7th Grade Unwrapped Standards – Erosion and Deposition
Core Standard:7.2 Interaction and Change: The components and processes within a system interact.
Content Standard:
7.2E.4 Explain how landforms change over time at various rates in terms of constructive and
destructive forces.
Concepts (The Nouns):
Erosion deposition
Soil profile horizons
Weathering permeable
Abrasion runoff
Oxidation litter
Creep slump
Mudflow landslide
Delta alluvial fan
Sediments glaciers
Rills meanders
Plucking tributary / Skill (The Verbs):
Identify
Explain
Describe
Compare and contrast
Evaluate
Analyze
Graph
Model (demonstarte)
Observe
Knowledge and Skills: K=Knowledge R= Reasoning PS=Performance Skills:
K: Explain how soil is formed.
K: Describe how different forces of erosion change landforms.
K: Describe the various types of gravity caused mass movements.
R: Compare and contrast evidence of constructive and destructive landform change.
R: Evaluate the effects of modifications to erosion systems.
R: Analyze the effects of various manmade changes to systems involving landform change.
PS: Demonstrate how modifications to a system can result in different erosion and
Deposition outcomes.
Student Friendly Learning Targets:
I can explain how soil is formed.
I can describe the differences between the various types of mass movements.
I can explain why forces erode some materials and deposit others.
I can show why the slope of the land effects erosion.
I can predict how modifications can effect the results of erosion and deposition.
Where they have been – Where they are going:
Where they have been:
4.2E.1 Compare and contrast the changes in the surface of the Earth that are due to slow
and rapid processess.
Where are they going:
8.2P.2 Explain how energy is transferred and conserved.
8.2E.4 Analyze evidence for geologic, climatic, environmental, and life form changes over
time.
Other 7th grade ODE related standards:
7.2E.2 Describe the composition of Erath's atmosphere how it changed over time, and
implications for the future.
7.2E.1 Describe and evaluate the environmental and societal effects of obtaining, using,
and managing waste of renewable and non-renewable resources.
7.2E.3 Evaluate natural processes and human activities that effect global environmental
change and suggest and evaluate possible solutions to problems.
AAAS Benchmark Connection:
Cross-Curricular Learning Targets or Activities :
Unit Activities:
Day 1:Lecture 1 Introduction to Lanform Change
Assignment: "Weathering" worksheet/practice & textbook reading
Day 2:Powerpoint: Weathering
Discuss, and continue previous assignment
Day 3:Lecture 2 Soil Formation and Identification
Discuss, Assignment: "Soil" worksheet & textbook reading
Day 4:Lab #1: Weathering
In between parts 1 and 2 of lab, show Bill Nye video, "Rocks and Soil"
Day 5:Complete Lab #1
Video: Assignment Discovery – Landslides! Part 1
Assignment: "Gravity" worksheet/practice & textbook reading
Day 6:Video: Assignment Discovery – Landslides! Part 2
Lab #2: Soil
Day 7: Assessment on Weathering and Soil.
Day 8:Lecture 3 Erosional Forces: Gravity Mass Movements
Assignment: "Gravity" worksheet/practice & textbook reading
Day 9:Lecture 4 Wind Erosion Discussion
Assignment: "Wind Erosion" worksheet/practice & textbook reading
Day 10:Powerpoint: Glaciers
Assignment: "Glaciers" worksheet/practice & textbook reading
Day 11:Possible Video: NOVA – Extreme Ice
Demonstration of glacier movement. Draw and label features.
continued
Day 12:Powerpoint: Surface/running Water
Assignment: "Surface Water" worksheet/practice& textbook reading
Day 13:Video: Bill Nye "Rivers"
Lab #3: Stream Table Erosion
Day 14:Powerpoint: Groundwater
Assignment: "Groundwater" worksheet?practice & textbook reading
Day 15:Internet Lab
Day 16:Lecture 5 Ocean Currents and Shoreline Erosion
Assignment:
Video: Bill Nye "Ocean Currents"
Day 17:RAFT Assignment: Summarize What You Have Learned
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Day 20:Final Assessment: Basketball Court Problem
Analyzing case studies in erosion