January 6 -- January 10

Monday, January 6

Why do volcanoes appear by themselves in the middle of tectonic plates?

-Good Things

-Warmup

-Social Contract Grafitti 

-Mid-Unit Review

Tuesday, January 7

Why do volcanoes appear by themselves in the middle of tectonic plates?

-Warmup

-Anchor Video

-Tea Candle/Plate Motion Lab

Wednesday, January 8

Why do volcanoes appear by themselves in the middle of tectonic plates?

-Warmup

-Whiteboard Discussion

-Definitions

Thursday, January 9

Why do volcanoes appear by themselves in the middle of tectonic plates?

-Warmup

-Definitions

-Summary Table

-Caldera Formation Frequency

Friday, January 10

Why do volcanoes appear by themselves in the middle of tectonic plates?

-Warmup

-Revisit Pretest

-Mid-Unit Review

NGSS Connections

Science and Engineering Practices

Developing and Using Models

• Develop and use a model to describe phenomena. (MS-ESS2-1)

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

• Construct a scientific explanation based on valid and reliable evidence obtained from sources (including the students’ own experiments) and the assumption that theories and laws that describe nature operate today as they did in the past and will continue to do so in the future.      (MS-ESS2-2)

NOS: Scientific Knowledge is Open to Revision in Light of New Evidence

• Scientific findings are frequently revised and/or reinterpreted based on new evidence. (MS-ESS2-3)

Disciplinary Core Ideas

ESS2.A: Earth’s Materials and Systems

• All Earth processes are the result of energy flowing and matter cycling within and among the planet’s systems. This energy is derived from the sun and Earth’s hot interior. The energy that flows and matter that cycles produce chemical and physical changes in Earth’s materials and living organisms. (MS-ESS2-1)

• The planet’s systems interact over scales that range from microscopic to global in size, and they operate over fractions of a second to billions of years. These interactions have shaped Earth’s history and will determine its future. (MS-ESS2-2)

ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions

• Maps of ancient land and water patterns, based on investigations of rocks and fossils, make clear how Earth’s plates have moved great distances, collided, and spread apart.              (MS-ESS2-3)

Crosscutting Concepts

Scale, Proportion and Quantity

• Time, space, and energy phenomena can be observed at various scales using models to study systems that are too large or too small.             (MS-ESS2-2)

Patterns

• Patterns in rates of change and other numerical relationships can provide information about natural systems.               (MS-ESS2-3)