Natural Disasters

What are the causes that makes a

volcano to erupt?
Third Grade
By: Xochitl Martinez
Thematic Unit Planning Matrix
Content or Essential Centers Technology Assessment Standards:
Subject Questions (Activities) Integration with · The ISTE NETS and
Area (Must evaluation Performance Indicators for
What are Start of by include at criteria and/or Teachers and Students
Science natural showing a least 2 Web Rubric Scale · TEKS
disasters? Youtube at 2.0 tools) The teacher
will grade the (A) Promote scientific
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need to know w.youtube. students performance appropriate materials that
What causes com/ need to based on the are specific for this lab.
for the show if provided Adult supervision for safety
volcano to to they are rubric. reasons and lab safety.
erupt? demonstra understand (B) Contribution and
te them ing the The teacher’s collaboration with peers for
Students also about topic. rubric will oraganizaton.
need to know natural The have Promote social interaction
exactly where disasters students everything to intervine it with the
are volcanoes in this will be specifically structure of science.
located? case introduced detailed the
(Volcanoes to a hands instructions ISTE for teachers:
What happens ). on activity about the Engage students into hands on
when a tool which “volcano”lab activities so they can appreciate
volcano Afterwards is Mind specific the nature and what technology
erupts? sit them in Map and materials can do to help them learn more
pairs at the share their needed, also about science.
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where the an Link for the Mentos need. and learn and interact more with
biggest experiment Mind Map to be put in our nature and appreciate it.
volcano is this lab below the Diet Coke.
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Writing Choose one Students The teachers Students TEKS:

of your Encourage will have the rubric will research more Students use the writing process
favorite students to opportunity demonstrate and print out starting with making a draft about
movies about choose a to create a every child what they have volcanoes and main details they
digital what they need as their final learned from the film/movie( bubble
natural specific
storybook to know and draft. map), they revise, the teacher revises
disasters? detail
about their achieve a high it, they proofread and then turn in
Why did you about the favorite score in their final draft for scoring.
choose that volcanoes natural written papers
one? (natural disaster be very specific Students are expected to write
What disaters) movie that about the topic interesting and informative stories
impacted you movie that included . about their fil, that will engage others
mist about they want volcanoes The teacher to watch it.
using their will make sure 1. Write main idea about movie
volcanoes? to learn
own if the students 2. Describe the characters in
more
computers implemented detail.
What did you about. assigned to specific details 3. Write a poem using
learn about them. In about their onomatopoeia.
volcanoes? Suggest order for the favorite 4. Create a dialogue
them to students to movie/film. And 5. Figurative language
Would you choose create their share it with Graphic elements: for example capital
recommend it different own digital their class and letters, numbers.etc.
to your types of storybook what they Students work with groups to share
friends to movies here is the learned that ideas and apply greater complexity
link provided they didn’t and identify films that will help them
watch it? And about
for them: know before. improvise their writing.
why? natural
https://www.
disasters mystoryboo ISTE for teachers:
Anything that and to k.com/ Develop cultural understanding of any
was important compare type, engaging students to
about this them. Students collaborate and share with others by
movie? Give them can even technology media and writing skills.
a blank incorporate
Is it better if sheet of and create Incorporate digital tools students will
we are more paper of their be able to collaborate and use
personal creativity to enhance student
aware of all of let them
word cloud learning.
our natural draw a
and connect Integrate technology learning
disasters that volcano all the words environments and be able to manage
happen and the that were their own learning techniques.
around us? process of mentioned ISTE for students:
eruption in the Collaborate, incorporate publish and
How can we and how it process of share with peers for major
keep all how/why technological standards to
ourselves happens volcanoes communicate effectively.
safe? step-by- erupt.
Practice safe and responsible use of
step.
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What to do if
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we see one or /
are close to
any of the As prompt
natural to the film
disasters? students
will also be
able to
share their
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newsletter
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And give
them out to
parents and
their
classmates
to invite
them to
watch this
specific
movie and
the
importance
of natural
disaster and
how it
affects our
planet.

Art What colors Have Students The teachers’ Students can TEKS:
are volcanoes? students will rubric will trade their A. Illustrate an image that has
choose a appreciate grade them pictures of the colors demonstrated in
What shape is color which art more by based on their their the educational film about
a volcano? they think is detailed sight natural disasters, in this case
the fact volcanoes
the color of of any color in we choose volcanoes.
that they with their
Which color is the outside the volcano. B. Demonstrate which colors
the lava that of a will be able classmates make the color of the
comes out from volcano. to It will provide and write a volcanoes lava when we mix
the volcano comprehen how many sentence them.
after it erupts? Hand d it more points (which telling them C. Motivate them to use a
students and are a total of what they variety of colors paintings,
Why does the paper and sharing 10 points) that most liked drawing to incorporate their
lava look red let them get with other are given for about their learning skills in the class.
and orange artistic by by making the activity, for picture. ISTE for teachers:
when it drawing a example if the Integrate, and promote creative
a word
explodes out of volcano volcano picture thinking.
cloud and
the volcano? erupting? doesn’t have ISTE for students:
making it much color Create original and professional
Another very they don’t get works that support art.
activity that colorful the full points,
can be and or if they don’t
done is creative use the correct
allowing that will colors that are
them to use like the actual
make their
any art volcano.
volcano
website to
create and presentatio The rubric will
paint and n more also provide
show the effective how many
actual and points will be
motion of a interesting taken off if it is
volcano and to others. not a creative
hanging it picture and
outside for http://www.t seemed like
everyone to agxedo.com didn’t put no
see how the / creativity in it.
process of They can
a volcano
also
erupting
integrate in
really is.
a timeline
everything
they know
and/or
learned
about
colors and
their
details.
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