Montgomery County SCHOOLS 2011-2012

montgomery County SCHOOLS 2011-2012

Instructional GUIDE

Earth/environmental science

Standard
Focus
(With % of tested goal on EOG/EOC included) / Curriculum Designation
(Essential/
Important) / Learning Targets
(These are your big ideas/units of study)
Put in “I can” statements
What do students need to learn? / Differentiation
Strategies
What will we do if they don’t learn it?
What will we do if they already know it? / Integration Ideas
How will they learn it? / Assessment Strategies
How will you know if they have learned it?
What will we do if they don’t learn it? / Suggested Resources
(Weblinks, book room titles, novels, DPI resources, manipulatives/games) /
EEN1.1
EEN1.11
EEN1.1.2 / Important
Important / I can
· Describe earth’s motion in the solar system and galaxy.
· Describe the types of galaxies.
· Describe the types and formation of stars.
· Describe the differences between types of planets.
· Describe how planets and other objects move in a solar system.
· Use Kepler’s law to show planetary orbit.
· Describe the difference between relative motion, orbital motion, and rotation of planets.
· Describe the difference between precession, nutation, and barycenter.
· Describe how the Sun moves within the galaxy.
I can
· Describe how the movement of the Earth and moon causes daily, seasonal, and tidal changes.
· Describe/draw how the movement of Earth, moon, and sun affect the shape of Earth. / Peer tutoring
Provide teacher notes
Guided notes
Visual examples
Separate setting
Extended time
Shorten the assignment
Alternate higher level
assignment
Project choices
-written
- visual poster
- power point
- make diorama
Guided practice
Independent practice
Frayer model
KWL organizer

Graphic organizers

Vocabulary flash cards
Create crossword puzzle
Concept maps
Create timelines of
concepts
Draw advertisement
Make a mnemonic
device
Make 3 verse rap / Computer simulations
Teacher demos
Labs/activities:
Exploring
Orbits
Hubble Constant
Activity
Testing Kepler’s
Third Law
Space Events
Timeline
Constellation
research &
poster
Galaxy research
Flow chart for
life of star
Flow chart for
formation of
solar system
Mission to Mars
activity /

Wordsplash

Brainstorm

Graphic organizers

Peer check
KWL organizer
Vocabulary flash
cards
Bell ringers
Ticket out door
Teacher observation
of group activity

Lab performance

Lab report
Rubrics
Independent practice
One sentence
summary
Chain Notes
Quizzes
Portfolio
Multiple choice tests / Common Core Standards
DPI Support Materials

Text:

Text software
Text supplemental
materials
Computer lab
United Streaming
Videos
Ultimate Voyage
The Core (movie)
NASA
Supplemental texts
Activity books
Media center
Materials for labs
DiscoveryEducation.com
Standard
Focus
(With % of tested goal on EOG/EOC included) / Curriculum Designation
(Essential/
Important) / Learning Targets
(These are your big ideas/units of study)
Put in “I can” statements
What do students need to learn? / Differentiation
Strategies
What will we do if they don’t learn it?
What will we do if they already know it? / Integration Ideas
How will they learn it? / Assessment Strategies
How will you know if they have learned it?
What will we do if they don’t learn it? / Suggested Resources
(Weblinks, book room titles, novels, DPI resources, manipulatives/games)
EEN1.1.3
EEN1.14 / Important
Important / I can
· Describe the difference between nuclear fusion and nuclear fission.
· Explain how the sun produces energy.
· Describe the types of energy produce by the sun.
· Tell how energy flows from sun to Earth through space.
I can
· Describe how Earth’s tilt affect seasons and energy received.
· Describe how/why water and land areas heat differently.
· Describe how solar energy is used by plants.
· Describe how the Earth’s magnetic field protects the planet from harmful radiation.
· Describe how incoming solar energy benefits life on Earth. / Peer tutoring
Provide teacher notes
Guided notes
Visual examples
Separate setting
Extended time
Shorten the assignment
Alternate higher level
assignment
Project choices
-written
- visual poster
- power point
- make diorama
Guided practice
Independent practice
Frayer model
KWL organizer

Graphic organizers

Wordsplash

Brainstorm

Graphic organizers

Peer check
KWL organizer
Vocabulary flash
cards
Bell ringers
Ticket out door
Teacher observation
of group activity

Lab performance

Lab report
Rubrics
Independent practice
One sentence
summary
Chain Notes
Quizzes
Portfolio
Multiple choice tests / Common Core Standards
DPI Support Materials

