8th Grade Science Guide

8.4 Natural Resources 3 Dimensions & Progressions

Unit 4

● Engineering to Prevent Natural Disasters

hazards to predict future catastrophic events based on detectable preceded phenomena.

between natural hazards and natural disasters (catastrophic events). They discover the many types of natural hazards—avalanche, earthquake, food, forest fre, hurricane, landslide, thunderstorm, tornado, tsunami and volcano—as well as specifc examples of natural disasters. Students also explore why understanding these natural hazards is important to engineers and everyone's survival on our planet.

Formative Assessment: 8.4.5 Utah SEEd Formative Assessment

8.4.5 Phenomena Assessment: Tornado and Earthquake Data

Objective

Overview

Materials

● I can analyze data and identify patterns in the occurrences of natural hazards to predict future catastrophic events based on detectable preceded phenomena. ● I can obtain information on how data can be used to develop new technologies to limit the effects of the catastrophic events.

● Students will review the map resources. Students will be assigned a state to represent and will do a natural disaster assessment for the state using the FEMA National Risk Index map and create an emergency preparedness video,

● FEMA Risk Index Map

brochure, or billboard to educate citizens of that state.