Project: When Disaster Strikes
Grade: 3rd
Content Areas:
NGSS-ESS3 (Design Solution Weather) (Benchmark 3)
NGSS-ESS2-1 (Data re. Weather in Seasons) (Benchmark 2)
ELA-info. Read (Benchmark 1 & 2)
ELA-info Write (Benchmark 3, Final)
Math-Data (Benchmark 2)
Enduring Understanding:
Humans can’t eliminate natural disasters but can take steps to reduce their impacts
Final Product: Mailer (brochure, post card, door hanger) Infographic, newsletters, commercial script (choices)
Driving Question: How can we best inform our neighbors/community members about the dangers of natural disasters so that they can best prepare their home?
Deliverables:
- Doodle/Chatterpix/Google Slide (Bullets)/Comic Strip
- Problem statement, Graphs/charts
- Final product proposal
Benchmarks:
- Background on Weather
Scaffolding: Mystery Science
Info reading–Benchmark Advance
Students narrow in on choice topic
Climate vs Weather Mystery Science, Benchmark Advance
- How People Experience Disasters
Scaffolding: Research-empathy building
Disasters by the #’s (Data)
Newsela, Readiworks
Mystery Science
Visible Thinking
Photos/Artful Thinking
- Topic: Solution, Human Impact
Scaffolding: Reduce human impact, cause/affect if then statements
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