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8th grade Earth grade level requirements include teaching how and why changes occur on the Earth’s surface. The assessed curriculum are the //Catastrophic Events GEMS-NET – Storms, Earthquakes and Volcanoes Units //. This unit focuses on mitigating the risks of natural catastrophic events from both a social and global perspective. I chose this topic because it is appropriate for Earth science and covers how and where on Earth earthquakes occur, makes students aware of current natural catastrophic events and closes with discovering ways to mitigate them. C**ontent standards:** //ESS1 (5-8) POC –3 // //Explain how earth events (abruptly and over time) can bring about changes in Earth’s surface: landforms, ocean floor, rock features, or climate. // ESS1 (7-8) - 3 Students demonstrate an understanding of processes and change over time within earth systems by …  3a evaluating slow processes (e.g. weathering, erosion, mountain building, sea floor spreading) to determine how the earth has changed and will continue to change over time. 3b evaluating fast processes (e.g. erosion, volcanoes and earthquakes) to determine how the earth has changed and will continue to change over time. //ESS1 (5-8) SAE+ POC –4 // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Explain the role of differential heating or convection in ocean currents, winds, weather and weather patterns, atmosphere, or climate. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">ESS1 (7-8)–4 Students demonstrate an understanding of processes and change over time within earth systems by … <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">4a <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">explaining cause and effect relationships between global climate and energy transfer. 4b using evidence to make inferences or predictions about global climate issues.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Rebekah McAllister **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">8th Grade Earth Science **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Davisville Middle School **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Title: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">Dynamic Earth - Catastrophic Events Anchor Activity Unit <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will work in heterogeneous grouping of students to ensure that low performers are placed with peers who will help to keep them motivated and engaged. I will scaffold instruction to facilitate more one-on-one teaching for remediation such as how to use search engines effectively. Students will use multiple graphic organizers over an extended period of time as well as a use a checklist/guidelines sheet that will ensure task completion by all students; this is especially designed for students who have trouble with organization and time management. Students will be allowed additional time to complete work after school for concept clarification w ith opportunities for revision of the research essay. Students will also have a rubric designed specifically for this process to ensure that all students are able to reach the standard. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">Additional accommodations according to student IEP’s will be incorporated as needed.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> The technology I am integrating from EDC 920 includes effectively using the Internet as a research tool, blogging and Google Earth. This inclusion of technology** invites students to become active learners and pursue knowledge. ** I will incorporate the <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Team R Science Research Website Evaluation Sheet I made during this course so students will be more likely to chose Internet resources of higher informational quality. I will also include student blogging on scientific articles that focus on giving their viewpoint of how well specific catastrophic events such as El Nino, Hurricane Andrew and the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo were mitigated. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Allowing students the opportunity of explaining their thinking to their peers will give them valuable practice explaining and justifying their reasoning behind their answers for the required research essay. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">With Google Earth, students will compare maps (where they have plotted earthquakes) to plate boundaries. Students will see where the different boundaries meet (plate tectonics theory) and how many earthquakes happen there over time. After students make connections of where these earthquakes occur, they can start to think of ways to mitigate the risks for people who live in the area. This information will be revisited throughout the quarter to promote the growth of knowledge about Earth changes and help students to associate new vocabulary and concepts to their existing schema.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Catastrophic Events curriculum examines the powerful and dramatic forces of storms, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes and the effects they have in altering our dynamic Earth. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Units //prior// to Catastrophic Events Anchor Activity: <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Unit taught //during// project completion: <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Science process skills include: observing, inferring, measuring, performing experiments <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Lab equipment skills include: use of the balance, Bunsen burner, thermometer <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Literacy skills include: math computation, writing, reading, scientific literacy <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Affective skills include: communication, cooperation, media preference, use of technology, geographic longitude and latitude plotting <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This unit focuses on the study of catastrophic events (natural disasters) and the impact they have on human life. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will be able to scientifically explain why phenomena such as fires, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, and volcanoes occur and appreciate the value of scientific study as it relates to the protection of human life. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will explain that catastrophic events are Earth’s way of maintaining its equilibrium during change. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will identify where various types of catastrophic events are likely to take place. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will learn our dynamic Earth cannot be controlled; accurate predicting is not always possible. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will be able to describe the ways humans prepare for forces of nature (forecast, prediction.) <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will learn the damages caused by catastrophic events are often wide spread, contributory and often long-term <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will learn that by studying and understanding catastrophic events we can better protect human life. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will have a deeper understanding of catastrophic events which will enable the student to analyze risks and develop ways to mitigate their impact on human life. <span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will learn technological skills (how to effectively evaluate Internet research and use Google Earth.) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Catastrophic Events Anchor Activity unit focuses on the risks to humans associated with natural catastrophic events and challenges students to think about them from both a social and global perspective. Students will work in groups to examine the cause of an event they have chosen to research, its impact on society and the data accumulated from the event that can help reduce the risks associated with similar events in the future. They will then organize their findings and present them to the class. Students are encouraged to use a variety of technological resources in their research and group presentation. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I introduce this unit after we have completed our storms and earthquake units but before we being our volcanoes unit. The groups begin working together to choose a topic and to assign roles. I usually give them five days to gather some basic information and then groups are on their own to work on the project while we move on to other topics. The due date for the final project is about six weeks after the task is given. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
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 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Catastrophic Events - Part 1: Storms Unit **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Content Topics: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Convection, Water cycle, Cloud formation, Air pressure, Weather map analysis, Global heating <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Catastrophic Events - Part 2: Earthquakes Unit **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Content Topics: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Earthquakes, Focuses on wave motion, Earthquake data, Factors that cause earthquakes, Plate Boundaries, Mantle Convection, Earth’s Structure <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Catastrophic Events - Part 3: Volcanoes Unit **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Content Topics: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Volcano types, Viscosity, Igneous Rocks, Crystallization, Ash <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Skills **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Goals/Objectives: **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Key Vocabulary: **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">Mitigate, risk, forecast, prediction, catastrophic events
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Overall days: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 6 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;"> days for project assignment introduction and initial group research. 4 weeks of independent research and group project completion.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Before we discuss the ways to mitigate those risks, we first go over how and where on Earth earthquakes occur.

