TEACHING RESOURCE
Find answers to commonly asked questions about tsunamis -- the science behind them and their history.
WORKSHEETS
The best way to handle a disaster is to be prepared, as students learn in this printable.
LESSON PLANS
How to teach cause and effect analysis effectively Use this resource to help your students understand the effects of…
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…
Background information on the effects that natural and unnatural disasters have on children and their communities.
Become an instant expert on volcanoes and earthquakes! Find motivational mini-lessons and the reference material you…
DAILY WARM-UPS
Students learn about volcanoes as they improve their reading comprehension skills with the science reading passage and…
Learn how a tsunami occurs.
Students read a nonfiction passage about hurricanes and answer comprehension questions. Use this reading warm-up about…
REFERENCE
Witness the amazing power of hurricanes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters through the real-life photographs and…
Children research a famous survivor of a harrowing experience, including serious illness and the Holocaust. Then, they…
BOOK GUIDES
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn is an award-nominated mystery that takes place in 18th-century Japan. These ideas and…
In this lesson, students learn why preservation of wildlife is important.
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 had far-reaching effects. Read about it and then explore the related activities.
How to prepare yourself and your class for disasters.
In this lesson students learn how volunteers, including themselves, can aid in conservation.
Using reference materials, students will research the habitats of extinct, endangered, and threatened animals listed in…
Integrate life science and Earth science with the questions in this printable. Students will research the eruption of…
Students draw from a list of words, including such words as lithosphere and plate tectonics, to make a picture atlas of…
Science meets adventure in Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives, part of the Scientists in the Field…
Students will review the effects of plate tectonics as they match each natural disaster or landform on Earth to its…
Students make and observe a water ecosystem. Materials list, advance preparation instructions, lab safety tips, rubric,…
Discuss the destructive power of several historic tsunamis. Also covered is how scientists measure and predict…
