Day 1 September 4:Obj: Into to Earth Science
Obj: Getting to know each other
Student Activity (SA): Post card introductions.
PROLOGUE UNIT BEGINS
Day 2: Obj: Lab Safety
SA: Video and Lab Safety Cartoon Lab
Day 3: Obj: Branches of Earth Science
SA: Notes and predictions, quiz on various branches.
Day 4 : OBJ: How do we use tools to make observations on objects.
SA: Measurement Lab
TIme after Measurement Lab: Cyclic vs. NonCyclic Natural Events PPP
Students create a list of cyclic and non cyclic events
Day 5: Do Now: What are the Spheres of the Earth?
Lesson OBJ :Intro water displacement method
Importance of units
SA: Complete measurement lab
discuss variables
Assessment (AS): Google Form Intro Earth Science Quiz
Day 6: Observation Inference Lab
Introduce object: Define a good observer. Create inference based upon observations.
Students: Observation / Inference Lab
Assessment: Intro to Earth Science google form located on google classroom
Day 7-Obj: What are the qualities of Mass, Volume, and Density.
Demo: CO2 puts out a candle, density of air
SA: Density Lab
Day 8: Obj: How do we find the density of an object?
SA: Learn how to use the density formula.
Day 9: Obj: How do we find density by using a graph and the D=M/V formula?
SA:Density Formula Practice and Graphing density
AS: Quiz
Day 10:
Obj: What is the Rate of Change and how do we calculate it?
Formula : Change in field value / Time
SA : TIme you pulse activity.
Calculate the rate of change for that activity
Rate of Change Lab. Students will time themselves doing a repetitive activity such as jumping jacks. Their partner will time them and together they will calculate the rate of change for this activity.
AS: Google form Quiz:
DAY 11:
PROLOGUE EXAM
(Purposely not posted here, found in file cabinet)
Day 11 / double period:
Layers of the Earth Presentation and Student Work
LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE UNIT BEGINS
Day 12:
Obj: Intro to Latitude and Longitude
SA: Draw a globe with protractor.
Include and label lines of latitude and longitude.
Day 13: Obj: How do we find latitude and longitude on a map and globe?
SA: Latitude Longitude practice on paper and globe
on a simple map
n,e,s,w, drawn
N or S degrees, W or E degrees
plot points on a map
find coordinates on a map
Day 14: Obj: How do we further detail lines of lat and long? Latitude & longitude minutes introduced
SA: Draw latitude longitude grid over NYS map on ESRT
Practice finding minutes between degrees
Day 15: Obj: Use Latitude and longitude coordinates to locate an object on Earth.
SA: Where in the world is middletown ny Lab
Using Lat, long find coordinates of a point on a map
then find that location using the globe
AS: Google form quiz:
Day 16:
Obj: What is the Compostion of Earth's troposphere, hydrosphere, and crust?
SA: Use page 1 of ESRT to find info on the layers of the EARTH
Day 17: Obj: How are time zones separated on Earth?
Notes: Earth is 360 and takes 24 hours to rotate, therefore rotating 15* per hour.
Time zones
SA: calculate time based on longitude
AS: Worksheet
Day 18 : October 14
Obj: Earth is an Oblate Spheroid.
Notes:
Best model for Earth is a perfect sphere
Equitorial Diameter > Longitudinal Diameter.
Discuss Gravity. Where is the pull of gravity stronger?
SA: take a google form quiz "Earth's Properties"
in google classroom
Day 19: Obj: Polaris changes apparent position along the horizon as latitude changes.
Notes: Polaris
SA: Calculate the latitude of observer based upon the position of polaris.
DAY 20:
LATITUDE LONGITUDE MAPPING EXAM (purposely not posted here, in file cabinet)
CONTOUR Mapping UNIT BEGINS
Day 21:
Obj: Intro to Isolines
SA: Notes presentation
and practice drawing simple isolines.
Day 22: Obj: Learning how to interpolate points on a contour map when drawing isolines.
SA: Isoline Skill Sheet
Day 23: Obj: Practice, Practice, Practice Isolines
SA: ISOLINE OLYMPICS! and more map practice with isolines.
Day 24: Obj: Using the map Bullville Quadrangle to learn how to introduce basic skills of contour map reading
such as elevation, gradient, depression, river flow, and scales.
SA: Students interpret Bullville Quadrangle map to understand the various properties the maps shows.
Day 25: Complete Bullville Quad map and introduce Middletown Map Lab
SA: Revisit Bullville quad,
AS: Quiz on isolines: what do you remember.
Day 26: How do you calculate Gradient on a contour map?
Notes: Gradient video
SA: Students practice calculating gradient
Day 27: Obj: Practice with the Gradient Formula.
AS: Gradient Quiz
Day 28: How do we take the properties of contour maps that we learned and apply it to find features of our home town?
SA: Middletown Map Lab
Day 29: Complete Middletown Map Lab
For fun: Kahoot game on mapping
Day 30: How do you draw a profile map from a contour map?
