YourName:Aaron,Ashley,Brendan,Bryant,Laura EED511:ElementaryPrinciplesofCurriculumDevelopmentDr.AndreaTovar InstructionalPlanType:Self,SubjectStandards,orSociety GradeLevel:5th&6thcomboS2SubjectStandardsLessonPlan UntwistingaTornado Studentswillbeusingscienceinquiry methods.Theywillbeusingobservations, andtheywillbequestioningand hypothesizingthroughoutthelesson. Studentswillbeabletoaccuratelyidentify thepartsofatornado,andhowtheyform aswellaslessonspecificvocabulary. Studentswilldiscovertheregionsinwhich tornadoesoccur.

Studentswilldiscoverthe safetymechanismssetinplacetoprotect communitiesfromdanger. Theywillalsodiscoverwaysinwhich peopleprepareforextremeweather eventsandhowcommunitiesdealwiththe aftermathofaweatherrelatednatural disaster. CommonCoreStandard:Compareand contrasttheinformationgainedfrom experiments,simulations,videoor multimediasourceswiththatgainedfrom readingatextonthesametopic.(68.RST.9)
Science Standard: Concept 1: Changes in Environments Describetheinteractionsbetweenhuman populations,naturalhazards,andthe environment.

Goal/Outcome

PO1.Evaluatetheeffectsofthefollowing naturalhazards: sandstorm

hurricane tornado ultravioletlight

lightning-caused fire

EssentialQuestions

Howdonatureandweatheraffectpeople? Inwhatwaysdoesnatureandweather affectthelandonwhichwelive? Howarebusinessesaffectedbyweather, bothlocallyandglobally? Howcanweatherrelatednaturaldisasters bringcommunities,bothlocalandnational, togetherintheiraftermath? Howcanweatherrelatednaturaldisasters createadividewithincommunitieslocally duringtheaftermath? Howdopeopleaffectweatherandnature? Groupsof4or5studentseach. Introductiontotheprojectwillbepresented totheentireclass,beforestudentsare brokenintotheirgroups.Studentswillbe allowedtochoosetheirowngroups. LessonDuration:Twoweeksforeach grouptoconductresearchonthetopic, compileinformationandcreatea 10minutepresentationtobedeliveredto theentireclass.Groupswillget30minutes ofclasstimeeachdayduringthefirst week,and30minutesofclasstimeforthe firsttwodaysofthesecondweek.Students willbestronglyencouragedtomeetwith theirgroupsoutsideofclassduringthetwo weeks,theywillbeabletocreateanonline discussionboardandcommunicateifthey areunabletomeetfacetoface. ScriptedIntroduction:Wevebeenlearning aboutweather,andhowcertainweather eventscanaffectpeopleandtheworld.

LearningStructures/Activities

Wevecoveredhurricanesand thunderstormssofarbutnowwearegoing tomoveontosomethingbigger,andalot moredangerousTornadoes.Weregoing totakethisunitalittlebitdifferentthanwe havehandledourpreviousunits.Iamgoing tobreakyouintogroupsof4or5,andyou willresearcheverythingthereisabout tornadoes.Iwillgiveyourgroupstwo weekstoresearchhowatornadois formed,howtheirintensityismeasured, thedamagetornadoescancause,where tornadoescanoccur,andhowtornadoes affectpeople,wildlife,industry,andthe world.Eachgroupwillgivea10minute presentationtotheclassaboutwhatthey havelearned.Eachmemberofthegroup mustdeliverpartofyourgroups presentationandeachpresentationmust haveatleastonevisualaide.Iknowthisis alotofinformationtotakein,butyouwill haveplentyoftime,andIwillpassouta packetwiththefullinstructions.Youcan alsoaskanyquestionyouneed. SummaryofInstructionsPacketGiven toStudents:Belowisageneraloverview ofthepacketofinstructionsgiventoeach studentfortheirgroupproject. Studentswillbeputintogroupsof4or5 andsearchforvideosabouttornadoeson WatchKnowLearn.org.Studentswill researchhowtornadoesform,thestructure ofatornado,thedamageitcancause,how tomeasurethestrengthofatornado,and howatornadoeffectspeople,animals, plants,andEarthsgeography. StudentscanalsosearchEarthAlbum.com forphotosoftornadoesaroundtheworld,

andviewthedifferentshapesandsizesin whichtornadoescanoccur. Studentswillaccessatornadosimulator onNationalGeographic.comtosimulate howdifferentlevelsoftornadoesform,and thedamagetheycancause.Studentswill visitWeather.comtobecomefamiliarwith tornadoterminologyresearchweather mapsofwheretornadoesarelikelyto occuraroundtheworld.Lastly,students canaccessClimateandweather.netto researchhowweather,specifically tornadoes,canaffectpeople,wildlife,and industry. Whilevisitingtheabovementioned resourcestoresearchtornadoes,students canorganizetheirfindingsinaWord documentusingGoogleDocs.Thisway eachmemberofthegroupcaneditthe documentatanytime,fromanywhere withouthavingtofigureoutatimetomeet upasagroup.Studentscanalsocreatea groupwebsiteorblogwithlinksto resourcestheyveusedsoothergroup memberscaneasilyaccessthose resources. Computerswithinternetaccessforeach groupofstudents,GoogleDocsaccount foreachstudent,Glogster.comaccountfor eachstudent,printedpacketwithproject instructionsforeachstudent,cardboard (optional),blackconstructionpaper (optional),glue(optional),plexiglass (optional),ceramicplate(optional),small deskfan(optional),cupofwarmwater (optional),smallchunkofdryice(optional), safetygloveforhandlingdryice(optional)

