Natural Hazards: CKSci Student Reader

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Natural Hazards introduces Grade 6 students to the concepts of those natural disasters that threaten human life and society.  The subtitle of the unit is: Where do natural disasters happen and how do we prepare for them? The Student Reader is the integrated science literacy component of the unit. In the Student Reader students will focus on earthquakes, storm surges, hurricanes, wildfires, volcanos, and pandemics to complement the focus on tsunamis in the Teacher Guide. Student Readers focus on aspects of science literacy, including factual articles, history of the sciences, art and literature, spotting bad science in the media and advertisements, graphics comprehension, research-type articles, reliability of sources, and other areas of science literacy.

Natural Hazards introduces Grade 6 students to the concepts of those natural disasters that threaten human life and society.  The subtitle of the unit is: Where do natural disasters happen and how do we prepare for them? The Student Reader is the integrated science literacy component of the unit. In the Student Reader students will focus on earthquakes, storm surges, hurricanes, wildfires, volcanos, and pandemics to complement the focus on tsunamis in the Teacher Guide. Student Readers focus on aspects of science literacy, including factual articles, history of the sciences, art and literature, spotting bad science in the media and advertisements, graphics comprehension, research-type articles, reliability of sources, and other areas of science literacy.

CKSci Student Readers are integrated into the unit lessons, which is driven by the Teacher Guide. Each Student Reader offers engagingly written text with many color illustrations, photographs, vocabulary sidebars, key sources, and a glossary. For each unit, a Teacher Guide, a Student Procedure Guide, and a Student Work Pages book are available separately. All materials may be downloaded and previewed in their entirety.

CKSci Middle School is an enhanced republication of the OpenSciEd Middle School project–with a unique, integrated Core Knowledge science literacy component. To learn more about the CKSci Middle School program click here.

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About CKSci

Core Knowledge Science™ (CKSci) is a comprehensive program covering life science, earth and space science, physical science, and engineering design practices.

CKSci Middle School Student Readers are the student reading components for each of the 18 units in grade levels 6–8. Each is designed to be used in conjunction with the lesson flow in the Teacher Guide. Each offers writings that stress the many aspects of science literacy. The content and presentation in CKSci Student Readers for Grades 6–8 are appropriate for readers in middle schools.

Using CKSci in the Classroom

  • For Language Arts: You can also use CKSci to integrate content-rich nonfiction into your Reading/Language Arts lessons. Reading in the sciences provides background content knowledge that aids in reading across all disciplines.

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Paperback
8 in. W x 10 in. H
50 pages

ISBN: 978-1-68380-796-4

SKU: CKSCINHSR
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