Natural

Hazards
What
natural
Sentence starter: The natural
hazards
hazards I have heard of are...
have you
heard of?

2
 Great, now review
time!
Let’s start with recapping what you
learned on the EdPuzzle, Newsela Article,
and GoW this week.
According to the video, there may be a connection between an increase in human
population and natural hazards. Draw what you think the graph showing the relationship
would look like and include a sentence explaining your
reasoning. (Hint: As the human population increases,
what will happen to the number of natural hazards?)
100

EdPuzzle
Review

# of natural
hazards
0
Human population
4
EdPuzzle Review:
In the EdPuzzle video, it talked about
how we cannot stop these natural
hazards from happening, but we can
reduce the damage they cause.
According to the article, there may be a connection between climate change
and natural hazards. Draw what you think the graph showing the relationship
would look like and include a sentence explaining
your reasoning. (Hint: As temperature rises, what
will happen to the number of hazards?)

Newsela
Article

# of natural
Review

hazards
Temperature

6
 Graph of the Week
Review
According to the GoW, the
natural hazard that causes the
most expensive damage was
severe storm and flooding.
 Looking back at evidence from the EdPuzzle
and article, we will make a claim.
Claim The purpose will be to explain factors that
Evidence are contributing to the most expensive
natural hazard in the United States. This is
Reasonin severe storm and flooding.
g Would an increase in human population
influence severe storm and flooding?
 Sentence Frame for Claim:
Claim An increase in human population
Evidence (would/would not) influence severe storm
and flooding because ______________.
Reasonin
(Hint: What do humans do that cause
g natural hazards?)
 For evidence, you will use what
you learned from the EdPuzzle,
Claim Newsela article, to support your
Evidence claim.
Reasonin (1 from EdPuzzle and 1 from Newsela
article= 2 pieces of evidence total)
g
Note: I put the Edpuzzle and
article in this powerpoint for you
to refer back to.
 For the reasoning portion, you will
EXPLAIN how your evidence
supports your claim.
Claim
Evidence Hint: Think what do humans do
that cause things that can
Reasoni increase the amount of flooding
ng and storms? What are things that
can increase the amount of
severe flooding and storms?
 What do you think is one way
scientists, engineers, or the city
can help citizens with future
severe storms and flooding?
Solutions
What do you think is one way
scientists, engineers, or the city
can help citizens with any
natural hazard?
EdPuzzle Video
You can
highlight
important parts
that you would
use as evidence
to say that an
increased
human
population
would could
cause more
severe storms
and flooding.
 Claim:
If there was an increase in human population then it (would/
would not) influence severe storms and flooding because ___.

Evidence:
Claim One piece of evidence to support this claim is _________________

Evidence Another piece of evidence to support the claim is _____________

Reasoning:
Reasonin The evidence suggests that increasing human population (would/
would not) cause severe storms and flooding because ___________
g Based on the evidence, we must conclude (restate your claim
Directions: Fill in here) because _________________________
the blank using Solution:
your reasoning One way to help citizens in the future with severe storms and
and evidence! flooding is by _____________________________________

One other way to help citizens in the future with any natural
hazard is by ____________________________________