Science Struck
Science Struck: Causes and Effects of Hurricanes
Discusses the causes of hurricanes and their effects on a region, including storm surges, heavy winds, precipitation, and possible tornadoes.
Extreme Science
Extreme Science
Explore the science behind the "extremes" in our world. Organized into sections on earth science, the animal kingdom, technology, and space science, this site opens your eyes to giant creatures, amazing technological advances, vast...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Severe Storms Modeling
This site features information on the severe storm computer modeling that meteorologists use to help them study severe storms.
NASA
The Earth Sun System
This resource provides some interesting video footage of the Sun. Also included is information about the effects of solar radiation on the Earth's magnetosphere and weather.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Extreme Weather on Our Planet
This lesson from National Geographic for grades 2-5 has a great photo gallery and video of extreme weather, and a chart for plotting weather investigation. Learning objectives, teaching methods, and connections to National Science...
Read Works
Read Works: Forecasting Severe Weather to Communities Helps Them Prepare
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage gives information about how communities can prepare for weather disasters. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
Science Struck
Science Struck: 15 Worst Natural Disasters in History of u.s.
Presents a list of the fifteen worst natural disasters to strike the United States and its territories, along with descriptions, year, number of casualties, cost, and where each occurred.
Other
K 3 Learning Pages: Web Resources Thunderstorms
Check out this comprehensive list of web resources on thunderstorms and safety. Students and teachers will benefit from the links found on this site.
NOAA
Noaa: Century's Top Weather, Water and Climate Events
Discover what experts view as the top weather related events of the 20th century, get background information on them and see photos. Some of the events covered are the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the 1930s Dust Bowl, Hurricanes Camille...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Exploring Weather Disasters
During this lesson plan, students will discover the differences in four types of weather disasters. They will collect information from selected Internet websites and create a multimedia presentation to demonstrate what they have learned.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Are You Prepared?
Natural disasters come in many different forms. In order to be better prepared, students have to know the different types of disasters. In this lesson students will research natural disasters in order to create a brochure highlighting an...
Other
Kean: Weather Systems [Pdf]
No scientific phenomena concern us as much as the daily evolution of weather systems. We live in a culture where weather, the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place,helps us define regional cultural variations. States such as...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Text Sets: Nature and Conservation
Learn about how the natural world interacts with itself and how people impact the planet with this science-based text collection of 46 Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) on the topic of Nature and Conservation. [Free account registration...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Cyclones? Don't Blame Climate Change
From ABC News in Science, Judy Skatssoon's article discusses the findings of a report group which suggest that tropical cyclones cannot be blamed on climate change.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Fire Safety
[Free Registration/Login Required] Fire safety lesson and web links for primary.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Weather
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart was created to go along with Harcourt 2nd grade science textbook. It discusses the weather, the water cycle, seasons, and different types of storms and what to do based on the type. It...
LM Digital Media
Kids World Fun: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [Pdf]
This ebook shares the story of a little girl from Kansas who travels in a dream to the fictional land of Oz.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Weather Systems: Lesson 2
This lesson will discuss the effects of the weather on living things. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Weather Systems."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Weather Systems: Lesson 3
This lesson will discuss the effects of the weather on living things. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Weather Systems."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Weather Systems: Lesson 1
This lesson will discuss the effects of the weather on living things. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Weather Systems."
USA Today
Usa Today: Rising Air Creates Spring, Summer Ice
This article gives you basic information on hail. There are links at the bottom of the page to how hail forms, how updrafts breed hail and thunderstorms.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: What Is a Natural Disaster?
Learn the effects of natural disasters and the difference between natural disasters and man-made disasters. Also explores ten different natural disasters.
Curated OER
Usa Today: Thunderstorm Safety Guide
August, 2005 article that highlights thunderstorms and offers safety tips to avoid harm during a storm.
Other popular searches
- Tornadoes Effects and Causes
- Hurricanes and Tornadoes
- Tornadoes Effects
- Tornadoes Art
- Science Tornadoes
- Tornadoes Integrated Unit
- Tornadoes Lesson Plan
- Making Tornadoes
- Tracking Tornadoes
- Damage by Tornadoes
- Tornadoes in History
- Hurricane and Tornadoes