Module 3 Application
Group 1 Mind Map
Earth and Space Topics: Geology (rocks, plate tectonics, volcanoes, mountains, earthquakes) Meteorology (weather, hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, atmosphere) Astronomy (solar system, planets, stars, galaxy, black holes)
Life Science/Biology Topics: Cells, Evolution, Genetics, Ecosystems, Scientific Method,
Meteorology (weather, hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, atmosphere)
Social Studies Connections
Language Arts Connections
Math Connections
Examining weather patterns to make informed predictions for future
Class discussion and think-pair-share activity to discuss statistical patterns in weather data
Analyze graphs on weather patterns (ex. average temperatures)
Graphing weather trends over time
Research project on history of various natural disasters/weather systems (ex. history of tornado occurrences in certain location over time)
Class discussion about the political nature of climate change
Informational Writing Assignment/Presentation on a natural disaster/weather system
Class discussion- what items would be beneficial for a humanitarian relief donation for a certain natural disaster
Organize a class project to donate items for natural disaster
Note-taking/journaling throughout the lesson/unit
Reading non-fiction texts on weather/natural disasters
Opinion writing assignment on political nature of climate change
Using a map students locate various natural disasters around the world
Analyze the cost of various natural disasters
Regional data research to determine common locations of natural disasters - data can be expressed using graphs/charts
Conduct interviews with students that live in a high-risk natural disaster zone OR have experienced severe weather (such as these)
Science Connections
Research weather warnings that could predict severe weather
Weather related fall-out after natural disasters - impact on soil, plant -life, animals, etc
Math Connections
Research growth/decay of bacteria with known details in ecosystem
Determine probabilities of genetic abnormalities/defects
Science Connections
Research and compare different bacteria (rank based on invasiveness and half-life)
Conduct an experiment growing bacteria in a petri dish
Social Science Connections
Research evolution
Using evolution research, mind map the possibility of what human kind will look like in 50, 100, 200, 500 yrs
Science curriculum:
What atmospheric conditions create tornadoes, hurricanes, thunderstorms, blizzards
What will cause these storms to die
Case study of specific storms that students research
What can people do to best prepare for these natural disasters?
Visual/Performing Arts Connections
Visual: students research the physical motion of weather patterns and create physical artistic representations
Performance: research the physicality of a storm and using instruments (either musical or human-made) recreate those sounds
Visual/Performing Arts Connections
Students create models of a cell
Research the formulas and numbers behind certain genetic defects and use that to create art - see Sienna Morris artistry for examples
Sienna Morris artistry: http://siennaartstudios.com/
ESL Connections
Listening: Identify the type of weather based on oral sentences.
Speaking: Give a weather forecast with reasons using the aid of pictures and videos.
Writing: Compare and contrast different types of meteorology from pictures and videos using a series of sentences.
Reading: Interpret the impact of different types of weather on people and places from grade level text.
ESL Connections
Listening: Infer different needs of scientific experiments based on oral presentations.
Speaking: Explain different scientific topics to a small group using visuals.
Reading: Identify different types of science topics using diagrams and readings.
Writing: Evaluate and defend different scientific topics using a graphic organizer.
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Explore these growth and decay data of bacteria and discover the exponential function formula.
Graph the exponential growth and decay data with different ecosystems.
Create a scaled model of the Solar System outside using proportions.
The branches in purple are the activities that will be included in our interdisciplinary lesson about natural disasters and extreme weather conditions.
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