"NASA
has unveiled a new Web site in which it publishes satellite
images in near real time over natural hazards around the world.
A new
addition to NASA's Earth Observatory, the Natural
Hazards section contains images and information about major
environmental events that are potentially hazardous to human
populations.
Forces of nature - This site deals with natural catastophes,
great info as well as pictures.
This site Involves designing a brochure about emergency plan
for area if a disaster occurs.
Preparing a disaster report in the role of Monty
the channel 9 weatherman.
Bushfire
Survival
Australia's Tropical
cyclone high risk areas
Michael Thompson's Australian
Weather pages
A webquest on volcanoes
for years 3-7
Natural Disasters
Weather
and Natural Disasters
Disasters - Natural (Select view in frames option)
Natural disasters!
FEMA
for kids
Emergency Management
Australia
Disaster mitigation
(perhaps more for teacher background - or challenge for brighter
students)
Nasa
links to volcanoes and earthquakes
Natural disasters
including blizzards, tsunamis and more
BAMBIL PRIMARY Disasters and Survival page
BUREAU
OF METOEROLOGY Australia.
Find current
and general information about climate and weather
conditions, including warnings and disasters.
HAZARDS AND RISKS Charles Sturt UNIVERSITY
has produced the Hazards and Risks Virtual Library
to give comprehensive coverage of links to all
types of disasters including fires, geological events,
weather hazards, chemical disasters, pest infestations
and the impact of disasters.
WEATHER AND CLIMATE. From Community Learning
Network, an excellent set of theme pages with links
to educational resources. Topics include Air Quality,
Clouds, El Niño, Floods, Global Warming/Climate
Change, Hurricanes, Lightning, Ozone Depletion,
Tornadoes, Water Quality.
PLANETDIARY Provides a weekly update of articles
on the environmental state of planet Earth focusing
on natural phenomena and events such as floods,
fire, fauna, flora, earthquakes, drought, health,
volcanoes, oil spills, radioactivity, tornadoes, and
tropical storms. Has good background on each
phenomena with annotated links, and archives of
recent articles. Contains Internet activities and
lesson plans for teachers and students.
NATURAL DISASTERS
This Thinkquest site provides
easily read information on the destructive forces of
nature. Profiles tornadoes, tsunami, volcanoes,
hurricanes, and drought. Supported by multimedia
presentation.
RELIEF WEB
This site provides current information
on prevention, preparedness and disaster response.
Savage Earth is the companion site to the PBS
TV
series of the same name. It includes
information, links and teacher notes on Earthquakes,
Volcanoes and Tsunamis (tidal waves). Natural disasters.
GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY: United States
- USGS. This site
offers up to date information related to earth sciences -
volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes and drought.
The mission statement of the USGS is in part to minimise
the loss of life through natural disasters.
WEB
DIRECTORY Comprehensive
listing of sites related
to environmental issues. Indexed alphabetically and
includes, among many other topics: Disasters -Earthquakes,
Land Conservation - Mountains, Wetlands. Pollution -
Air/Water Pollution, Hazardous Waste. Science - Biology,
Geology, Oceanography. Weather - Institutes, Remote Sensing.
EARTHQUAKES EARTHQUAKES From the Southern
California Earthquake Centre. "This SCEC educational
module has been designed to provide students with the
opportunity to interactively investigate the nature of
earthquakes. The module has been divided into three
major subject sections, "What is an Earthquake?"
"The Distribution of Earthquakes", and "Measuring
Shaking". Each section presents background material
and interactive learning activities allowing students to
understand such characteristics of earthquakes as their
associated faults, rates of occurrence, magnitudes, and
geographic distribution."
EARTHQUAKE THEME PAGE includes educational links and
teacher activities related to earthquakes. Natural disasters,
Earth science, Plate tectonics.