STEM Instructional Materials

This unit explores Performance Expectations MS- ESS3-2, ESS2-3 and ETS1-4 by engaging students in Project-Based learning to develop a community presentation that examines whether your community is ready to respond to a major tectonic event.

Unit Overview

Grades: 6-8

Duration: 15 class periods

Materials:

  • Research Project Outline
  • Student access to the Internet and other print resources
  • Student notebooks
  • First Nation Oral History accounts
  • QFT documents
  • Dendrochronology lab
  • Ghost forests lab
  • Materials From Catastrophic Events (STC) Kit (lesson 15)
    • Student sheet 15.1
    • Colored pencils or pens
    • Thick foam pads
    • Thin foam pads
    • Desks or thick books
    • Relief globe
  • Tsunami Attack & Survive that Tsunami materials
    • 2 sheets of tissue paper
    • 3 sheets of cardstock or manila envelope material
    • 3 sheets of notebook paper
    • 40 toothpicks
    • Masking tape
    • Scissors
    • Model House Template
    • 1 large, shallow, plastic waterproof tub
    • 20 to 30-pound (9 to 14 kg) bag of sand
    • 1 piece of sheet metal
    • Duct tape