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Natural Disaster Lists

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Students use newspapers, periodicals, the Internet, and historical data to produce a list of the natural disasters that have occurred in their community, county or parish, and state over at least the past 25 years.

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Grade
5th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
Instructional Strategy
Skills Practice

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