Types of Natural Disasters

This Storyboard That activity is part of the lesson plans for Natural Disasters

Activity Overview

There are so many types of natural disasters that it can be difficult for students to focus on every single one of them. In this activity, students will create a spider map that identifies and illustrates at least six natural disasters. This activity can easily be adjusted to fit the needs of your students and how many disasters you would like them to focus on.

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Student Instructions

Identify and describe six natural disasters in a spider map storyboard.

Click "Start Assignment".
Identify six different natural disasters and write them as the titles of the cells.
Find an image using photos for class to represent each one.
Write a description of each one in the description box underneath the cell.

Blank Spider Map - 6 Terms

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2001078_006_70_085_013ac • Texas State Archives • License No known copyright restrictions (http://flickr.com/commons/usage/)
Blizzard! • Barbara L. Hanson • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Castle Rock wildfire • USFWS Headquarters • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Drought • Bert Kaufmann • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Gavarnie Avalanche 2b • sgillies • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
glad it's not my house • jdolenga • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
heat wave in bryant park • wolfsavard • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Landslide • andyarthur • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Long Twister • ccarlstead • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Volcanic eruption • Krumma • License Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

Types of Natural Disasters

This Storyboard That activity is part of the lesson plans for Natural Disasters

Activity Overview

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