The Web links are provided to give teachers and students additional information to further understanding of the concepts in the module.
Are you Ready for a Flood or Flash Flood?
Information from the Disaster Relief Library's Disaster Preparedness Materials.
FEMA fact Sheet: Foods and Flash Floods
Learn about the devastating flood of 1899 which killed over 2,200 people in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in the greatest man-made disaster of all time.
ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information
Earthquake information and maps from the San Francisco Bay area.
Chronological Map of Earthquakes in California
Offers time, location, magnitude, and type of faulting for earthquakes from before 1900 to the present.
Click on the region within the map of interest to you.
Seismic source modeling is taken to mean the modeling of seismograms to investigate kinematic properties of the earthquake source.
The Caltech Seismological Laboratory monitors and provides information on seismic activity in Southern California.
U.C. Berkeley's Seismological Laboratory
A large collection of information and links on California earthquakes.
The World Wide Earthquake Locator
An earthquake analysis system using data dynamically obtained over the internet.
- Learn about wildfires and how to assess the dangers in your neighborhood.
The Great Chicago Fire: The Web of Memory
- An online exhibition including essays, biographies, and images, produced by the Chicago Historical Society to mark the 125th anniversary of the Fire.
Site focuses on lightning and volcanoes.
Southern California Wildfire Hazard Center
University of California at Santa Barbara provides this resource including research and outreach links.
- The official "spokesdog" of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). The NFPA works to make you and your family safe from fire and other risks.
A CNN Interactive report from 1996.
Yellowstone Fires and Their Legacy
Emergency Information Hurricane
Includes categorizing of different levels of hurricanes, size, structural information, prediction and naming of hurricanes.
Information on how a tornado works and how they are rated on the Fujita Scale. Resource links are provided for tornado safety and vortex information.
Hurricanes: Natures Greatest Storms
Includes latest news from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). Provides basic information about the nature and hazards of hurricanes, and describes methods of forecasting these storms.
Information on hurricanes.
A framework for investigating the effects of wind is provided by a series of four inquiry-based activities.
Resources for parents and teachers in helping children cope after experiencing natural disasters.
Worldwide disaster aid and information sponsored by IBM, the Red Cross and CNN.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency -- FEMA -- is an independent agency of the federal government whose mission is to help people before, during, and after disasters.
How Schools Can Become More Disaster Resistant
Helpful ideas to check your school environment to make sure you really are prepared if a natural disaster occurs.
Natural Disasters ThinkQuest Project
FEMA for Kids: Online Safety Rules
How to help your family prepare for a disaster.
General Natural Disaster Preparedness Tips
How to Prepare for an Emergency
Hurricane and Natural Disaster Brochure
The Quentin Fire Company's Home Page
Fire safety quizzes, crossword puzzles, etc.
Children, Stress, and Natural Disasters
The University of Illinois Extension provides a guide for teachers with suggested activities.
A WebQuest written by Mr. Steve Badgley from Belleville, Canada.
A lesson plan prepared by Elizabeth Hlavaty.
An event-based WebQuest designed for 9th graders by Mr. Tom Holmes.
Natural Disasters Theme includes WebQuests
Projects, activities and WebQuests presented by Ecole Whitehorse Elementary in Canada for students in grades 3-8.
Natural Disasters WebQuest and Links
This WebQuest was developed for Miami State High School students.
Inquiry lesson on natural disasters created by the University of Michigan.