Natural Disaster Videos

Please go to CNN.

Go to the search box and type in the word “hurricane.” After it shows you the search results, click on “CNN Videos” at the top of the page. Then, pick any of the videos that look interesting to you. Watch videos for ten minutes, and write at least three things you learn about hurricanes. You can write them on a piece of paper or on the comment section of this post.

Next, do the same thing with the word “earthquake.”

Next, do the same thing with the word “tornado.”

Next, do the same thing with the phrase “natural disaster.”

At the end of forty minutes, Ms. Hull and Mr. Ferlazzo will collect the headphones.

Natural Disasters PowerPoint Presentations

Please go to Slideshare and register.

Then, click on “Upload” and find your PowerPoint file on the computer.

Next, copy the url of your PowerPoint and paste it in the comments section of this post.

If there is a problem uploading your presentation to Slideshare, please repeat this same process with these alternative sites:

Authorstream

Slideboom

280 Slides

My Brainshark

PowerShow

Slideserve

MyPlick

SlideSix

Using Reading Strategies

Pick a link from Mr. Ferlazzo’s website that has a fair amount of text and use WebKlipper to demonstrate reading strategies with virtual post-it notes.

Place the url address of your annotated pages in the comments section of this post.

You might also want to pick a newspaper article on Natural Disasters from any of the following sources:

The Guardian

Science Daily

Earthquake Newspaper Archive

Hurricane Newspaper Archive

Tornado Newspaper Archive

You may also pick one from another news source of your choice.

Internet Scavenger Hunt On Natural Disasters

Complete this Internet Scavenger Hunt (the page calls it a Webquest) on Natural Disasters. You can write the answers on a Word document and then upload it to the Internet using crocodoc. Then paste the url address of your answers in the comments section.

After you have completed +this Internet Scavenger Hunt, please pick one natural disaster and create your own Hunt for other students to complete. Use different links and different questions. Create it in a Word document and use Crocodoc again.