What if you could challenge your second graders to help communities prepare for disasters ranging from floods and wildfires to earthquakes and hurricanes? With this volume in the
STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can!
Natural Hazards outlines a journey that will steer your students toward authentic problem solving while grounding them in integrated STEM disciplines. Like the other volumes in the series, this book is designed to meet the growing need to infuse real-world learning into K–12 classrooms.
This interdisciplinary module uses project- and problem-based learning to help young children explore cause and effect. Working in teams, your second graders will draw on science, English language arts, mathematics, social studies, and the engineering design process to do the following:
• Identify various natural hazards, their basic causes, and how they affect people, animals, and communities.
• Model natural hazards.
• Identify features of structures designed to withstand earthquakes and then construct models of those structures.
• Learn about predicting weather, including measuring, calculating, and evaluating numbers involved in probabilities.
• Create their own “Weather Tall Tales.”
• Identify ways that people and communities can prepare for natural hazards and then communicate about the hazards to a target audience.
The
STEM Road Map Curriculum Series is anchored in the
Next Generation Science Standards, the
Common Core State Standards, and the Framework for 21st Century Learning. In-depth and flexible,
Natural Harzards can be used as a whole unit or in part to meet the needs of districts, schools, and teachers who are charting a course toward an integrated STEM approach.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
About the Editors and Authors
Acknowledgments
Part 1: The STEM Road Map: Background, Theory, and Practice
1 Overview of the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series
Standards-Based Approach
Themes in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series
The Need for an Integrated STEM Approach
Framework for STEM Integration in the Classroom
The Need for the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series
References
2 Strategies Used in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series
Project- and Problem-Based Learning
Engineering Design Process
Learning Cycle
STEM Research Notebook
The Role of Assessment in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series
Self-Regulated Learning Theory in the STEM Road Map Modules
Safety in STEM
References
Part 2: Natural Hazards: STEM Road Map Module
3 Natural Hazards Module Overview
Module Summary
Established Goals and Objectives
Challenge or Problem for Students to Solve: Natural Hazard Preparedness Challenge
Content Standards Addressed in This STEM Road Map Module
STEM Research Notebook
Module Launch
Prerequisite Skills for the Module
Potential STEM Misconceptions
SRL Process Components
Strategies for Differentiating Instruction Within This Module
Strategies for English Language Learners
Safety Considerations for the Activities in This Module
Desired Outcomes and Monitoring Success
Assessment Plan Overview and Map
Module Timeline
Resources
References
4 Natural Hazards Lesson Plans
Lesson Plan 1: Let’s Explore Natural Hazards
Lesson Plan 2: Natural Hazard Quest!
Lesson Plan 3: Our Natural Hazard Preparedness Plans
5 Transforming Learning With Natural Hazards and the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series
Appendix A: STEM Research Notebook Templates
Appendix B: Assessment Rubrics
Appendix C: Content Standards Addressed in This Module
Details
Type e-bookPub Date 9/1/2019Pages 180ISBN 978-1-68140-487-5Stock # PKEB425X18