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Unit Author

FirstandLastName

KelseyBrown,ChelseaDeMease,KathleenNguyen

AuthorsE-mailAddress

kbro151@lsu.edu
,
cdemea1@lsu.edu
,
knguy97@lsu.edu

CourseName(s)

ELRC

CourseNumber(s)

2507

CourseSection(s)

Instructor(s)Name(s)

DeborahHeroman

Unit Overview
Unit Plan Title

RockingWithVolcanoes!

Curriculum-Framing Questions

TofamiliarizestudentswithPaintandcreatinga
crosssectionofavolcanowiththepartslabeled.
TofamiliarizestudentswithInspirationandtogain
knowledgeofdifferentvolcanoesaroundtheworld
andthehistorybehindthem.
TofamiliarizethestudentswithMicrosoftPublisher
anduseresearchmethodstolearnvolcano
hazardsandsafety.

Goals

1. Canyoudefinesomeoftheimportantpartsofa
volcanoandlabelvariouspartsofit?
2. Whatarethehazardsofvolcaniceruptions?
3. Whatarethesafetymeasuresthatneedtobe
takenforvolcanoeruptions?
4. WhenwasMountSt.Helenslastbigeruptionand
howdiditeffectthecommunity?
5. Howhaveothervolcaniceruptionseffected
communitiesaroundtheworld?

ContentQuestions

Unit Summary

ThisunitlessonwillcoverScience,LanguageArts,andHistorywiththemainfocusareaon
volcanoes.Thestudentswilldemonstratetheirknowledgeofthefunctionsofvarious
technologyprogramslikePaint,Inspiration,andMicrosoftPublisher.InScience,students
willresearchthehazardscausedbyvolcanoeruptionsandvolcanosafety.UsingMicrosoft
Publisher,thestudentswillcreatebrochurestosharewhattheyhavelearned.InLanguage
Arts,studentswilllearntheimportantvocabularywordsrelatingtothedifferenttypesof
volcanoesandwhatiswithinthem.Thestudentswillbeabletousethetermsthatthey
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havelearnedandcreateacrosssectionofavolcanousingPaintandlabelingthevarious
partsofit.InHistory,studentswilllearntheeffectsthatvolcanoeshaveonthecommunity
aroundthemandwherethevolcanoesarelocated.ByusingtheInspirationMaps,the
studentswillpickavolcanoandresearchthehistorybehindthemanddiscusstheeffectsof
majoreruptionsthathaveoccurred.

Subject Area(s)

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Science
LanguageArts
History
Technology

Grade Level

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K2

68

ESL
GiftedandTalented

35
912
Resource
Other:

Targeted State Frameworks/Content Standards/Benchmarks

Science
EarthandSpaceScience
Identifysafetymeasuresapplicabletonaturalhazards(ESSEA4)
DemonstrateandexplainhowEarthssurfaceischangedasaresultofslowand
rapidprocesses(ESSEA5)(ESSEA1)
LanguageArts
Standard1:KeyIdeasandDetails
GLERefertodetailsandexamplesinatextwhenexplainingwhatthetextsays
explicitlyandwhendrawinginferencesfromthetext.
Standard7:IntegrationofKnowledgeandIdeas
GLE:Interpretinformationpresentedvisually,orally,orquantitatively(e.g.,incharts,
graphs,diagrams,timelines,animations,orinteractiveelementsonWebpages)
andexplainhowtheinformationcontributestoanunderstandingofthetextinwhich
itappears.
History
EnvironmentandSociety
Identifynaturaldisasters,theircauses,areaspronetothem,andhowthose
disastersaffectpeopleandtheenvironment(G1DE3)
PhysicalandHumanSystems
IdentifyphysicalprocessesthatchangeEarthssurfaceandcreatephysicalfeatures
suddenlyorovertime(e.g.,whatphysicalprocessescreatedtheGrandCanyon,the
GreatLakes,theHawaiianIslands)(G1CE1)
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Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes

Yourobjectivesshouldbelistedonyourdailyplan.

Procedures

Lesson1HistoryofMountSt.Helens

KelseyBrown(History)
Lesson2VolcanoParts,MakingArt!KathleenNguyen(LanguageArts)
Lesson3VolcanoHazardsandSafetyChelseaDeMease(Science)

Approximate Time Needed

Threeclassperiodsofabout4560minuteseach
Prerequisite Skills
Priorknowledgeofbasicsciencereferringtovolcanoesandbasiccomputerskills.

Materials and Resources

TechnologyHardware(
Clickboxesofallequipmentneeded)
Camera
LaserDisk
Computer(s)
Printer
DigitalCamera
ProjectionSystem
DVDPlayer
Scanner
InternetConnection
Television

VCR
VideoCamera
VideoConferencingEquip.
Other:

TechnologySoftware
(Clickboxesofallsoftwareneeded.)
Database/Spreadsheet
ImageProcessing
DesktopPublishing
InternetWebBrowser
EmailSoftware
Multimedia
EncyclopediaonCDROM

WebPageDevelopment
WordProcessing
Other:

PrintedMaterials

N/A

Supplies

PrinterPaper,MulticoloredInk

InternetResources

Google.com,Ask.com,USGS.gov

Others

N/A

Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction

ResourceStudent

Extendedworktime,additionalassistance,allowfrequent
breaks

Non-NativeEnglish
Speaker

Extendedworktime,peer/partnerassistance,havethe
informationinthestudentsfirstlanguage

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Openendedquestions,indepthresearch,promote
analyzingandreflection

GiftedStudent

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