Natural+Disaster+Unit+2014

Natural Disasters, Are You Prepared? February is Disaster Preparedness Month....  Our 3rd Grade Class is going Global to share our Preparedness Plans with others.

Click link to share your thoughts with my class:  [] **Driving Question:** How can we inform our community about the importance of preparedness for a natural disaster?

**Guest Speaker:** Meteorologist Sumrall from NWS Birmingham. During her presentation, she explained how clouds were formed. She showed several models of tornadoes and explained weather instruments. media type="custom" key="25084476"

Severe Weather Safety Weather Smart
 * Discover Education Videos and Lessons: ** Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and Tunderstorms

**Essential Questions:** What are Natural Disasters? How do Natural Disasters effect us? Why is it important to have a preparedness plan and survival kit? What is a plan? How is your natural disaster formed? What is the Richter Scale and how is it used? What are warnings? What is tornado Alley and where is it located? What is the Fujiti Scale and why is it important?

The students learned about the importance of being prepared during a Natural Disaster and how this will effect them in real world situations. To understand the importance, first they needed to understand the meaning of Natural Disasters. The students collaborated with their teammates to come up with a list of natural disasters that could effect their lives and their families. After sharing the list, the student pulled a stick from the app called stickpic to determine groups and the natural disaster they will research for their presentations. Then they broke off into groups to being their research on their Natural Disaster. The students were given a several rubrics so they would understand the expectations of a survival kit presentation, preparedness family plan, and final presentation. Based on research, the students created a preparedness plan, survival kit, and a final presentation. They had voice and choice as to which presentation tool they would use: Haiku Deck, PowToon, Thinglink, Zoho Show, FlowBoard, and Prezi.

**Survival Kit and Preparedness plan rough draft.**

**Portfolio and Rubrics:** Click on the link... []


 * Look at the pictures below on how my students work showed collaboration and communication while creating their presentation. **

**Going Global:** We are adding the presentations to our Wiki because we want to share with others around the world how to prepare for a natural disaster. Please comment in the above discussion about our Natural Disasters presentations.

__** Presentations: **__

"**Winter Storms":** media type="custom" key="25200258"

[]
 * "Tornadoes": **


 * "Hurricanes": coming soon **

media type="custom" key="25184096"
 * "Earthquakes": **

media type="custom" key="25184182"
 * "Floods": **

media type="custom" key="25184298" by: Robbie, Abby, and Jackson []
 * "Wild Fires": **

media type="custom" key="25205618"
 * "Tornadoes" **

"Hurricanes" media type="custom" key="25239726"

To show compassion for our community. The students were involved in raising money for the food pantry $400 and collecting teddy bears for the Lincoln Fire & Rescue.

media type="custom" key="25189018"