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Disaster Shapes

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Learners examine shapes that are associated with specific natural disasters (i.e. funnel shape for volcano, zigzag for lightning) and then create a mobile based on this theme. Each group chooses one natural disaster shape as the theme for a mobile.

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natural disasters

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natural disasters, science

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