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Web Sites

PlanetDiary - Articles on the environmental state of our planet focusing on natural phenomena such as drought, earthquakes, fire, floods, tornadoes, tropical storms and volcanoes. Good background material with links to more.

Earth Alert -  News about current disasters around the globe from the Discovery Channel. Covers events such as earthquakes, wildfires, floods, landslides, volcanoes and other weather-related events. For fun, check out the Amazing Earth Games: Disasters You Can Play at Home -- Build Your Own Avalanche, Unleash a Superstorm, Crumble California, and if you're feeling particularly powerful, try You Control the Earth and Destroy Life on  Earth.

FEMA For Kids - The Federal Emergency Management Agency. Information and games on many forms of disaster.

Natural Disasters: Destructive Forces of Nature - Sections on tornadoes, volcanoes, tsunami, lightning, earthquakes, drought and hurricanes.

Sky Diary KIDSTORM Facts about torndadoes, lightning, hurricanes.

Forces of Nature - A resource for learning about many types of natural disasters and severe weather.

Natural Disasters - Have you learned a lot about your topic? Be sure to take the quizzes at this site!

Research Databases

SIRS Discoverer Encyclopaedia Britannica EBSCOhost Periodicals

(Outside the Library OPLIN databases require an Ohio public library card for access).

Books: here are a few of the books available at the library. Look for other titles in these call number areas.

Earthquake / Christopher Lampton. MAIN JUVENILE  j551.22 557
Hurricane & tornado / Jack Challoner. MAIN and MADISON JUVENILE  j551.55 Challoner
Volcano / Brian Knapp. MAIN and MADISON JUVENILE  j551.21 Knapp
The golden book of volcanoes, earthquakes, and powerful storms / Laurence Pringle. MAIN and MADISON JUVENILE  j550 Pringle
Tornado / Christopher Lampton. MAIN JUVENILE j551.553 552
Forest fires / Arlene Erlbach. MAIN and MADISON JUVENILE j634.9618 Erlbach
Avalanche / Stephen Kramer. MAIN JUVENILE Book j551.57848 541
Wild weather: floods! /  Lorraine Jean Hopping. MAIN JUVENILE j363.3492 Hopping
Drought / Christopher Lampton. MAIN JUVENILE j551.5773 556
Let's investigate magical, mysterious meteorites / Madelyn Wood Carlisle. MAIN and MADISON JUVENILE j523.51 Carlisle