Natural Disasters Research Project

First visit Mrs. Sandoval's Awesome Page to learn more about the natural disaster assigned to you.
 

Resources and References:

Websites on Effects of Catastrophic Events:

PowerPoint on Catastrophic events:

Hurricanes:

http://www.hurricanescience.org/society/impacts/environmentalimpacts/

 

http://comingbackalive.com/hurricanes.html

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane

 

Wildfires:

http://www.forestencyclopedia.net/p/p138

 

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/wildfires/

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire

 

Volcanoes:

http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/how-do-volcanoes-affect-plants-and-animals/

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano

 

 

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/effects-of-volcanoes.html

Droughts:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drought

 

http://www4.nau.edu/direnet/

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/08/texas-drought-will-have-lasting-impacton-

ecosystems/1

Tornados:

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/tornado-profile/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado

 

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/primer/tornado/tor_damage.html

Tsunamis:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami

 

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/tsunami-profile/

http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/webfieldtrips/natural_disasters/

Earthquakes:

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/earthquake-profile/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/faq/?categoryID=8&faqID=100

Floods:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood

http://www.chiefscientist.qld.gov.au/publications/understanding-floods/consequences.aspx

 

http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/00758/en/disaster/flood/effects.html