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Earthquakes - A Teacher's Package for K-6 (FEMA 159) (Paperback)
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Earthquakes - A Teacher's Package for K-6 (FEMA 159) (Paperback)
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The original Earthquakes -A Teacher's Package for K-6 (FEMA 159)
was developed as a joint effort of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
under contract with FEMA. NSTA's project team produced an excellent
product. Since its publication in 1988, over 50,000 teachers have
requested copies. This revised version brought members of the
original project team together with a group of teachers who had
used the materials extensively in their classroom and served as
teacher-educators at FEMA's Tremor Troop workshops. About 75% of
the original material remains unchanged: a few activities were
removed and a few added. A major change was the addition of
assessments throughout the units. The examples we provide relate to
life outside the classroom and/or activities similar to those of
scientists. We also added matrices linking activities to the
National Science Education Standards. The Teacher's Package has
five units. Each of the first four units is divided into three
levels: Level 1, for grades K-2; Level 2, for grades 3-4; and Level
3, for grades 5-6. Since classes and individuals vary widely you
may often find the procedures in the other levels helpful for your
students. The last unit has four parts with activities for students
in all grades, K-6. Unit L, Defining an Earthquake, builds on what
students already know about earthquakes to establish a working
definition of the phenomenon. Legends from near and far encourage
children to create their own fanciful explanations, paving the way
for the scientific explanations they will begin to learn in this
unit. Unit I, Why and Where Earthquakes Occur, presents the modern
scientific understanding of the Earth's structure and composition,
and relates this to the cause of earthquakes. Unit II, Physical
Results of Earthquakes, provides greater understanding of the
processes that shape our active Earth. Earthquakes are put in the
context of the large- and small-scale changes that are constantly
at work on the continents as well as the ocean floor. Unit IV,
Measuring Earthquakes, explains earthquakes in terms of wave
movement and introduces students to the far-ranging effects of
earthquakes. Unit V, Earthquake Safety and Survival, focuses on
what to expect during an earthquake; how to cope safely; how to
identify earthquake hazards; and how to reduce, eliminate, or avoid
them.
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