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Resources for Educators And Schools - Conduct a schoolwide "Earthquake Awareness Night." Invite families to the event to learn more about earthquake safety.
- Create a disaster supplies kit for your classroom.
- Discuss the school's disaster plan with students.
- Have the class practice what to do in case they are in school when an earthquake occurs.
- Use the Home Hazard Hunt and Practicing Safety activities as homework assignments.
- Conduct a hazard hunt in the classroom.
- Have older students develop a presentation on disaster safety and present it to younger students.
- Invite someone from your local emergency management office or American Red Cross chapter to your class to discuss earthquake safety.
- Conduct a schoolwide "Flood/Flash Flood Awareness Night." Invite families to the event to learn more about flood safety.
- Create a disaster supplies kit for your classroom.
- Discuss the school's disaster plan with students.
- Have the students discuss what to do in case they are in school when a flash flood develops.
- Have older students develop a presentation on disaster safety and present it to younger students.
- Invite someone from your local emergency management office or American Red Cross chapter to your class to discuss flood and flash flood safety.
- Conduct a schoolwide "Hurricane Awareness Night." Invite families to the event to learn more about hurricane safety.
- Create a disaster supplies kit for your classroom.
- Discuss the school's disaster plan with students.
- Have older students develop a presentation on disaster safety and present it to younger students.
- Invite someone from your local emergency management office or American Red Cross chapter to your class to discuss hurricane safety.
- Conduct a schoolwide "Tornado Awareness Night." Invite families to the event to learn more about tornado safety.
- Create a disaster supplies kit for your classroom.
- Discuss the school's disaster plan with students.
- Have the students practice what to do in case they are in school when a tornado forms.
- Use the Safe Place activity as a homework assignment.
- Conduct the Tornado in a Bottle activity in the classroom.
- Have older students develop a presentation on disaster safety and present it to younger students.
- Invite someone from your local emergency management office or American Red Cross chapter to your class to discuss tornado safety.
- Conduct a schoolwide "Winter Storm Awareness Night." Invite families to the event to learn more about winter storm and blizzard safety.
- Create a disaster supplies kit for your classroom.
- Discuss the school's disaster plan with students.
- Have older students develop a presentation on disaster safety and present it to younger students.
- Invite someone from your local emergency management office or American Red Cross chapter to your class to discuss winter storm safety.
- Have students create brochures on winter storm health issues such as hypothermia, frostbite, and carbon monoxide poisoning
- NOAA Weather Radio
A NOAA Weather Radio is a radio that receives continuous broadcasts from the National Weather Service. These broadcasts bring updated weather warnings and forecasts 24 hours a day. The average range of a NOAA Weather Radio is 40 miles. NOAA radios can be purchased in many retail stores that sell electronics and from some mail order catalogs. - More Information
More information about natural disaster preparedness and safety can be obtained from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) website.
Last updated June 01, 2007
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