Gachuzee 1/14/20 Gachuzee 1/14/20

Continental Drift: Alfred Wegener

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HW: Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle. Create a crossword for 8 vocabulary words.
CW: Video Notes + Summary Paragraph
DN: What is a tectonic plate made from?
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.

Gachuzee 1/13/20 Gachuzee 1/13/20

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.
CW: Activity summary paragraph.
DN: What is continental drift?
EQ: What evidence supports that the continents have moved and are still moving?
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.

Gachuzee 1/9/20 Gachuzee 1/9/20

Continental Drift: Fossil Evidence

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HW: Plate tectonics Haiku + Illustration (x2).
CW: Fossil Evidence Continent Puzzle
DN: Make a foldy-thing, label notebook, take hand out and cut out pieces.
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.

Gachuzee 1/8/20 Gachuzee 1/8/20

Experiment: Muscle Endurance

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CW/HW: Complete the Muscle Endurance Lab mini write up.
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.

Gachuzee 1/7/20 Gachuzee 1/7/20

Plate Tectonics: Graham Cracker & Frosting Modeling Activity

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CW: Graham Cracker Activity Summary.
DN: Clear tables. Wipe tables. Dry tables.
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.

Gachuzee 1/6/20 Gachuzee 1/6/20

Plate Tectonics: Earth's Features

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CW: Completed diagram & paragraph summary.
DN: How was your break? What did you do?
EQ: What are the characteristics of each boundary?

RESOURCES

Earth’s Features Diagram

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.

Gachuzee 12/21/19 Gachuzee 12/21/19

Winter Break Xtra Credit Opportunities

Work alone or in pairs. Follow instructions exactly. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS EXACTLY!!!

Rock Candy (Cementation) - Requires 5 Days

Digital Botanists: Plant Explorers

by Sunday 1/5 via Google Classroom. No exceptions.

Gachuzee 12/20/19 Gachuzee 12/20/19

Plate Tectonics: StopMotion Animation (Day 2 of 2)

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CW/HW: Make StopMotion Animation parts for (1) divergent, (2) convergent, (3) subduction, and (4) transform boundaries. Due Monday, 1/6, via Google Classroom.
DN: Continue working on stop-motion animation.

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now by following directions.

30min Students finish Plate Tectonics StopMotion Animation that includes scenes (1) Showing divergent plates and convection currents in the magma/mantle. (2) Showing a mountain forming where convergent plates meet with corresponding currents in the magma/mantle. (3) Showing an active volcano at convergent boundary with subduction and convection corresponding currents in the magma/mantle. (4) An aerial view of a transform plate boundary.

5min Turn in animation via Google Classroom.

5min Clean up. Wrap up.

Gachuzee 12/19/19 Gachuzee 12/19/19

Plate Tectonics: StopMotion Animation (Day 1 of 2)

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CW/HW: Make StopMotion Animation parts for (1) divergent, (2) convergent, (3) subduction, and (4) transform boundaries.
DN: Stand at the back with all your items.
Reminders: Bring your own technology with StopMotion Studio app.

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now by following directions.

5min New table groups are assigned.

10min Plate Tectonics StopMotion Animation explained in detail. (1) Showing divergent plates and convection currents in the magma/mantle. (2) Showing a mountain forming where convergent plates meet with corresponding currents in the magma/mantle. (3) Showing an active volcano at convergent boundary with subduction and convection corresponding currents in the magma/mantle. (4) An aerial view of a transform plate boundary.

20min Students divide up work and focus on creating the parts for their stopmotion animations.

5min Clean up. Wrap up.

Gachuzee 12/18/19 Gachuzee 12/18/19

Quiz: Rock Cycle

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CW: Video notes.
DN: What is cementation?
Reminder: Xtra credit opportunities over the break.