Carousel Activity:
Materials Needed: Poster paper & markers for each student
Purpose: To activate prior knowledge of Natural Disasters
Answers on Posters may vary. Responses will help gear instruction to student need.
- Prior to class, there will be poster papers with the following Natural Disasters written on them: Chemical Emergencies, Dam Failure, Earthquake, Fire or Wildfire, Flood, Hazardous Material, Heat, Hurricane, Landslide, Nuclear Power Plant Emergency, Terrorism: Biological & Chemical Threats, Thunderstorm, Tornado, Tsunami, Volcano, Wildfire, Winter Storm
- Students will be divided up into even groups.
- Then students will be asked to rotate around the posters and write something they know about each topic.
- If they do not know anything on the posted disaster, they may skip it and go to the next one.
- After everyone has circulated to each poster, students will return to their seats and teacher will ask students what they notice about the responses recorded on the posters. Answers will vary.