MiniLab: Chopsticks Skills
HW: Study for your quiz.
CW: Complete the Chopsticks Skill MiniLab write up. (Chart/Trendline, Identify the variables & constants, Analysis, Prediction for 11min, and Hypothesis.)
DN: What evidence do we have for continental drift?
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HW: Study for your quiz.
CW: Complete the Chopsticks Skill MiniLab write up. (Chart/Trendline, Identify the variables & constants, Analysis, Prediction for 11min, and Hypothesis.)
DN: What evidence do we have for continental drift?
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Example Data for Chopsticks Skills MiniLab
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
5min Teacher outlines the procedures for the MiniLab and randomly selects participants.
5min Class identifies variables and develops hypothesis
10-15min Trials 1-4 are carried on while students record data. (While waiting, students should start labeling chart and entering numbers into a spreadsheet to determine averages.)
5min Students plot the data and add a trendline. Students make a prediction for 11min.
5min Students complete the MiniLab report.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
AIM: Students perform an experiment to collect, analyze, and interpret the data.
Plate Tectonics: Ancient Earthquakes
CW: Complete Ancient Earthquakes 365 Handout.
DN: Take handout and read text from Roman historian Ammianus Macellinus.
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CW: Complete Ancient Earthquakes 365 Handout.
DN: Take handout and read text from Roman historian Ammianus Macellinus.
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Ancient Earthquakes 365 Handout
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
5min Review the events of the 365 earthquake based on historic accounts from people in Alexandria.
5min Brief explanation of earthquake waves.
10min> Determining Distance from Epicenter. Demonstration on using time gap between earthquake waves to determine distance. Students determine distances for other cities.
10min> Triangulation. Demonstration on how to use map key, a pen, and ruler/paper/compass/string to mark distances away from each city. The epicenter is where all the marks for every city intersect.
10min> Students finish answering questions on the handout.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Continental Drift: Cake Core Samples
CW: Cake Core Sampling Data via Schoology & CER Paragraph.
DN: A = Halloween; B = Free Candy; and C = Fun. Write CER Paragraph
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CW: Cake Core Sampling Data via Schoology & CER Paragraph.
DN: A = Halloween; B = Free Candy; and C = Fun. Write CER Paragraph
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Cake Core Sampling Data (via schoology)
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering question.
5min Clean and clear tables.
15min Core Sampling Activity. Students take core samples from the model (cake) and record their findings (ie Layer Color, Fossil Type & Location) into a shared spreadsheet via google classroom. [Sesame seed = Flower Fossil; Poppy Seeds = Seaweed Fossil; Chili Flake = Fish Fossil; and Raisin = Spider Fossil]
5min Class overviews evidence. Teacher double-checks findings.
10min Students use evidence to write a CER that provides evidence and reasoning for the land not being together in the past.
5min Students share CER paragraphs .
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Continental Drift: Modeling Evidence
CW: Signature and Pattern Papers
DN: Take out foldy-thing from day before.
EQ: What evidence supports that the continents have moved?
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CW: Signature and Pattern Papers
DN: Take out foldy-thing from day before.
EQ: What evidence supports that the continents have moved?
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Lesson Outline
5min Students complete the Do Now.
10min Ketchup Time.
15min Sign-Separate vs Separate-Sign Modeling Activity.
15min Separation Patterns Modeling Activity.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Continental Drift: Notes
CW/HW: Complete paragraph summary; margin questions, highlights, and foldy-thing handout (with notes, labels and color).
DN: Take note handout and make Foldy-Thing.
EQ: What evidence supports that the continents have moved?
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CW/HW: Complete paragraph summary; margin questions, highlights, and foldy-thing handout (with notes, labels and color).
DN: Take note handout and make Foldy-Thing.
EQ: What evidence supports that the continents have moved?
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Lesson Outline
5min Students complete the Do Now.
25min Continental Drift Notes with Foldy-Thing (notes on p47 and fold-thing p46).
10min Complete paragraph summaries, margin questions, etc. Share with class.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.