Tsunamis, Hurricanes, and Tornados

Volcanoes

Earthquakes

 FEMA for Kids Tsunami information

Volcanoes

a low down on the high risers; make sure to click on the three types of volcanoes

The Science of Earthquakes

what are earthquakes, how do they happen, where?

Video Clip of Where Earthquakes Happen

 Savage Earth: Waves of Destruction from PBS, has cool flash animations

Earthquakes for Kids from USGS fun information and activities, lots to do and see

Volcanoes lots of information and links from Weather Wiz Kids

Learn about Volcanoes

 FEMA for Kids   Earthquake information and activities, good for teachers and students


 Science of Hurricanes How they work, why they move click on links at bottom of page to learn more

 Savage Earth: Out of the Inferno from PBS, has cool flash animations

Savage Earth:Restless Planet information about plate tectonics and earthquakes from PBS, has cool flash animations

 The Science of Hurricanes from Weather Wiz Kids


 View a Composite Volcano from Enchanted Learning

Volcano Activities from Enchanted Learning


Earthquakes great site, lots of information from Weather Wiz Kids

FEMA for Kids Hurricane information


 Active Volcanoes by Region click on area to learn more

 Earthquakes by Region (look at all the earthquakes north and south of Oregon; you can look at different time periods also)

The Science of Tornadoes from Weather Wiz Kids

 Exploratorium learn about earthquakes, play games, view pictures

 

 Making Rocks, Visit Jim's Lab with an experiment at the American Museum of Natural History

 

 Try Melting a Rock using pressure, temperature, and water content 

 

Volcano Glossary  from USGS with links to sites about your term

 Earthquake Glossary has  pictures and definitions