More Patterns: Volcanoes and
Earthquakes
Before we start
• You will need some partners to work with who
are not at your table.
• Take out a piece of binder paper.
• Make a list of these planets: Mercury, Mars,
Earth, Venus.
• In a minute, you will look for a partner for
each planet. When you find a partner, you
write each other’s names next to that planet.
• Keep going until you find a partner for each
planet.
• When you are done, sit down.
Let’s think about volcanoes
• Think about what you know about where
volcanoes are located on the Earth.
• We will use the Paired Verbal Fluency
protocol to share your ideas.
• In a minute you will go talk with your
Mercury partner. First, let’s go over the
instructions for PVF.
What do you know about where
volcanoes are located on Earth?
• Decide who will be Person A and who will be
Person B.
• Person A talks for 30 seconds about the
question while person B talks. Then pause
for 15 seconds.
• Person B talks for 30 seconds about the
question while person A listens. Pause.
• Person A talks for 30 seconds about what
Person B said. Pause.
• Person B talks for 30 seconds about what
Person A said.
Now let’s look at the maps
• Find your maps of volcanoes on Earth and
volcanoes on Mars (both have little red
triangles).
• Do you see any patterns (or a lack of
pattern) in the location of volcanoes on
each planet? Are they similar or different?
• Talk with your partner, and record your
thinking on the chart.
Time to reflect
• Pull out your journal
• Make a little chart:
I used to think…
Now I know…
I wonder…
Now let’s think about earthquakes
• Find your maps of earthquakes on the
Earth and on the Moon
• Do you see any patterns (or a lack of
pattern) in the location of volcanoes on
each planet? Are they similar or different?
• Talk with your partner, and record your
thinking on the chart.
Another round of reflection
• Add to your I used to think, Now I know, I
wonder chart
• Now let’s make a class share sheet of
what we observed about volcanoes and
earthquakes.