Topic: Earth’s Systems: Processes that Shape the Earth
Performance Expectation:
4-ESS2-2: Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.
Disciplinary Core Idea:
ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics
and Large-Scale System
Interactions
The locations of
mountain ranges, deep
ocean trenches, ocean
floor structures,
earthquakes, and
volcanoes occur in
patterns. Most
earthquakes and
volcanoes occur in bands
that are often along the
boundaries between
continents and oceans.
Major mountain chains
form inside continents or
near their edges. Maps
can help locate the
different land and water
Science and Engineering
Practice:
Analyze and interpret data to
make sense of phenomena
using logical reasoning.
Cross Cutting Concept:
Literacy:
Patterns can be used as
evidence to support an
explanation.
RI.4.7- Interpret information
presented visually, orally, or
quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs,
diagrams, time lines, animations, or
interactive elements on Web pages)
and explain how the information
contributes to an understanding of the
text in which it appears.
HOT Questions
1. Is there a pattern? How can we use/explain this
pattern?
2. How can I model this pattern?
3. How can we design and carry out an investigation to
confirm that this pattern is real?
4. What is the evidence for this pattern?
Math:
4.MD.A.2- Use the four operations to
solve word problems involving
distances, intervals of time, liquid
volumes, masses of objects, and
money, including problems involving
simple fractions or decimals, and
problems that require expressing
measurements given in a larger unit in
terms of a smaller unit. Represent
measurement quantities using
diagrams such as number line
diagrams that feature a measurement
feature areas of Earth.
scale.
Learning Target: “I Can”
I can analyze a map to describe the location of Earth’s features.
I can analyze a map to describe the pattern of Earth’s features.
Key Vocabulary:
Strike-Slip (Transform
Boundary)
Physical Map
Earthquakes
Symbol
Plates
Volcanoes
Subduction
Faults
Topographical Map
Plate tectonics
Continental Boundary
Convergence
(subduction zone)
Landforms
Mid-Oceanic Ridge
Patterns of landforms
Deep Ocean Trench
Divergence (spreading
centers)
Formative Assessment Plan
Target
Target Type
Knowledge
I can analyze a map to
describe the location of
Earth’s features.
Reasoning
Skill
Product
Assessment Type
Formative Assessment Options
Selected
Response
Use maps to describe the location of places, patterns, or
landforms.
Constructed
Response
Personal
Communication
Performance
Assessment
Knowledge
Reasoning
I can analyze a map to
describe the pattern of
Earth’s features.
Skill
Product
Selected
Response
Use maps to describe the pattern of Earth’s features.
Constructed
Response
Personal
Communication
Performance
Assessment
Activities:
Use icing as magma; graham crackers as plates to demonstrate the three types of plate movement
Use websites www.volcanodiscovery.com/geology/plate-tectonics.html and
https://ees.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/elearning/module04swf.swf
Use maps online, in books to determine landform patterns and patterns of Earth activity (i.e. earthquakes and
volcanoes).