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I think making sure that ties to a standard is always first, obviously. However, assuming it does, making tornado bottles is always fun! For hurricanes, doing something as simple as using food dye and a bowl of water can demonstrate how fast a hurricane moves and the directionality. For volcanoes, making paper volcanoes that look like a volcano on the outside, but show magma on the inside are cool! You could also make a pop-up volcano that has lava popping up.

I think that you would need to base it off of standards and finding activities that fit best and that you won't need too many materials for the class to work with. I think that finding a good activity with minimum materials needed is best so that you don't stress as much with having to have too many things for them. 

I have seen teachers use an oreo cookie to show the different tectonic plates. They break off one side of the cookie and break that in half, then put it back onto the cream. Then you can move the two part over the cream to show the plates moving and how that can create a volcano. The students really enjoyed! Also, world news and making the situation real and relavant is a great way to get the students involved and make the lesson more interactive.