Challenge
20/20 A program inspired by the book,
High Noon: Twenty Global Problems, Twenty
Years to Solve Them by J. J. Rischard. Here
is information about the project from NAIS: working
together to find local solutions to global problems.
This year's challenge is natural disaster prevention
and mitigation.
Foveo View the results of this year's
20/20 challenge!
The
Extreme Weather Sourcebook Economic and other societal impacts
related to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, lightning,
and other U.S. weather phenomena.
Natural
Hazard Statistics Choose the hazard and the year
and get chart of U.S. fatalities. Be patient, the
site may load slowly!
Surviving
the Dust Bowl All about the 1939 drought in America,
with a timeline, map and eyewitness accounts.
Grolier
Online: Lands and Peoples The encyclopedia of countries,
cultures, and geography (available only from Fay School
computers). Learn how the natural disasters affect
people. Try searching the type of disaster (volcanoes,
etc.) and you'll get a list of countries with articles. To use Grolier Online
at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass
INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name
and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
SUBSCRIPTIONS & DATABASES Search the following using (for
example) the following search terms: natural disasters,
disaster relief, emergency preparedness. To
use these databases at home.
Foveo