My Virtual Tour

Location	Activity Description	Google Earth Content
1. Manila, Philippines	Look at geographic area on google earth, as well as pictures	Picture of tropical storm and picture of flooding after the storm
2. Galveston, Texas, United States of America	Look at geographic area on google earth, as well as pictures	Picture of rescues, aftermath, and radar of storm
3. San Francisco, California, United States of America	Look at geographic area on google earth, as well as pictures	Picture of Bay Bridge collapsed and picture of shake map of California
4. Fagatogo, American Samoa	Look at geographic area on google earth, as well as pictures	Picture of coast after wave, tsunami in ocean

This activity will cover the 4th grade science core, standard 2. This standard states that students will understand the elements of weather (natural disasters). I chose to do a virtual tour on this topic because I am from Houston and lots of natural disasters occur there. I also plan to teach there after graduation, meaning I could use this tour if applicable. I feel that this Google Earth tour would be the best way to show my students because it is easy to talk about what happens, but children rarely know where these events their parents talk about occur. I feel it is important for people of all ages to know and understand what is going on in the world.