Natural Disasters
Activity:
Natural hazards, such as floods, earthquakes and volcanoes, do not need to become disasters. In the following virtual lab, you will have 10 - 15 minutes to prepare for an upcoming disaster by improving buildings, creating hospitals and developing a strategy to save as many lives as possible.
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Extreme Weather
Geologic catastrophes caused by extreme weather can come in many forms and affect us all here on Earth. A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples are floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, storms, and other geologic processes.

Activity:
Investigate the following phenomena and select a virtual lab below to create a tornado or hurricane.
Earthquakes
More About Earthquakes
Wild Fires
More About Wild Fires
Droughts
More About Droughts
Volcanoes
More About Volcanoes
Solar Flares
More About Flares
How Solar Flares happen!
8 Facts About Solar Flares
Learn about the largest Solar Flare to ever hit the Earth - The Carrington Event!
Weather
Learn what weather is and what causes it. After your investigation, take the quiz to challenge your knowledge of weather.
Extreme Weather
Use the reading on Extreme Weather to complete the attached worksheet.
 Thunderstorms
Can you adjust the atmosphere to make a thunderstorm?  Thunderstorms can only happen under certain conditions. What do temperature and humidity need to be like up high and near to the ground to make a storm?
Tornados
Discover how tornadoes are measured in this virtual lab. Adjust the tornado's funnel width and core pressure difference in this simulation, then click the "go" button and observe the different types of wind damage tornadoes can produce.
Hurricanes
​Explore the relationship between sea surface temperatures (SST) and hurricane strength by building a hurricane.