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.
QUICK VIEW
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 door swing up to shut and don’t connect the bait directly to the door.
Resources
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: QUIZ
HW: Start working on your projects. (Pair due Monday, 12/2. Solo due Monday, 12/9.) Look up Rube Goldberg machines for inspiration.
CW: Learn & Perform the Tectonic Dance.
DN: What is the difference between compaction and cementation?
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.
QUICK VIEW
HW: Start working on your projects. (Pair due Monday, 12/2. Solo due Monday, 12/9.) Look up Rube Goldberg machines for inspiration.
CW: Learn & Perform the Tectonic Dance.
DN: What is the difference between compaction and cementation?
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.
5min Independent Review.
15min Rock Cycle Quiz.
5min Teacher demonstrates the Plate Tectonic dance.
15min Students practice performing the Plate Tectonic Dance until they are in sync.
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.
QUICK VIEW
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.
QUICK VIEW
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.