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Title:
| Natural Disasters: Relief Efforts |
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Description:
| A collection of sites describing natural disasters and various relief efforts. Provides preparation and clean-up tips and how to protect family animals. Includes games and quizzes about natural disasters. eThemes Resources on specific disasters are included. |
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Grade Level:
| 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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Resource Links:
| Caring for Animals in Emergencies
What to do for your pet, livestock, or wildlife in the case of an emergency. Click on the two links for the full information.
Becoming a Disaster Action Kid
Find out how to prepare for natural disasters and what to do after they occur.
Resources for Parents and Teachers
Here are tips for parents and teachers who have children or students that have been affected by a natural disaster. Includes a booklist of books dealing with children in natural disasters.
Savage Earth
Savage Earth explains volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis. Some of the language may be a little technical or boring, but each section features animations that demonstrate how the events occur. There is also a direct link to a list of the animations.
Asteroids
A very well designed site from National Geographic. The site follows the theme of the X-Files. Students must acquire and use knowledge about different types of geography to determine what caused it.
How to Protect Your Home From Disasters
This student-designed site tells what you can do to protect your home from various natural disasters.
Pets and Disasters
This site designed for kids tells about how to care for your pet during an emergency.
eThemes Resource: Weather: Tornadoes
These sites contain basic information about tornadoes with illustrations, photographs, and many dramatic videos. Also includes safety procedures to follow during tornado watches and warnings. See U.S. maps that locate high-risk tornado areas and browse through tables of statistics. Try the hands-on activities.
eThemes Resource: Weather: Hurricanes
These sites are all about hurricanes. Watch videos on how they form and their strength. See weather maps and learn how to prepare for a hurricane.
eThemes Resource: Natural Disasters: Tsunamis
These sites contain information about tsunamis and what causes them. See photos and video of their destructive power when they reach land. Includes color sheets to print out and an online picture book.
eThemes Resource: Natural Disasters: Avalanches and Blizzards
These sites are about avalanches and blizzards and how they form. Also includes information about winter storms and snow. Learn about rescue dogs used in avalanches. There are photographs and videos of these natural disasters.
eThemes: Natural Disasters: Floods and Drought
Contains 14 sites that explain how natural disasters such as volcanoes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes develop. Also contains news and history of disasters. Most sites are graphic-heavy and somewhat interactive.
eThemes Resource: Natural Disasters: Earthquakes
These sites tell about the predictions, safety, causes, and the history of earthquakes. Includes quizzes, animation, and simulations.
eThemes Resource: Natural Disasters: Volcanoes
Information and facts about volcanoes in general, volcanoes throughout history, and the construction of volcano models. Many sites include interaction and video.
eThemes Resource: Weather: Thunderstorms and Lightning
Weather-related sites focusing on thunderstorms and lightning. Sites contain explanations, photographs, video, and graphics.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.8, 2.1, 3.1, 4.3, 4.7, 1, 3, 4, 6, 5
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