Spring
means severe weather and increased concern for natural
disasters like tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes. Here
are free printable weather science lesson plans on natural
disasters, fire safety, emergency preparedness and other severe weather issues.
NOAA,
the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, has free printable severe weather science lesson
plans. Print materials
from the NWS (National Weather Service) and the Red Cross. There is a series
of free printable severe
weather science booklets from the Red Cross on Owlie Skywarn, an owl who teaches
children about different kinds of weather. Owlie covers thunder storms,
tornadoes, lightning, floods, hurricanes and winter storms. The booklet is 44
pages long and contains free printable coloring pages. Learn about severe
weather with Billy and Maria. These children explore storms, lightning,
hurricanes, fire safety and emergency preparedness in free printablesevere weather coloring pages, puzzles, word searches and weather
experiments.
NOAA
has a free printable booklet about the tsunamis and earthquakes with Tommy Tsunami and Ernie Earthquake.
It explores the relationship between the two phenomena. This booklet is 15
pages long and has several activities for weather science units. There is a
free printable guide to make a weather satellite, too.
Ready.gov
is the homepage for free printable
emergency safety kids activities from FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management
Administration. Children can follow Herman the hermit crab as he teaches
children about emergency preparedness, weather science, natural disasters, This
site helps children create emergency safety response plans.
Spring
severe weather science is also concerned with wildfires which are sparked by
droughts. October is offical Fire Prevention month. You could follow up weather
science units with science lessons on wildfires and fire safety. Visit
Sparky.for free printable fire safety and emergency safety games, coloring pages and activities about fire
prevention. Over 75 years ago, a little bear was discovered wandering alone
after wildfires, then called a forest fires, took his home. He was namedSmokey Bear and he became the voice for forest rangers and
fire prevention. Get free printable fire emergency safety help there too.
Ready.gov
is a natural disasters emergency preparedness website maintained by FEMA with free
printable severe weather resources, lesson plans, emergency planning kits and
lots of resources. Ready.gov teaches students about natural disasters and
weather-related emergency safety. You'll find lesson plans and activities for
wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, storm safety, floods, blizzards, droughts and
more. The focus of the website is two-pronged: Make an Emergency Plan and Get a
Kit. Ready.gov provides printable checklists to prepare for disaster.
Children
might read The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck to learn more about tidal
waves (now called tsunamis). The Big Wave is a 1948 story of a Japanese
family's experiences following a tsunami. After the 2004 tsunami, Scholastic
Books made copies of this book available at reduced rates, to help children
understand the event.This books explains floods and hurricane storm surges like
the one that drowned New Orleans and much of the gulf coast in Hurricane
Katrina of 2005.