Hurricanes,
tornadoes, volcanoes, and earthquakes…Earth has many dangerous natural
disasters! Here is a list of websites to
explore different kinds of natural disasters.
Natural Disasters – General
Information
Brain
POP – Natural Disaster Movie
A fun movie about many different natural
disasters.
Fact Monster – Natural Disasters
Lots of great information about natural disasters!
Tornadoes 
Exploring
Earth – 3D Tornado Animation
View a
computer generated animation of how a tornado spins.
FEMA’s
Disaster Connection – Tornadoes
Tornado facts and safety.
Web
Weather for Kids – Tornadoes, Thunderstorms, & Lightning
Map of
Pictures and videos explaining how tornadoes form.
Pictures
and diagrams – great site!
Make
Your Own “Tornado in a Bottle”
Instructions
to make your own “Tornado in a Bottle” using stuff you have at home!
National
Geographic: Tornadoes
Types of tornadoes, pictures, and more.
Earthquakes
FEMA’s
Disaster Connection – Earthquakes
Earthquake information and safety.
Click on “Explore How Plates Effect Your World” to
explore earthquakes and volcano eruptions.
Click on “Find out the Power of Plates”
to see why earthquakes and volcanoes happen.
GREAT LINK!
Explore how plates move and cause earthquakes. Very cool site! *Requires Flash player. Not compatible for Mac.
Hurricanes 
FEMA’s
Disaster Connection – Hurricanes
Hurricane information and safety.
Web Weather for Kids –
Hurricanes
How hurricanes form, pictures, and stories.
Make your own hurricane model, see how hurricanes
form, and much more!
Hurricane
Tracker Atlantic Ocean Chart
Print out this tracker chart to follow the next
hurricane in the
Test
Your Hurricane Vocabulary!
Fill in the blanks (Cloze Procedure) and test your
knowledge of hurricane vocabulary.
Volcanoes 
FEMA’s
Disaster Connection – Volcanoes
Volcano information and safety.
Click on “Explore How Plates Effect Your World” to
explore earthquakes and volcano eruptions.
Click on “Find out the Power of Plates”
to see why earthquakes and volcanoes happen.
GREAT LINK!
Print and cut out this awesome volcano model.
Fill in the blanks (Cloze Procedure) and test your
knowledge of volcano vocabulary.
National
Geographic: Volcanoes
Information
about volcanoes and the infamous
Tsunamis
FEMA’s
Disaster Connection – Tsunamis
Tsunami information and safety.
Diagrams, pictures, and more!
Avalanche
FEMA’s Disaster Connection – Floods
Flood information and safety.
Floods
FEMA’s
Disaster Connection – Floods
Flood information and safety.
Wildfires
FEMA’s
Disaster Connection – Wildfires
Wildfire information and safety.
National
Geographic: Wildfires
Information about why wildfires are needed for
nature and the destruction they cause.