Congratulations, the National Weather Service would like your team to write and publish a Public Service Announcement! A public service announcement or P.S.A. is kind of like a commercial, but it is not trying to sell anything. Instead, the commercial tries to inform the public and raise awareness about an issue. Your P.S.A. will inform citizens how to safe before and during the natural disaster.
How can we protect ourselves and others from natural disasters?
Each team will:
Extension: Explore the topic further with a lab or project
It is assumed that already have some background knowledge about the atmosphere and weather. This part of the project is aimed at you becoming an expert on one of the topics. You can learn about weather and other storm background information by using your textbook, links, videos, and experts. Make sure you cite sources.
Research your specific natural disaster and answer the questions below. All students need to complete these questions though you may work with teammates to find the answers. Site the source where you found each answer. (Record this information in your Science Notebook or submit a file to Moodle)
1. What are characteristics of the natural disaster?
2. What is a Watch?
3. What is a Warning?
4. What are the danger signs of this natural disaster?
5. What was the most memorable historical incident involving the natural disaster studied? When did it occur?
6. Where else has the natural disaster occurred?
7. What are some safety tips BEFORE and DURING the natural disaster?
Here are some links that may be of help with your research. You will have to look around on these websites. Sources need to be cited on the back of your poster.
Objectives
Students will be able to identify natural disasters and their characteristics.
Students will be able to identify where specific natural disasters occur.
Students will be able to describe methods of predicting natural disasters.
Students will learn how to prepare for disasters and what to do when they occur.
Standards
NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education Standards
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/Standards_Framework_Homepage.html
ESS3.B Natural Hazards
ESS2.B Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions
ESS1.C The History Of Planet Earth
Common Core State Standards ELA
http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards/english-language-arts-standards
Reading Anchor 1, 2, 7, 9, 10
Writing 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Speaking and Listening 1, 2, 5
Language 6
National Council for Geographic Education Standards
The World in Spatial Terms
Standard 1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information.
Places and Regions
Standard 4: The physical and human characteristics of places.
Physical Systems
Standard 7: The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface.
Environment and Society
Standard 14: How human actions modify the physical environment.
Standard 15: How physical systems affect human systems.
National Science Education Standards:
Unifying Concepts and Processes
K-4 Content Standard D: Earth and Space Science
5-8 Content Standard D: Earth and Space Science.
5-8 Content Standard F: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives.
Congratulations, the National Weather Service would like your team to write and read a 30-second Public Service Announcement! A public service announcement (P.S.A.) is kind of like a commercial, but it is not trying to sell anything. Instead, the commercial tries to inform the public and raise awareness about an issue. Your P.S.A. will explain an extreme weather condition that can occur in Michigan.
Have students break into groups and assign each group the responsibility of
explaining one natural disaster to the rest of the class and attaching the pertinent chart to the posted pictures. Have
your students list what they know about the individual disasters and some questions about what they would like to
learn. Keep track on the wall of how many times students use the words describing a particular natural disaster
correctly.
Each team will:
It is assumed that already have some background knowledge about the atmosphere and weather. This part of the project is aimed at you becoming an expert on one of the topics. You can learn about weather and other storm background information by using your textbook. The links on the next pages will help with you become more of an expert on your topic. Make sure you cite sources.
Here are some links that maybe of help with your research. You will have to look around on these websites. Sources need to be cited on the back of your poster.
Research your specific natural disaster and answer the questions below. All students need to complete these questions though you may work with teammates to find the answers. Site the source where you found each answer. (Record this information in your Science Notebook or submit a file to Moodle)
What are characteristics of the natural disaster?
What is a Watch?
What is a Warning?
What are the danger signs of this natural disaster?
What was the most memorable historical incident involving the natural disaster studied? When did it occur?
Where else has the natural disaster occurred?
Explain what can be done to prepare for the studied natural disaster.
What are some safety tips BEFORE and DURING the natural disaster?
Procedures
Topic _________________________________________________________
Team ______________ _______________ _______________
Audio | 5 Spoken clearly, well practiced, 20-40 seconds long | 4 Spoken clearly, more than 10 seconds out of time frame | 3 Somewhat less clear or more than 15 seconds out of time frame | 1 very difficult to understand |
Script | 5 readable, all parts are clearly defined | 4 readable, most parts are defined | 3 many parts not defined | 1 very little written out |
Information Visual Safety / WW Audio Safety / WW | 5 explains the danger, clearly explains the difference between a watch and warning, and at least three safety tips for the storm | 4 tells the difference between a watch and warning, or missing one tip | 3 the danger is less clear, only a watch or warning is explained | 1 missing important information or multiple errors |
Visual | 5 neat and colorful work | 4 message is clear, colorful, slightly less neat, | 3 message is less clear, less neat | 1 confusing message or poorly done work |
Write a P.S.A. script about the difference between a watch and warning, optionally may include safety tips. Script when read aloud needs to be approximately 30 seconds long.
Include an introduction to the topic. For example, Hello, I would to like to tell you some information about Floods Watches and Flood Warnings...
[Speaker 1]: Information....
[Speaker 2]: Information....
[Speaker 1]: Information....
[Speaker 2]: Information....
Standards
NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education Standards
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/Standards_Framework_Homepage.html
ESS3.B Natural Hazards
ESS2.B Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interaction
Common Core State Standards ELA
http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards/english-language-arts-standards
Reading Anchor 1, 2, 7, 9, 10
Writing 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Speaking and Listening 1, 2, 5
Language 6
National Council for Geographic Education Standards
The World in Spatial Terms
Standard 1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information.
Places and Regions
Standard 4: The physical and human characteristics of places.
Physical Systems
Standard 7: The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface.
Environment and Society
Standard 14: How human actions modify the physical environment.
Standard 15: How physical systems affect human systems
National Science Education Standards:
Unifying Concepts and Processes
K-4 Content Standard D: Earth and Space Science
5-8 Content Standard D: Earth and Space Science.
5-8 Content Standard F: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives.