Florida SC.6.E.7.7
The Standard
Investigate how natural disasters have affected human life in Florida.
Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Science
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use maps, photographs, news reports, and data to examine Florida hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and sinkholes. They identify effects on people, homes, services, jobs, and communities, then support conclusions with evidence.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how a specific Florida event disrupted daily life and changed a community. They can compare two events and cite facts showing different human impacts.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may focus only on property damage and overlook injuries, displacement, school closures, lost jobs, or service outages. They may assume every part of Florida faces the same hazards or that similar events always cause equal damage.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Choose one Florida disaster studied. Name two effects on people and cite one fact from a class source supporting each effect.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Place Florida event cards on a state map, then attach impact cards showing evacuations, outages, injuries, closures, and property damage.
Write a response to this prompt: Which disaster changed a Florida community most, and what evidence supports your claim?
Play a cause-and-effect matching game using disaster cards, human impact cards, and evidence cards from Florida case studies.
Use a county emergency management map to trace an evacuation route and identify services that could close during a major storm.
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