Resources/Materials

[Alloptionalmaterialsarethematerials necessaryforconstructingatornado simulationboxifstudentsshouldchooseto buildonefortheirpresentation.]YouTube videoonhowtobuildanduseatornado box Thefollowingwebsites: NationalGeographic(2007,May29) TornadoDestruction[videofile]Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43VoMe sUd2Q NationalSevereStormsLaboratory,last modifiedJune20,2013,NationalSevere StormsLaboratorytornado101page retrievedNovember23,2012from http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx1 01/tornadoes/

NationalGeographic,lastmodifiedJune 20,2013,ForcesofNature,Retrieved November5,2012from http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/ environment/naturaldisasters/forcesofnat ure/?source=hp_dl

TheWeatherChannel,lastmodifiedJune 20,2013,WeatherChannelhomepage, RetrievedNovember,5,2012from www.weather.com

EarthAlbum,lastmodifiedJune20,2013, EarthAlbumhomepage,Retrieved November5,2012from

www.earthalbum.com

ClimateandWeather,lastmodified January3,2011,ClimateandWeather homepage,RetrievedNovember5,2012 fromwww.climateandweather.net

Assessments

Studentswillhaveoptionsonhowthey wouldliketopresenttheirfindingson tornadoestotherestoftheclass.Theonly requirementsofthepresentationarethat thestudentsusevisualaids,allmembers ofthegroupmustpresentatleastonepart ofthepresentation,andthepresentations mustbeatleast10minutesinlength. Studentsmaychoosetocreatea PowerPointpresentationtodelivertothe classandtheymaychoosetoinclude video,pictures,oraudiotohelpillustrate theirpoints.Studentsmayalsocreatean interactivepresentationusing Glogster.com.Onemoreoptionfor studentsistoconstructatornadoboxfora livedemonstrationinclass.Studentsinthe audiencewillbegivenarubrictograde theirclassmatesafterthepresentationhas finished. Therationalebehindthislessonistoteach studentsthepowerofweather.Thereisa lotofmaterialtocoveraboutweather,and focusingspecificallyontornadoescanbe interestingandengagingforstudents. Therearevideosstudentscanwatchand evenanonlinesimulatorstudentscanuse tocreatetheirowntornadoes.Thislesson helpsstudentsdiscoverthatwhilepeople

Rationale

areincontrolofalotofthings,onething theyarenotincontrolofisMotherNature. Wewantstudentstodiscovertheintense senseofcommunitythatdevelopsinthe aftermathofanaturaldisaster.Inthe videoswewillwatchinthelesson,wewant themtoseepeople,puttingalldifferences asidetotrytohelpeachotherinthewake ofaweatherrelatednaturaldisasterlikea tornado.Indoingthis,wehopetheycan begintolookatthingsfromotherpeoples perspectives(HendersonandGornik, 2007)andrememberthepeoplewhogo outoftheirwaytohelpothersinatimeof need.Wecanonlyhopethissenseof communityandhelpingwillleadstudentsto becomebettercitizenswithintheirown community.Itisthissenseofbecominga bettercitizen,andhelpingoutyour communitythatwillleadintoourS3lesson plan,wherestudentswilldiscoverexactly howtheycanhelptheircommunityby buildingacommunitygarden. *Thislessonplanwasoriginallycreatedbyme(BryantAlvarado)forourEED531classin December2012.Theoriginallessonplandescriptionhasbeenadaptedandmodifiedby ourgroupinourEED511classtoworkforthisassignment.Theoriginallessonplancan beviewedathttps://sites.google.com/a/asu.edu/weatherandtheworld/lessonplan WorksCited Henderson,J.G.,&Gornik,R.(2007).Transformativecurriculumleadership.Upper SaddleRiver,NJ:PearsonEducation,Inc. WatchKnowLearn,lastmodifiedJune20,2013,Tornadovideosearchresults,Retrieved November5,2012fromhttp://www.watchknowlearn.org/Category.aspx?CategoryID=771 NationalSevereStormsLaboratory,lastmodifiedJune20,2013,NationalSevereStorms

Laboratorytornado101pageretrievedNovember23,2012from http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/tornadoes/ NationalGeographic,lastmodifiedJune20,2013,ForcesofNature,RetrievedNovember 5,2012from http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/naturaldisasters/forcesofnature/ ?source=hp_dl TheWeatherChannel,lastmodifiedJune20,2013,WeatherChannelhomepage, RetrievedNovember,5,2012fromwww.weather.com EarthAlbum,lastmodifiedJune20,2013,EarthAlbumhomepage,RetrievedNovember 5,2012fromwww.earthalbum.com ClimateandWeather,lastmodifiedJanuary3,2011,ClimateandWeatherhomepage, RetirevedNovember5,2012fromwww.climateandweather.net NationalGeographic(2007,May29)TornadoDestruction[videofile]Retrievedfrom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43VoMesUd2Q SunDevilBryant,(2012,December4),TornadoBox[videofile],Retrievedfrom: http://youtu.be/OELZwxzftY4 https://sites.google.com/a/asu.edu/weatherandtheworld/lessonplan