Rock Cycle: Crystal Structures
HW: Start working on your projects. (Pair due Monday, 12/2. Solo due Monday, 12/9.) Look up Rube Goldberg machines for inspiration.
CW: Crystals Mini-Book with Cooled Fast, Cooled Slow, Basic Cube, Body Centered Cube, and Face Centered Cube
DN: Take a blank sheet of paper and make a mini-book. Draw a crystal on the cover and add title.
Reminders: [1] Pairs that miss the due date will have to turn in Solo projects. Additionally, Low Grade Designs will not be accepted. [2] To avoid building a Low Grade design have the the door swing up to shut and don’t connect the bait directly to the door.
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HW: Start working on your projects. (Pair due Monday, 12/2. Solo due Monday, 12/9.) Look up Rube Goldberg machines for inspiration.
CW: Crystals Mini-Book with Cooled Fast, Cooled Slow, Basic Cube, Body Centered Cube, and Face Centered Cube
DN: Take a blank sheet of paper and make a mini-book. Draw a crystal on the cover and add title.
Reminders: [1] Pairs that miss the due date will have to turn in Solo projects. Additionally, Low Grade Designs will not be accepted. [2] To avoid building a Low Grade design have the the door swing up to shut and don’t connect the bait directly to the door.
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by making mini-book with ‘Crystals’ as title and cover art.
5min Teacher distributes marshmallows and toothpicks.
20min Crystal Structures. Students build models for the basic, body-centered, and face-centered cubes (cubic structures). Examples are added to mineral book.
10min Little Crystals vs Big Crystals. Students model fast vs slow cooling by only being given a short amount of time to connect marshmallows to each other with toothpicks. Examples are added to mineral mini-book.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Rock Cycle: Review + Ketchup
HW: [1] Study for your quiz. [2] Start working on your projects. (Pair due Monday, 12/2. Solo due Monday, 12/9.) Look up Rube Goldberg machines for inspiration.
DN: Describe what a typical metamorphic rock and a slow cooled igneous rock look like?
Reminder: [1] Notebook check this week. [2] Last day to sign up as pair is Thursday (11/18), pairs that miss the due date will have to turn in Solo projects. Additionally, Low Grade Designs will not be accepted.
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HW: [1] Study for your quiz. [2] Start working on your projects. (Pair due Monday, 12/2. Solo due Monday, 12/9.) Look up Rube Goldberg machines for inspiration.
DN: Describe what a typical metamorphic rock and a slow cooled igneous rock look like?
Reminder: [1] Notebook check this week. [2] Last day to sign up as pair is Thursday (11/18), pairs that miss the due date will have to turn in Solo projects. Additionally, Low Grade Designs will not be accepted.
Resources
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now .
15min Rock Cycle Card Game. Students model the steps and processes of the rock cycle by playing the card game and trying to get rid of the picture cards (lava, sediments, igneous rock, metamorphic rock, and sedimentary rock).
15min< INGO. Class plays multiple games of INGO. (Rock, Minerals, LAVA, MAGMA, SEDIMENTARY Rock, IGNEOUS Rock, METAMORPHIC Rock, SEDIMENTS, Weathering, Erosion, Heat & Pressure, Melting, Cooling, Compaction , Cementation, Ore, Cooled FAST, and Cooled SLOW.) Students turn INGO sheet into 16 flashcards with definitions on the back.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Rock Cycle: Card Game
HW: Start working on your projects. (Pair due Monday, 12/2. Solo due Monday, 12/9.)
DN: Take out instruction cards from the deck. Read. Shuffle deck. Start playing.
Reminder: Last day to sign up as pair is Thursday (11/18). Notebook check this week.
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HW: Start working on your projects. (Pair due Monday, 12/2. Solo due Monday, 12/9.)
DN: Take out instruction cards from the deck. Read. Shuffle deck. Start playing.
Reminder: Last day to sign up as pair is Thursday (11/18). Notebook check this week.
Resources
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now .
5min Teacher overviews the Rock Cycle Card Game, outlining how to win, how to start, and how to play the game.
15-20min Rock Cycle Card Game. Students model the steps and processes of the rock cycle by playing the card game and trying to get rid of the picture cards (lava, sediments, igneous rock, metamorphic rock, and sedimentary rock). Teacher monitors and assists groups that have questions.
15min
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Rock Cycle: INGO
HW: Start thinking about your Chuck-Ken Trap designs.
CW: [1] Completed INGO board and write definitions of the back. [2] Random Rock Cycle.
DN: Make INGO Sheet.
Reminders: Notebook check soon!
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HW: Start thinking about your Chuck-Ken Trap designs.
CW: [1] Completed INGO board and write definitions of the back. [2] Random Rock Cycle.
DN: Make INGO Sheet.
Reminders: Notebook check soon!
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
15min Students turn INGO sheet into 16 flashcards with definitions on the back. (Rock, Minerals, LAVA, MAGMA, SEDIMENTARY Rock, IGNEOUS Rock, METAMORPHIC Rock, SEDIMENTS, Weathering, Erosion, Heat & Pressure, Melting, Cooling, Compaction , Cementation, Ore, Cooled FAST, and Cooled SLOW.) DON’T CUT APART.
10min Random Rock Cycle. The parts of the rock cycle are randomly placed and students must draw and label the arrows in the correct orientation. Students compare diagrams and discuss.
10min Chuck-Ken Trap. The next Engineering Project will be to build a Chuck-Ken Trap. It must follow the following rule:
The Chuck-Ken sets off the trap by PULLING on the bait. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Pulling on the bait will release/let go a spring, weight, and or rubber band…
The release of the spring/weight/rubber band will somehow force a door to swing shut.
The door will stay closed once it shuts, trapping the Chuck-Ken.
Trap is to be made from things you have at home.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Rock Cycle: Identifying Rocks & Minerals
CW: Completed Rock & Mineral Identification worksheet.
DN: How can you tell an igneous rock was cooled quickly?
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CW: Completed Rock & Mineral Identification worksheet.
DN: How can you tell an igneous rock was cooled quickly?
Resources
Rock & Mineral Identification Worksheet
Lesson Outline
5min Students complete the Do Now by wearing their mineral hat and reading notes.
5min Best Mineral Hat Awards.
20min Rock & Mineral Identification Activity. Students identify rocks by type (metamorphic, sedimentary, or igneous) or minerals by name at 8 different stations.
10min Students complete the worksheet by answering questions.
5min Clean up. Wrap up.