Lesson plan
Disastrous Data: We Need a Plan
GeoLiteracy
GeoSTEM
Description
In this lesson, students will practice using mean, median, mode, and range to organize and analyze data on the consequences that natural disasters have on human life. Students will formulate ideas to help prepare people for natural disasters and avoid casualties.Duration
1-2 class periodsAuthor
Diana
Strouth
Standards
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information4: The physical and human characteristics of places
7: The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface
15: How physical systems affect human systems
17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
18: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future
Teacher Instructions
ValenzuelaDisastrousT.pdf
(348.66 KB)
Student Materials
ValenzuelaDisastrousS.pdf
(72.42 KB)
FLASH_FLOOD_FATALITIES2013.pdf
(454.95 KB)
HEAT_FATALITIES2013.pdf
(464.76 KB)
LIGHTNING_FATALITIES2013.pdf
(446.71 KB)
TORNADO_FATALITIES2013.pdf
(438.3 KB)