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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Preparing for Natural Disasters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This social studies lesson provides information and safety tips for different natural disasters. It integrates technology, writing, and art activities. The included slideshow may be presented to the whole group, or students may navigate...
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Website
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Natural Hazards Center: Natural Hazards Observer

For Students 9th - 10th
A publication of the Natural Hazards Center focusing on natural disaster research. Specific information available for numerous subtopics.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Mini Landslide

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore how different materials (sand, gravel, lava rock) with different water contents on different slopes result in landslides of different severity. They measure the severity by how far the landslide debris extends into model...
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Interactive
NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: Natural Hazards: Floods

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA's Earth Observatory offers photos of floods all over the globe. Examine these as you read about the causes and often devastating effects of these natural disasters.
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Unit Plan
Geographypods

Geographypods: Hazards and Risk Management: Hazards and Disasters

For Students 11th - 12th
This learning module looks at hazards and disasters. It explains the difference between them, looks at examples, and discusses future trends. Includes handouts, slideshows, activities, and videos.
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Unit Plan
Geographypods

Geographypods: Theme 2: Natural Environments

For Students 9th - 10th
A rich collection of highly engaging learning modules on topics related to the natural environment. Covers four main areas - plate tectonics, forms and processes, weather and climate, and rainforest and desert. Within each of these,...
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Interactive
National Geographic

National Geographic: Forces of Nature

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This educational site provides information about deadly forces of nature, such as, tornadoes, volcanoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Severe Weather and Natural Disasters

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn about severe weather and natural disasters through experiments, witness accounts, vocabulary, and much more.
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Interactive
Other

Un/isdr: Stop Disasters!

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Natural Disasters: Nature's Fury

For Teachers 9th - 10th
People have always tried to understand the natural world in which they live. In early times, they created myths to explain their experiences with fire, flood and other violent forces. Over the centuries, new scientific discoveries added...
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Teachers.net

Teachers.net Lesson: Natural Disaster Bloom's Taxonomy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here is a lengthy activity for student to work on while learning about floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes. Students will enjoy researching these disasters and applying what they have learned to a project.
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Primary
Calisphere: University of California Libraries

University of California: Calisphere: Gold Rush Era, 1848 1865: Disasters

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary source materials that highlight the risks of natural disasters associated with the California Gold Rush as people rushed in to seek their fortunes.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Preparing for a Disaster

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how to stay safe during different types of natural disasters. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Handout
European Space Agency

European Space Agency: Esa Kids: Earth: Natural Disasters: Satellites Help Japan

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief explanation of how satellite images are used to record and monitor the damage caused by a natural disaster, in this case the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of March 24, 2011.
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Website
Teacher Oz

Teacher Oz: Texas Natural History and the Great Outdoors

For Students 9th - 10th
Teacher has organized many sites under these headings: Texas Natural History, Regions of Texas, Texas Animals, Texas Plants, Texas weather, Texas natural disasters, Galveston, Texas State parks, national historical landmarks, Texas...
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Website
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Texas' Natural Environment

For Students 4th - 8th
Presents information and data on all aspects of the geography, natural resources, and climate of Texas, including natural disasters and extreme weather events.
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Website
Other

Idndr: The Tsunami Page

For Students 9th - 10th
An international site dealing with natural disasters, crisis management, prevention & reduction. The INDR (International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction) Office is the sponsor. Timely, specific information included.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Naturally Disastrous

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to natural disasters, and learn the difference between natural hazards and natural disasters. They discover the many types of natural hazards - avalanche, earthquake, flood, forest fire, hurricane, landslide,...
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NOAA

Noaa: Ngdc Noaa: Family Disaster Plan Quiz

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take this five-question, online quiz to find out how much you know about emergency preparedness for a natural disaster.
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Handout
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Natural Disasters: Earthquakes

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on this page will help students understand environmental dangers related to earthquakes, what they can do to prepare and recover.
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Website
Weather Wiz Kids

Weather Wiz Kids: Weather Safety

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Click on the links to find guides to weather and natural disaster safety tips for earthquakes, floods, heat waves, hurricanes, lightning, mudslides, avalanches, thunderstorms, tornadoes, tsunamis, volcanoes, wildfires, and winter storms.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Moving West, Natural Disasters

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Assign reasons from Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to explain pioneers' migration to and return from the American plains in the 1800s. Research, write and produce a newspaper dedicated to a natural disaster such as the 19th-century drought.
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Website
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Disasters

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Science Foundation provides us with a comprehensive report on disasters; understanding them, how to prepare for them, responding to them, and the latest news. Learn about the risks involved and how to minimize the effects.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Disaster Risk Knowledge in Nepal

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a passage about disaster risk reduction in Nepal and answer the follow-up questions.

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