8th Grade Science
Emily Young and Amy Hixon
Week of Dec. 5 - 9, 2011
Blue Highlighting = Formative Grade; Yellow Highlighting = Summative Grade
Pre AP
On Level
Objective: Recognize that the Sun provides
Objective: Recognize that the Sun provides the
the energy that drives convection within the energy that drives convection within the
atmosphere and ocean, producing winds and atmosphere and ocean, producing winds and
ocean currents.
ocean currents.
Guiding Question: What are convection
Guiding Question: What are convection
currents, what cause them to form, and
currents, what cause them to form, and where
where can they be found?
can they be found?
Activity: Sun’s Energy WebQuest
Activity: Sun’s Energy WebQuest
Assessment: Web Quest
Assessment: Web Quest
Homework: Review for upcoming test.
Homework: Review for upcoming test.
Tuesday
Objective: Recognize that the Sun
Objective: Recognize that the Sun provides the
provides the energy that drives convection
energy that drives convection within the
within the atmosphere and ocean, producing atmosphere and ocean, producing winds and
winds and ocean currents.
ocean currents.
Guiding Question: What are convection
Guiding Question: What are convection
currents, what cause them to form, and
currents, what cause them to form, and where
where can they be found?
can they be found?
Activity: Sun’s Energy Reading
Activity: Sun’s Energy Reading
Assessment: Reading assignment.
Assessment: Reading assignment.
Homework: Review for upcoming test.
Homework: Review for upcoming test.
Wednesday/ Objective: Recognize that the Sun provides Objective: Recognize that the Sun provides the
Thursday/
the energy that drives convection within the energy that drives convection within the
Friday
atmosphere and ocean, producing winds and atmosphere and ocean, producing winds and
ocean currents.
ocean currents.
Guiding Question: What are convection
Guiding Question: What are convection
currents, what cause them to form, and
currents, what cause them to form, and where
where can they be found?
can they be found?
Activity: Sun’s Energy Jeopardy Project
Activity: Sun’s Energy Jeopardy Project
Assessment: Project
Assessment: Project
Homework: Work on project and study for Homework: Work on project and study for
upcoming test.
upcoming test.
Key Concepts/Vocab:
Asthenosphere/Continental drift/convection currents/lithosphere/pangea/continental plate/oceanic plate/plate
tectonics/seafloor spreading/ radiation/weathering/erosion/ deposition/subduction/convergent/ divergent/
transform/rift valley/trench/mid-ocean ridge/plate boundary/fault line/Ring of Fire
Monday