December 13 -- December 17


Monday, December 13

Why are there patterns of volcanoes on Earth’s surface?

-Good Things

-Warmup

-Earth Plates Model

-Ring of Fire/Rocks

-Plate Tectonics Model


Tuesday, December 14

Why are there patterns of volcanoes on Earth’s surface?

-Warmup

-Ring of Fire/Rocks

-Plate Tectonics Model

-Summary Tables



Wednesday, December 15

Why are there patterns of volcanoes on Earth’s surface?

-Warmup

-Uncover 2--New Plate Material


Thursday, December 16

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

-Good Things

-UC Groups to Model Volcanoes

-CER


Friday

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

-Warmup

-Volcanoes Video


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)