For this week's discussion, I felt that earthquakes were the earth's most devastating natural disaester for human life and the environment. Earthquakes are so undetectable and the aftermaths of them can be so enormously challenging to overcome.
One of the resources shared by our professor in regards to helping students understand the differences and effects between natural disasters was this website, http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/home.html, this is a great starting point for students to learn about these natural disasters and their impacts on human life and the environment.
The thing that I liked about this website is it is user-friendly, and easy to understand and relate to for students of many different ages. Also, I can leave the site and come back to it at another time, students can collect data from it and reflect upon their learning from that data. Having the data component is also critical, as it allows students to be reflective as well as share ideas and results with other students in the class. Also, it incorporates the use of technology for our students which is a 21st century learning skill for students, so having them learn about natural disasters through this type of resource is absolutely wonderful.
