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Quiz on Friday, March 06, 2020: Unit 8.6, Lesson 5: Check Your Progress
Students: Per our class discussion today, we’ll be having a short quiz on Lesson 5, in Unit 8.6 that focuses on why natural hazard events occur in some places but not in others. As a reminder, remember to review the … Continue reading
Unit 8.6, Lesson 5, Connect Your ideas
Use the appropriate web link for your State below for gathering the necessary information and/or data. Answer the appropriate questions for your natural hazard event. WASHINGTON https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aGJVC6vQhlexOtRy1JtojF5l4Pm_GtFckDFr5NFu7yI/edit?usp=sharing SOUTH CAROLINA https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12epiWEh_ZJAByOZiCWuCBNq1I_HJ_o1Eo5vRkffiQvM/edit?usp=sharing MICHIGAN https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Nwc4W0kj0JoDo792J-ILy7TxUMpJQh1HTZtwK25qvQk/edit?usp=sharing CALIFORNIA https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zlva36U8uqSgFVGTsbS69dUZtTlC_jW1xPV5ZDnAGvQ/edit?usp=sharing ALASKA https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17OdyoP4d0HvapaSYdp_7H7TfIITFXFsVPpR3K7Kagr0/edit?usp=sharing Map Guiding Questions Your … Continue reading
Attention First & ALL Hours: Earthquake machine
View the attached video below and answer the four (4) questions on your handout. https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/video/earthquake_machine_demonstration_of_the_1block_model_introduction
Word Search: For Those Who Have Lost Their Word Search, Print & Complete! Unit 8.6: Puzzle #1 V D E K U Z T G D R Y E E F A S D Z Z O O G L … Continue reading
Unit 8.6, Lessons 3 & 4: Scores Posted
Students, there were 26% A’s (13 students) and B’s (21 students) with a whole bunch of C’s. If you scored between 12.5 and 14, you earned a C. Overall, we can do better, since many of the B’s should have … Continue reading
I. Videos, Photos, and Other References
ALASKA: Videos or pictures of most damaging natural hazard events Hazard Type Date of Most Damaging Event Link to Video or Pictures of the Event Flood Aug 1967 Alaska’s Digital Archives (1967) “Fairbanks 1967 flood photographs” http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cdmg11/id/35056 Earthquake March 28, … Continue reading
CHANGE IN PLANS: TEST ON LESSONS 3 AND 4 ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020
After a careful study of our remaining sections for Lesson 4, it appears that there is only one more new concept to learn in this lesson that we can simply pick up on this coming Monday or Tuesday. Our remaining … Continue reading
A Follow-up to Our Article: Australia is getting some desperately needed rain. A downpour knocked back a third of New South Wales fires in a day.
By David Williams, CNN Updated 12:01 PM ET, Thu February 6, 2020 Firefighters in Australia have been battling the bushfires for months. (CNN)Firefighters battling Australia’s devastating wildfires are getting some help from the weather in New South Wales.Here’s how to help Australia bushfire … Continue reading
M-Step Practice for ELA: State Released Items
Students use the link below to practice for your ELA M-Step: https://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-22709_70117-456071–,00.html
Friday, January 31, 2020: Videos Viewed
In case you missed any of the video(s) content, feel free to view them again and write down any pertinent information that you may have missed in class. Next, view Hurricane Katrina from 2:55-8:13 (about 5 min.)