Earth Science Class Mrs. Moore Lesson Plans 12-17- 12-21

              

Period 2,4, and 9 Monday and Wednesday

Period 3,5, and 10 Tuesday and Thursday

Friday is all day with Advisory both morning and after lunch

Earth’s Systems (Geology)

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
Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales
Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions
Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes

We will conclude our unit on Geology.  We will review the above items and then go further in

depth on the idea of density.

Monday/ Tuesday

Look at our mineral crystals made on Friday.  Review the difference between Rocks and Minerals.  Students will be asked to complete a blank rock cycle chart with the correct names and processes.  Students will be asked to write the five characteristics of all minerals.
We will discuss density.  Students will be asked to calculate the density of many different items (10).  Students will explain with a model a density demonstration in the class.
We will review our unit on Geological History and geology with a skyward assignment.  It is 25 questions. We will go through the questions together and share ways that we remember the information and what it means to our students and the future of the world.
If time we will metamorphosing marshmallows, draw our results.   

Wednesday/ Thursday

Start with the metamorphosing marshmallows if we did not get it done in our last class. We will discuss how this is a model of the rock process.  Students will create their own models of our rock cycle with pictures and diagrams.
We will look at a different density model and verbally explain the model.
We will review our unit and take the end of the quarter skyward assignment, 25 multiple questions.
We will create our paper crystal patterns, our German bells, and make rock candy.
Students will be asked to review their thinkcerca lesson we completed earlier in the year.  We will discuss how what we did in science has transferred into American History class, English and now Math class.