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In this lesson we will go over the Guidelines for a Safe Learning Environment In the classroom and online. We will also discuss the various websites that will be utilized during this unit, and how to sign up for each.
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This is an inquiry based lab, using clay as a model for the Earth to see how scientists probed the Earth’s internal structure (must be completed first before any notes) .
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4 class periods
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20 total class periods.
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Students will take Cornell notes from this this Prezi where I cover the four layers of the Earth, their composition and basic properties. I also briefly discuss how scientists have come to figure out this information even though humans have never traveled into the interior of the Earth.
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For homework: Students will complete a Double Bubble Thinking Map®. Compare and Contrast the Inner and Outer Core of the Earth. I have made an example map using Popplet, please use your Popplet account to make your own map.
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Make a Flipbook of the interior and exterior of the Earth. You will draw and label the parts of the Earth and learn/review lesson's vocabulary.
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You will show what you have learned about Earth’s layers by making a clay model of the Earth. This model will show your under-standing of the structure of Earth’s layers, particularly in relation to thickness and solid or molten state.
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Take Cornell notes from this this Prezi where I cover Alfred Wegners Theory of Continental Drift and Pangaea. I discuss the evidence he found to support his theory, and why it was not accepted while he was still alive.
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3 class periods
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In this activity, you will use evidence to try to reconstruct Pangaea. You will interpret the evidence and must defend your position on continental drift.
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In this assessment you will apply the knowledge you have gained about convection and how it has changed the world since the time of Pangaea. You must draw and explain what the world will look like 180 million years from now. You must defend their choices in a teacher conference.
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Take Cornell notes from this this PowerPoint where I cover what a tectonic plate is, how many there are and how convection currents work to move them around the surface of the Earth.
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For Homework: Complete a Bubble Map Thinking Map®. Describe what a tectonic plate is using adjectives. I have made an example map using Popplet, please use your Popplet account to make your own map.
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3 class periods
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In this demo I show convection using 4 bottles and some hot and cold water that has been dyed with food coloring.
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In this Lab you will learn the connection between the convection currents within the mantle of the earth and the moving of Earth’s plates, using molasses, corn syrup, graham crackers and boiling water.
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Plate Boundary Travel Brochure Project is the second part of the summative assessment for the unit. The brochure is due on October 2nd.
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Use your Quip account with your lab team to collaboratively complete your lab write up. Follow the attached lab report format, and submit a screenshot of your Quip screen showing contributions from all of your team members along with your final draft.
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This is a 6-question quiz (5 multiple choice and 1 short answer) so I can see where you are at in your understanding of convection currents. Access Code (XVRGK-3DVDW)
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Take Cornell notes from this this PowerPoint where I cover the thee types of plate boundary interactions and what geological structure or phenomena occurs at each.
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For Homework: Complete a Tree Map Thinking Map®. Categorize the plate boundaries into the three types and what is formed at each. I have made an example map using Popplet, please use your Popplet account to make your own map.
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4 Class periods
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Make a flip book in which you define, draw, and list the geologic structure or phenomena forms at each of the three tectonic plate boundaries.
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Use the earthquake data to model a convergent boundary between two plates.
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Use the online simulation (link is also in the instructions) to observe the movement of the three types of plate boundaries and to understand how the movement over time of tectonic plates change the surface structures of the Earth.
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Take Cornell notes from this this PowerPoint where I cover what paleomagnetism is and why it is the strongest evidence we have for The Theory of Plate Tectonics.
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3 Class periods
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A demonstration using glycerin soap, food coloring, sand, and water to show how a volcanic "hotspot" is formed
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A lab activity which shows how paleomagnetic patterns on the ocean floor are used to determine the rate of seafloor spreading.
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This is a 6-question multiple-choice quiz on the Pearson Publishing website. It will allow me to see where you are in your understanding of the evidence supporting the Theory of Plate Tectonics.
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Use your Quip account with your lab team to collaboratively complete your lab write up. Follow the attached lab report format, and submit a screenshot of your Quip screen showing contributions from all of your team members along with your final draft.
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This is a traditional test including multiple choice and true/false questions. Access Code (XVRGK-3DVDW)
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3 Class periods
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This second part of the summative assessment is to use the Mybrochuremaker website to create a travel brochure that describes and advertises a specific plate boundary location on Earth. It will include information about the structure of the Earth, convection, plate movement, plate boundary interactions, and the evidence supporting these ideas. Students will start this project during class 10 and it will be due after the summative assessment test has been taken. Students will present them.
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This is the 20th and final day of the Unit.
