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Hurricanes and Cyclones Activities and Foldables - 14 contract activities
Also available in our Natural Disaster Activity Pack
This activity pack contains 14 activities to explore the topic of Tropical Cyclones (which are also called cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons depending upon where you live in the world). They can be used as whole class activities, centre activities or individual activities. The activities strongly combine the science topic with reading skills and strategies. Many activities relate to the comprehension strategy of summarising. Some are also writing prompts. Some of them link to internet sites for technology use. A lot of the activities are in foldable format. Answers are included where appropriate. The only resources that are needed are some
texts or books on tropical cyclones which can include websites. Any activities that require a text or book can then be scaffolded to the appropriate level.
Contains
- Where do Tropical Cyclones occur? (labelling map activity)
- Diagram of a Tropical Cyclone (foldable labelling diagram with titles and descriptions)
- Safety Tips (foldable listing safety tips with diagrams from a website)
- Origin of Hurricane (writing prompt looking at the origin of the word)
- Naming a Tropical Cyclone (cloze looking at the process of naming cyclones)
- Hurricane Scale (foldable looking at the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale)
- How a Tropical Cyclone forms (foldable ordering descriptions on how it forms)
- Graffiti (activity to summarise what students have learnt about tropical cyclones)
- Cyclone Tracy (Y chart - looks, sounds and feels like after watching video)
- Create a Tropical Cyclone (worksheet for interactive web activity)
- Are you prepared? (worksheet for web activity on preparing for tropical cyclone)
- $2 Summary (summarising worksheet article about tropical cyclones)
- Cyclone in a bottle (instructions and worksheet for bottle experiment)
- Tropical Cyclone Vocabulary Foldable (foldable with vocabulary words and definitions)
Natural Disaster Activities and Foldables - 4 Products in 1 - 48 Activities
This activity pack contains 4 products in one with a total of 48 activities and foldables.
The topics covered are:
Earthquakes and Tsunamis
Volcanoes
Tropical Cyclones (Hurricanes, Cyclones or Typhoons)
Floods
This activity pack contains 48 activities to explore the topics listed above. They can be used as whole class activities, centre activities or individual activities. The activities strongly combine the science topic with reading skills and strategies. Many activities relate to the comprehension strategy of summarising. Some are also writing prompts.
Some of them link to internet sites for technology use. A lot of the activities are in foldable format. Answers are included where appropriate. The only resources that are needed are some texts or books on natural disasters which can include websites. Any activities that require a text or book can then be scaffolded to the appropriate level.
These packs are also available individually here:
Flood Activities and Foldables
Tropical Cyclones Activities and Foldables
Volcano Activities and Foldables
Earthquake and Tsunami Activities and Foldables
Earthquake and Tsunami Activities and Foldables - 14 contract activities
Also available in our Natural Disaster Activity Pack.
This activity pack contains 14 activities to explore the topic of Earthquakes and Tsunamis. They can be used as whole class activities, centre activities or individual activities. The activities strongly combine the science topic with reading skills and strategies. Many activities relate to the comprehension strategy of summarising. Some are also writing prompts.
Some of them link to internet sites for technology use. A lot of the activities are in foldable format. Answers are included where appropriate. The only resources that are needed are some texts or books on earthquakes and tsunamis which can include websites. Any activities that require a text or book can then be scaffolded to the appropriate level.
- 2 Acrostic Poems (Earthquake and Tsunami)
- Alphabet (topic word for each letter)
- Earthquake and Tsunami Vocabulary (foldable involving matching topic words to definitions)
- Earthquake Damage
(foldable looking at images of earthquakes and identifying damage)
- Effects of Earthquakes (foldable matching different effects with definitions)
- Emergency Kit (foldable where students rank chosen emergency kit items and justify choices)
- Hand (research an earthquake or tsunami in history and pull out main facts)
- How a tsunami forms (foldable ordering descriptions on how a tsunami forms)
- Newspaper Comprehension
(foldable with questions on 4 different internet articles around tsunamis or earthquakes)
- Short term and long term impacts (foldable sorting impacts of earthquakes)
- Surviving a tsunami (foldable looking at a website and increasing survival chances)
- Tectonic plates jigsaw (jigsaw pieces for a world map divided up in tectonic plates)
- Types of faults (foldable that involves matching names, description and picture)
- Types of plate boundaries (foldable that involves matching names, description and picture)
Volcano Activities and Foldables - 14 contract activities
Also included in our Natural Disaster Activity Pack.
