Research Website: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environmental-threats-environment/state-of-the-earth/climate-change/
http://www.fema.gov/kids/tornado.htm
http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/saferoom/maps_torn_distr.shtm
Historical Examples: Hallam, NE 2004
Research Website: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environmental-threats-environment/state-of-the-earth/climate-change/
Historical Examples: Katrina 2005
Research Website: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environmental-threats-environment/state-of-the-earth/climate-change/
Historical Examples: Indonesia 2004
Research Website: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/lightning-interactive/
Historical Examples:
Research Website: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environmental-threats-environment/state-of-the-earth/climate-change/
Historical Examples: Afganistan 2010
Research Website: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environmental-threats-environment/state-of-the-earth/climate-change/ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/
Historical Examples: Haiti 2010
Research Website: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environmental-threats-environment/state-of-the-earth/climate-change/
Historical Examples:
Interesting video: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/offbeat/2010/04/20/moos.volcano.name.cnn?iref=allsearch
Research Website: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environment-natural-disasters/avalanches/avalanches.html
http://nsidc.org/snow/blizzard/plains.html
Historical Examples: Plains Blizzard of 17-18 January 1996
Research Website: http://www.fws.gov/endangered/
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html
Historical Examples: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environmental-threats-environment/state-of-the-earth/climate-change/
Research Website: http://plancanada.ca/downloads/kwc/english/Deserts2.htm http://desertification.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/desertification-causes-effects-spreading-halting-google-alert-uwc-enviro-facts/
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/desertification/
http://www.greenfacts.org/en/desertification/index.htm
Historical Examples:
Research Website: http://www.childrenoftheearth.org/deforestation-information-for-kids.html
http://kidsandconservationblog.typepad.com/kids_connected_to_conserv/2005/08/deforestation.html
Historical Examples: Rainforests cut down
Research Website: http://www.smokeybear.com/
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/wildfires.html
Historical Examples: Idaho 1910
Research Website: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environment-natural-disasters/avalanches/avalanches.html http://www.clean-air-kids.org.uk/acidrain.html
Historical Examples: acid rain on Greek monuments
Research Website: http://www.clean-air-kids.org.uk/globalwarming.html
Historical Examples:
FEMA for Kids: http://www.fema.gov/kids/dizarea.htm
National Geographic Videos: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environmental-threats-environment/state-of-the-earth/climate-change/
National Geographic Natural Disasters Information: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/?source=NavEnvND
The Weather Channel Kids http://www.theweatherchannelkids.com/weatherED/
National Geographic
(http://www.nationalgeographic.com/)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/index.html (good
for earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, volcanoes)
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Administration) http://www.fema.gov/
Environmental Protection Agency
(http://www.epa.gov/)
(Good for pollution, global warming, and extinction of species)
United States Geological Survey
(http://www.usgs.gov/) (Hazards tab on left
side of screen; Does show “real-time hazards” that focus on current
examples) This site is particularly
good for volcanoes, wildfires, earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, floods and
hurricanes)
Discovery
Channel (http://dsc.discovery.com/)
Department of the Interior (http://www.doi.gov/)
(National Parks)