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USA Today

Usa Today: Your Guide to Tornado Safety

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about tornado safety to its readers.
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Tramline

Tramline: Tornado Field Trip

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this virtual field trip students learn about the formation of tornadoes. Students also visit websites where they can research various types of information about tornadoes.
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NOAA

Noaa: Tornadoes

For Students 9th - 10th
This online quiz will test your knowledge of tornado safety. Take it and see if you really are well prepared.
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NOAA

Noaa: National Severe Storms Laboratory: Tornadoes

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how tornadoes occur, how they are predicted, the smallest size, the largest size, and how they are detected.
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Other

The Tornado Project Online

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything you wanted to know about tornadoes, including weather information, patterns, tornadoes in the past, present storms, and safety suggestions.
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Other

American Red Cross: Masters of Disaster: Grades 6 8

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

American Red Cross: Masters of Disaster: Grades 3 5

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Curated OER

Usa Today: Your Guide to Tornado Safety

For Students 9th - 10th
USA Today relates information about tornado safety to its readers. Find links to important tornado information in this December, 2005 article.
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Read Works

Read Works: Safety First

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about staying safe during bad weather. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Tornados in the Us

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Overview: In this lesson, students will learn the basics about how tornadoes are formed, and when and where they are most likely to occur. They will learn that the United States is the country most...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Fire Safety

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Fire safety lesson and web links for primary.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Learning Zone

For Students 3rd - 8th
This comprehensive, interactive site is loaded with information, activities, and stories about thunderstorms, lightning, and tornadoes. Find out how these weather systems are formed, how they impact our lives, and how they cause chaos.
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Other

Federal Emergency Management Agency: Earthquake Safety Activities [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A 74-page booklet of activities that teach about earthquakes and what to expect when one strikes, what one can do to prepare for them, and ways to stay safe during an earthquake and afterwards.
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K 3 Learning Pages: Web Resources Thunderstorms

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Check out this comprehensive list of web resources on thunderstorms and safety. Students and teachers will benefit from the links found on this site.
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The Field Museum

Field Museum: Exhibits: Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the true powers of Mother Nature through this vivid collection of research which delves into the causes of natural disasters and the impacts on those affected.
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The Field Museum

Field Museum: Exhibits: Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the true powers of Mother Nature through this vivid collection of research, which delves into the causes of natural disasters and the impacts on those affected.
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National Weather Service

National Weather Service: Basic Weather Spotters' Field Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Written in an Adobe PDF file, this publication teaches about basic weather phenomena and how to recognize advancing severe weather systems in real time.
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Death Wind Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In Death Wind by William Bell, Allie chooses to run away from home rather than face her problems. When she is returning, a tornado strikes, destroying her home, and she fears for her family's safety. This teacher's guide includes a book...
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Kids Crossing: Look Out for Dangerous Weather

For Students 1st - 5th
Explore dangerous weather events like tornadoes, hurricanes, thunderstorms, and blizzards through stories, activities, and safety tips.
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Curated OER

Usa Today: Thunderstorm Safety Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
August, 2005 article that highlights thunderstorms and offers safety tips to avoid harm during a storm.
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Read Works

Read Works: Preparing for a Disaster

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how to stay safe during different types of natural disasters. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Curated OER

Fire Tornado

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What is a wildfire? How are they caused? Find the answers to these questions, learn wildfire "lingo" and safety tips, and follow links to lesson plans.

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