Lesson Plans for the Rock Cycle Review, Layers of The Earth, and Plate Tectonics

Rock Cycle Review – extra resources for those of you who need more practice, since we are only reviewing it in class:

1. Quizlet: (there’s an underlined part before the 2 in the link)

2. Go to the following website for more review of the rock cycle, as needed:

The speaker has a Scottish accent, click on “subtitles” if you do not understand his speech.

Vocab for Latin/Greek/Other Doc we made in class: Litho, asthenia, meso, ex (as in extrusive), in (as in intrusive)

Vocab – entire words: Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary. (check out more in the Quizlet at the top of this page – “Mr. C’s MACAT Approved – Rock Cycle”)

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  1. Organize Binders

Remove: Seasons, Orbits, Planets info + shark measurements + Temperature Tips.

Keep: Syllabus, everything about lab safety and scientific method (Labs section), “Spheres of the Earth” hand-written concept map

  1. Use Chromebooks to create “Weather Vocab”

Include images and definitions

Use the following words to start: 1. Urban Heat Island, 2. El Nino (get maps of the warmer temps it brings to Michigan and the absolute misery is creates in the Pacific between South America and Asia/Australia), 3. Low Pressure System (CCW, Tends to bring precip), 4.Jet Stream (Moves cold, dry air from Canada to usand moves Warm, wet air from Gulf of Mexico to us, and makes most weather travel generally from West to East across the US.).

  1. Use Chromebooks to Create “Latin/Greek/Other Vocab”

Use the following words to start: 1.A, 2. Peri, 3. Mensis, 4. Bio, 5. Helios, 6. Ellipse, 7. Ex, 8. In, 9. Meso

  1. Complete “CLASSZONE – ROCK CYCLE” – Due tomorrow (is available on my site)

11 Oct:DUE: “CLASSZONE – ROCK CYCLE”

  1. Give credit and discuss “Classzone – Rock Cycle” while all papers are being returned
  2. Complete “Interactive Rock Cycle Internet Activity” in class
  3. Complete the 3.1-3.2 RSGs – examples of each type of diagram are in back of RSG, pp. 159-161.
  4. Play the rock cycle games and review questions on the back of yesterday’s work and/or use the Quizlet at the top of this page in any time you have left.

12 Oct: CLASSWORK, Part 1: Watch Bill Nye “Earth’s Crust” (E.E.) to prepare for our next topic – Earth’s Layers”. Complete the “Know/New “ worksheet that goes with the movie. Discuss your choices in your groups of 3-4 when movie is done.

CLASSWORK, Part 2: Complete and discuss the movie-based quiz on back of “Know/New” sheet.

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK: Complete the 3.4 & 5.1 RSGs (yes, 5.1)

13-14 Oct: CLASSWORK: Begin Layers of the Earth Foldable. Items to add to the foldable, other than those on the list:

  1. Amorphous solid (show video ofnon-Newtonian fluid (oobleck):
  2. Origins and importance of earth’s magnetic field
  3. Heat source for convection currents in outer core

HOMEWORK: Read “Why Was the Earth So Hot?” (E.E.) and answer the questions. On the back of the worksheet, define Asteroid, Meteor (Meteoroid), Meteorite. Also define “Comet”.

Video –Hueco Tanks and Shiprock (Google images) – intrusive igneous rocks formations that were uncovered by erosion.

Devil’s Tower – google image search – volcanic tube rock formation

Vocab: Lith, tectonic, aster, oid, meteor, uniform

17 Oct: Mon – Hand out conference info. Return and discuss prec vs. accuracy lab. Work on projects

CALKINS, MACAT SCIENCE - Sub Plans for 18 Oct 2016

Hi,

If these plans start to go off the rails, feel free to call me in the office at 37102 or 37103. I’d rather have you do that than come back to a problem!

SEATING CHARTS: You will find the seating charts on this table. They should match where the students are to sit, but I do let kids move around a bit when they are working.

MISBEHAVIOR: Please let me know if there is any trouble, and be specific about which students are causing that trouble. Don’t be shy about writing up a referral for totally inappropriate behavior (doesn’t happen often in here, but if you see it, it helps to have you write it up). Since I’m the admin team today, you can send them to me as needed.

ANSWER KEYS: If there is an issue with the “Why Was the Earth so Hot” sheet, there are about 18 copies of the key on this desk. Please make sure to get them back from the kids. There isn’t an answer sheet for the “Checkoff Sheet for Grading Layers of the Earth Project”, since their project is supposed to be the answer sheet when it is completed.

LESSON PLANS: Students have the exact plans you see below, since they picked them up on the way into class.

18 Oct:

Due: Project is due tomorrow, should be done when you leave today.

Classwork, Part 1: Complete “Why Was the Earth so Hot?” fill-in-the-blank article and the related questions on the back. Pay attention to the vocab, since you will be responsible for knowing all of it in the future.

Define: silica – not looking for its Latin or Greek meaning, just what is silica and where is it found? Put it in your notes or on the “Why Was the Earth so Hot?” article sheet.

