Earth and Environmental Science · Week 27 · Natural Hazards and Resilience
Wildfire at the Wildland Edge
Analyzing sample acres burned data modeled on the San Jacinto Mountains and deciding which prevention steps the evidence supports.
- Students will
- Students analyze sample acres burned data modeled on the San Jacinto Mountains and decide which prevention steps the evidence supports.
- SEL skill
- Check a worry against evidence before choosing prevention steps
- What it looks like
- Students use emotions to think by noticing worry and then checking it against evidence.
- Content focus
- Wildfire at the wildland edge
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Responsible decision-making
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Standards
- HS-ESS3-1: High School Earth and Space Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP4 Analyzing and interpreting data
- Crosscutting concept: CCC7 Stability and change
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle III: Natural systems change in ways people benefit from and can influence
- Literacy in science: RST.11-12.7 Translate between quantitative or technical information in words, tables, graphs, and equations.
- Traditional course: Earth and Environmental Science
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