Teacher S Name: Sharon Sutherlandweek 0F: March 26, 2012

2011-2012 LESSON “SNAPSHOT”

Teacher’s Name: Sharon SutherlandWeek 0f: March 26, 2012

Course Title and Periods Taught: Earth Science, 3rdUnit Title: Rock Cycle/Plate Tectonics

List daily lesson topic and Depth of Knowledge: / List learning target
(related to Core Academic Standard): / Briefly outline daily lesson activities/agenda:
Monday
Lesson Topic: Rock Cycle
Critical Vocab: mineral, crystal, luster, hardness, cleavage, fracture, streak, specific gravity lava, igneous rock, partial metling, intrusive and extrusive rocks, texture, sediment, lithification, bedding, foliated, nonfoliated, metamorphism, rock cycle / I can…
Define a mineral
Describe how minerals form
Classify minerals according to their physical and chemical properties
Summarize igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock formation
Compare and contrast the types of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock / Procedure:
BR: Name the processes involved in making sedimentary rocks. Discuss what happens in each process. (use your notes to prepare your answer)
Film: All About Rocks
PPT Lecture: Metamorphic Rocks
Individual Activity: Create your own Rock Cycle (Use diagram on page 151 as a guide)
Study Guide: Prepare your answers using your notes and book
Tuesday
Lesson Topic: Rock Cycle
Critical Vocab: mineral, crystal, luster, hardness, cleavage, fracture, streak, specific gravity lava, igneous rock, partial metling, intrusive and extrusive rocks, texture, sediment, lithification, bedding, foliated, nonfoliated, metamorphism, rock cycle / I can…
Define a mineral
Describe how minerals form
Classify minerals according to their physical and chemical properties
Summarize igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock formation
Compare and contrast the types of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock / Procedure:
BR: Differentiate between foliated and nonfoliated metamorphic rocks.
Individual Activity: Create Rock Cycle
Study Guide: Prepare answers
Conference: Go over rock cycle, study guide and current grade with Mrs. S
Wednesday
Lesson Topic: Rock Cycle
Critical Vocab: mineral, crystal, luster, hardness, cleavage, fracture, streak, specific gravity lava, igneous rock, partial metling, intrusive and extrusive rocks, texture, sediment, lithification, bedding, foliated, nonfoliated, metamorphism, rock cycle / I can…
Define a mineral
Describe how minerals form
Classify minerals according to their physical and chemical properties
Summarize igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock formation
Compare and contrast the types of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock / Procedure:
BR: Differentiate between foliated and nonfoliated metamorphic rocks.
Individual Activity: Create Rock Cycle
Study Guide: Prepare answers
Conference: Go over rock cycle, study guide and current grade with Mrs. S
Thursday
Lesson Topic: The Rock Cycle
Critical Vocab:mineral, crystal, luster, hardness, cleavage, fracture, streak, specific gravity lava, igneous rock, partial metling, intrusive and extrusive rocks, texture, sediment, lithification, bedding, foliated, nonfoliated, metamorphism, rock cycle / I can…
Define a mineral
Describe how minerals form
Classify minerals according to their physical and chemical properties
Summarize igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock formation
Compare and contrast the types of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock / Procedure:
Rock Cycle Quiz
Prepare Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Table
Friday
Lesson Topic: Plate Tectonics
Critical Vocab: Continental drift,
Pangaea,Magnetometer, Magnetic reversal, Paleomagnetism, Isochron, Seafloor spreading, Tectonic plate, Divergent boundary,
Rift valley, Convergent boundary
Subduction, Transform boundary, Ridge push, Slab pull / I can…
Identify the lines of evidence that led Wegener to support that the Earth’s continents have moved.
Discuss how evidence of ancient climates supported continental drift.
Explain why continental drift was not accepted when it was first proposed. / Procedure:
Go over Rock Cycle Quiz
Prepare Plate Tectonics vocabulary table
Start Plate Tectonics notes if time permits

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