//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">· Where on earth are earthquakes likely to occur? // //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">· What can the patterns in earthquake locations tell us about the structure of the earth? // <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> As a class, I will review how to plot earthquakes on a map using a list of earthquake coordinates and Google Earth on the Smartboard as it includes earthquake’s longitude and latitude. I will have a few students come up and show how they plotted their earthquakes by comparing their earthquakes coordinates on their paper maps with the globe’s coordinates on Google Earth. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> We will then compare maps (where they have plotted earthquakes) to plate boundaries. Students will see where the different boundaries meet (plate tectonics theory) and how many earthquakes happen there over time. After students make connections of where these earthquakes occur, they can start to <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">think of ways to <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">mitigate the risks for people who live in the area. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">Prompt **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;"> – You work for a company called Systems of Safety (S.O.S) which assesses risk in areas around the world that are prone to major natural disasters and utilizes procedures to mitigate those risks. You will work along with your team of specialists to do an in-depth study of a particular catastrophic event. This includes researching the events leading up to the disaster and the aftermath of the disaster. Your group will then make written recommendations about how risk can be reduced in the event of a similar disaster happening in the future. Your findings will be presented in the form of a Photostory or PowerPoint presentation summing up your group’s overall plan to share with the townspeople (your classmates). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

What makes a natural event catastrophic? What can be done to mitigate the risks of natural catastrophic events? What value is there in studying and researching natural catastrophic events? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> **Introduction of Project: ** //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will be analyzing a specific catastrophic event with the focus on understanding how people adapt to and prepare for natural disasters. They will also be investigating whether technological development and availability seem to help a nation prepare for and respond to often unpredictable natural disasters. After editing the concept map on the Smartboard to make certain students have removed any human-caused disasters, students will be asked to rank the natural disasters by degree of severity, suddenness and occurrence (frequency). We will go over the rankings and I will display their results in a bar graph using Excel on the Smartboard. After handing out a Venn Diagram graphic organizer, we will go over the differences and similarities between a forecast and a prediction. Forecasting is the process of estimation in unknown situations. Prediction is a similar, but more general term. The term forecast is reserved for estimates of values at certain specific <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">future <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> times, while the term prediction is used for more general estimates, such as the number of times floods will occur over a long period. Risk and uncertainty are central to forecasting and prediction. We will discuss what it means to mitigate risk in a teacher lead class discussion. Students will understand that to mitigate is "to lessen in force or intensity, moderate; to make less severe." After comparing and contrasting forecast and prediction, I will lead the students in a discussion of how humans in different parts of the world adapt to and prepare for disasters while pointing out contrasts between different countries and regions. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Teacher Facilitated Discussion: //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Possible //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> //Answer:// Because we have more resources than they do so we can invest and prepare on a larger scale. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Possible //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> //Answer:// Because they are located next to a transform fault so there is a lot of seismic activity. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Possible //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> //Answer:// Communications, better construction, transportation, medical technologies and sociocultural factors, such as a sense of responsibility for well-being and shared beliefs about human-environment relations. Students will be divided into heterogeneous groupings of four. They will choose an event from the //Catastrophic Events/Locations// list or pick another approved event and conduct research on the Internet that answers role specific questions. I will distribute overhead pens and blank overhead sheets titled //Catastrophic Events Analysis of Location Jigsaw// and ask them to record the following information: <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">City name/Country name/location on continent/map coordinates of catastrophic event <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Recent natural hazard event, date, consequences <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Total population /Population density <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Typical building materials <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Literacy rate <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Televisions per household <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Doctors/Hospital beds per person <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Essential Questions: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Instructional Sequence: **
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Day 1(44 minutes) //**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Prior Knowledge: //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> After reviewing why were are studying catastrophic events, (have an understanding that the Earth is dynamic (constantly being destroyed and recreated), what causes these changes occur and what preventative measures can be taken to mitigate the risks involved in such events, I will use Inspiration on a Smartboard to help students brainstorm a concept web of 15 to 20 natural disasters (hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, volcanoes, storms, avalanche, droughts, earthquakes, forest fires) and how they connect to each other. Students will come up and connect their ideas to the central topic “Catastrophic Events.” I will ask students to copy it into their science notebook and examine the concept web carefully. They will then write a personal definition of the term "natural catastrophic event" on the top of the paper. Students will be asked to share ideas and their contributions will be guided toward this class definition: "an event in the physical environment that is destructive to human life and property."
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Question //****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Why would the United States and other economically developed countries be better prepared than less developed nations to handle hazards?
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Question: //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Why are certain regions of the U.S. are better equipped than others. Example: California.
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Question: //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Identify technologies that can make a difference in a nation's ability to predict and prepare for natural hazards and to handle their aftermath.
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Day 2 //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(44 minutes) //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

