Hurricanes & Hurricane Safety Natural Disasters Activities

Description

Natural disasters play such an important role in shaping our world and are usually at the very forefront of our news cycle and current events. This resource introduces hurricanes and important concepts such as hurricane safety. We have included a variety of activities including engaging reading comprehension pages, and even a science observation that will compliment your current curriculum.

This pack includes:

1. Recommended book list

2. Vocabulary Words

-hurricane

-cyclone

-typhoon

-eye of a hurricane

-eye wall

-rainbands

-storm surge

-tropical storm

-Saffir-Simpson Scale

3. Educational Posters

-Parts of a Hurricane

-Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale

4. Reading Comprehension Passages

– What Is a Hurricane?

– How Do Hurricanes Form?

– Measuring Hurricanes

– Hurricane Katrina

– Naming Hurricanes

– Hurricane Safety

5. Rating Hurricanes (cut and paste activity)

6. My Hurricane Names activity

7. Extreme Hurricane student research

8. Hurricane in a Bowl Science Observation

– teacher directions

– student printable to record observations

9. Answer Key

Perfect for grades 2nd-3rd! Please download our preview for a closer look into this unit.

Enjoy!

~ Curriculum Castle