SA: Notes on profiles, view 3D maps to understand a side view
Create a very simple profile map
Day 31: Obj: To practice drawing more complex profile maps
SA: Draw profiles
Day 32: Profile and Gradient Assessment
Day 33: Obj: To create your very own Contour map and draw a profile from it.
SA: Students are given large construction paper and creatively create a contour map of their dream island from which they create a profile map of the walk they would take on this island to go from their shelter to obtain water or food.
Day 34: MAPPING EXAM
Day 35: MAPPING EXAM TEST CORRECTIONS
MINERAL UNIT INTRODUCED
Day 36: Obj: What are the various properties of minerals?
SA: Notes on cleavage, fracture, luster, streak, Moh's hardness scale, uses of minerals.
Day 37: How do we use the ESRT to find various properties of minerals?
SA: Mineral lab 1
Day 38: Obj: To make observations on the 50 minerals from Switzerland in my personal mineral collection. To understand that color is not a dominate property for identifying minerals
SA: 50 minerals placed carefully around the room. Students learn how to handle minerals, learn to write observations on minerals.
Day 39: To observe various properties of minerals to identify what mineral it is.
SA: Mineral Lab
Mineral Wrap Up (Day 39 1/2)
Complete Mineral Lab
Day 40: To review for the quarterly
Kahoot, review sheets, power point, google forms all to aid review
Day 41: More quarterly review:
SA: Various quick assessments are given to find student's weakness'. Teacher circulates the room giving
students individual worksheets that are selected for what topics they personally need more help in.
Day 42: QUARTERLY
ROCK UNIT INTRODUCED
Day 43: Intro to rocks and the rock cycle
Intro to Rocks
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
SA: Notes on rocks and draw the rock cycle in colored pencils.
videos to accompany drawing
Day 44: Obj: To understand how one rock transforms into another rock and how rocks are created
SA: Rock cycle webquest
Day 45
Write an Essay: My Life as a Rock
Day 46
Rock Lab #1
(On paper in lab cabinet)
Day 47
Rock Lab #2
Day 48
Rock Regents Question Practice
Rock & Mineral Regents Questions
Day 49
Identify the Rock power point
Day 50
Rock Exam (Printed in Cabinet, purposely not included on this site
PLATE TECTONICS
Day 51: 11/28
Intro to Plate Tectonics
Obj: Where are the earthquakes and volcanoes located on earth?
Do Now: Label East and West on your map
Student Activity: Plot Earthquakes and Volcanoes Lab
Assessment: Is there a pattern? Why is there a pattern?
Conclusion of Lesson: EARTHQUAKES OCCUR ON FAULT ZONES
Day 52 (12/4);
Obj: Students learn 5 proofs of plate tectonics and of Alfred Wegner's theory.
Student Activity: Continents Lab: Students cut out continents and glue them together on paper.
Fossils, glacial striations, and rock layers are matched.
Questions are answered regarding the sequential events of plate movement, volcanoes, earthquakes, and mountain building.
Assessment: Ability for students to properly match continents and list the proofs of plate tectonics.
Day 54 (12/5):
Obj: To introduce the 3 different types of plate boundaries.
To relate the plate boundaries to real life earthquake events.
Do Now: Recall: Where do earthquakes occur? Fault Zones
Mini Lesson: 3 different types of plate boundaries
Student Activity: Students draw 3 types of plate boundaries.
Photos shown on power point
Skill Sheet 1 plate dynamics
Assessment: Skill Sheet comprehension
Day 54 (double)
Student Objective: Interpret pg 10 of ESRT, Earth's Interior. Understand that the Earth's interior is the driving force behind plate movement.
Student Demo: Pieces of paper in a boiler, showing convection.
Also Aquarium Plate movement, double holed stopper, red paint, ice cubes.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pqoVFGXfe56uwVym6uH_s1u0-FgQZ0lMyGLfByk4nsE/edit
*Change of Plans due to Fire Drill on 12/5
(Not enough time in the week to do P&S waves and Epicenter Lab. These 2 learning objectives should be covered in the same week to better aid fluidity and student recollection)
Extra Day of Plate Boundaries added.
Student Objective: Practice creating the different types of plate boundaries.
Activity: Students will manipulate an oreo cookie to demonstrate, observe, and draw the various plate boundaries. This activity will promote student collaboration.
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR4-n9XKNSY
Student Work:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zs7r4HLw_8ea0euqNIWN_G2YnR2teVCL6dv8XjhatJY/edit#
Fault,
Divergent Plate Boundary: Mid Ocean Ridge
Transform Plate Boundary: Stress and Earth Quake
Continental/ Oceanic Plate Boundary: Mountains, Trench, Subduction Zone
Continental / Continental Plate Boundary: Mountains, Volcanoes
Student Assessment: Students will display ability to interpret their cookie models and transfer this knowledge onto regents questions about plate boundaries.
Day 55 (12/6):
Objective: How do we use the P & S wave chart to find the distance from an earthquake?
Do Now: What are the 3 different types of plate boundaries?
Demonstration: Slinky to show P and S waves
Students note: which one travels faster?
Student Activity: Use the P&S wave chart to understand P&S waves.
