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- Click2Disasters - Galveston: The Great Storm of 1900 - With links to primary sources, learn how hurricanes form and how the Great Storm of 1900 temporarily buried Galveston, causing the worst natural disaster in US history.
www.click2disasters.com/galveston/galveston_storm_ch1.htm
- Hurricane - Describes hurricanes and lists information about the structure and how they're formed.
www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/hurricane.html
- Hurricanes - Lists information, names, quizzes, and activities about hurricanes.
www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm
- Kidstorm - Kidstorm is part of Sky Diary and explains tornadoes, lightning, hurricanes and storm chasing to kids.
skydiary.com/kids
- Owlie Skywarn - Owlie explains the dangers of severe weather and offers some safety tips.
www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/owlie/owlie.htm
- S.W.I.R.L. - A fun introduction to tornadoes from Warner Bros. Read the safety information and the storm chaser's guide.
movies.warnerbros.com/twister/cmp/swirl.html
- Severe Storm Laboratory - Questions and answers on tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning and thunderstorms.
www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu
- Storms of the Century - Themed around the savage planet, find out about extratropical storms.
www.pbs.org/wnet/savageplanet
- Stormy Weather - Provides internet activities, and information on tropical storms and tornadoes.
www.educationcentral.org/stormy/main.htm
- Thunder & Lightning - Fabulous definition for children with information on cyclones, hurricanes, tornadoes, and storms.
www.kings.k12.ca.us/central/cuesd.a/tq/weather/thunderlight.html
- Tropical Twisters - Find out what a tropical twister is, how it moves, how destructive they can be, and try the hurricane word search.
kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/index.html
- Tsunami - Explains how tsunamis are created and how scientists detect them.
www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/tsunami.html
- Weather Disasters - Fun interactive site with plenty of information, puzzles and games for young children. Find out how to make a disaster kit.
www.fema.gov/kids
- Web Weather for Kids - Atmospheric science experiments. Create a thunderstorm, lightning, tornadoes right in your classroom or at home.
www.ucar.edu/40th/webweather
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