Natural Disasters Project
Due: Wednesday, November 18, 2020
As a meteorologist, your job is to research information about past natural disasters in order to
accurately predict warning signs of future disasters to come. You will research a significant
natural disaster in Earth’s history and analyze the damage it inflicted on the ecosystem(s)
affected. Coming up with solutions to reduce human and ecosystem impact will also be
required.
You will organize your research in a Google Slide Presentation. Your presentation should
include a minimum of 16 slides, but it is likely that additional slides will be needed in order to
include all of the necessary information.
Component
Requirements
1. Title Page
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2. Project
Purpose
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3. Event
Statistics
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4. Ecosystem
Consequences
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5. Human
Impact
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Include NAME and DATE of natural disaster
Name and grade.
Overview of the impact this disaster had on the
affected ecosystem
“Call to Action” for the school and community
Type of event with any associated ratings (ex. F5
tornado)
Date of event
Location including square miles (km) affected —
INCLUDE A MAP!
Estimated people killed AND injured
Estimated cost in damages
Approximate time it has taken for recovery
Pictures with description of ecosystem before
AND after the disaster
Summary of plant life before AND after the
disaster
Summary of animal life before AND after the
disaster
Pictures with description of human living
conditions before AND after the disaster
Description of industries affected by the storm
and damage caused
Description of evacuation and/or relocation of
citizens from damaged area
Approx. Possible Points
# of Slides
1
5 points
1
5 points
2
10 points
3
15 points
3
15 points
6. Current
Warning
Systems
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7. Proposed
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Improvements
to Warning
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System
8. Works Cited 
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9. Neatness
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Description of systems currently used to predict 2
and measure the severity of your natural
disaster
Discuss pros and cons associate with each of
these systems
Include pictures of measurement tools and/or
data
Propose TWO improvements to the warning
2
systems
Include pictures of setup and/or data charts to
support your proposal
You must use at least approved four sources (no 1
Wikipedia)
Proper MLA bibliography notation – DO NOT
JUST LIST THE WEBSITES!!
Spelling, grammar and sentence structure
N/A
Graphs, diagrams, photos, and any other visual
aids are well chosen and presented in a neat and
creative way
Grade Breakdown:
PowerPoint – 85 points
Oral presentation – 15 points (N/A this year due to COVID)
Total = 100 points
10 points
10 points
5 points
10 points