HAZLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
DISTRICT UNIT/LESSON PLAN
Teacher Name :
Rebecca Rutkowski
Subject :
Science
Start Date(s):
10/6/14-11/10/14
Grade Level (s):
7
Building : WHEMS
Unit Plan
Unit Title: Rocks and How they Shape the Earth
Essential Questions: What characteristics are used to identify rocks?
What are the major three groups of rocks?
How are coral reefs formed?
How do scientists explain how sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks are formed?
What is the Rock Cycle and how does it shape our Earth?
Standards:
S8.D.1.1.1: Explain the rock cycle as changes in the solid earth and rock types (igneous – granite, basalt, obsidian, pumice; sedimentary – limestone, sandstone,
shale, coal; and metamorphic – slate, quartzite, marble, gneiss).
S8.D.1.1.2: Describe natural processes that change Earth’s surface (e.g., landslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, mountain building, new land being formed,
weathering, erosion, sedimentation, soil formation).
Summative Unit Assessment :Students will complete activities in their interactive notebooks.
Summative Assessment Objective
Students will:
 List the characteristics used to identify rocks.
 Identify and describe the three major groups of rocks.
 Identify the way that sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks
are formed.
 Describe the rock cycle.
Assessment Method (check one)
____ Rubric ___ Checklist ____ Unit Test ____ Group
____ Student Self-Assessment
x Other (explain) Students will complete many of the activities listed above, in
their interactive notebooks.
Day
Objective (s)
Students will-List the
characteristics used to identify
rocks.
DOK
LEVEL
1,2
Activities / Teaching Strategies
Intro unit with movie from Bill Nye “Rocks and Soil”
Mineral composition/color
Grouping
DAILY PLAN
G,
I
Materials / Resources
Bill Nye movie “Soil and Rocks”
Movie Follow sheet with questions.
Samples of minerals.
1
Assessment of Objective (s)
Formative-movie follow sheet
questions
SummativeStudent Self - Assessment-
2
Students will- List the
characteristics used to identify
rocks.
Classify rock samples.
1,2,3
Classifying rocks: discovery activity :How are Rocks
Formed? Mineral notes.
Rock Cycle vocabulary cut and paste.
G,I
Samples of marble, conglomerate,
hand lens, penny.
Vocabulary cut ans paste
Formative-vocabulary cut and
paste.
SummativeStudent Self - Assessment-
3
Students will-identify the
characteristics used to classify
igneous rocks.
3,4
Discovery Activity page 98
Igneous rocks diagram
G,I
Samples of granite, obseidian, and
other igneous rocks.
Formative-Diagram
SummativeStudent Self - Assessment-
Students will--identify the
characteristics used to classify
sedimentary rocks.
3,4
Discovery Activity page 102
Sedimentary rocks diagram
G,I
Samples of sandstone, limestone,
and other sedimentary rocks.
Formative-Diagram
Summative-
4
Student Self - AssessmentStudents will--identify the
characteristics used to classify
metamorphic rocks.
3,4
Discovery Activity page 110
Metamorphic rocks diagram
G,I
Samples of slate, gneiss, and other
metamorphic rocks.
Formative-diagram
Summative-
5
Student Self - Assessment-
6
Students will-Identify rocks from
an unknown group of rocks
-observe properties of rock
samples.
-infer identity of a “mystery rock”.
3,4
Lab Activity: “Mystery Rocks” Page 113 in book.
G,I
Mystery rock, and unknown
samples of the three types of rocks.
Hand lens.
Formative-Lab assessment
questions.
Summative-
Student Self - Assessment-