6th GR: Natural Disasters Research (Science 6)

 You may search the catalog (and databases) in different ways about your topic. Look for:

• General information about, natural disasters, weather, geology, astronomy,
• A specific type of event such as tornado, earthquake, asteroid
• The specific named event or disaster location such as Pompeii /Vesuvius, Hurricane Andrew, Cheyabinsk Airburst
  • You may include a specific date for locations that have had repeat events such as California Earthquake in 1906, 1989, or 1994.

Consider that one type of disaster may cause a secondary disaster.  For example hurricanes cause floods.  Droughts may cause sinkholes. Earthquakes may trigger tsunamis.   

Use Accessit. to search for books.  Accessit is also included in your GoogleApps menu - look for the green square:    AC  

Here are some examples from these databases:

• "Earthquakes in Haiti." Gale Global Issues Online Collection, Gale, 2021. Gale In Context: Global Issues, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CP3208520300/GIC?u=pl3045&sid=bookmark-GIC&xid=186241f2. Accessed 31 Jan. 2024.
• "Volcanoes." Gale Global Issues Online Collection, Gale, 2022. Gale In Context: Global Issues, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CP3208520337/GIC?u=pl3045&sid=bookmark-GIC&xid=8e768402. Accessed 31 Jan. 2024.

• Cyclone. 25 Oct. 2012. Today’s Science, https://tsof.infobase.com/articles/UmVmZXJlbmNlQXJ0aWNsZTp4Y3kyNjA2MDBh?aid=171442.

• "Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 6 Jun. 2019. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-of-2011/604539. Accessed 1 Feb. 2024.

• "How typhoons at the end of World War II swamped U.S. ships and nearly saved Japan from defeat." Washingtonpost.com, 16 July 2015. Gale In Context: Global Issues, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A422035566/GIC?u=pl3045&sid=bookmark-GIC&xid=c2885ef8. Accessed 2 Feb. 2024.

Agencies involved in disaster prediction, preparedness and management:

 - GEOGRAPHICALLY RELATED (earthquakes, landslides, sinkholes, volcanic activity) 

USGS  United States Geological Survey

• Earthquake monitor
• Images, sounds, videos  

US Army Corp of Engineers 

- METEOROLOGICALLY RELATED  (weather, but may also cause geological - landslides, sinkholes)

NOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

• National Hazards viewer - see what's in a particular area

NASA Extreme Weather News

• https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/our-impact/news

NWS - National Weather Service

US Army Corp of Engineers https://www.usace.army.mil/

- ASTRONOMICALLY RELATED  (objects from space such as asteroids, meteorites, or "space weather" such as solar flares )

NASA Asteroid Watch https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroid-watch

Remember to cite images and videos in your Noodletools project.

Image sources:

• Gale in Context Global Issues - has images and videos - export your citations!
• Britannica Online School Edition 
• Image Quest (database of images)
• NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory
• NASA images 
• USGS images
• US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library 

https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15141coll5

Video sources

• Gale in Context Global Issues - has images and videos - export your citations!
• NASA videos 
• NWS - National Weather Service videos https://www.weather.gov/education/Videos
• USGS videos

https://gis-fema.hub.arcgis.com/

Works Cited

"Asteroid Defense." Today's Science, Infobase Learning, http://tsof.infobaselearning.com/tsofencyarticle.aspx?wid=1714372&ID=2531. Accessed 13 Dec. 2020.

Chelyabinsk Airburst. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2014.quest.eb.com/search/139_1906741/2/139_1904741/cite. Accessed 13 Dec 2024.

"Orionids." NASA Science Solar System Exploration, NASA, 19 Dec. 2019, solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/orionids/in-depth/. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.

"What's Up: February 2020 [Video]." NASA Science Solar System Exploration, NASA, 4 Feb. 2024, solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/2512/whats-up-february-2020-video/. Accessed 13 Dec. 2020.