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Geology Mitigation Artifact Directions
Open Google Drive
Open your Mitigation Slides
Save a copy of your slides
Rename to: Geology Mitigation Artifact.
Choose your Profile of an Eagle folder for the current year.
Close the original copy, keep the new copy open.
Open your Profile of an Eagle Google Site
Navigate to the Science Subpage
Scroll to below the last artifact you placed, then choose INSERT
The first Content Block is the best for this project because it has a place for slides on the left and text with heading on the right.
Select the + on the content block, select ‘From Drive’
Search for Geology Mitigation Artifact
Click on your slides and INSERT.
Text Description
Change Title Text to: Geology. (Name of Class)
Click Enter, Change the new line of text type to ‘Subheading’.
Write: Slope Mitigation. (Name of artifact assignment)
The smaller text box below the titles will be your paragraph of reflection.
Reflection (See below for example sentence prompts):
Sentence or two introducing the Category and Option type.
Two to three sentences describing how you summarized a pdf from the FEMA website about different mitigation measures.
Then a sentence or two explaining how you found additional information on Wikipedia to add more understanding.
Start a new paragraph and describe how your mitigation was used in the stream table lab (if it wasn’t used, explain the slide showing how it is installed).
End with your thoughts about how this kind of information could be useful to you or others in your community.
Even if you click Publish now - any changes you make to those slides will update automatically. Feel free to Publish now or not.
Sentence or two introducing the Category and Option type.
For my slope mitigation project in Geology this year, I chose the category of ___________. With ___________there are many different methods you can use to help stabilize slopes. I decided to focus on the option called ___________, (which are also known as ___________).
Two to three sentences describing how you summarized a pdf from the FEMA website about different mitigation measures.
To begin my research, I referenced a PDF of information from FEMA. FEMA stands for Federal Emergency Management Agency. There, I learned___________...
Then a sentence or two explaining how you found additional information on Wikipedia to add more understanding.
After this, I went on Wikipedia to find more details to understand my topic. There, I learned___________..
Start a new paragraph and describe how your mitigation was used in the stream table lab (if it wasn’t used, explain the slide showing how it is installed).
To test out the mitigation strategies we learned about in class, we made miniature version to use in a stream table. When my __________ were installed, we ____________________ (how did they get installed). (How did they do? Was it effective at protecting the house or property? Did it not work very well because the materials weren't similar to the real-life )
End with your thoughts about how this kind of information could be useful to you or others in your community.
This project taught me the importance in studying the different ways we can prevent damage and loss of life from slope failure. I learned....
Geology
Geology
Slope Mitigation: Exemplar
Slope Mitigation: Exemplar
For my slope mitigation project in Geology this year, I chose the category of drainage. With drainage, there are many different methods you can use to help stabilize slopes. I decided to focus on the option called check dams.
To begin my research, I referenced a PDF of information from FEMA. FEMA stands for Federal Emergency Management Agency. There, I learned that changing the top of the slope is very important in keeping slopes stable. If the top of the slope is too heavy, it can cause it to fail.
After this, I went on Wikipedia to find more details to understand my topic. There, I learned that gabion walls are very easy to install because they don't require transporting large material. They also are immediately effective, unlike other mitigation that takes time (such as cement drying or plants growing).
To test out the mitigation strategies we learned about in class, we made miniature version to use in a stream table. When my straws representing the deep soil mixing were installed, we just pushed them vertically into the sand to represent the reinforced soil.
The deep soil mixing was very effective because the land protected by it was not washed away during the simulated flood.
Unfortunately, the straws washed away with the flood. Perhaps if we had used a sturdier or heavier material, it would have been more accurate.
This project taught me the importance in studying the different ways we can prevent damage and loss of life from slope failure. I learned that these mitigation strategies are everywhere. Without them, we would have far more landslides causing loss of life and property damage.
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