Unit Question
How can we search for evidence that other planets were once habitable?
Question: What geologic process could have formed the channel on Mars?
Investigations Questions:
How does our understanding of Earth help us learn about other rocky planets? (1.1, 1.2, 1.3)
Key Concepts:
Earth, Mars, and other rocky planets can be thought of as systems. These systems are made up of interacting spheres that can include the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. (1.1)
When landforms on different rocky planets look similar, it is evidence that they may have been formed by the same geologic process. (1.2)
Question: What geologic process could have formed the channel on Mars?
Investigations Questions:
How do models help scientists answer questions? (2.2, 2.3)
Key Concepts:
Scientists can use models to test their ideas and get evidence about processes in the natural world that are difficult to observe. (2.2)
Landforms can provide evidence about the past because they remain after the geologic processes that formed them stop happening. (2.2)
Models represent the natural processes being investigated in important ways, but they are not exactly the same. (2.3)
Question: How can we decide which geologic process formed the channel on Mars?
Investigations Questions:
How do scientists construct arguments? (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4)
***Simply memorizing vocabulary words does us no good - being able to use them in conversation and use multiple words in the same sentence - THAT will help you better understand the content.***
Habitable
Rocky Planet
System
Landform
Channel
Geologic Process
Claim
Evidence
Reasoning
Model
20pts: Learning Check 1 (Google Form assigned through Classroom)
20pts: Learning Check 2 (Google Form assigned through Classroom)
60pts: Written Argument (Google Doc assigned through Classroom)
60pts: Final Assessment (done through Amplify online)
Final Unit Grade worth 100pts:
Option 1: 20pt learning check 1 + 20pt learning check 2 + 60pt Written Argument
Option 2: 20pt learning check 1 + 20pt learning check 2 + 60pt End of Unit Assessment
For students who earned a perfect score on the Critical Juncture Assessment, their grade will be determined:
Option 3: 20pt learning check 1 + 20pt learning check 2 + 60pt Independent Project Grade