Lesson Plan & Main Concepts

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Introduction to Geology and Geologic Time & SES in the News

Geological Time and Webquest

The History of Planet Earth

SES Lab Exercise #4: History of the Earth

The Day the Earth nearly Died - The Permian Mass Extinction

Quiz #5: Fossils and the Fossil Record (Chapter 21)

Earth's Major Mass Extinction Events (Webquest)

SES in the News #

Introduction to Minerals

Mining and Minerals in Canada.

Quiz #6: Earth's Geological History (Chapters 22-24)

ISP PERIOD TODAY as Mr. Durk is on a Field Trip with Grade 9's

SES in the News #8 and Mineral Identification Activity

Mineral Identification Activity Continued...

Case Study: The Alberta Oil Sands vs Dubai: Desert to Greatest City

Quiz #7: Minerals (Chapter 4)

SES Lab Activity #5: Mining and Minerals

Identifying Types of Rocks

(Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic)

Types of Rocks Identification Activity

SES in the News #8 & Geologic Wonders of the World Assignment (#4)

Introduction of the Final Culminating Project (15%)

FIELD TRIP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO TODAY

(students not on the trip have an ISP - please go to library or Cafe only)

SES Lab Activity #6: The Story that Rocks can Tell

Quiz #8: Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks (Chapters 5 & 6)

Unit Review, Catch Up, Quizlet and Kahoots!

Unit 3 Test: Recording Earth's Geological History

Part A: Multiple Choice - 30 marks

Part B: Prepared Long Answer - 20 marks

Part C: Rocks and Minerals - 20 marks (don't forget your charts)

Part D: The Rock Cycle Diagram - 10 marks

Part E: Matching - terms and definitions - 20 marks

TOTAL: 100 marks

Unit 4 Starts Tomorrow (Final unit of the course)