Day 56 (12/7): Objective: To be able to use the P&S wave chart to find distance as well as arrival time of P & S waves.
Do Now: Find the distance of an epicenter when the time difference is 3 minutes.
Mini Lesson: Power Point on P & S wave chart.
Student Activity: Practice Questions on P & S wave chart
Day 57: (12/8) Objective: Students will practice their skill with the P & S wave chart.
Do Now: P & S wave chart practice
Assessment: Quiz assessing:
Fault Zones and Earthquakes
California is on a fault zone and earthquakes
Finding distance with given time difference on P & S wave chart
Why would Oregon receive P wave later
Find the time of P wave when given distance and time of S wave
Day 58-63 Dec 5-9
Day 64- 66 Dec 12-16
Day 67-71 Dec 19-23
Christmas Break
Day 72-75 Jan 3- 6
Jan 9-13
Jan17-20 Day 78-81 (Use Quarter 2 Review tab)
Jan 23 Day 78 (Use Quarter 2 review tab)
Quarterly review flashcards
Regents Week
Feb 2- 7
Monday:
Tuesday: Castle Learning Test with retake accessibility on Weathering and Erosion
Wednesday: History of Earth Introduced. Students color pg 8 and 9 of ESRT and learn the evolution of life on Earth. Humans have been here for 3 seconds if all of Earth History was a 24 hour day. Video showed and discussed.
Thursday: Earth History Time Travel Project
Friday: Earth History Time Travel Project Class Presentations.
Feb 6- 10 Day 84-88 (Use Earth History tab)
Feb 11- 14 Day 89-92 (Use Earth's History, Student Practice tab)
Monday: Relative Dating Notes on Fault Fold Intrusion
Tuesday: Relative Dating Lab: Reconstruct the geologic history of given outcrops (snow day)
Wednesday: Relative Dating Exam given to evaluate understanding of concepts (delay, i was absent due to illness)
Thursday: Relative Dating Notes
Feb 19-22 (oh the snow. Feb 19 early dismissal, feb 20 delay)
Let's try to make up.
Feb 19: SWBAT identify and understand a fault, fold, magma intrusion.
Feb 20: SWBAT identify and understand unconformities nd will begin to create the relative order of geologic events.
Feb 21: Students will practice placing geologic events in order.
Feb 25- March 2 (depending on snow make up speed)
Feb 25: SWBAT identify and understand an index fossil.
Feb 26: Rock Correlation with index fossils lab.
Access Prior Knowledge: Identify Fossils Slides Quiz
Students will identify index fossils provided.
They will create the geologic history of an area based on the information these fossils provide.
Lab is in metal filing cabinet in room.
Feb 27:
SWBAT Correlate Rock Layers using index fossils
Feb 28: SWBAT understand absolute dating
Note taking on Radioactive Dating
March 1:
Earth History Castle Learning Regents Exam: Full Period
2/21: Intro to Meteorology
Students do vocab description and drawing
Teacher: Presentation on Conduction, Convection, Radiation
Students: Figure out method of heat transfer worksheet
2/22: Students create a vocab slideshow about with meteorology vocab words
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g_VeV32-Q4px1jbaTB3-AZm61ZnTaUxGJyeB53ZODxQ/edit
2/23: Mini Lesson: Introduce Isotherm and Isobar
Explain briefly how temperature and pressure effect weather
Students: Lab
http://betterlesson.com/lesson/resource/3175812/isobar-isotherm-map-lab
2/24:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pfdVZU66v8KcgFX3cHVJ0X4p3RsLYsV8ciQULTBm914/edit
2/27-3/3 Meteorology: Dew Point / Isobars / Air Pressure
2/27:
Dew Point/ Relative Humidity Lab
2/28
DP and RH lab cont.
Dew Point / Relative Humidity quiz
students learn how to get data from
RH to use to find DP
3/1:
DP and RH lab cont.
Homework 6.1-6.1 in class
3/2
Layers of the Atmosphere
Goal: How do pressure and temperature change through the various layers of the atmosphere?
Interesting Question: What is a shooting star?
If it is -100 C (-148 F) in the mesosphere then how is it that this is the layers where meteors get so extremely hot that they burn up?
World Record Free-fall through atmosphere.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DF9y6RrwDm9lGL3th9Hasu-5ZRYz97kQnJhlJysCdqY/edit
3/3
SWBAT understand how to use an anemometer and understand
Isobars, pressure gradient, and wind patterns.
Students find the wind speed using an anemometer.
Students draw a map and place isobars to show strong and weak winds.
3/6
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17PlbhzpS_fAJl40-9IC-gPUHUt731NaSg11R76qI0vc/edit
3/7
Test Review: Air Pressure, anemometer, coriolis effect, dew point, relative humidity
3/8 Test
3/9 Test corrections, intro to station models
3/10 More Practice with station models
3/13-3/17
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1H0wo8ktE1pEcIUEuYWQpbN1gva6V7NUZ_v0qwXwVXP4/edit#slide=id.p4
3/20
3/21
3/22- 24