Continental Drift: Finding Gold
CW: [1] Finish finding the countries and the nearest cities where you can find gold. (Turn in via Schoology.) [2] Make Your Own Quiz.
DN: If you find gold on the west coast of Africa, where else can you find gold?
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CW: [1] Finish finding the countries and the nearest cities where you can find gold. (Turn in via Schoology.) [2] Make Your Own Quiz.
DN: If you find gold on the west coast of Africa, where else can you find gold?
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LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
10min Teacher demonstrates how to use the maps of South America and Africa to find gold. First mark all the locations where gold was found in South America with a dot. Then group the dots and the South America map. Then move and rotate to line up South America with Africa. (Note: You will have to rotate the map multiple times to get the best fit because the world is 3D and our maps are 2D, so if you line up the top then the bottom won’t line up and vice versa.) Then they will identify which country and city is closest to each dot, using Google maps for reference.
15min Finding Gold. Students use their knowledge of continental drift to locate more probable locations for gold. Don’t forget to rotate and adjust the map for each location.
10min Make Your Own Quiz. Students write multiple-choice questions that could show up on the quiz.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Continental Drift: Modeling Evidence
CW: Pattern Papers and ABCD CER Claim and Reasoning.
DN: Write a complete CER (A = Halloween; B = Free Candy; C = Fun).
EQ: What evidence supports that the continents have moved?
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CW: Pattern Papers and ABCD CER Claim and Reasoning.
DN: Write a complete CER (A = Halloween; B = Free Candy; C = Fun).
EQ: What evidence supports that the continents have moved?
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Lesson Outline
5min Students complete the Do Now.
15min Separation Patterns Modeling Activity (Snowman Island on Divergent Boundary)
5min Observations & Comparison to Seafloor Spreading.
15min Claim & Reasoning (A=D & A=B=C=D so A=D):
A = Africa & South America.
B = Alternating N & S rock layers with oldest at the edges and newest in the middle.
C = Alternating color layers with oldest at the edges and newest in the middle.
D = Separation (Model)
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Continental Drift: Fossil Puzzle
CW: Correctly assembled Fossil Puzzle glued onto separate sheet of paper with a touch of color.
DN: What is the weakest evidence for continental drift?
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CW: Correctly assembled Fossil Puzzle glued onto separate sheet of paper with a touch of color.
DN: What is the weakest evidence for continental drift?
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Fossil Evidence Continent Puzzle
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
15-20min Fossil Evidence Continent Puzzle. Students cut out pieces. Students use the fossil evidence to arrange the puzzle pieces. Glue, colour, and title.
10min Sign-Separate vs Separate-Sign Modeling Activity.
10min Finish paragraph summaries, margin questions, etc. of Continental Drift notes.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Continental Drift: Notes
CW/HW: Complete paragraph summary; margin questions, highlights, and foldy-thing handout (with notes, labels and color).
DN: Take note handout and make Foldy-Thing.
EQ: What evidence supports that the continents have moved?
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CW/HW: Complete paragraph summary; margin questions, highlights, and foldy-thing handout (with notes, labels and color).
DN: Take note handout and make Foldy-Thing.
EQ: What evidence supports that the continents have moved?
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Lesson Outline
5min Students complete the Do Now.
25min Continental Drift Notes with Foldy-Thing (notes on p47 and fold-thing p46).
10min Complete paragraph summaries, margin questions, etc. Share with class.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Continental Drift: The Game (Day 2)
CW/HW: Complete matching islands and explaining the logic of your matches.
DN: What is Pangea?
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CW/HW: Complete matching islands and explaining the logic of your matches.
DN: What is Pangea?
Resources
Continental Drift Game Direct Link
Continental Drift Islands Activity Handout
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering the question.
10min Students cut out island pieces with all the collected data recorded on them.
15min Students use the data collected (fossil age and type, rock layer type, mountain rock age & type, and location of glacial till) to determine how and which islands used to go together. (Note: Pieces can be rotated to align them according to the data. There is no perfect fit.)
15min Students will glue pieces down on a separate sheet of paper and explain their logic. (Add details. “The mountains match.” is not specific enough. How do you know the mountains match?)
5min Clean up. Wrap up.