Geology



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The Task It is your responsibility, as members of the National Disaster Taskforce for the Plateville News Team, to help the community of Plateville understand earthquakes, tsunami's and volcanic eruptions and how to be safe in the event of future events.

As a team you will be creating a broadcasted special about earthquakes. This special should be informative for all of Plateville's citizens including information about equipment used to detect these types of disasters, the causes, the history, the damage and earthquake safety.

You will also be responsible for designing and producing pamphlets/brochures about one type of disaster and the safety to be distributed among the community members.

Your taskforce must become experts in the field of earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions, in order to be successful at this task.

Good Luck!

Process In order to complete your task and educate these townspeople on natural disasters nd how to stay safe during these events, each person in your group will be given one of four different jobs.

When you are assigned this job, it will be your mission to find out as much as you can on the subject. You will be the expert on what you find, so make sure you work as hard as you can to teach the people of this town more about natural disasters. Here is information about each position:

Seismologist or Volcanologist

Studies and researches the different tools used to predict earthquakes, tsunamis or volcanic eruptions such as the seismograph

Finds out what the Richter scale is and how it measures earthquakes

Geologist

Studies what in the earth causes earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis, including plate tectonics. Studies where earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis are most likely to hit and where fault lines are located around the earth.

Safety Expert

Finds information on how to be safe during an earthquake, tsunami or volcano. Finds out different precautions a person can take if they near a fault line.

Damage Investigator

Investigates the difference between an earthquake measuring 2.0 on the Richter scale and an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale and finds pictures of the differences. Investigates erruptions from different types of volcanoes. Looks earthquakes or volcanoes that have taken place in history and the damage they have caused.

THEN...........

After doing the research on each topic using the links provided, you will share your individual results with your other group members. Once each group member has presented their findings, your group will work together to plan how to present this information to this class in a news broadcast format. Also, your group will make a pamphlet with the information you have found in it.

After all the groups have finished their assignment, each group will present your findings to the class. You will also pass out your pamphlets to the rest of the class so that you can help them learn more about these natural disasters.

Your grade will be based on group participation, your presentation and your pamphlet, as shown in the grading rubric.

Your work will be evaluated based on your individual research, your group's pamphlet and your news broadcast. The following rubric will be used to grade your project.

Individual Research Minimal amount of information and inadequate sources.

(0-5 points) Average amount of information but lack of variety of sources.

(6-10 points) Good amount of relevant information from several different sources.

(11-15 points) Very thorough and descriptive information from a variety of sources.

Group Pamphlet Poorly written with many grammatical errors and work is not supported by research. Little or no relevant information or illustrations.

(0-10 points) Not much evidence of research and needs editing. Lacking in appropriate illustrations and information.

(11-20 points) Well written, but has a few grammatical errors. Good illustrations and information.

(21-30 points) Well written and supported by research. Excellent illustrations and information.

Group News Broadcast Poorly organized presentation and group lacks speaking skills. Provides inadequate information and did not engage the audience.

(0-10 points) Average presentation and speaking skills. Provides information but is poorly organized and lacking some interesting information.

(11-20 points) Good presentation and speaking skills. Provides relevant information.

(21-30 points) Excellent presentation and speaking skills. Captures and maintains audience attention. Provides appropriate and interesting information.

(31-40 points)