Curated OER
Hurricanes
Your middle school meteorologists mull over hurricane facts while viewing this presentation. They learn about the physical characteristics and power of these low-pressure storms. They also discover the danger of hurricanes: freshwater...
Curated OER
What are Natural Disasters?
There are several types of natural disasters: quakes, floods, avalanches, and more. This slide show gives a brief explanation of each at an elementary-aged child's level. There are no frightening photos from actual natural disasters,...
Curated OER
Hurricanes
Upper elementary meteorologists take a glance at what a hurricane is and how it is formed. Because this does not get into the differences in air pressure that drive the associated winds, it may not be useful for older learners. The...
Curated OER
Hurricane and Tornadoes Group Creative Writing
Creating science literacy through writing gets scholars thinking about the context of scientific terms! Learners collaborate to write a short story about hurricanes and tornadoes in a group. Students have 25 minutes to write the story,...
Curated OER
Hurricanes
Students investigate what conditions are favorable for a hurricane to occur. In hurricane lesson students view images of hurricane destruction and track a path of a hurricane.
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...
Seeker
Seeker: Week of 11 11 13: Typhoon Haiyan's Death Toll Rises to 10,000
Learn about the supertyphoon that recently left the Philippines devastastated, and the enormous loss of life caused by this severe natural disaster.
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.
NASA
Nasa Earth Observatory: Natural Hazards: Severe Storms
Browse pictures of severe storms, such as blizzards, cyclones, ice storms, and typhoons, while exploring the causes and often dangerous effects of these natural weather phenomena.
PBS
Pbs: El Nino
You can link to the anatomy of El Nino, chasing El Nino, and El Nino's reach. There is a resource page and a search page.
Extreme Science
Extreme Science: Hurricanes
Whether you know it as hurricanes, typhoons, or cyclones, these dangerous storms are described in this article.
PBS
Pbs: Wgbh: Nova: Reconstructing a Storm
Scientists use a variety of tools to reconstruct storms in an effort to understand how they develop. These studies are conducted in an attempt to prepare for future storms. Peer close inside a megastorm, analyze and reconstruct it, and...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Antarctica Research Center: Describe Different Weather Patterns
This module provides informational text about weather. Students will learn about precipitation and storm fronts. Students will also learn about different types of storms, including the following: hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons.
Seeker
Seeker: Week of 11 25 13: Philippine Typhoon Death Toll Surpasses 5,200
Article provides an update on the destruction caused in the Philippines by Typhoon Haiyan.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Hurricanes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how a hurricane forms and its effects.
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Devastation Caused by Typhoon Haiyan
View images of the devastation caused by typhoon Haiyan as it hit the Philippines.
NASA
Nasa Earth Observatory: Reckoning With Winds
An article explaining how severe winds can lead to devastation and destroy homes, land, and injure people. Learn about different typhoons and cyclones and the effects they have had on our land.
Science Struck
Science Struck: 19 Worst Natural Disasters in the History of Japan
Presents a list of the nineteen worst natural disasters to strike Japan, along with descriptions, year, number of casualties, and where each occurred. Japan has been hit by earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, typhoons, blizzards,...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Worst Natural Disasters
Presents charts listing the fatalities from various disasters around the world, including epidemics, plague, famine, weather-related and earth-related disasters going back hundreds of years. Next, the top ten disasters with the highest...
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: Hurricanes in the News
Get familiar with the causes of hurricanes and what "feeds the monster[s]."
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Uk Typhoon Appeal Raises Millions
Article reports on aid being raised in the UK for victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.