Content Standards:
MS-ESS3-2. Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
ESS3.B: Natural Hazards
MS-ESS3-2. Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
ESS3.B: Natural Hazards
- Mapping the history of natural hazards in a region, combined with an understanding of related geologic forces can help forecast the locations and likelihoods of future events. (MS-ESS3-2)
California Common Core State Standards Connections:
ELA/Literacy –
Mathematics –
ELA/Literacy –
- RST.6–8.7 Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table). (MS-ESS3-2)
- WHST.6–8.2.a–f Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments, or technical processes. (MS-ESS3-1)
- WHST.6–8.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. (MS-ESS3-1)
Mathematics –
- MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively. (MS-ESS3-2)