Mrs. Gordon's SHARP Class

Well… you can tell by this last post that May was a busy month! We traveled to Columbia…

took our ERB tests, and then got ready to perform our “Salute to SC”…

We also participated in a lot of end of year events, such as Big Jump Day, Annual Signing, and of course our Closing Service. What a fabulous year we have had!

Here are a few more summaries about some of the natural disasters we learned about:

DROUGHTS
A drought is when there is no rain that has dropped for at least 14 days. People need more water than there is available and will sometimes die. Droughts can be scary. A tip for safety is always conserve water.
Submitted by Laura

TSUNAMIS
A tsunami is a group of big waves that move across the ocean. They are caused by earthquakes (7.5 or higher), volcanic eruptions, and landslides (all underwater). If they happen they can cause flooding. Tsunamis are common in the “Ring of Fire” in the PAcific Ocean and Hawaii. You can prepare by going to higher ground, building on stilts, and having a disaster kit. Thank you for reading my blog post on tsunamis.
Submitted by Sam

WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT VOLCANOES
We learned that pressure builds to cause it to erupt. Some are hidden in the ocean and they can cause a tsunami. Most volcanoes happen in the “Ring of Fire”. We can prepare for a volcano by wearing a dust mask. Five things that come out of a volcano are ashes, steam, lava, pumice, and blocks.
Submitted by Thomas

FACTS ON EARTHQUAKES
An earthquake is a sudden movement of the Earth’s surface. Most of the time, they are caused by tectonic plates moving. Earthquakes can cause tsunamis, landslides, and avalanches. When an earthquake starts, get under a strong table. That’s what we have learned in school.
Submitted by Cate

AVALANCHE
Yesterday,we learned about avalanches. An avalanche is when a large amount of snow falls down a slope. It can be caused by any movement or noise. They are mosy common in areas like the Andes Mountains which are in South America. They can dump up to 1,000 tons of snow. There are also different types of avalanches like the wet slab avalanche and the dry slab avalanche. Avalanches are really dangerous.
Submitted by Rafael

WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT FLOODS
This is what we learned about floods. A flood is when too much water in to little time flows onto land. They are influenced by weather and tectonic plates. They are caused by tsunamis, hurricanes, heavy rain, and dnow run-off. Floods can cause mudslides and landslides. Floods happen near rivers, streams, lakes, and coastal shorelines. When you need to get ready for a flood you should have a disaster kit with food and water, put sandbags around your house, and go to high ground! Did you know that floods are the most destructive natural disaster?
Submitted by Isabella

We have been hard at work finishing up our Natural Disaster Unit. Here are a few of our summative assessment projects where we got to make up a disaster and write a story about it:

We have enjoyed learning about different types of graphs this week by collecting our own data and then creating a graph with it. Here’s an example of a circle or pie graph the students created on NCES’s Create-A-Graph. This is is Rafael’s work!