Lesson Plans January 23rd to January 27th 2017 Mrs. Moore Earth Science

Monday - Wednesday Period 2,4, and 9

Tuesday - Thursday Period 3,5, and 10

Friday - all classes!!!!

Day 1-  Start with a skyward review on layers of the Earth and the type of plate boundaries.  Students will be given time to fix and finish clay models of the plate boundaries.  Second we will revisit the plate pictures of the layers of the earth.  Students will have to pick the picture that best represents the actual layers of the Earth.  We will discuss what makes a quality model and as a group will create a class model of the layers of the Earth picture.  We will then share our clay models of the Earth documents with the class.  Students will be given time to fix and resubmit the clay models document.  We will move on to earthquakes.  Students will be grouped and asked to snap or break a item.  Students will be asked to make observations about the breaking of the item.  Students will write a hypothesis statement that can be proven with an experiment.We will then try to create an experiment to predict the breaking.  Students will make criteria and constraints to predict the breaking of their item.  We will continue this process at our next class.

Day 2 - Review our hypothesis statements and clarify if necessary.  The class will continue working on our experimental procedures to prove or disprove our hypothesis.  Students will clearly write out the procedures step by step on an organized lab sheet.  Students will collect data on a spreadsheet and graph results.  As a group we will discuss conclusion statements.  Students will have the remaining time to finish completing the lab sheet: hypothesis, experimental procedures, data collection and graph, and conclusion statement.

Friday - Students present their lab findings to the class. Homework worksheet on earthquakes due Monday/ Tuesday.

NGSS Standards

S-ESS2-1

Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.

MS-ESS2-2.	Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales.
MS-ESS2-3.	Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions. ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions Maps of ancient land and water patterns, based on investigations of rocks and fossils, make clear how Earth’s plates have moved great distances, collided, and spread apart.

ESS2.A: Earth’s Materials and Systems

• All Earth processes are the result of energy flowing and matter cycling within and among the planet’s systems. This energy is derived from the sun and Earth’s hot interior. The energy that flows and matter that cycles produce chemical and physical changes in Earth’s materials and living organisms. (MS-ESS2-1)