Natural Disasters: Wildfires Presentation (1 of 2)

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• CW: Complete slideshow.

• DN: Take Chromebook and open slideshow.

• Reminders: [1] Thursday the 28th will be a regular day. [2] Belt and Hat Projects must be collected by Wednesday. [3] Students must make arrangements to turn in notebook and/or take final early if they will not be present the last week of school.

RESOURCES

Natural Disaster Example Presentation

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now .

30min Natural Disaster: Wildfires Presentation. Students use resources to address questions following the simplified quick presentation slide style (Bad Example, Good Example 1, & Good Example 2).

The following questions need to be answered in your presentation/slideshow:

1. Why is it a disaster? (Cost of damages? Injuries and/or deaths?)
2. What causes this natural disaster? (Explain it in your own words.)
3. Where in the country/world are people at risk?
4. What is the scale/category used for this kind of disaster? (Example: Richter’s Scale for earthquakes.)
5. What is the frequency of this disaster? (How often do they occur?)
6. What technologies are there that limit/prevent damage, casualties, and injuries? How do they work? (Note: Not all technologies have to be complex, an underground shelter is a simple technology.)

Rules for Slides
- BIG Sans Serif Fonts (30+)
- NO Sentences, NO Paragraphs, NO Bullet Points
- ONE FACT + ONE PIC per slide. (If the picture is that important, it should have its own slide.)
- URL should be tiny at the bottom
- NO crazy colors. NO animations.

Additional Notes: - Please provide URL links to resources at the bottom of each slide to indicate where the information, diagrams, pictures came from. NO WIKIPEDIA!!! NO GOOGLE SEARCH ANSWERS!!!

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.