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.
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
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.
Rock Cycle: QUIZ
HW: Solo projects are due Friday. Don’t forget to turn in your designs.
CW: Learn & Perform the Tectonic Dance.
DN: What is the difference between compaction and cementation?
Reminder: Notebook check this week.
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HW: Solo projects are due Friday. Don’t forget to turn in your designs.
CW: Learn & Perform the Tectonic Dance.
DN: What is the difference between compaction and cementation?
Reminder: Notebook check this week.
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] 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
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.