Mrs. Moore
Lesson Plans
March 5th - March 9th
All week with periods 2,4 and 9.
March 12- - March 16th
All week with periods 3, 5, and 10
March 19- March 22
Period 2, 4, and 9 Monday and Wednesday
Period 3, 5, and 10 Tuesday and Thursday
New Unit - Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
Essential Questions:
How does interaction between the Earth's lithosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere lead to the wide range of beautiful and complex landscapes we see today?
How do climate and types of materials influence the landscapes we see in different regions on Earth?
How does classification help us understand the great variety and complexity of Earth's materials?
Monday - We will start with a worksheet and use the Internet to look at beautiful landforms. Students will identify the two types of weathering and the four major erosional forces that shape the world. We will ask questions about what we need to know to answer our first essential question - How does interaction between the Earth’s lithosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere lead to the wide range of beautiful and complex landscapes we see today? In order to gain more information about our question we will prepare lab activities on stream erosion. Students will be asked to hypothesis about what causes more stream erosion - slope, speed of water, or number of meanders. We will write up lab experiments, graph our results, and write conclusions. Absent students will have alternated assignments.
Tuesday - continue lab work on running water erosion. Most data should be collected and graphing should be completed in class today. Graphs need to be attached or within the lab material. Students need to share their work with Stallman@galesburg205.org. Each group needs to summit only one lab sheet with every ones name on it. Absent students will have alternate assignments.
Wednesday - Running water labs/ graphs/ and conclusion statements are due in class. We will continue in class to discuss erosion and how atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere lead to the wide range of beautiful and complex landscapes we see today? Additionally we will look at how do climate and types of materials influence the landscapes we see in different regions on Earth? Students will prepare lab activities using wind erosion. Students will write hypothesis about types of material and wind erosion. Absent students will have alternative assignments.
Friday - We will watch a slide presentation about gravity (mass movement) and the four types that are plaguing us in the Midwest. Students will be given a challenge - Stop erosion!!! Each group will be given a baggie of supplies and assigned a sandbox. The requirements will be to stop erosion knowing that there will be rain storm of one gallon of water in the area. Students will be creating techniques to slow or stop sand from water erosion. There will be one redo session. Students will take pictures of their works and justify why they did what they did and explain if it worked the way they thought it should. This assignment will go on 4th quarter. Absent students will have an alternative assignment.
**Please try not to be absent, the work in class cannot be made up before or after school. It takes at least 45 minutes to complete the labs therefore if you miss you will be given an alternate assignment to replace the lab material. I would rather you experience the lab process and gain the knowledge from observations. The alternate assignment will keep you up to date with our work but not as much fun and missing the lab process. DO YOUR BEST TO BE HEALTHY.
