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Natural Disasters Unit (2-ESS1-1) Collection

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During this learning unit, students will learn about volcanoes, weathering, erosion, earthquakes, tornadoes, and other natural disasters. Students should be able to realize that these events can occur quickly or slowly.

Elementary

Resources in “Natural Disasters Unit (2-ESS1-1)” Collection

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Earth's Changing Surface: Changing Earth From Within Science Objects have been retired and replaced with Interactive E-books
Engineering Encounters: Help Batman Build a Safe and Stable House Journal Article
Erosion and Weathering Field Trip Lesson Plan

This is a great lesson for teaching weathering and erosion. It can be super fun too!

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Home Connections: 'Round and 'Round Journal Article
Natural Disaster Overview To Sum Up Unit

This page has information about every type of natural disaster. After I have taught students the entire natural disaster unit, we will look at this website to see what students have learned. This will be used as a small summative assessment.

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Science 101: Can we protect our communities from natural disasters? Journal Article
Science Sampler: Connecte2d Teaching—A comprehensive resource for teaching science using earthquakes Journal Article
Shake It Up: Earthquakes and Damage to Buildings Book Chapter
The Great Outdoors: Field Trips Near and Far Book Chapter
Volcano Eruption Lesson Plan Web Page
Volcanoes and Earthquake Tracking App Web Page