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10/09/2014Starter: Warm Up: Show your work and answer on grid

Practice/Application/Connection:

Practice: 1. Would any of the

catastrophic events have a beneficial effect on the environment?

2. How would the ability to predict a catastrophic event ahead of time be beneficial to people?

End: Summarize the catastrophes from the gallery walk in 3-4 sentences.

Paste Booklet here when done

An earthquake under the sea sends a tsunami racing toward a group of islands. The table shows the time that elapses between the earthquake and when the huge wave arrives at each island. What is the average number of minutes of warning the islands had before the wave hit? Record your answer on your griddable and show your work.

ISLAND Length of Time Between Earthquake and Tsunami

 Smith Island 15 minutes Stone Island 25 minutes

Dolphin Island 40 minutes Tern Island 45 minutes James Island 50 minutes

Disaster Poster Gallery Walk

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AGENDA 1 Starter2. Practice3. Research Gallery Walk with questions4. Exit

7.8A Predict and describe how different types of catastrophic

events impact ecosystems such as floods, hurricanes, or

tornadoes by completing a research

foldable.

Date Lecture/ Activity/ Lab Page9/17 Geologist Consortium 29-309/18 Pangaea 31-329/22 Evidence of Continental Drift 33-34 9/23 Pangaea Map 35-369/24 Plate Boundary Notes 37-389/25 Labs: Candy Bar Plates and Sea floor spreading 39-409/29 Topographic Maps 41-429/30 Modeling Land Features 43-44 10/1 Satellite Views 45-4610/2 Test Review 47-4810/6 Masters of Disaster 49-5010/7 Masters of Disaster Research 51-5210/8 Masters of Disaster Research Poster 53-5410/9 Catastrophe Gallery Walk 55-56

Table of Contents

An earthquake under the sea sends a tsunami racing toward a group of islands. The table shows the time that elapses between the earthquake and when the huge wave arrives at each island. What is the average number of minutes of warning the islands had before the wave hit? Record your answer on your griddable and show your work.

ISLAND Length of Time Between Earthquake and Tsunami

 Smith Island 15 minutes

Stone Island 25 minutes

Dolphin Island 40 minutes

Tern Island 45 minutes

James Island 50 minutes

25-15=10

40-25=15

45-40=5

50-45=5

(10+15+5+5)/4 = 35/4= 8.75

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10/09/2014Starter: Warm Up: Show your work and answer on grid

Practice/Application/Connection:

Practice: 1. Would any of the

catastrophic events have a beneficial effect on the environment?

2. How would the ability to predict a catastrophic event ahead of time be beneficial to people?

End: Summarize the catastrophes from the gallery walk in 3-4 sentences.

Paste Booklet here when done

An earthquake under the sea sends a tsunami racing toward a group of islands. The table shows the time that elapses between the earthquake and when the huge wave arrives at each island. What is the average number of minutes of warning the islands had before the wave hit? Record your answer on your griddable and show your work.

ISLAND Length of Time Between Earthquake and Tsunami

 Smith Island 15 minutes Stone Island 25 minutes

Dolphin Island 40 minutes Tern Island 45 minutes James Island 50 minutes

Disaster Poster Gallery Walk