Natural Disaster Lesson Plans & Activities
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General Resources
- American Red Cross Masters of Disaster (K-8)
- http://www.redcross.org/prepare/location/school/preparedness-education
- Cornell University – Discover Our Earth (9-12)
- http://www.geo.cornell.edu/hawaii/220/PRI/PRI_PT_home.html/
- Department of Homeland Security – Ready Kids
- http://www.ready.gov/kids
- Discovery Lesson Plan Library – Earth Science (K-12)
- http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
- DLESE – Teaching Boxes (6-12)
- http://www.teachingboxes.org/
- Education World – Survival Experts (3-8)
- http://www.education-world.com/
- FEMA for Kids – Resources for Parents & Teachers (K-8)
- http://www.ready.gov/parents-teachers
- Geological Society of America – Resources for Earth Science Educators (K-12)
- http://www.geosociety.org/
- National Geographic – Dealing with Disasters (6-8)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- National Geographic – Living Landscapes: Are You a Disaster? (3-5)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- National Geographic – Natural Hazard Risks in the United States (6-8)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- National Geographic – Natural Hazards: Same Forces, Different Impacts (6-8)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- National Geographic – Sister Storms: Children of the Tropical Seas (6-8)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- National Geographic – The Impact of Natural Hazards around the World (6-8)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- National Geographic – The Ring of Fire (9-12)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- National Geographic – Tornadoes and Technology (9-12)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- National Geographic – Tracking Tornadoes (6-8)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- National Geographic – Twister Tracking (9-12)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- National Geographic – Twister! What to Do in a Tornado (3-5)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- National Geographic – What is a Tornado? (K-2)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- PBS – New Perspectives on the West (6-8)
- http://www.pbs.org/
- Read, Write, Think – Exploring Cause and Effect Using Expository Texts about Natural Disasters (3-5)
- http://www.readwritethink.org/
- Science Netlinks – Earth Movers (9-12)
- http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/
- United States Geological Survey – USGS & Science Education (K-12)
- http://education.usgs.gov/
Earthquake Resources
- Discovery – Learn from the Past, Prepare for the Future (9-12)
- http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
- DLESE Teaching Box – Living in Earthquake Country (6-12)
- http://www.teachingboxes.org/
- Earthquake Slip Classroom Exercise (7-9)
- http://www.jclahr.com/
- Education World – Finding an Earthquake's Epicenter (9-12)
- http://www.education-world.com/
- Federal Emergency Management Agency – Seismic Sleuths (7-12)
- http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=3558
- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) – Redefining an Earthquake (9)
- http://www.iris.washington.edu/
- Lawrence Hall of Science – Big Trouble in Earthquake Country (9-12)
- http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/
- National Geographic – Earthquakes: A Whole Lot of Quakin' Goin' On (9-12)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- National Geographic – Earthquakes & Volcanoes (3-5)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- National Geographic – The Three Little Pigs in Earthquake Land (K-2)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- PBS – Building Big (5-8)
- http://www.pbs.org/
- USGS Earthquake Hazards Program – Learning & Education (K-12)
- http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology – Animated Fault Motion (7-12)
- http://www.iris.edu/
Hurricane Resources
- Discovery – Hurricane! (6-8)
- http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
- Education World – Hurricanes Spark a Storm of Classroom Activity! (K-12)
- http://www.educationworld.com/
- National Geographic – The Eye of the Hurricane (3-5)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- NewsHour Extra – The Gulf Coast Region: Geography, Demographics and the Effects of Hurricane Katrina (7-12)
- http://www.pbs.org/
- Science Netlinks – Hurricanes 1: The Science of Hurricanes (3-5)
- http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/
- Science Netlinks – Hurricanes 2: Tracking Hurricanes (3-5)
- http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/
- StormStruck (6-12)
- http://stormstruck.com/