Come and learn more about the devastating effects of tsunamis. This site features video segments revealing the devastation tsunamis can cause and how tsunamis are formed.

While visiting three separate sites in or near the Minnesota River valley, learners will question the deposition environment of rock types found and the creation of the valley itself. Students will discover find types of rock found far...

Students explore how different materials (sand, gravel, lava rock) with different water contents on different slopes result in landslides of different severity. They measure the severity by how far the landslide debris extends into model...

Pumps are used to get drinking water to our houses every day! And in disaster situations, pumps are essential to keep flood water out. In this hands-on activity, student groups design, build, test and improve devices to pump water as if...

Engineers work in many fields associated with precipitation. Engineers study glaciers to better understand their dates of formation and current demise. They deal with issues of pollution transport and water yield, and they monitor...

Student groups create personal rain gardens planted with native species to provide a green infrastructure and low-impact development technology solution for areas with poor drainage that often flood during storm events.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students evaluate the water cycle and how rivers erode, transport, and deposit materials to produce physical features. Many slides and aerial photos of flooding and riverbanks are...

For this Environmental Science and Engineering field activity, students will map a neighborhood wetland and generate various watershed questions. Students will identify engineered structures in or around this wetland and consider how...

Middle schoolers learn what causes hurricanes and what engineers do to help protect people from destruction caused by hurricane winds and rain. Research and data collection vessels allow for scientists and engineers to model and predict...

This resource presents many lessons with activities to engage students in grades K-2 in learning about disaster preparedness including fires, lightning, tornadoes, floods and general preparedness. Download any of the activities below to...

This resource presents many science lessons with related activities for students in grades 6-8. Content addresses tools for coping with disasters such as tornadoes, fires, lightning, floods and general preparedness.

Through eight lessons, students are introduced to many facets of dams, including their basic components, the common types (all designed to resist strong forces), their primary benefits (electricity generation, water supply, flood...

In this unit, students will learn about the difficulty that farmers in Bangladesh and the UK experience trying to grow crops on land that is regularly flooded. Then they will be challenged to make a model of a structure that can float to...

Wetlands are an important part of our ecosystem. They are often called the kidneys of the land. Learn about wetlands, where they are located, their value, and what threatens them.

This resource provides information on countries throughout the world, current news, and different types of maps.

This resource provides many science lessons with related activities for children in grades 3-5 regarding disaster preparedness. The resource covers tornadoes, fires, lightning, floods and general preparedness information.

Learn why Calvin Coolidge dubbed Hoover, then secretary of commerce, "the wonder boy" and why Hoover's active interest in scientific research, safety regulations, industrial standardization, radio, flood prevention, and other...

Site from the U.S. Geological Survey provides a brief list of volcano terminology including descriptions as well as links to major menus.