Natural Disasters 

Ready Kids - Disaster facts from Ready.gov, an official website of the US Dept of Homeland Security.  Includes disaster facts, vocabulary words to know, and info on how to prepare for and deal with tsunamis, earthquakes, wildfires, winter storms, volcanoes, hurricanes, and floods.  

Earthquakes - Info and facts from World Book Online.  Click on the speaker icon to have the article read to you! 

Earthquakes - Facts and Information from Nasa's Space Place. 

Earthquakes - Facts and information from National Geographic kids. 

Tsunamis - Facts and info from World Book Online.  Click on the speaker icon to have the article read to you! 

Tsunamis - Facts and Information from Nasa's Space Place. 

Volcanoes - Facts and info from World Book Online.  Click on the speaker icon to have the article read to you! 

Volcanoes - Facts on volcanic eruptions from Time for Kids. 

Volcanoes - Facts and photos from National Geographic Kids. 

Floods - Facts and info from World Book Online. Click on the speaker icon to have the article read to you! 

Floods - Info and a short video about floods from the National Severe Storms Laboratory, NSSL.noaa. gov. 

Floods - Scroll down to find info about floods from Weather Wiz Kids. 

Drought - Facts and info from World Book Online. Click on the speaker icon to have the article read to you! 

Drought - Info on drought and how it affects lives from the National Drought Mitigation Center, drought.unl.edu. 

Drought - Info from Nasa's Climate Kids website.  Scroll down to find out about some new tools from Nasa  that will help study drought - from space! 

Hurricanes - Facts and info from World Book Online. Click on the speaker icon to have the article read to you! 

Hurricanes - Info, facts, and a short video explaining hurricanes from Nasa's Space Place. 

Hurricanes - Info and facts from a Weather.gov handout.  Includes info on how to prepare for a hurricane. 

Tornadoes - Facts and info from World Book Online. Click on the speaker icon to have the article read to you! 

Tornadoes - Info and facts, including a short video about what causes a tornado, from SciJinks.gov.

Tornadoes- Info and facts from Weather Wiz Kids. 

Blizzards - Facts and info from World Book Online.  Click on the speaker icon to have the article read to you! 

Blizzards - Scroll down to find information about blizzards, from Weather Wiz Kids.

Blizzards - Video about blizzards, from Skysci for Kids.edu.  Let Ms. Beaudoin know if you want to slow down the video speed so you can take notes more easily!