension worksheet.
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