This activity pack contains 14 activities to explore the topic of Volcanoes. They can be used as whole class activities, centre activities or individual activities. The activities strongly combine the science topic with reading skills and strategies. Many activities relate to the comprehension strategy of summarising. Some are also writing prompts.
Some of them link to internet sites for technology use. A lot of the activities are in foldable format. Answers are included where appropriate. The only resources that are needed are some texts or books on volcanoes which can include websites. Any activities that require a text or book can then be scaffolded to the appropriate level.
Contains
- Alphabet (topic word for each letter)
- Comic Summary (read a story and summarise it in comic form)
- Hand (research a volcano in history and pull out main facts)
- Imagination (descriptive writing prompt)
- One Sentence Only (summarise each paragraph in a chosen text)
- Positive and Negative effects (foldable sorting effects of volcanoes)
- Storyteller (narrative writing prompt)
- Structure of a volcano (information sheet for students to create a volcano diagram)
- Types of volcano (foldable that involves matching names, description and picture)
- Volcanic Eruptions Comprehension (information passage with questions)
- Volcano cloze (information text with missing words about volcanoes)
- Volcano explorer (gathering information from interactive voclano website)
- Volcano Vocabulary (foldable involving matching topic words to definitions)
- Witness vs. Scientist (foldable involving sorting statements)
Flood Activities and Foldables - 6 contract activities
Also available in our Natural Disaster Activity Pack.
This activity pack contains 6 activities to explore the topic of Floods. They can be used as whole class activities, centre activities or individual activities. The activities strongly combine
the science topic with reading skills and strategies.
Some of them link to internet sites for technology use. A lot of the activities are in foldableformat. Answers are included where appropriate. The only resources that are needed are some
texts or books on floods which can include websites. Any activities that require a text or book can then be scaffolded to the appropriate level.
Contains
- Alphabet Summary (activity listing words for each letter of alphabet)
- Before, During, After floods (foldable sorting actions)
- Emergency Kit (activity deciding on most and least needed items with justfications)
- Flood Vocabulary (foldable matching vocabulary words and meanings)
- Managing Floods (foldable matching descriptions with ways of managing floods)
- Types of Floods (foldable matching descriptions of types of floods)
Benjamin Franklin and his inventions Clip Art - 12 PNGS
This clip art set has 6 different images with a total of 12 PNGs. Each image comes in colour and black and white. Each image is saved as 300dpi for clear printing.
Great to use for anything to do with inventors or inventions. Let us know if you want any other inventors (contact.teacherstoolbox@gmail.com)
- Ben Franklin image (the inventor)
- Ben Franklin with kite
- Ben Franklin’s stove
- Bifocals
- Lightning hitting lightning rod on house
- Lightning rod on top of house
These can be used commercially in products with a link back to our store.
They can be used in free products as long as they are secured.
They cannot be sold separately as clip art.
Thomas Edison and his inventions Clip Art - 10 PNGS
This clip art set has 5 different images with a total of 12 PNGs. Each image comes in colour and black and white. Each image is saved as 300dpi for clear printing.
Great to use for anything to do with inventors or inventions. Let us know if you want any other inventors (gamifiedteachers@gmail.com)
- Thomas Edison image (the inventor)
- Thomas Edison with light bulb
- Phonograph
- Motion picture camera
- Lightbulb
These can be used commercially in products with a link back to our store.
They can be used in free products as long as they are secured.
They cannot be sold separately as clip art.
Alexander Graham Bell and his inventions Clip Art - 12 PNGS
This clip art set has 5 different images with a total of 10 PNGS. Each image comes in colour and black and white. Each image is saved as 300dpi for clear printing.
Contains
- Alexander Graham Bell image
- Alexander Graham Bell with telephone
- Box Telephone
- Photophone
- Metal Detector
Great to use for anything to do with inventors or inventions. Let us know if you want any other inventors (gamifiedteachers@gmail.com)
These can be used commercially in products with a link back to our store.
They can be used in free products as long as they are secured.
They cannot be sold separately as clip art.
10 Hibernating Animals Clip Art
The clip art set contains ten individual PNGs of animals hibernating in their natural habitats. All images are in PNG format. Animals included are; bear, snake, arctic squirrel, woodchuck, turtle, frog and bats. Also included is a beaver in its habitat. *I know this animal doesnt really hibernate however the image looks really cool so I have included it in this set.
Contains
- 10 Hibernating Animals Clip Art
These can be used commercially in products with a link back to our store. They can also be used in free products, as long as they are secured.
They cannot be sold seperately as clip art.