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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.
Global Problem Solvers
Global Problem Solvers:the Series Season 2: Storm Force: Teacher's Guide
Global Problem Solvers is an animated STEM series from CISCO that features a group of middle school students who work together to solve social problems. This teacher's resource provides a lesson and discussion guide for each Global...
Weather Wiz Kids
Weather Wiz Kids: Hurricanes
A great resource offering the causes and effects of hurricanes, the reason why hurricanes are named the way they are, the difference between a hurricane and a tropical storm, hurricane "lingo," safety tips, and more. Follow links to...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Science for Kids: Dangerous Weather
Kids learn more about the science of dangerous weather. Tornadoes, hurricanes, and thunderstorms.
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...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Hurricanes
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart gives an overview of hurricanes and explores the anatomy of a hurricane. It includes video of the vulnerability of New Orleans before hurricane Katrina.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Weather Hurricanes
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes hurricanes and the processes that come together to create hurricanes. It tells us the right precautions to take if a hurricane is coming our way!
Center for Educational Technologies
Severe Weather: Hurricane Watch
Hurricanes are the most powerful of storms. Using satellite images, this site allows you to plot the path of a hurricane and predict when it will strike land.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Hurricane!
Use this site to explore the effect of wind speed on the height of ocean waves and what happens to the waves when they hit shallower water.
Center for Educational Technologies
Exploring the Environment : Severe Weather:hurricanes
Learn about hurricanes by analyzing data and predicting possible new hurricanes. Lots of good background and some extension activities.
Curated OER
The Learningnetwork: Hurricanes
This site offers basic information about hurricanes including where they form, how they form and how they are classified.
Curated OER
Hurricane Diagram
A great resource offering the causes and effects of hurricanes, the reason why hurricanes are named the way they are, the difference between a hurricane and a tropical storm, hurricane "lingo," safety tips, and more. Follow links to...
Curated OER
Hurricane Formation
A great resource offering the causes and effects of hurricanes, the reason why hurricanes are named the way they are, the difference between a hurricane and a tropical storm, hurricane "lingo," safety tips, and more. Follow links to...
Curated OER
Hurricane Georges
A great resource offering the causes and effects of hurricanes, the reason why hurricanes are named the way they are, the difference between a hurricane and a tropical storm, hurricane "lingo," safety tips, and more. Follow links to...
Curated OER
Hurricane Mitch
A great resource offering the causes and effects of hurricanes, the reason why hurricanes are named the way they are, the difference between a hurricane and a tropical storm, hurricane "lingo," safety tips, and more. Follow links to...