Text

Text software
Text supplemental
materials
Computer lab
United Streaming
Videos
MP: Patterns in the Air
2012
Supplemental texts
Activity books
Media center
Materials for labs
DiscoveryEducation.com
Standard
Focus
(With % of tested goal on EOG/EOC included) / Curriculum Designation
(Essential/
Important) / Learning Targets
(These are your big ideas/units of study)
Put in “I can” statements
What do students need to learn? / Differentiation
Strategies
What will we do if they don’t learn it?
What will we do if they already know it? / Integration Ideas
How will they learn it? / Assessment Strategies
How will you know if they have learned it?
What will we do if they don’t learn it? / Suggested Resources
(Weblinks, book room titles, novels, DPI resources, manipulatives/games)
EEN2.1
EEN2.1.1 / Essential / I can
· Describe the processes of rock cycle.
· Use a rock cycle diagram to show how different rock types can be formed.
· Describe how convection currents within magma move Earth’s plates.
· Differentiate between the types of plate boundaries.
· Compare the type of plate boundaries with the type of geological formation created.
· Explain the difference between magma and lava.
· Describe how volcanoes can affect can change the lithosphere.
· Describe the difference between epicenter and focal point of an earthquake.
· Compare plate boundary type with destruction of earthquake.
· Explain how wave type determines magnitude of earthquakes.
· Create a timeline naming major geological events in North Carolina.
· Explain how change in sea level affects landforms. / Peer tutoring
Provide teacher notes
Guided notes
Visual examples
Separate setting
Extended time
Shorten the assignment
Alternate higher level
assignment
Project choices
-written
- visual poster
- power point
- make diorama
Guided practice
Independent practice
Frayer model
KWL organizer

Graphic organizers

Vocabulary flash
cards
Create crossword puzzle
Concept maps
Create timelines of
concepts
Draw advertisement
Make a mnemonic
device
Make 3 verse rap / Computer simulations
Teacher demos
Labs/activities:
Label plate
boundary
diagrams
Crystal systems
Lab
Mineral Ident-
ification lab
Graphing lava
flow
Locating active
volcanoes lab
Plate tectonics of
North America
“Going their
separate ways”
activity
Plate boundaries
concept map
Locating
patterns of
earthquake and
volcano
distribution
Oreo cookie lab
Modeling
seismic waves /

Wordsplash

Brainstorm

Graphic organizers

Peer check
KWL organizer
Vocabulary flash
cards
Bell ringers
Ticket out door
Teacher observation
of group activity

Lab performance

Lab report
Rubrics
Independent practice
One sentence
summary
Chain Notes
Quizzes
Portfolio
Multiple choice tests / Common Core Standards
DPI Support Materials

Text

Text software
Text supplemental
materials
Computer lab
United Streaming
Videos
Planet Earth: Living
Machine
NG: Splendid Stones
Supplemental texts
Activity books
Media center
Materials for labs
DiscoveryEducation.com
Standard
Focus
(With % of tested goal on EOG/EOC included) / Curriculum Designation
(Essential/
Important) / Learning Targets
(These are your big ideas/units of study)
Put in “I can” statements
What do students need to learn? / Differentiation
Strategies
What will we do if they don’t learn it?
What will we do if they already know it? / Integration Ideas
How will they learn it? / Assessment Strategies
How will you know if they have learned it?
What will we do if they don’t learn it? / Suggested Resources
(Weblinks, book room titles, novels, DPI resources, manipulatives/games)
EEN2.1.2
EEN2.1.3
EEN2.1.4 / Essential
Important
Important / I can
· Locate volcanoes, earthquakes, and faults using soil, geologic, and topographic maps.
· Use soil, geologic, and topographic maps to predict possible future events.
I can
· Describe weathering processes and how they relate to soil formation.
· Describe the difference between chemical and physical weathering.
· Describe how climate, topography, and rock composition affect weathering.
· Describe how landforms are effected by water, wind, ice, and gravity erosion.
I can
· Identify areas that would be a high risk for building development.
· Describe basic safety factors for types of natural phenomena. / Peer tutoring
Provide teacher notes
Guided notes
Visual examples
Separate setting
Extended time
Shorten the assignment
Alternate higher level
assignment
Project choices
-written
- visual poster
- power point
- make diorama
Guided practice
Independent practice
Frayer model
KWL organizer

Graphic organizers

Vocabulary flash
cards
Create crossword puzzle
Concept maps
Create timelines of
concepts
Draw advertisement
Make a mnemonic
device
Make 3 verse rap / Teacher demos
Labs/activities:
Earthquake
zones lab
Locating an
Earthquake lab Patterns of
Magnetic
Polarity
reversals
Rock correlation
lab
Natural
phenomenon
project
Comparing
agents of
erosion
Making a Map
profile
Similarities/dif-
ferences of mass
movements
Chemical
weathering &
temperature lab
Soil profile lab /

Wordsplash

Brainstorm

Graphic organizers

Peer check
KWL organizer
Vocabulary flash
cards
Bell ringers
Ticket out door
Teacher observation
of group activity

