Catastrophic Events

One of my favorite topics of the year is Catastrophic Events. Although many students know and/or can give examples of catastrophic events, few know why we teach it in 7th grade. No, it is not because we want to learn how to better protect ourselves. Rather, we study this section to learn about how these devasting events help shape the Earth's surface. We will be spending the next 3 class periods studying the environmental impacts and the ways in which disasters change the Earth's surface.