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This activity allows students to determine the types of items that should be in a hurricane survival kit, use a budget and calculations to determine the items to include in the kit and gain an understanding of hurricanes and the need to prepare for them.
Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.
Original Student Tutorials Science - Grades K-8
Learn how to prepare a natural disaster plan of your own and identify reasons for having one in this interactive tutorial.
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Original Student Tutorial
Learn how to prepare a natural disaster plan of your own and identify reasons for having one in this interactive tutorial.
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This PDF included at this site has information about family preparedness plans and safety rules, and information about thunderstorms, tornadoes, and lightning such as facts, when and where they occur, and how they form.
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Virtual Manipulative
Through this website, students learn about different weather disasters and what to do before, during, and after an emergency.
Type: Virtual Manipulative
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This PDF included at this site has information about family preparedness plans and safety rules, and information about thunderstorms, tornadoes, and lightning such as facts, when and where they occur, and how they form.
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National Hurricane Center's site for hurricane preparedness. Includes sample family disaster plan, checklist for supply kit, and links to background knowledge about storm surges, flooding, and high winds.
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Virtual Manipulative
Through this website, students learn about different weather disasters and what to do before, during, and after an emergency.
Type: Virtual Manipulative