Natural Disasters Finale

1. Finish your Keynote.

2. Practice your Keynote. Think about what you're going to say on each slide.

3. Watch a BrainPOP video about your disaster and take the quiz. Remember you have to log in with the school password/username or by using the bookmark in the Bookmark Toolbar.

Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Tsunami
Earthquakes
Volcanoes

4. Write a blog post about what you learned about your natural disaster

Recording Your Voice

When you finish and have time, you can record your presentation.

You have to connect a microphone to your computer and make sure the computer is "hearing" it:



Then you have to go through your presentation while recording your narration:

Making a Graph

1. Fill your chart with information from the following sources:

Tornadoes

Hurricanes

Tsunamis - round off to nearest 10,000

Earthquakes

Volcanoes

2. Make your chart

Add a Relevant Map

1. Go to Maptrot and make your map.

2. Take a picture of it. (command + shift + 4)

3. Drag it into your Keynote.

4. Add accompanying information.

Disasters Keynote

Today you're going to start your Keynote about the natural disaster you've been studying. Today start writing the onscreen text and the speaker notes for your presentation. Concentrate on your hook (explained below) and explaining how these storms occur. Do not search for images today.

There are a few BrainPOP videos that you can use if your notes come up short: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Tsunami and Earthquakes.

"What do you mean by a hook?"

A hook is a way to make your report interesting, so it doesn't sound like a report. It also usually makes it more interesting to write because you have a different angle to write about it.

So my suggested hook is you make your presentation for Americans who are moving to an area of the country or the world where there's a higher than normal chance where they could see those types of storms. You'll explain to them how those types of disasters happen, how dangerous they can be and what they can do to keep themselves save.

Math

1. Multiplication Mystery

2. Powerlines

3. Multiplication Grand Prix

Nettrekker

Go to Nettrekker

http://school.nettrekker.com/

Internet Safety

1. Copy the email address of your teacher.
vanchondo@yisd.net
dvega@yisd.net
aduran@yisd.net
vbeaulieu@yisd.net
svarela@yisd.net

2. Watch the online safety animation

3. When you're done, take the online quiz. Email the result to your teacher. Paste in her email address when it asks for it.

4. Write or complete blog post.

5. Respond to Book of the Month Question.

6. Comment on somebody else's blog, then respond to the people that left comments on your blog.