Understand Catastrophic Events
Understand Catastrophic Events
How do catastrophic events affect ecosystems, human societies, and the Earth's surface, and what can be done to mitigate these effects?
Adaptive Perseverance: Navigate challenges posed by catastrophic events through resilience and preparedness.
Critical Thinking: Analyze the complex interactions between catastrophic events, ecosystems, and human societies.
Global Citizenship: Advocate for sustainable practices and policies to reduce the impact and frequency of catastrophic events.
What are the different types of catastrophic events, and how are they caused?
How do catastrophic events impact ecosystems and human communities?
What strategies can be employed to predict, prepare for, and mitigate the impacts of these events?
Students will classify catastrophic events by their causes and effects on the Earth.
Students will propose and evaluate strategies for disaster preparedness and mitigation.
MS-ESS3-2: Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
HS-ESS3-1: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.
HS-ESS3-5: Analyze geoscience data and the results from global climate models to make an evidence-based forecast of the current rate of global or regional climate change and associated future impacts to Earth systems.
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