January 4 -- January 8

Monday, January 4

What causes volcanoes to form on Earth's surface?

-Social Contract

-Whiteboard Grafitti

-Mount Saint Helens Reading

Tuesday, January 5

What causes volcanoes to form on Earth's surface?

-Volcano Drawings

-Volcano Model

Wednesday, January 6

What causes volcanoes to form on Earth's surface?

-Volcano Models

-Summary Tables

Thursday, January 7

What causes volcanoes to form on Earth's surface?

-VolcaNow Activity

Friday, January 8

What causes volcanoes to form on Earth's surface?

-Volcano Models

-Summary Tables

NGSS Standards

Science and Engineering Practices

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)

Analyzing and Interpreting Data

• Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for phenomena (MS-ESS2-3)

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)

Disciplinary Core Ideas

ESS2.A: Earth’s Materials and Systems

• 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)

• 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)

Crosscutting Concepts

Stability and Change

• Explanations of stability and change in natural or designed systems can be constructed by examining the changes over time and processes at different scales, including the atomic scale.         (MS-ESS2-1)

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)

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)