Midterm Review (2 of 4): Trendlines

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• HW: Study for the midterm.

• CW: Completed Which Chart? Handout

• DN: What are producers?

RESOURCES

Which Chart? Handout

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

15min Which Chart? Label the x-axis (bottom) and y-axis (left side) of the chart that goes best with the variables: [1] Time with Crush vs Like Levels; [2] Money vs Wasteful Purchases; [3] Age (0-25) vs Height; [4] # of Hair Cuts vs Ave Hair Length; [5] Spicy Level of Food vs Food Yummyness; and [6] # of Times Watching a Movie vs Attention. Note that it’s always x-axis (independent variable) vs y-axis (dependent variable).

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

Midterm Review (1 of 4)

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• HW: Study for the midterm.

• CW: Q2 Midterm Review.

• DN: What is an example of mutualism?

RESOURCES

Q2 Midterm Review

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

20-25min Complete Q2 Midterm Review Handout.

10min Check answers.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

Continental Drift Quiz

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• DN: Who was the first person to notice that the continent shapes fit together? (Trick Question)

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

10min Teacher distributes quiz materials and provides clarifications.

25min Continental Drift Quiz. (Two Parts.)

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

Continental Drift: Map Hunt

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• CW/HW: INGO Flashcards.

• DN: What is glacial till?

• Reminder: Quiz tomorrow.

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

20min Map Hunt Activity. Using current maps and a map of Pangea students will use their knowledge of continental drift and the present location of resources to predict where other resources might be located.

15min Students play INGO then turn INGO sheet into 16 flashcards with definitions on the back. (Alfred Wegener, Striations, Glacial Till, Strong Evidence, Seafloor Spreading, Pangea, Continental Drift, Fossil Match, Weak Evidence, Paleoclimate, Magnetic Reversal, Continent, Plate Tectonics, Shape Match, Supercontinent, and Mineral & Oil Match.)

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

Continental Drift: Island Activity

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• CW: Island Match Activity (Paragraph).

• DN: What evidence do we have for continental drift?

• Reminder: Quiz on Wednesday.

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

15min Island Match Activity Set Up. Teacher outlines the procedure:

• Draw random shaped island.

• Add a mountain range. Indicate rock type and age.

• Add fossils to each side of the mountain range.

• Cut out island.

15min Island Match Activity. Students determine which islands went together and how using the information on each island. (Note shape evidence has the lowest priority.)

10 min Discussion on the steps (sequence/order) for finding which islands fit together. Paragraph summary of discussion

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.