Midterm Review: Day 3 of 3
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CW: Q2 Review Review
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DN: Trade and complete crosswords.
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Reminder: Midterm this Friday.
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by trading crosswords.
5min Complete crosswords.
25min Students complete Q2 Review Review worksheet.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
AIM: Prepare students for midterm exam.
Midterm Review: Day 2 of 3
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CW/HW: Complete Peer-Made Questions & Crossword
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Reminder: Midterm next Friday.
RESOURCES
[youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKi5VtGi088&w=854&h=480]
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
10min Students make a Crosswords (3 Words from Experimental Design, 3 from Interactions, and 3 from the Nitrogen Cycle).
5min Teacher outlines the review games and how to play.
10min Students participate in round 1 and 2.
10min Students participate in round 3.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
AIM: Prepare students for midterm exam.
Continental Drift: CER Practice
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HW: Quarter 2 Review (2 of 2)
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CW: Continental Drift CER + Locating Resources Worksheet
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DN: Which chart means a faster and faster increase?
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Reminder: Midterm next Friday.
RESOURCES
Continental Drift CER + Locating Resources
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering question in their notebooks.
10min As a class, students complete the first CER. Teacher provides guiding questions and tips. Students share their Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning. (Worksheet)
10min Students determine where resources are located along the coast of Africa and South America. (Worksheet)
10min Separation Modeling Activity with table groups.
10min As a class, students complete the second CER. Teacher provides guiding questions and tips. Students share their Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning. (Worksheet)
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Midterm Review: Day 1 of 3
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CW/HW: Quarter 2 Review (1 of 2)
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DN: Trade and complete crosswords.
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Reminder: Midterm next Friday.
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by trading crosswords.
15min Students take quiz.
20min Students complete review worksheet.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
AIM: Prepare students for midterm exam.
Continental Drift: Alfred Wegener
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HW: Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle. Create a crossword for 8 vocabulary words.
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CW: Video Notes + Summary Paragraph
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DN: What is a tectonic plate made from?
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Reminders: [1] Quiz on Tomorrow. [2] Midterm on next Friday (1/24).
RESOURCES
[youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq9kLzm36h0&w=854&h=480][youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA2-Vc4PIOY&w=640&h=480][youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDKiNwTwaNw&w=854&h=480]
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by taking a half sheet, folding it in half, and writing their name on it.
10min Students watch video 1 and take some notes. Then a brief recap with the class.
10min Students watch video 2 and take some notes. Then a brief recap with the class.
5min Students watch video 3 and take some notes. Then a brief recap with the class.
5min Students write a paragraph summary and then share with the class.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Continental Drift: Matching Resources (Together then Separate or Vice Versa)
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HW: Draw a mirror copy of the Earth’s Features Diagram (from Plate Tectonic notes) and label all the features.
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CW: Activity summary paragraph.
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DN: What is continental drift?
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EQ: What evidence supports that the continents have moved and are still moving?
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Reminders: [1] Quiz on Wednesday. [2] Midterm on next Friday (1/24).
Lesson Outline
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering question in notebook.
10min Together-then-Separate Modeling Activity
10min Separate-then-Together Modeling Activity
5min Class discussion.
5min Students write a summary paragraph of what they learned from each activity and how it supports that continents (South America & Africa) were together and then separated - as opposed to always separate and have matching shapes and resources by chance.
5min Share Discuss homework.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Continental Drift: Fossil Evidence
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HW: Plate tectonics Haiku + Illustration (x2).
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CW: Fossil Evidence Continent Puzzle
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DN: Make a foldy-thing, label notebook, take hand out and cut out pieces.
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EQ: What evidence supports that the continents have moved and are still moving?
RESOURCES
Fossil Evidence Continent Puzzle (p25)
[youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhyMUVV6EBg&w=854&h=480]
LESSON OUTLINE
10min Students complete the Do Now by making a foldy-thing, labeling their notebook, and cutting out pieces of the Fossil Evidence Continent Puzzle.
10min Students use the fossil evidence to arrange the puzzle pieces. Glue, colour, and title.
15min Continental Drift Notes.
5min Teacher introduces homework assignment. Haiku + Illustration example.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Experiment: Muscle Endurance
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CW/HW: Complete the Muscle Endurance Lab mini write up.
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DN: Write down the dependent, independent, and hypothesis for the lab using the data table on the handout.
RESOURCES
Muscle Endurance Experiment Handout
Example Data for Muscle Endurance Lab
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by determining and noting the dependent, independent, and hypothesis for the lab.
5min Teacher outlines the procedures and randomly selects participants.
15-20min Trials 1-5 are carried on while students record data.
15min Class calculates averages and students plot the data and add a trendline. Students discuss the significance of the trendline.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
AIM: Students perform an experiment to collect, analyze, and interpret the data.
Plate Tectonics: Graham Cracker & Frosting Modeling Activity
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CW: Graham Cracker Activity Summary.
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DN: Clear tables. Wipe tables. Dry tables.
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EQ: What are the characteristics of each boundary?
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by clearing and cleaning tables.
5min Teacher distributes materials.
20min Graham Cracker & Frosting Model Activity.
10min Students write activity summary.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Plate Tectonics: Earth's Features
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CW: Completed diagram & paragraph summary.
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DN: How was your break? What did you do?
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EQ: What are the characteristics of each boundary?
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering question in notebooks.
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.
5min Class creates idea diagram.
10min Students write summary paragraph in notebook using the idea diagram.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.