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Rock Cycle: Get to Know A Mineral

HW: Finish Mineral Hat and wear to class tomorrow. No tube hats/headbands/folded paper hats. Write BIG.

CW: Work on Mineral Hat (with mineral information).

DN: What is a mineral? Provide examples.

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  • HW: Finish Mineral Hat and wear to class tomorrow. No tube hats/headbands/billboards/folded paper hats. Write all info BIG.

  • CW: Work on Mineral Hat (with mineral information).

  • DN: What is a mineral? Provide examples.

Lesson Outline

5min Students complete the Do Now by answering question in notebook.

5min Teacher instructs students on requirements for the Mineral Hat (Name, Formula, Colour, Streak Colour, Hardness, Crystal Structure, and Interesting Fact). Must be glued together (no staples or tape) and stay on your head even when shaking your head without pins or fasteners. Hats can include visors, top hats, crowns, helmets, bonnets, and should show engineering in its construction (it must be built around a stable structure). No tube hats/headbands/billboards/folded paper hats.

BANNED MINERALS: Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Diamond, Quartz, Pyrite, Fluorite, Garnet, Mica, Gypsum, Talc, Opals, Sapphires, Rubies, Emeralds, Jade, Pearls (because they are not a mineral), and anything that is common or previously mentioned in class.

5min Students research minerals.

20min Students construct their Mineral Hats.

5min Clean up. Wrap up.

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Rock Cycle: Chocolate Version

CW: [1] Complete Chocolate Rock Cycle Slideshow. [2] Write summary of the chocolate rock cycle. Both turned in via Google Classroom.

DN: Clear tables of everything.

EQ: How can rocks change and reform to make new rocks with new properties?

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  • CW: [1] Complete Chocolate Rock Cycle Slideshow. [2] Write summary of the chocolate rock cycle. Both turned in via Google Classroom.

  • DN: Clear tables of everything.

  • EQ: How can rocks change and reform to make new rocks with new properties?

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now clearing tables.

5min Teacher outlines the Chocolate Rock Cycle activity. Students clear off tables and clean all working surfaces.

10min> Students model weathering & erosion, compaction & cementation, and sedimentary rock. Students document the process and each part in their slideshow.

10min> Students model heat & pressure and metamorphic rock. Students document the process and each part in their slideshow.

5min Students model melting and magma. Students document the process and each part in their slideshow.

5min Students write a summary of the Chocolate Rock Cycle.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.


AIM: Develop a model to cycling of material through the rock cycle.

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Rock Cycle: Notes

CW: Complete note’s paragraph summary (p41), margin questions (p39), and add color to diagrams and notes.

DN: What is a rock?

Reminder: Optional - Screenshot of winning the game (must show the student’s name) turned in via schoology (Monday, 11/11).

EQ: How can rocks change and reform to make new rocks with new properties?

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  • CW: Complete note’s paragraph summary (p41), margin questions (p39), and add color to diagrams and notes.

  • DN: What is a rock?

  • Reminder: Optional - Screenshot of winning the game (must show the student’s name) turned in via schoology (Monday, 11/11).

  • EQ: How can rocks change and reform to make new rocks with new properties?

RESOURCES

Rock Cycle Notes Handout

Rock Cycle Notes Diagram Handout

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now by answering question.

5min Distribute note handouts. Glue notes onto p39 and diagrams onto p38.

20min Students complete notes.

10min Students write paragraph summary (p41), margin questions, and add color.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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Rock Cycle: The VideoGame

HW: [1] Rock Cycle Game Monster Book with all monsters named and at least one spell listed for each monster that can slay it, along with what is dropped when the monster is slayed. [2] Optional - Screenshot of winning the game (must show the student’s name) turned in via schoology (Monday, 11/11).

DN: Make mini booklet. (Fold in half. In half again. Staple one side where the paper folds and cut off the other.)

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  • HW: [1] Rock Cycle Game Monster Book with all monsters named and at least one spell listed for each monster that can slay it, along with what is dropped when the monster is slayed. [2] Optional - Screenshot of winning the game (must show the student’s name) turned in via schoology (Monday, 11/11).

  • DN: Make mini booklet. (Fold in half. In half again. Staple one side where the paper folds and cut off the other.)

RESOURCES

Rock Cycle RPG Game Guide

Rock Cycle Game - Direct Link

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

5min Students make the Monster Book. Teacher explains how to complete entries (Name of Monster, List of Spells that can Slay the Monster - and what item is dropped when they are defeated).

5-10min Teacher demonstrates how to play game, gain health, save game, enter name, run away, learn and use spells, etc. Provides cheatsheet with quick notes and strategies.

30min Rock Cycle Video Game. Students play the game, work together by sharing information, and complete entries into their Monster Book.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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Phases of Matter: States & Phases StopMotion Animation

CW: Stop Motion Animation turned in via schoology.

DN: Bring your own technology. (Stop Motion Studio App.)

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  • CW: Stop Motion Animation turned in via schoology.

  • DN: Bring your own technology. (Stop Motion Studio App.)

RESOURCES

Flask & Thermometer (for SMA)

Stop Motion Studio App (Apple)

Stop Motion Studio App (Android)

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now by describing the particles of a solid and a gas.

5min Teacher organizes students into pairs for access to technology.

10-15min Practice Animations. Teacher demonstrates how to make an object appear like its moving slow, fast, and slow-to-fast using the Stop Motion Studio App. Students start on their Moving Object SMA that shows an object moves slow, fast, and slow-to-fast.

10-15min Solid-Liquid-Gas Animation. Working in pairs or groups of three, students complete animate 12-16 particle transitioning between solid, liquid and gas. Animation includes labels (solid, melting, liquid, vaporization, and gas).

Animation Sequence:

Title (5pics) - with everyone’s names
Solid (12pics) - every particles jiggles
Melting (15pics) - a few particles at a time gain more freedom
Liquid (12pics) - all particles slide past each other
Vaporization (15pics) - a few particles at a time gain more freedom
Gas (12pics) - particles move in straight line until they collide

Turn in via schoology.

5min Review videos.

5min Clean up. Wrap up.

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