It's time to learn about natural disasters and emergency preparedness! These activities are low-to-no prep, full of fun, and engaging that will get your students excited about learning about family preparedness plans for natural disasters and identifying the reasons for having such a plan.

The fun and engaging worksheets are a great addition to any science unit. Each worksheet transforms your class into an exploratory classroom. Using this material, your students will gain a better understanding of disaster preparedness. The informational pages included provides a handy guide for teachers when teaching this unit. The worksheets engage the mind while reinforcing student understanding through activities such as multiple choice questions, investigating activities, writing activities, and more! The answer key is included!

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This Activity aligns with Next Generation Science Standards:

• SC.5.E.7.7 Design a family preparedness plan for natural disasters and identify the reasons for having such a plan.

They can complete the activities on paper or on a computer using Google Classroom. This resource is divided into the following sections, and within each section are ready-to-print resources and engaging activities:

Introduction to Emergency Preparedness

It has a brief history of the subject, with an overview of all the most important points. It also includes diagrams and illustrations to help illustrate what they're learning and make it more fun. 

Engaging Activities

✍️ Classify the natural disasters that are common and usually don't occur in Florida

✍️ Identify the things to do during a thunderstorm

✍️ Identify the things that are necessary for survival in a disaster situation

✍️ Check the things that should be put into a disaster preparedness kit

✍️ Sort the steps to the correct path to evacuate from your house to the shelter

✍️ Draw or stick a picture of the things that should be inside a first-aid kit

✍️ Cut and sort the pictures in the columns: Things I need or Things I don't need

✍️ Write a short essay the importance of having a plan for a natural disaster

✍️ Work together as a family and make a household emergency plan

✍️ Make a fire escape plan based on the layout of your home

✍️ Make a disaster preparedness plan brochure

✍️ Hurricane maze

Answer Key to Activities

All Science Activities include an answer key that is available as PDF and Google Slides. The answer key is a valuable resource to use in the classroom, or at home, as they help students learn how to explain their answers, check if their explanations are correct, and improve their scientific knowledge and thinking skills.

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