Bayou View Middle School – Weekly Lesson Plans
Teacher: Michelle Lee
Week of: March 2, 2015
Subject: 6th Science
Earthquakes
Lesson Plan subject to change due to needs of students.
Classroom News/Due Dates:
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Standards:
6.4a Compare and contrast the relative positions and components of the Earth’s crust (e.g., mantle, liquid and solid core, continental
crust, oceanic crust).
8.4a Compare and contrast the lithosphere and the asthenosphere.
a. Composition, density, and location of continental crust and oceanic crust
b. Physical nature of the lithosphere (brittle and rigid) with the asthenosphere (plastic and flowing)
c. How the lithosphere responds to tectonic forces (faulting and folding)
7.4a Justify the importance of Earth materials (e.g., rocks, minerals, atmospheric gases, water) to humans.
6.4b Explain and raw conclusions about the causes and effects of historical processes that contributed to the shaping of planet Earth.
a. Movements of the continents through time
b. Continental plates, subduction zones, trenches, etc.
c. Explain the causes and effects of historical processes shaping the planet Earth
8.4b Describe the cause and effect relationship between the composition of and movement within the Earth’s lithosphere.
a. Seismic wave velocities of earthquakes and volcanoes to lithospheric plate boundaries using seismic data
b. Volcanoes formed at mid‐ocean ridges, within intra‐plate regions, at island arcs, and along some continental
edges
c. Modern distribution of continents to the movement of lithospheric plates since the formation of Pangaea
Day/Date
Procedures
Assessment
Objectives
Bell Schedule
Bell Work
Monday
3-2-15
Regular
schedule
Tuesday
3-3-15
Students will
define
vocabulary
using
context clues
Students will
read an
article about
TI = Teacher Input, M = Modeling, GP = Guided Practice, IP = Independent Practice
TTW = “The teacher will…”
TSW = “The students will…”
(“The student will…”)
Students will be
able to describe
the types of
faults and how
faults relate to
earthquakes.
Students will be
able to identify
features about
Closure
ANTICIPATORY SET
Earthquakes
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/rocks-mineralslandforms/earthquakes.htm
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Students will read about fault types and construct a 3 door foldable
about faults.
Students will be
assessed on their
foldable.
How do faults
relate to
earthquakes?
Students will be
assessed by
questions
Students will
draw a
diagram of an
Earthquake Packet due Thursday
ANTICIPATORY SET:
video on earthquake
Students will participate in a class discussion (with flipchart) about
regular
Schedule
Wednesday
3-4-15
Regular
Schedule
Thursday
3-5-15
Regular
Schedule
earthquakes
and answer
text-based
questions.
Students
will read an
article on
seismic
waves and
answer
text-based
questions
Determine
which
earthquake
you will
research
earthquakes,
and describe
how they are
measured.
Students will be
able to describe
the project rubric
and expectations
for computer lab.
earthquakes. Students will take notes by summarizing text on flipchart
pages.
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/eoc/teachers/t_tectonics/t_tectoni
cs.html
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Students will view various pictures about plate tectonic activity to
determine which event occurred and gauge interest in volcanoes,
earthquakes and Tsunamis.
Students will review project rubric and expectations for computer lab.
ANTICIPATORY SET
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Students will be
assessed by the
map they create in
the activity
Web-Quest websites
Students will conduct a web-quest to research an earthquake.
Students will
ANTICIPATORY SET
Web-Quest websites
research an
3-6-15
earthquake and
determine its
•
Students will conduct a web-quest to research a volcano.
Regular
effects on the
Schedule
Earth.
Earth Guide Classroom online http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/eoc/teachers/t_tectonics/t_tectonics.html
Virtual Earthquake http://www.sciencecourseware.com/virtualearthquake/
How did you
determine
oceanic
versus
continental
crust.
Students will be
assessed on webquest information
gathered.
Identify 2
facts you
learned toady
about your
topic
Students will be
assessed on webquest information
gathered.
Identify 2
facts you
learned toady
about your
topic
Friday
Determine
which volcano
you will
research
earthquake
with its
epicenter and
focus.
ANTICIPATORY SET:
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Students will
research an
earthquake and
determine its
effects on the
Earth.
throughout the
class discussion.