Lab performance

Lab report
Rubrics
Independent practice
One sentence
summary
Chain Notes
Quizzes
Portfolio
Multiple choice tests / Common Core
Standards
DPI Curriculum
Support Materials

Text

Text software
Text supplemental
materials
Computer lab
United Streaming
Videos
NG: Mysteries
Underground
RD: Riddles of Sand &
Ice
Supplemental texts
Activity books
Media center
Materials for labs
DiscoveryEducation.com
Standard
Focus
(With % of tested goal on EOG/EOC included) / Curriculum Designation
(Essential/
Important) / Learning Targets
(These are your big ideas/units of study)
Put in “I can” statements
What do students need to learn? / Differentiation
Strategies
What will we do if they don’t learn it?
What will we do if they already know it? / Integration Ideas
How will they learn it? / Assessment Strategies
How will you know if they have learned it?
What will we do if they don’t learn it? / Suggested Resources
(Weblinks, book room titles, novels, DPI resources, manipulatives/games)
EEN2.2
EEN2.2.1
EEN2.2.2 / Essential
Essential / I can
· Explain the need for various types of land uses.
· Explain the consequences of various types of land use.
· Lists ways that humans can conserve natural resources.
· Explain how development and man made objects affect shorelines.
· Explain how development and man made objects affect mountainous areas.
I can
· Explain the methods for obtaining the different types of nonrenewable resources.
· Describe the effects of obtaining nonrenewable resources on the environment. / Peer tutoring
Provide teacher notes
Guided notes
Visual examples
Separate setting
Extended time
Shorten the assignment
Alternate higher level
assignment
Project choices
-written
- visual poster
- power point
- make diorama
Guided practice
Independent practice
Frayer model
KWL organizer

Graphic organizers

Vocabulary flash
cards
Create crossword puzzle
Concept maps
Create timelines of
concepts
Draw advertisement
Make a mnemonic
device
Make 3 verse rap / Computer simulations
Teacher demos
Labs/activities:
Chocolate chip
mining lab
Jigsaw nonre-newable resources activity
Shoreline
erosion lab
Gone with the
water activity
Salinization of
Soils lab /

Wordsplash

Brainstorm

Graphic organizers

Peer check
KWL organizer
Vocabulary flash
cards
Bell ringers
Ticket out door
Teacher observation
of group activity

Lab performance

Lab report
Rubrics
Independent practice
One sentence
summary
Chain Notes
Quizzes
Portfolio
Multiple choice tests / Common Core
Standards
DPI Curriculum
Support Materials

Text

Text software
Text supplemental
materials
Computer lab
United Streaming
Videos
NG: Katrina
Supplemental texts
Activity books
Media center
Materials for labs
DiscoveryEducation.com
Standard
Focus
(With % of tested goal on EOG/EOC included) / Curriculum Designation
(Essential/
Important) / Learning Targets
(These are your big ideas/units of study)
Put in “I can” statements
What do students need to learn? / Differentiation
Strategies
What will we do if they don’t learn it?
What will we do if they already know it? / Integration Ideas
How will they learn it? / Assessment Strategies
How will you know if they have learned it?
What will we do if they don’t learn it? / Suggested Resources
(Weblinks, book room titles, novels, DPI resources, manipulatives/games)
EEN2.3
EEN2.3.1
EEN2.3.2 / Essential
Essential / I can
· Describe how density of ocean water is affected by temperature.
· Describe how ocean currents distribute heat from equator to poles.
· Describe the difference between climates near water and climate inland.
I can
· Draw a diagram of the water cycle showing processes of evaporation and infiltration.
· Explain the difference between river basins, aquifers, and watersheds.
· Explain how flood event is affected by groundwater levels. / Peer tutoring
Provide teacher notes
Guided notes
Visual examples
Separate setting
Extended time
Shorten the assignment
Alternate higher level
assignment
Project choices
-written
- visual poster
- power point
- make diorama
Guided practice
Independent practice
Frayer model
KWL organizer

Graphic organizers

Vocabulary flash
cards
Create crossword puzzle
Concept maps
Create timelines of
concepts
Draw advertisement
Make a mnemonic
device
Make 3 verse rap / Computer simulations
Teacher demos
Labs/activities:
How does
temperature
affect the
density of a
fluid? lab
Draw & label water cycle & processes
Artesian well
problem
solving lab /

Wordsplash

Brainstorm

Graphic organizers

Peer check
KWL organizer
Vocabulary flash
cards
Bell ringers
Ticket out door
Teacher observation
of group activity

Lab performance

Lab report
Rubrics
Independent practice
One sentence
summary
Chain Notes
Quizzes
Portfolio
Multiple choice tests / Common Core
Standards
DPI Curriculum
Support Materials

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