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Plate Tectonics: Earth's Features

CW: Completed Earth’s Features Diagram (p44).

DN: Take handout, outline in color, and glue in notebook (p44).

EQ: What are the characteristics of convergent boundary?

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  • CW: Completed Earth’s Features Diagram (p44).

  • DN: Take handout, outline in color, and glue in notebook (p44).

  • EQ: What are the characteristics of convergent boundary?

RESOURCES

Earth’s Features Diagram

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now by coloring and gluing notebook.

15min Complete the diagram by identifying the 3 tectonic plates, convergent boundary, divergent boundary, thermal vent, trench, ocean, mantle, mountains & volcanoes, and the convection currents.

10min Video examples of volcanoes, trenches, thermal vents, and earthquakes.

5min Emergency BIG Earthquake Plan: Meeting Locations (Main locations and alternative); Numbers of Contacts (In case phone is lost, damaged, or out of power.), Siblings/Family (Who checks/picks up who?), Food/Water (How much do you have? Is it enough for two weeks? How will you heat it?); Safest Location (What’s the safest spot in each room of your home?) Medical/Etc. (What will you do if a person has medical needs like insulin?)

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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Rock Cycle: Chocolate Version

  • CW: Complete Chocolate Rock Cycle Slideshow (Group).

  • DN: Clear tables of everything. Take a Chromebook for your table pair.

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

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  • CW: Complete Chocolate Rock Cycle Slideshow (Group).

  • DN: Clear tables of everything. Take a Chromebook for your table pair.

  • 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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Plate Tectonics: Notes

  • CW/HW: [1] Projects are due tomorrow. Don’t forget to turn in your diagrams. [2] Complete margin questions and paragraph summaries.

  • DN: What causes earthquakes?

  • EQ: What are the characteristics of each boundary?

  • Reminders: Notebook check tomorrow.

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  • CW/HW: [1] Projects are due tomorrow. Don’t forget to turn in your diagrams. [2] Complete margin questions and paragraph summaries.

  • DN: What causes earthquakes?

  • EQ: What are the characteristics of each boundary?

  • Reminders: Notebook check tomorrow.

RESOURCES

Plate Tectonics Notes Handout

Plate Tectonics Notes Diagrams

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

20min Plate Tectonic Notes. (Diagrams on p42, Notes 43, & Paragraph Summary p45.)

10min Complete Margin Question and paragraph summary.

10min Earthquake Survey

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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Rock Cycle: Review + Ketchup

  • HW: [1] Study for your quiz. [2] Finish work on your project and turn in design.

  • DN: Take handout and glue on p40, then complete the rock drawings on the handouts.

  • Reminder: Notebook check this week.

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  • HW: [1] Study for your quiz. [2] Finish work on your project and turn in design.

  • DN: Take handout and glue on p40, then complete the rock drawings on the handouts.

  • Reminder: Notebook check this week.

Resources

Chuck-Ken Trap LG Design

Chuck-Ken Trap Video Project Rubric

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 Review Game.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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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: [1] Finish flashcards. [2] Finish Chuck-Ken Trap Project due this Friday.

  • CW: [1] Completed INGO board and write definitions of the back. [2] Random Rock Cycle.

  • DN: Make INGO Sheet.

  • Reminders: Notebook check soon!

RESOURCES

Chuck-Ken Trap LG Design

Chuck-Ken Trap Video Project Rubric

Random Rock Cycle Handout

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

15min Students play INGO then 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.)

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 must follow the following rules:

  1. The Chuck-Ken sets off the trap by PULLING on the bait. NO EXCEPTIONS.

  2. Pulling on the bait will release/let go a spring, weight, and or rubber band.

  3. The release of the spring/weight/rubber band will somehow force a door to swing up to shut.

  4. 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.

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