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What materials will your group need for Friday?

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What materials will your group need for Friday?

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Think about:

walls

adhesive

connectors

structural support

Is a traditional square/rectangular structure the best? Could other shapes work better?

Food items work well!

1. Sketch a design for your plant.

2. Make a list of materials needed.

3. Decide who will be responsible for bringing each item.

4. Let the teacher know if there is something your group will not be able to bring.

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Think about your experience with the Earthquake Resistant Structures project.

Complete the reflection sheet.

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___  I am working hard to do my best and stay on- task.
____  I am responsible for all my belongings.
____  I am respectful to myself, my classmates, and my teacher.
____   I am encouraging to other members in my group.
____   I am teaching not telling.
____   (SET YOUR OWN PERSONAL GOAL)

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Alternative lesson for Tuesday or Wednesday

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Alternative lesson for Tuesday or Wednesday

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*Do this if not enough time for the earthquake lesson due to Case testing.

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Materials:
Paint tray liner
1 book
2 cups of sand
ruler
cubes
water
container
Activity:

Read workbook page 173.

Make a prediction before building your model.

Create a model of a landslide.

Complete workbook pg173.

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Let's build it!              Will it work?

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Let's build it!              Will it work?

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Build an Earthquake Resistant Structure

Test its success

Celebrate or Try again

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In addition to getting the building materials, I also prepared a "shake table" before this session. It's a small game box lid taped onto a container lid, resting on a bunch of marbles, inside the the lid of another game box. I found many more permanent designs online, but this was simplest.

I wrote each table number's name on a Lego Duplo figure (use whatever you have, an army man, a ping pong ball, etc.), and drew them out of a bag for each group to come up and get their materials. I thought the order would matter if I ran out of something. I only ran out of marshmallow cream, but that was only for my student with a nut allergy. I had way more than I needed of everything else.

Each group member came up and selected their 10 items. This went pretty quickly since they planned it all out yesterday in Designing an Earthquake Resistant Structure. Paper plates and portion cups would have made this much easier. I counted peanut butter by the spoonful, and kind of smeared it onto trays.

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Building an Earthquake Resistant Structure

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In addition to getting the building materials, I also prepared a "shake table" before this session. It's a small game box lid taped onto a container lid, resting on a bunch of marbles, inside the the lid of another game box. I found many more permanent designs online, but this was simplest.

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Designing an Earthquake Resistant Structure

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After they found what other engineers had done, I gave them some time to look over the materials. This way if they were considering adding wheels to a structure, that wouldn't be an option unless they could build it out of pretzels and peanut butter. Then they had a few minutes to draw some initial designs. During the actual designing, students were able to make revisions to these designs as they found out what worked, and what didn't.

I collected a sample of student responses to inform my lesson focus for tomorrow, and to help keep students accountable for the work.

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Designing an Earthquake Resistant Structure

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After they found what other engineers had done, I gave them some time to look over the materials. This way if they were considering adding wheels to a structure, that wouldn't be an option unless they could build it out of pretzels and peanut butter.

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Read and discuss Science hardbook page 124

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natural hazards
engineer

avalanche

volcanic eruptions

wild fire

earthquake
land slide

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Design solutions to reduce the impact of natural hazards (fires, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions,

floods) on the environment.

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Empathize Stage: Weather-Related Hazard & Solution Graphic Organizer)

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Click on the picture below.

Read about extreme weather on pages 1-4.

Page 5 and 6 have questions in bold followed by the answers.  See if you can answer the question verbally before scrolling down to read the answer.

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Extreme Weather Solutions

What you will learn from this video What you will learn

Extreme weather is the result of natural processes.

We can't eliminate these hazards but we can reduce their impact.

Engineers develop solutions to protect us from extreme weather.

List 3 examples of extreme weather.

Explain ways that humans can reduce the impacts of extreme weather.

Draw a house and label features that may help it withstand flooding and lightning.

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Hurricanes and tornadoes are examples of extreme weather! We can't stop them but we can reduce their impact. Watch our science video for kids to lean more!

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Can natural disasters be good for nature? | Earth Unplugged

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Review natural hazards Read Science book pgs. 122-125.

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Review natural hazards Read Science book pgs. 122-125.

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Focus on landslides often caused by earthquakes or flash floods.