RILINK Schools: Edward S. Rhodes Library: Grade 4: Natural Disasters

Natural Disasters Research Project

Natural Disasters Research

Grade 4 Project

Use the links on this LibGuide page to research Natural Disasters.

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Use these links to quality information to research earthquakes.

World Book Student Earthquakes article
Facts and information about earthquakes written by a professor of geology at the California Institute of Technology.
USGS (United States Geological Survey) Earthquakes
Earthquake information for kids.

Use these links to quality information to research wildfires.

World Book Student Forest Fires article
Facts and information about forest fires written by a US Forest Service Biologist.
National Parks Service
All about fires in the National Parks

Benefits of Fire
An article by National Parks Service about why forest fires are beneficial.

Use these links to quality information to research tornadoes.

World Book Student: Tornado
Facts and information about volcanoes written by a professor of meteorology at the University of Oklahoma.
NSSL NOAA Severe Storms Laboratory: Tornadoes
Volcano information

Use these links to quality information to research volcanoes.

World Book Student: Volcanoes
Facts and information about volcanoes written by a geology and geophysics specialist at the University of Hawaii.
USGS (United States Geological Survey) Volcanoes
Volcano information

Use these links to quality information to research hurricanes.

World Book Student: Hurricanes
Facts and information about hurricanes written by a professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT.
USGS (United States Geological Survey) Hurricanes
Hurricane Information

Use these links to quality information to research floods.

World Book Student: Floods
Facts and information about floods written by an assistant professor at Utah State University.
NSSL NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory: Floods
Floods information

Use these links to quality information to research tsunamis.

World Book Student: Tsunami
Facts and information about volcanoes written by a geology and geophysics specialist at the University of Hawaii.
NASA Space Place: Tsunamis
Tsunami information