WORKSHEETS
The best way to handle a disaster is to be prepared, as students learn in this printable.
This lesson plan includes maps, colorful graphics, and activities to help students understand how volcanoes and…
Pupils will role-play elements of a food web to illustrate the connections in ecosystems. Then they will respond to…
DAILY WARM-UPS
Students learn about volcanoes as they improve their reading comprehension skills with the science reading passage and…
Students read a nonfiction passage about hurricanes and answer comprehension questions. Use this reading warm-up about…
Children research a famous survivor of a harrowing experience, including serious illness and the Holocaust. Then, they…
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 had far-reaching effects. Read about it and then explore the related activities.
Students make and observe a water ecosystem. Materials list, advance preparation instructions, lab safety tips, rubric,…
Science meets adventure in Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives, part of the Scientists in the Field…
Distribute a reading selection and an assignment on earthquake science, predictions, and safety.
BOOK GUIDES
Use The Storm in the Barn – a graphic novel by Matt Phelan – to teach pupils about the Dust Bowl and life in America…
Buddy—a story about love, loss, and letting go—will help students gain insight into how Hurricane Katrina affected…
