Welcome, Weather Watcher!  Dr. Forcast needs your help!  She spent the summer traveling all over the world in her special Weather Watcher hot air balloon so that she can observe natural disasters up close.  She has seen hurricanes, tornadoes, , floods, earthquakes, thunderstorms, and tsunamis and has now returned to her Weather Lab in South Burlington for the winter.  She thinks that it is important for people to understand natural disasters and how to be safe if one occurs.
After you know all about your natural disaster, Weather Watcher, Dr. Forcast would like you to put together a poster.  The poster should have 3 parts: a picture of what the natural disaster looks like, a sentence describing what the natural disaster is and what it does, and a sentence describing how you think people could stay safe during the natural disaster.  If you need help writing your ideas, don't forget to ask a teacher in your classroom for some help!
The Journey:  Dr. Forcast found some helpful websites for you to look at and study so that you can become an expert on natural disasters.  Make sure you look at the pictures and read some information so that you know all about the natural disaster you chose and can make decisions about safety rules.  Please have fun and explore these websites!
Hurricane:
http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm

http://www.atl.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/kids.html

Tornado:
http://www.fema.gov/kids/tornado.htm

http://www.fema.gov/hazards/tornadoes/tornadof.shtm

Floods:
http://www.fema.gov/kids/floods.htm

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/infocus/floods/science.html

Earthquake:
http://www.fema.gov/kids/quake.htm

Thunderstorm:
http://www.fema.gov/kids/thunder.htm

Tsunami:
http://www.fema.gov/kids/tsunami.htm

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/9610/kwave/

Key Words for Future Searches:
Dr. Forcast also created a list of Important Words to help you search for further information about natural disasters.  You could do extra searches for this project, for your own enjoyment, or for projects in the future.  Use these words to help you explore wild natural disasters, Weather Watcher!