Lesson Plans February 27th to March 3rd 2017 Mrs. Moore Earth Science

Monday/Tuesday - All classes

Wednesday Period 2,4, and 9

Thursday Period 3,5, and 10

Friday all classes

Monday/Tuesday - Watch Supervolcano while those that need to finish or retake the US Constitution test will work with Mr. Carpenter. Remember your volcano slides need to be turned in a.s.a.p

Wednesday/Thursday- Start with the picture of the volcano again and name the parts of the basic volcano on the sheet to turn in for a grade. Second we will discuss where volcano are found.  We will complete a virtual volcano internet activity together on our chromebooks. We will then take raw data and graph out both a shield and a cinder cone volcano.  Students will be able to graph basic data on a spreadsheet and analyze the material to identify the type of volcano by the magmatic tremor earthquake information.  Finally we will work on our volcano experiments.  The first experiment will look at structure of a volcano and the eruption result comparing a wide opening to a narrow opening. We will diagram what we think. We will write a hypothesis, procedure, and data table.  We will correctly collect data and read the results.  We will finish with a conclusion statement based on the data collected in class.  If time allows we will start on our experiment about magma content; more or less gas in the magma - what causes a bigger eruption and why?  We will also look at temperature and viscosity of magma!!!

Friday - Continue Volcano experiments.

**** Test on Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes next week!!  The test is over everything from the beginning of January till now!!  The test is a lot of reading charts, vocabulary, and identifying from pictures!!!  We will review the questions the day or two before the test. The test is multiple choice.

Lesson Plans February 21st to February 24th 2017 Mrs. Moore Earth Science

Tuesday/Thursday Periods 2,4,and 9

Wednesday/Friday Period 3,5, and 10

Day 1 - review skyward assignment.  Diagram how a can of soda is like a volcano.  We will create notes of plate tectonics, earthquakes, and volcanoes in groups of two.  The notes will be displayed around the room. New terms will be introduced; lahar, conduit, sill, dike, flank, parasitic cone, tephra, volcanic bombs, super volcanoes, fissure events, shield volcanoes, cryptodomes, cinder volcanoes, and composite volcanoes. We will discuss different graphs/charts and explain the effects of volcanoes on humans. Run through an old powerpoint on volcanoes. Homework is to create an individual slide presentation of 12 different volcanoes, assignment will be on mystudentdashboard.com. This will be due Monday next week.

Day 2 Review skyward assignment on volcanoes.  Review diagrams made on day one.  Discuss current volcanic activity in the world and the effects on humans. We will watch several videos of volcanic eruptions looking for key geologic features as well as identify human effects.  We will be looking for possible ideas to test in our classroom about volcanoes - ma

MS-ESS2-2. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales. ybe gas content, or viscosity, or temperature, or type of bedrock/landforms or ???? Remaining time will be used to work on our slide presentations.

MS-ESS2-2. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales.

Lesson Plans to February 6th to February 10th 2017 Mrs. Moore Earth Science

Period 2,4, and 9  Monday, Thursday

Wednesday is a booster day!

Period 3,5, and 10 Tuesday, Friday

Day 1 - Review skyward assignment with earthquake data and information. Watch shadow zone video clip.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCeSP8bqY1w Continue our data imaging of the shadow zone in search of the boundary between inner core and outer core and outer core and mantle.  

Students will independently work on locating an earthquake

http://www.sciencecourseware.com/VirtualEarthquake/VQuakeExecute.html in class and show results or screenshot results to Mrs. Moore. If we have time we  will start a designing for a disaster worksheet.  http://content.teachengineering.org/content/csm_/activities/csm_designingfordisaster/csm_designingfordisaster_activity1_worksheet_v3_tedl_dwc.pdf

Homework is to finish any missing assignments.

Day 2 - Continue work on our designing for a disaster worksheet and then build our structures with toothpicks and marshmallows.  Students will create a justification sheet to go along with their structure.  All structures will be tested on our shake table!!  Projects will be graded  5 points for structure and 5 points for justification sheet.  Sheet will need pictures and explanations of why you did what you did and how you may have changed your design. What is not completed in class can be finished as homework.

NGSS - New

MS-ETS1-4.

Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieve

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.

MS-ESS3-2   Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects

MS- ETS1-1  Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.