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Stage 1- Desired Results
Essential Standard:
6.E.2 Understand the structure of the earth and how interactions of constructive and destructive forces have resulted in changes in the surface of the Earth over time and the effects of the lithosphere on humans.
Clarifying Objectives:
6.E.2.1 - Summarize the structure of the earth, including the layers, the mantle and core based on the relative position, composition and density (3.01 NCSCOS)
6.E.2.2 – Explain how crustal plates and ocean basins are formed, move and interact using earthquakes, heat flow and volcanoes to reflect forces within the earth.
Essential Questions
What is the structure of the Earth?
What is the concept of plate tectonics?
How are mountains, volcanoes and ocean basins formed?
How do earthquakes occur?
What kind of geological events happen with plate movement?
Knowledge/Skills
Students know how to:
The forces that shape the lithosphere including: o Layers o The mantle o Core o Relative position, composition and density earthquakes, heat flow and volcanoes to reflect forces within the earth.
Vertical Alignment

What skills and knowledge already acquired in previous years and how can I get the students to assess and build on upon that knowledge?
Students may have some prior knowledge with volcanoes you could access.
Learning Progressions
Where are the students going with this information?
What is the structure of the Earth? (Ocean Basins need to be addressed) o layers, the mantle, core and relative position, composition and density o Crustal plate movement (geological events)
How do we know the continents drift?
How volcanoes/mountains are formed?
Where and how earthquakes are formed?
Stage 2- Assessments Evidence
Performance Tasks/ Formative Assessment Summative Assessment
Teacher Made Quiz Teacher Made Assessment
Vocabulary
Tier 1 volcano, earthquake, tsunami
Tier 2
Tier 3 inner core, outer core, mantle, lithosphere, asthenosphere, Pangaea, tectonic plate, continental drift, fault line, epicenter, seismograph, subduction
Resources: http://www.youtube.com/user/ParrMr?ob=0&feature=results_main Mr. Parr Song http://paul-a-heckert.suite101.com/understanding-convection-currents-a63549 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpoko_l34ZE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB2pzhWUaiU&feature=related Plate Tectonic explanation video
(8mins.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCSJNBMOjJs&feature=related Nat’l Geo. Colliding Continents
(50mins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9DMiy_DVok&feature=related Tsunami footage from Survivors 2004
(11mins) Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0p_6G5GIeo&feature=relmfu Earthquake/Tsunami footage from survivors 2004 (10mins) part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceym2c18OQM&feature=related Japan tsunami 2011 (5:45mins) Port warehouse district being flooded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w60q8PpG18o&feature=related Japan Earthquake/Tsunami with English speaking narrator/eyewitness (1:43mins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn3oAvmZY8k Liquefaction during Japan earthquake 2011 (3:08mins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqHw1hMEkAQ&feature=fvsr acid rain Washington, DC (2:30mins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EEYGrtvRMo Acid Rain Movie (3:20) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvG_N7eqMWk Pyroclastic flow (2:30mins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvjwt9nnwXY&feature=related Pyroclastic flow with English narration
(1:12mins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4zA_YPCyHs&feature=related Geyser Animation (2:56mins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tShhZvvIM84 (1:41mins)
Technology Standards
6.TT.1.1 Select appropriate technology tools to gather data and information (e.g., Web-based resources, ebooks, online communication tools, etc.).
6.TT.1.2 Select appropriate technology tools to
Literacy Standards
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
organize data and information (e.g., word processor, database, spreadsheet, graphic organizer, audio and visual recording, online collaboration tools, etc.).
6.TT.1 Use technology and other resources for the purpose of accessing, organizing, and sharing information.
6.TT.1.3 Select appropriate technology tools to present data and information effectively (multimedia, audio and visual recording, online collaboration tools, etc.).