Earth Science Class 10-21 to 11-5

Earth Science Class

Mrs. Moore

Lesson Plans 

October 21- Nov 5th

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

Period 3,5, and 10 Tuesday and Thursday, Wednesday

Special note  Oct 25 - Carl Sandburg College visit

Oct 28th Knox College Visit

Nov. 1st  University of Western Illinois visit

Earth’s Systems (Geology)

1. Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to
2. organize Earth’s 4.6 billion-year-old history
3. Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process
4. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales
5. Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions 
6. 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

Phenomena Pictures -  See above there are three more pictures besides this one.

Monday/ Tuesday - We will Start our new unit Geology. 

1. Look at our Phenomena picture and ask questions and hypothesise the answer.  What do we need to know to figure out the past? Why would be want to know our past? Who would value the information and why?
2.  We will start with a relative dating moon activity. This activity will be with partners and students will have to explain their decisions and justify to those who disagree.
3. We will guess our way through the examples of rock strata on the front board trying to figure out the history from oldest to youngest.  
4. Students will be given notes on the 7 Principles of Historical Geology. The notes will be on the chromebook.  We will search for images that show the principle and then write our own definition for the geological principle.
5. Homework will be given.  The worksheet is at 

file:///home/chronos/u-7a340433fdd79e2e928d6d8387d2d03358c909ef/MyFiles/Downloads/relative_dating_worksheet__1_.pdf  a paper copy will be available in class and one will be attached on skyward.

Wednesday/ Thursday

1.Start with a skyward review assignment.  I will collect homework worksheets. 

2. Students will start a petrification activity with sponges. 

3. We will then start our thinkcerca writing work.  Students will grade Mrs. Moore paper on space

exploration.  We will cover the expectations of the assignments. As a class we will listen to the

article.  Students will work through the program with Mrs. Moore in the process to correctly complete

paper.  

Friday - Carl Sandburg College visit - 

Monday - Knox College Visit

Tuesday - Wednesday  Continue to work on ThinkCerca. Intro paragraphs, three body paragraphs,

counter argument, and a conclusion paragraph are due by Friday, Nov 1st.  

Thursday - Half Day - Booster for Respect - we will review expectations for field trip.  Students will

have time to go through the career cruising program.

Friday- Western Illinois University field trip all day

November 4th Monday and Tuesday November 5th

Students will work in groups trying relative dating problems.  We will turn our attention to absolute

dating with an activity to demonstrate the concept.  We will use our spreadsheet program on the

computer to complete simple absolute dating problems.  

Students will have time to look at the index fossil in the room plus the 15 common minerals that are on display.  Homework is a simple worksheet on absolute decay. A paper copy will be given and a copy will be attached to skyward.  

Fun Information we will cover is below!

1.  Uniformitarianism - What happens in the past will happen again geologically.
2. Two types of dating rocks - relative and absolute (radioactive decay)
3. Types of Rocks - Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
4. Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere
5. Unique characteristics of all minerals
1. Solid
2. Made by nature
3. Crystal pattern
4. Organic
5. Unique formula

6.  Types of Fossils

1. Petrified
2. Molds and casts
3. Index
4. Carbonaceous
5. Original remains
6. Trace 

7.   Fundamental Principles of Geology 

1. Law of Superposition - 
2. Principle of original horizontality  - 
3. Principle of original lateral continuity - 
4.  Principle of intrusive relationships - 
5. Principle of  cross-cutting relationships 
6. Unconformities -para, non, dsc, angular 
7. Fossil succession - 

8. Common Minerals of Illinois

1. Brachiopods
2. Cephalopods
3. Crinoids
4. Sponges
5. Gastropods
6. Blastoids
7. Corals
8. Trilobites

Minerals we will id by sight Rocks we will id by sight

Pyrite Mica Slate Shale Pumice

Rose quartz Halite Granite Scoria Limestone

Crystalline quartz Basalt Coquina Gneiss

Hematite Copper Schists Sandstone Obsidian

Sulfur Fluorite Marble Coal Conglomerate

Talc Kaolin

Gypsum Galena

Calcite Graphite

Identification Testing  

Name	Feel	Streak	Smell	Luster	Magnetic	Chemical Test (HCl)
Hardness	Mass	Volume	Density	Crystal Pattern		Cleavage or Fracture
Fluorescent	Tenacity	Diaphaneity	Flame		Color	Formula