Physics of the Universe · Week 23 · Nuclear Processes and Earth's History
Earthquake Ready
Explaining how earthquake risk shapes where and how we live and building a family and class communication plan.
- Students will
- Students explain how earthquake risk shapes building design and where people live, and build a family and class communication plan.
- SEL skill
- Write a clear plan that others can follow in an emergency
- What it looks like
- Students practice connection and communication by writing a clear plan others can follow in an emergency.
- Content focus
- Earthquake ready
- Format
- Partner exchange
Relationship skills
Relationship skills mean building healthy relationships by speaking clearly, listening closely, and cooperating. More relationship skills activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-ESS3-1: High School Earth and Space Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP6 Constructing explanations and designing solutions
- Crosscutting concept: CCC2 Cause and effect
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle I: People depend on natural systems
- Literacy in science: WHST.11-12.2 Write informative and explanatory texts, including scientific procedures and processes.
- Traditional course: Physics
Fits these textbook chapters
- Physics Techbook, Concept 5.4: Earthquakes and Their Impacts
- California HMH Science Dimensions: Physics in the Universe, Unit 7: Waves
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More relationship skills activities for Physics of the Universe
- Designing for Safety Relationship skillsTeams design a device that reduces collision force on an egg and share ideas so every voice shapes the design.
- Generating Electricity Relationship skillsExplaining how generators induce current and how communities negotiate where new power lines should go.
- Wind in the Pass Relationship skillsTeams design paper turbine blades, compare test data against criteria, and share roles to turn ideas into a stronger design.
- Signals from Deep Inside Relationship skillsModeling energy flow in Earth's interior from seismic wave evidence and reading the hidden signals in classmates' moods.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.