Natural Disasters
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DAILY WARM-UPS
Science Reading Warm-Up: Earthquakes
Teach your students about earthquakes while improving their reading comprehension skills. This printable warm-up…Subjects:ReadingLanguage Arts and WritingSocial Studies and History -
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Survival Kits
The best way to handle a disaster is to be prepared, as students learn in this printable.Subjects:ScienceNatural DisastersEmergency Preparedness -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Frequently Asked Questions about Tsunamis
Find answers to commonly asked questions about tsunamis -- the science behind them and their history.Subjects:ScienceEarth ScienceNatural Disasters -
LESSON PLANS
Cause and Effect Lesson
How to teach cause and effect analysis effectively Use this resource to help your students understand the effects of…Subjects:Natural DisastersEarth ScienceScience -
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Earthquakes and Volcanoes Lesson and Activities
This lesson plan includes maps, colorful graphics, and activities to help students understand how volcanoes and…Subjects:ScienceEarth ScienceNatural Disasters -
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How Many People Does It Take to Ruin an Ecosystem?
Pupils will role-play elements of a food web to illustrate the connections in ecosystems. Then they will respond to…Subjects:Oil Spills &Natural DisastersEarth Science -
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Geography Reading Warm-Up: Wetlands
Improve your students' reading comprehension skills with a short nonfiction passage and multiple-choice questions about…Subjects:Oil Spills &Natural DisastersEarth Science -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Disasters – Natural and Unnatural
Background information on the effects that natural and unnatural disasters have on children and their communities.Subjects:ScienceEarth ScienceNatural Disasters -
LESSON PLANS
Instant Expert: Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Become an instant expert on volcanoes and earthquakes! Find motivational mini-lessons and the reference material you…Subjects:ScienceEarth ScienceNatural Disasters -
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Hurricane Katrina Reading Warm-Up
Students will read a nonfiction passage about Hurricane Katrina and answer reading comprehension questions. Use this…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionLanguage Arts and Writing -
BOOK GUIDES
The Grapes of Wrath Reading Guide
Find questions, exercises, and assignments designed to guide students' reading of Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath while…Subjects:LiteratureBanned Books and CensorshipTornadoes in Oklahoma, May 2013 -
DAILY WARM-UPS
Science Reading Warm-Up: Volcanoes
Students learn about volcanoes as they improve their reading comprehension skills with the science reading passage and…Subjects:ReadingLanguage Arts and WritingSocial Studies and History -
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Science Reading Warm-Up: Hurricanes
Students read a nonfiction passage about hurricanes and answer comprehension questions. Use this reading warm-up about…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingEarth ScienceWeather -
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2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Reading Warm-Up
Students will read a passage about the December 2004 tsunami that affected Asia and East Africa. After reading, they…Subjects:Earth ScienceWeatherNatural Disasters -
TEACHING RESOURCE
How a Tsunami Occurs
Learn how a tsunami occurs.Subjects:ScienceEarth ScienceTsunami -
REFERENCE
Eyewitness: Natural Disasters
Witness the amazing power of hurricanes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters through the real-life photographs and…SubjectsScienceEarth ScienceNatural Disasters -
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Famous Survivors
Children research a famous survivor of a harrowing experience, including serious illness and the Holocaust. Then, they…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingCreative WritingSocial Studies and History -
BOOK GUIDES
Subway Ride Activity Guide
Encourage critical thinking by asking pupils questions before, during, and after reading Subway Ride, a book that takes…Subjects:LiteratureHurricane SandyReading and Literature -
LESSON PLANS
Why Care About Amphibian Population Decline and Malformations?
In this lesson, students learn why preservation of wildlife is important.SubjectsRain ForestsAnimals (Zoology)Oil Spills & -
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Landslide!
Landslides occur in almost every state in the United States and provide an exciting opportunity to investigate how water…Subjects:ScienceEarth ScienceNatural Disasters -
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Natural Resources
Using this graphic organizer, students discuss natural resources such as air, forests, oil, soil, and water. This…Subjects:ScienceEcologyEarth Science -
BOOK GUIDES
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn is an award-nominated mystery that takes place in 18th-century Japan. These ideas and…Subjects:LiteratureHistorical FictionEarthquake & Tsunami in Japan, March 2011 -
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Mystery of the Malformed Frogs Lesson Plan
In this lesson students learn how volunteers, including themselves, can aid in conservation.SubjectsAnimals (Zoology)Oil Spills &Biology -
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Earthquake!
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 had far-reaching effects. Read about it and then explore the related activities.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryEarth ScienceNatural Disasters
