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 draw from a list of words, including such words as lithosphere and plate tectonics, to make a picture atlas of…
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 make and observe a water ecosystem. Materials list, advance preparation instructions, lab safety tips, rubric,…
Students will review the effects of plate tectonics as they match each natural disaster or landform on Earth to its…
Science meets adventure in Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives, part of the Scientists in the Field…
Suggest a family activity to parents that focuses on Earth processes such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and plate…
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…
In this Earth science printable, students will evaluate true/false statements about earthquakes and tsunamis. As a skill…
Review natural disasters, geothermal activity, and physical geology terms for Earth's changing landscape with this…
Integrate environmental science in your study of wetlands with the questions in this printable. Students will use…
Buddy—a story about love, loss, and letting go—will help students gain insight into how Hurricane Katrina affected…
Discuss the destructive power of several historic tsunamis. Also covered is how scientists measure and predict…
