Notebook Check

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• HW: 10 Flashcards on Rock Cycle

• DN: Glue in diagrams to plate techtonics notes.

• Reminder: Quiz tomorrow.

Plate Tectonic: The Dance

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• HW: Complete margin questions and paragraph summaries.

• DN: List locations were earthquakes are known to occur.

• EQ: What are the characteristics of each boundary?

• Reminder: Notebook check sometime this month.

RESOURCES

 [youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zae2pQ4wDFY&w=854&h=480] 

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now by listing locations.

15min Plate Tectonic notes.

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.

Plate Tectonics: Earthquakes

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• HW: Write an Earthquake Emergency Plan. (Food? Water? Power? Medicine? Where to meet? Who to contact?)

• DN: Set up Board Game.

• Note: Notebook check sometime next week.

Resources

LESSON OUTLINE

 [youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ho6z32yyo&w=854&h=480] 

5min Students complete the Do Now by setting up notebook.

15min Rock Cycle Board Games.

10min Earthquake preparedness discussion.

10min Earthquake videos.

5min Clean up. Wrap up.

Rock Cycle: BoardGame Review (Day 2 of 2)

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• CW/HW: Finish Board Game for the Rock Cycle.

• DN: Work on Board Game.

• Note: Notebook check sometime next week.

Lesson Outline

5min Students complete the Do Now by answering Do Now in notebook.

5min Review of the rock cycle.

20min Rock Cycle Board Game. Students create a board game for the rock cycle. The board must have an area of 4 sheets of paper. The game is looped and the only method to win is by being the first to be: magma, sediments, igneous rock, sedimentary rock, and metamorphic rock in any order. The mechanics and board design are up to the students to design. Groups of 1, 2 or 3 people.

5min Clean up. Wrap up.

Rock Cycle: BoardGame Review (Day 1 of 2)

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• CW: Create a Board Game for the Rock Cycle.

• DN: What is a rock?

• Note: Notebook check sometime next week.

Lesson Outline

5min Students complete the Do Now by answering Do Now in notebook.

5min Review of the rock cycle.

20min Rock Cycle Board Game. Students create a board game for the rock cycle. The board must have an area of 4 sheets of paper. The game is looped and the only method to win is by being the first to be: magma, sediments, igneous rock, sedimentary rock, and metamorphic rock in any order. The mechanics and board design are up to the students to design. Groups of 1, 2 or 3 people.

5min Clean up. Wrap up.

Rock Cycle: Identifying Rocks & Minerals

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• CW: Completed Rock & Mineral Identification worksheet.

• DN: Wear mineral hat. Start answering questions on the handout.

Resources

Rock & Mineral Identification Worksheet

Lesson Outline

5min Students complete the Do Now by wearing their mineral hat and answering questions on the handout.

5min Best Mineral Hat Awards.

20min Rock & Mineral Identification Activity. Students identify rocks by type (metamorphic, sedimentary, or igneous) or minerals by name at 7 different stations.

5min Students complete the worksheet by answering questions.

5min Clean up. Wrap up.

Rock Cycle: Get to Know A Mineral

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• HW: [1] Finish Mineral Hat. [2] Turn in Rock Cycle Parts and Chocolate Rock Cycle Slideshows via Google Classroom.

• CW: Mineral Hat (with mineral information).

• DN: Take assigned Chromebook.

Lesson Outline

5min Students complete the Do Now by taking chromebook.

5min Teacher instructs students on requirements for the Mineral Hat (Name, Formula, Streak, Colour, Hardness, Crystal Structure, and Interesting Fact). No tube hats. Hats can include visors, tiaras, crowns, helmets, bonnets, and should show some engineering in its construction.

10min Students research minerals.

15min Students construct their Mineral Hats.

5min Return Chromebooks. Clean up. Wrap up.

Rock Cycle: Chocolate Model

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• HW: Turn in Chocolate Rock Cycle & Rock Cycle parts slideshow via Google Classroom by Monday, 12/9.

• CW: Work on Chocolate Rock Cycle & Rock Cycle Parts slideshow.

• DN: Take assigned Chromebook and clear tables.

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

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now by taking their Chromebooks and clearing tables.

5min Students clear off tables and clean all working surfaces.

5min Teacher outlines roles for group members. Students organize and obtain required material, tools, and equipment.

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, compaction 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 Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

AIM: Develop a model to cycling of material through the rock cycle.

Rock Cycle: Notes

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• HW: [1] Bring Your Own Technology on Tomorrow. [2] Complete margin questions & paragraph summary. [3] Turn in Rock Cycle Parts slideshow via Google Classroom by Monday, 12/9.

• CW: Work on Rock Cycle Parts slideshow.

• DN: Take assigned Chromebook & fill in the missing blanks of the rock cycle diagram.

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

RESOURCES

 [youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swnjn9aqfqI&w=854&h=480] 

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now by labeling the Rock Cycle Diagram and taking assigned Chromebook.

15min Students complete notebooks.

20min Students work in groups to make a slideshow the has examples of each part of the rock cycle. Turn in via Google Classroom.

5min Return Chromebooks. Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

Phases of Matter: Review Day 3

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• HW: [1] Finish crossword [2] Finish video project via Google Classroom due Today (See previous post.).

• CW: Crossword puzzle.

• DN: What are examples of liquids?

• Reminder: Quiz tomorrow.

Lesson Outline

5min Students complete the Do Now by answering the question in notebook.

5min Teacher demonstrates how to make a crossword puzzle.

30min Watch video projects while students work on review crosswords.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.