Erica M. Mentone
This unit, designed for second graders, is intended to teach students about natural disasters while building upon their learning from a second grade science unit on life cycles. I have chosen content within the topic that can be viewed as cycles: the hydrolgic cycle, hurricane seasons, the tectonic cycle, and the recovery cycle.
This unit can easily be adapted for use in grades one through four. It is meant to provide teachers with the content area knowledge necessary to teach a unit on natural disasters, and some practical resources for conveying that knowledge to elementary school students.
