Kayla Meer's List: Natural Disasters

****\nThis website is for kids, it is an enagaging, user and visually friendly site that children can use when learning about climate change and the weather. There are facts, and explanations to questions the students may be asking, there are games and information about climate change is affecting the environment

*****\n\nThis website is a resource for students and adults to access, it provides information about Natural Disasters. There is a guide for teachers and students, there are further resources that can be used to help understand Natural Disasters. Information is provided on what to do when there is a Natural Disaster, how to prepare for one, the effects of them, and information on a few of the types of Natural Disasters.

***\nDifferent types of Natural Disasters are listed on this website, each Natural Distater listed can be clicked on to provide the user with a series of other links, resouces and information on the chosen disaster. It is a simple but effective website that children will enjoy.

****\nThis website provides information on the Natural Disasters that occur all over Australia. There is a short paragraph explaining the disaster and it's effects on Australia and it's environment.

****\n\n'Natural Hazards in Australia' is a report about the hazards within Australia, their effects on the country, people and the changes in the climate. There is information about what to do in a hazardous situation and explains each type of hazrd in detail. The resource proves to be a good resource for teachers to use while discussing the issue, and to gain further knowledge and understanding of each hazard.

***\nTeachers can research a certain disasters in Australia by searching the region, date, title, category etc... The teachers and students are able to see what is happening in Australia's climate from 1662 to present day, the website provides pictures and information.

*****\nThe Disaster Area allows children to explore the different types of Natural Disasters. Each Disatser link supplies the children with information about the chosen disaster, key words, activities, and further links. It is an engaging and visually appealing website for children to explore.

*****\nThis government run website offers a number of resources and ways to view and track the weather allover Australia. Students are able to see how meterologists study and make predictions about the weather and it allows the students to understand the technology that they use.

****\nThis website has a number of activities and design challenges that students can do about weather. It is a useful website for teachers and students to explore and possibly create some of the activities. The chosen particular page focuses on building your own weather tracking devices, which children could do at home or in a classroom.

*****\nThis 'Guardian' website provides teachers and students with a range of videos, articles, facts and images about natural disasters and their affect on the world. This allows for a look at Natural Disasters from a global perspective, and connects the topic to real life and the real life effects of the disasters.

***\nThe article from this website explores Natural Disasters within Australia from a cultural perspectiv';how the disasters affect the culture of a certain region.

***\n\nWithin this website a list is presented of all the Natural Disatsers that are occuring all over the world, and the date in which they have occured. This allows students to connect globally and learm more about a certain disaster in an area.

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Within this website there are animated guides that educate viewers. They are visual and animated representations of how a certain Natural Disaster occurs and why it occurs. These are very useful resources for teachers and students to use when understanding and researching the topic of Natural Disasters.

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This website maps out how to build certain weather insturments. It gives step by step insturctions that students and teachers will be able to understand and enjoy.

This website provides voice threads and videos of meteorologists explaining what their job entails. This is a great way for students to feel connected to the information, they are able to watch and listen to the video online whenever they are able to.

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This website is another great website for students and teachers to develop ideas of how to make homemade weather tracking tools. There are some fantastic examples within the website, they are fairly easy to follow and recreate.

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This website is a childrens website addressing everything about weather. There is a teachers section with resources and activities to engage the students. The children can borwse the website learning about the topic, playing games and tracking the weather.