Disastrous Data: We Need a Plan

GeoLiteracy
GeoSTEM
Lesson Plan Content
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.
Author: 
Diana Strouth
Grade Range: 
6
Duration: 
1-2 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
Standards
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
4: 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