Worksheets

Theme: Natural Disasters

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• Nature's Fury

  Description:

        A chart-reading reproducible on natural disasters.

  
  

• Helping South Asia

  Description:

        A critical-thinking reproducible on the problems faced in South Asia after the tsunami

  
  

• What's in a Name?

  Description:

        Learn how hurricanes are named with this reproducible

  
  

• Active Volcanoes in the U.S.

  Description:

        Have students map which states have active volcanoes.

  
  

• A Whole Lot of Shaking Going On

  Description:

        How often do earthquakes happen? Use this chart-reading reproducible to find out.

  
  

• A Hurricane's Life

  Description:

        Students can read the diagram to learn how hurricanes form.

  
  

• Hurricane Hits in the United States

  Description:

        Have students read the map to find out which states have been hit by hurricanes from 1900-2000.

  
  

• Powerful Storms

  Description:

        Use this reproducible to give your students practice reading a double bar graph on Category 4 and 5 hurricanes.

  
  

• I Felt the Earth Move

  Description:

        Use this graphic organizer to explore earthquakes.

  
  

• Quake Vocabulary

  Description:

        Test your students' knowledge of the stories in this week's issue with our quiz.

  
  

• Where are the Wildfires?

  Description:

        Have students study a map that shows the location and size of 12 California wildfires.

  
  

• Get Organized

  Description:

        Students fill out a graphic organizer to show what they learned about wildfires.

  
  

• Battling Blazes

  Description:

        Students fill out a graphic organizer to show what they learned about wildfires in this week’s cover story (September 11, 2009).

  
  

• Hurricane Watch

  Description:

        Read the chart and learn how hurricanes are categorized.