Student groups will jigsaw to gather the information requested on sheet. They may use relevant details from their articles and from any research materials found in the classroom. I have relief globes and a world map ready on the wall for students to point out affected locations and paths followed by natural phenomena, if applicable. The Jigsaw information will be incorporated into each student’s informational essay.

Teacher will hand out and go over the //Catastrophic Events Role Sheet.// Students will go to the computer lab and complete their role assigned questions using the Internet to access the //Dynamic Earth Catastrophic Events Webquest.// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Students will use the T <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">eam R Science Research Website Evaluation Sheet which will show them how to chose Internet resources of higher informational quality. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Day 3 //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(44 minutes) //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will use the //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Catastrophic Events Research Citation Sheet //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> to record <span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">at least four informational websites that were used to answer the questions. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Teacher will review the format for an information essay and students will begin their informational essay using the //Think in Threes Graphic Organizer.// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Day 4 //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(44 minutes) //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Teacher will show a 30 minute Podcast on PhotoStory3 in the computer lab and provide examples for students to view. Students will have a direction sheet for reference and time to practice with the program. Students will continue working on informational essay and citation sheet at the computer lab using the //Catastrophic Events Role Sheet// for homework and continue the research and completion of the project outside of school. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Day 5 //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(44 minutes) //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Teacher will hand out and go over guideline sheets for both Photostory and PowerPoint. Teacher will assess skill levels/competency and review technology skills as needed. Students will begin Photostory/PowerPoint or continue with their essay and citation sheet. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Day 6 //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(44 minutes) //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

After the student presentations have been presented and student and teacher evaluated, I will facilitate a discussion of the implications of the information students presented. Specifically, I will ask students to grapple with connections between access to communications technology and medical care and the number of casualties and amount of damage sustained during catastrophic events.
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Day 7 //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(44 minutes) //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Oral Presentations **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> (4-5 weeks later with time for students to continue their research project with appropriate due date submissions.)

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Questions: //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Are certain regions of the world, or certain groups of people, more vulnerable to the dangers of natural hazards than others? <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">What modifications/changes could humans make to lessen the impact of natural hazards in the countries investigated? <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">What are the positive and negative consequences of these changes? <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">To further involve students in disaster preparedness, they can write brochures outlining the school's or community's disaster plan. A selection of brochures can then be copied and distributed to families through the school office. Students can also donate time to making or collecting emergency kits for the classroom <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">Teacher facilitated discussions and questions <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">Approval of checklist completion Individual Conferences with Students Homework assignments (Section Reviews of Chapters 3) from their text – //Inside Earth//, __Science Explorer:__ Prentice Hall. Homework assignments (Discussion Questions Blog) – continue class discussion questions on teacher website blog. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will complete <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Catastrophic Events Analysis of Location Jigsaw <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">for a total of 10 points. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will write an informational essay in the point of view of the role they chose using the Catastrophic Events Informational Essay Rubric for a total of 5 points. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will compose a Reference page using the Documentation of Sources Rubric for a total of 5 points. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">Students will create and present a Photostory/PowerPoint on their specific catastrophic event using the Photostory/PowerPoint Presentation Rubric for a total of 70 points. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Extending the Lessons: **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Assessments: **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

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