Teaching Plan: Natural Disasters - Free Games and Assessments

Activity 1: Question Game. Estimated duration: 6 min

Natural Hazards Infogame

Your character will fly endlessly through a field of obstacles and checkpoints. Try to hit each checkpoint, but avoid the obstacles! Each checkpoint will help you learn something about natural hazards. This game will teach you about both geologic and atmospheric natural hazards, including their positive and negative effects. Complete all checkpoints in order to win the game, flying away as an expert on natural hazards.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (51) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (18691) 3.6 stars.

Activity 2: Question Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Defender: Natural Hazards (Elem)

You are defending your city from natural hazards like tsunamis, volcanoes, and tornadoes. You will use energy to buy defenses to protect your citizens and earn bonus energy by showing off your natural hazards knowledge. Your energy will be used to fight enemies that try to invade your city. Beat all four bosses and you win!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (53) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (12147) 4.3 stars.

Activity 3: Assessment. Estimated duration: 10 min

Assessment with 10 questions from Natural Hazards.

10 questions assessment

Activity 4: Assessment. Estimated duration: 5 min

Assessment with 5 questions from Natural Hazards.

5 questions assessment

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 6 min

Disaster Utopia

Can you successfully plan to survive the natural disasters? In Disaster Utopia, students will use a budget to plan precautions and defend their city's population against an onslaught of natural disasters, including thunderstorms, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, and more!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (57) 3.1 stars.

Student Ratings (34855) 3.7 stars.

Activity 6: Video. Estimated duration: 7 min

7 min video on Natural Hazards

Activity 7: Video. Estimated duration: 4 min

4 min video on Natural Hazards

Activity 8: Assessment. Estimated duration: 5 min

Assessment with 5 questions from Natural Hazards.

5 questions assessment

Activity 9: Video. Estimated duration: 13 min

13 min video on Natural Hazards

Activity 10: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 8 min

Hazardville

Help the mayor of Hazardville to save her city from natural hazards! Build or upgrade structures in order to deal with thunderstorms, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis and even a volcanic eruption!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (52) 4.6 stars.

Student Ratings (37605) 4.4 stars.

Activity 11: Video. Estimated duration: 7 min