Design Topic ____________________________ Subject(s) _Science_______________ Grade(s) _9-12__ Designer(s) _Morgan Kueter__________

STAGE 1 DESIRED RESULTS

Unit Title: _Natural Disasters_____________________ Facet: Perspective
Product: Visual and paper
Established Goals:
Students will understand how natural disasters effect society.

Understandings: Students will understand that Essential Questions:
Students will understand the key cause and What are the principal causes and effects of
effects of natural disasters. natural disaster.
Students will know: Students will be able to:
The causes and effects of different natural Critically think about the causes and effects of
disasters. natural disasters.

STAGE 2 ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE
Performance Tasks: Other Evidence:
Rubric: Students will write a one page paper Notes on each type of natural disaster, Research,
accompanied by a visual representation of how a
natural disaster of their choice effected an
ecosystem per the rubric.
Key Criteria:
The rubric will include:
Creativity is their visual representation organized and done artfully
Content Well describes at least 10 different effects the natural disaster caused.
Research Uses 5 sources to better understand their chosen disaster
Oral Presentation did they present their visual appropriately
Accuracy - was the information accurate

STAGE 3 LEARNING PLAN
Summary of Learning Activities:
Unit lessons:
- There will be a short lecture on a brief over view of each natural disaster
- There will be a lab done illustrating how tornados and earth quakes are caused.
- Students will do a mini report where they study one disaster as a group and make a concept
map.
- Students will be taking home scientific articles to read and annotate on different natural
disasters
- There will be a Socratic seminar on how one common disaster (hurricane Katrina) has effected
the ecosystem on New Orleans, as a precursor to doing their own individual research.

The final project for this unit will be a one page paper that is accompanied by a visual presentation on
a students chosen natural disaster on how this disaster has effected a communitys ecosystem.
Students will present their visual to the class so that they can learn from each others research. The
visual representation and the presentation will be graded via a rubric.

Source: Understanding by Design, Unit Design Planning Template (Wiggins/McTighe 2005) 1

Design Topic ____________________________ Subject(s) _Math__________________ Grade(s) _9-12___ Designer(s) _Morgan Kueter_______

STAGE 1 DESIRED RESULTS

Unit Title: __Natural Disasters________________________ Facet: Perspective
Product: Poster
Established Goals:
Students will understand how natural disasters effect society today

Understandings: Students will understand that Essential Questions:
Students will understand the key causes and What are the principal causes and effects of
effects of natural disasters. natural disasters.
Students will know: Students will be able to:
The causes and effects of different natural Critically think about the causes and effects of
disasters natural disasters.

STAGE 2 ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE
Performance Tasks: Other Evidence:
Rubric: Students will make a poster outlining the Research, Notes on different types of graphs
effects a natural disaster has on an ecosystem.
This will include graphic the data they collect and
interpreting different statistics.
Key Criteria:
The rubric will include:
Formatting the visual is organized and easy to understand
Graphs are organized and has all requirements
Data Table Has all the necessary requirements including data interpretation
Accuracy All statistical analysis and graphic is accurate
Content clearly illustrates the changes in a communitys economy pre and post a natural disaster

STAGE 3 LEARNING PLAN
Summary of Learning Activities:
Unit lessons:
- We will be learning about the US economy and what does it entail (only the basics)
- There will be a lab designed to teach students how to discuss and interpret information about
the US economy
- Students will learn about statistics and how to calculate mean, median, average, mode, ect.
- Students will do an activity to learn how to interpret statistical data.
- Students will learn how to properly graph data and interpret a graph.

The final project for this unit will be to create a poster comparing a populations economy pre-and-post
a natural disaster of their choice. This poster must include data tables and graphs to illustrate the
changes and well as a short summary defending their data. Students will need to do research in order
to collect all the necessary statistics and the final product will be graded via a rubric

Source: Understanding by Design, Unit Design Planning Template (Wiggins/McTighe 2005) 1