Resources for Educators - About Natural Disasters - Healthy Lifestyle

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.