It's a Disaster
(and we are not talking about the floor of your bedroom!)
Video's
Flood Safety
Hurricane Preparedness
Lightening Safety
Tornado Safety
Tornado Safety Tips
Tsunami
Science GLEC
TLW demonstrate an understanding that scientific inquiry and reasoning involves observing, questioning, investigating, recording, and developing solutions to problems
TLW demonstrate an understanding that scientific inquiry and reasoning involves observing, questioning, investigating, recording, and developing solutions to problems by comparing and contrasting.
Language Arts GLEC
TLW process write an extended response to a prompt, making connections to his/her own experiences.
TLW write a draft response to a theme, considering the techniques of writer’s craft studied in previous lessons. Content Expectation(s): W.PR.04.01; W.PR.04.03
04ELA: ( Speaking)
TLW deliver a presentation on an informational topic, focusing on effective delivery techniques and using a visual aid. (Photo essay)
TLW deliver the presentation to an audience, using effective delivery techniques, and write a self-reflection.
Social Studies GLEC
TLW identify a problem, analyze information to solve it, and present the solution to inform others.
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? Big Questions
What is a disaster?
What happens that causes a disaster?
What are the effects of a disaster on people, the community, the economy?
To get answers to these questions you make pick one of the following and visit the sites:
FEMA: Are You Ready?
Think and Problem Solve
As a group create several “what-if ” scenarios for you would do if the follwing things happened?
What problems might occur because of the “what-if ” situations ?
1 What if your family is snowed in?
2What if the lights go out?
3 What if you are told to evacuate?
•4What if roads are closed due to flood?
• There’s no hamster food.
• The batteries for the flashlight are dead, and it’s dark outside.
• The car has very little gas.
• Your sister has no asthma medication.
Let's Role Play
Rescue people from Hurricane Katrina
http://tempestincrescentcity.ning.com/game
Now choose one type of disaster you wish to learn more about
AVALANCHEAvalanche.org
LANDSLIDESUSGS: Landslides
TORNADOES
CBS News Interactive: Funnels Of Fury
CBS News Photo Essay: In Twisters' Path
TSUNAMIS
CBS News Interactive: Tsunami
CBS News Video Archive: Tsunami
CBS News Photo Essay: Tsunami
HURRICANES
CBS News Interactive: Eye of the Storm: Understanding Hurricanes
CBS News Interactive: Hurricanes-- Storm Tracker
CBS News Interactive: Hurricane Rita
VOLCANOES
CBS News Interactive: Volcano!
USGSUSGS Search
WINTER STORMS BLIZZARDS
FEMA Winter Storms Factsheet
FEMA Winter Storm Update Center
NOAA News Online
Projects for Points
8th Grade- Web Page Requirements- At least 2 pages
A. Content
1. Pick a disaster- Use the disaster as the Heading
2. Write the definition of the disaster
3. Location- Where is this disaster most likely to occur? List the Locations
4. History- Give 3-5 Examples of the worse type of this disaster in history. Be sure to tell the location, the scale and type of damages, and if human interaction on the environment was a contributing cause.
5. Prevention- What kinds of things should people and governments do to help prepare or pr3vent this type of disaster?
6. Dealing with disasters-What impact does this disaster have on the people, land, government? Please explain.
B. HTML
1. Use a list
2. Use at least 5 headings
3. Change the color of the text
4. Pick 3 words to show in bold
5.Use either a background color or background image
6. Add no more than 2 scripts- one can be a mouse trail
7. No more than 2 google gadgets and they must realate to the webpage content.
8. Please make sure youcan click on page one to go to page 2, and then click on page 2 to go back to the main page
(anchor tags)
9. Add links to at least 2 outside sources such as http://www.nationalgeographic.com/volvooceanrace/interactives/waves/index.html that shows how waves work.
Due October 13th- October 14,15,16 are make up days fior absences
October 19-Begins new independant project on Programming
Marking period ends October 28th- no late work accepted after that unless you make arrangments to ask for an Incomplete.
Grading Rubric
html.doc
Extra Credit or What do I do when I am done
#1- Tell me a story
Pets and Disasters: Happyutline and write a pet survival story with a happy ending
Resource: Bubblus or Inspiration
#2-
Consider the types of disaster most likely happen in our community
and discuss the actions individuals and the community must take to handle and recover from the disaster. Outline an action plan on how to safely move students from oour school if a disaster occurred here.
Resources; Map of School, Google Maps of Neighborhood surrounding school
#3-
Research and present a photo essay of disasters that have happened in area in the past. Tornado's floods and blizzards
have affected our area in the past. How did the one you choose, affect the community. How did the community recover?
Internet and Library Search resources.
#4
Interview a representative from the American Red Cross or another
community emergency agency to discover the any projects
under way in their area, or what projects we have done helping others un neighboring areas,
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