Unpacked Content
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
Crosscutting Concepts
Cause and Effect
Knowledge
Students know:
- Negative effects of a natural Earth process.
- Solutions that can reduce the effect of natural Earth processes on humans.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Use scientific knowledge to formulate design solutions to reduce the effects of Earth process.
- Investigate and test how well design solutions perform under a range of likely conditions.
- Evaluate and modify multiple solutions to reduce the effects of the Earth processes.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- A variety of hazards result from natural processes.
- Humans cannot eliminate the hazards but can take steps to reduce their impacts.
- Engineers improve existing technologies or develop new ones to increase their benefits or decrease risks, and to meet societal demands.
Vocabulary
- Natural Earth Process
- tornado
- hurricane
- tsunamis
- volcanic eruption
- earthquakes
- Criteria
- Constraint
- Modify
- Formulate
- Evaluate
- Effects
- Hazards