Classwork, Part 2: Use the “Checkoff Sheet for Grading Layers of the Earth Project” to upgrade your project and get it ready for tomorrow. If you want to review, try to fill out the blanks on the project sheet as you go along.

Classwork/Homework: If you have not yet completed the questions about the project that are on the back of the previous set of lesson plans, get to work! They are not anywhere online because I don’t have an electronic version of them.

19 Oct: Log: Why is the iron-nickel core, which also contains many other heavy metals, at the center of the earth? Why is the largely granite (granitic) continental crust, which contains mostly oxygen, silicon, and aluminum, the farthest layer from the center of the earth?

Due: Project is due

Classwork: Exchange and check the projects in class, using the “Checkoff Sheet for Grading Layers of the Earth Project” as our guide.

20 Oct: Review day - Extra Resources

1. Earth layers interactive:

2. Convection currents lessons – interactive, but 1st video didn’t work on my computer, all the rest of it was very good.

3. Structure of the earth interactive:

4. The magnetosphere and earth’s protection from solar wind explained (menu on left side of page, also video clips embedded in pages of this interactive):

5. Origins of earth’s magnetic field, how it is losing power, what it does to protect us from solar wind particles and what they could do to hurt us if not blocked:

Layers of the Earth Project – additional questions/info to study.

  1. Why does the crust in the project have one layer under the ocean, but 2 layers where you see the continent?
  2. Why/how does the crust stay on top of the mantle?
  3. Where there are 2 layers of crust, why is the top layer above the layer below it?
  4. What type of rock is most commonly found in crust – granite, limestone, sandstone, or another type?
  5. Why isn’t there going to be sedimentary rock in the mantle?
  6. What does “lith” or “litho” mean?
  7. What does “aestheno” or “astheno” mean?
  8. Why is the core made of heavy metals like iron and nickel, plus other heavier metals such as uranium, lead and gold?
  9. Continents are made mostly of granite, and oceans floors are made mostly of basalt. Which is less dense – granite or basalt? How do you know? Look up and then use their densities to help in forming your response.
  10. Draw a picture of the earth’s magnetic field as it looks with the impact of the solar wind. Where does the magnetic field originate and why is it important to life on earth?
  11. Is the earth’s magnetic field changing? What could happen to us if it becomes very weak or stops working entirely?
  12. Complete the labelling of the model that will be handed out in class on the back of a page about the facts from the Bill Nye Video. (was the back of this page on 2016-17)
  1. Typed version of the questions from the back of the last set of lesson plans:
  1. The planet we call Earth has how many main layers? Write them in order from the center to the outside of the planet.
  2. Name the thickest layer. Name the thinnest layer. (see picture of chart from white board located below)

  1. Put the conversion factor from miles to km and/or km to miles on your foldable.
  2. Write four interesting facts about the Earth's crust.
  3. The crust and the upper layer of the mantle together make up a zone of rigid, brittle rock called the?
  4. Write three facts about the mantle.
  5. Name two metals found in the Earth's core. Are these higher or lower density metals?
  6. Why is the core solid if it is the hottest layer? How is that possible?
  1. Be sure to know the info from “Why was the earth so hot?” article, especially as it explains the heat source for the convection currents in the outer core.

Facts we learned from the Bill Nye Crust DVD

  1. Volcanoes occur where the plates are moving, especially if they are moving apart.
  2. Shifting tectonic plates cause earthquakes.
  3. Seismographs can be used to detect the strength of an earthquake.
  4. Earth has a 2800km wide solid core that blocks some earthquake waves. (The video is wrong here. It has a 2400 km wide solid inner core, and it has a liquid outer core that blocks some earthquake waves)
  5. If the earth was the size of an egg, the crust would be the thickness of an egg shell.
  6. The core is about 1500 degrees C and the mantle averages about 1200 degrees C, both of which are over 2,000 degrees F. (compare to your project)
  7. Volcanoes can have thick or thin magma/lava in them.
  8. Mt. St. Helen blew up due to the thick, sticky lava in it, and it blew up for many years in the early 1800’s. It will erupt again in the future.
  9. Lava running down the outside of volcanoes makes them thicker and bigger, but they can also get bigger by swelling – like a pimple.
  10. Geysers occur like volcanoes but erupt with steam heated under the earth, instead of magma/lava.
  11. The magma in the mantle is somewhat like corn syrup for thickness (viscosity)

26-32 - Diagram: Match the number on the diagram with the letters of the terms in the word bank below:

(I had to glue the picture on here. It’s the one from the start of the foldable)

Word Bank

a. Convection currents

b. Continental crust

c. Oceanic crust

d. Lithosphere

e. Mantle

ab. Inner core

ac. Outer core

21 Oct: Quiz on layers of the Earth. Read and answer questions about the “Billion Dollar Mission To Reach The Earth’s Mantle” article after the quiz.

24 Oct: Test make-ups. Go over the Precision vs. Accuracy issues regarding data. Discuss Billion Dollar Mission. Begin Plate Tectonics.

Plate Tec Unit – Add plate info to the previously completed worksheet: “Interactive Rock Cycle Internet Activity”