Lesson Plans November 28th to December 2nd Mrs. Moore Earth Science

Period 2, 4, and 9 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

Period 3, 5, and 19 Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday

Day 1 - Start with review quiz on skyward. Dipping sponges again. Overview of the four pieces of evidence for historical geology; fossils, comparative anatomy, embryology, and DNA. We will look at natural selection of the blue footed booby. Students will be asked to find traits of the blue footed booty that has allowed it to survive and thrive. As a group we will look at the fossil record of the horse. We will review our definitions of evolution and natural selection and look at the art project from last week.   Class will be given geologic history timeline assignment. We will be in groups of three and four students.  You will be given 26 items to place on a timeline to scale.  This assignment will be due on Monday, December 5th.  The rubric will be available on my science web page for geology.

Day 2  Skyward review questions. A review sheet will be given for the test on Friday.  We will divide into reading groups.  Each group will read a short article and collectively create a visual summary to share with the class.  Remaining time will be spent on the timeline project. While students are working the BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs will be playing on the front screen.  Students will have plenty of time to ask questions about the test on Friday in class. Any questions not covered in class can be emailed to me  and I will respond asap.  

Friday - Test over Relative dating/ absolute dating and geologic history. Any extra time can be used on the project or starting to memorize the minerals and rocks.

Lesson Plans November 14th to November 23rd Mrs. Moore Earth Science

All classes on Monday the 14th

Period 2,4, and 9 meet Tuesday and Thursday

Period 3,5, and 10 meet Wednesday and Friday

Monday November 21st Period 2,4, and 9

Tuesday November 22nd Period 3,5, and 10

All classes Wednesday Nov. 23rd

Monday - Kahoot on Geological History. Students will then be given a quizlet with terminology that will be used in this portion or our geology unit.  Homework is to watch the Timeline of Earth’s history in 1 year on geology web page.  (4th video down).

Day 1 Skyward assignment on terms and video.  Students will skim a beginners guide to fossil hunting in Illinois.  We will start our petrified sponges and our molds and casts.  As a group we will go through the slide presentation Geologic Time and fossils.  Homework worksheet, due the next time we have class.  The homework is to color a comparative anatomy sheet.  You will need 6 different colors. A copy is on the web page and a paper copy will be given in class.

Day 2  Dip sponges/ dig out molds and make casts. Review types of fossils and why and how we use them to explain the past.  A classroom demonstration of a timeline of all of geologic history from 4.6 billion years to today.  Students will keep track of terms Mrs. Moore uses and class will end when our sheets are filled up.  The purpose is to introduce terminology.

Monday/ Tuesday - Dip sponges and make observations/ Dig out cast and share our findings with our class. Short skyward assessment.  Review our visual presentation of geologic history on the front board. We will complete a standing demonstration with 26 items from the timeline. We will focus on natural selection today - we will work through a simulation of a herd of animals watching the trait of height. We will revisit the skyward assignment for any revisions. If time allows we will start our art project of the Paleozoic era and an awesome video on natural selection.  Homework is to complete the picture before you go on Thanksgiving break.

Wednesday - Review Geologic history on the front board. We will focus today on the Mesozoic era.  We will watch selected videos from the Walking with Dinosaurs series BBC.  A skyward assessment will be given at the end of the class on what fossils can tell us about the past.  If student do not finish in class I will leave it open until Friday.  

Lesson Plans November 7th to November 10th Mrs. Moore Earth Science

Period 2,4, and 9 meet Monday and Thursday.

Period 3,5, and 10 meet Tuesday and Thursday.

Day 1.  - Start with a review of the data from our attempt at a quiz over relative and absolute dating of rocks.  We will discuss what we see and what it means, and what should be the next step.  We will talk about the validity and reliability of the data.  Students will make suggestions as to what would improve accuracy of results as well as improvement of results.  We will then take another quiz on skyward and analyze the data.  We will continue with a penny lab to demonstrate absolute dating of rocks.  We will impute our data in a spreadsheet and make a prediction/hypothesis as to what the results will show.  We will concluded with two short videos  on the Geology web page.  Homework is to read the article on how diamonds are formed and be prepared to discuss the material on Thursday. Yes there will be required questions. http://geology.com/articles/diamonds-from-coal/

Day 2.  - Discuss article from geology.com on the formation of diamonds.  We will continue with an activity where the students will be given visible geology diagrams and asked to both relative date and absolute date the materials

There will be an addition of using fossil knowledge (plus help from the chromebook) to make more in depth descriptions of geologic history of an area. Homework will only be assigned if students do not finish work in class!

Next Generations Science Standards

MS-ESS1-4. Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6-billion-year-old history.