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Grade Range: K - 11
This collection of reviewed resources from TeachersFirst is selected to help teachers and students understand hurricanes and the historic events surrounding major hurricanes. Explore these resources during a unit on weather or disasters and include related projects and classroom activities. Classrooms in hurricane-prone areas may want to stop to observe anniversaries of local hurricane history or even to conduct local history projects in conjunction with some of these starter resources. Turn frightening natural disasters into positive learning using the background on these helpful sites.
In the Classroom
Use this complete list as a research source for student projects during a unit on weather or choose one or two specific sites to use. These reviews all include ideas for classroom use.
At Home
Help your student understand hurricanes when the news stories become frightening or overwhelming.
Tags
disasters, hurricanes, natural disasters, weather,
Subjects
Earth Science/Geology, Science, Social Studies, Social Studies,