Hearne ISD Science Course: Eighth Grade Unit: Earth Science TEKS Guiding Questions/ Specificity Unit Subtopic: Plate Tectonics 8.9 (A) Guiding Questions: What natural processes create observable Describe the historical changes/structures on development of the Earth’s Surface that evidence that supports plate tectonics enable us to determine the internal energy sources present? Supporting Standard Assessment Designated Six Weeks: Fourth Six Weeks Days to teach: 25 Days Vocabulary Instructional Strategies Days to teach: 3 days Examining rocks that form on either side of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge provides evidence that supports the theory of Plate Tectonics. This is because we see evidence of plate movement in the fact that as we look at rocks farther and farther from the ridge, the rocks - Theory of Continental Drift APPS: EarthViewer Oz Quake Quake Tracker iGeology Mapster Google Earth Science Glossary bTopoMaps – GPS Essentials Jog Nog Science 360 The Weather Channel NOAA Weather Radar Stormstruck: A Tale of Two Homes HurricanSoftware.com’ s iHurricane Free Theory of Plate tectonics Ocean Floor spreading What Earth processes and catastrophes in Earth’s history continue today? What land features are the results of gradual changes? Specificity: Thousands of layers of sedimentary rock confirm the long history of the changing surface of the earth and the changing life forms whose remains are found in successive layers. The youngest layers are not always found on top, because of folding, breaking, and uplift of layers. Revised Spring 2014 Resources/ Weblinks Alfred Wegener Supercontinent a. have higher iron content. b. are made up of smaller particles. c. become thicker and thicker. d. are consistently older. Exemplar Lesson TEKS 8.9A: “Plate Tectonics” (Historical Evidence) Plate tectonic puzzle Stemscopes StemScopes 8.9A http://www.amnh.org/expl ore/curriculumcollections/dinosaursancient-fossils-newdiscoveries/platetectonics-puzzle Hearne ISD Science Course: Eighth Grade Unit: Earth Science TEKS Guiding Questions/ Specificity Assessment Designated Six Weeks: Fourth Six Weeks Days to teach: 25 Days Vocabulary Instructional Strategies (Source: Benchmarks) Matching coastlines and similarities in rock types and life forms suggest that today’s continents are separated parts of what was long a go a single continent. (Source: Benchmarks) Plan to review 6.10A, build a model to illustrate the structural layers of Earth, including the inner core, outer core, mantle, crust, asthenosphere and lithosphere. Plan to review 6.10B, classify rocks as metamorphic, igneous or sedimentary by the processes of their formation. Plan to review 6.6C, test the physical properties of minerals including hardness, color, luster and streak. Revised Spring 2014 Additional Assessment Questions Resources/ Weblinks Hearne ISD Science Course: Eighth Grade Unit: Earth Science TEKS Guiding Questions/ Specificity Assessment Unit Subtopic: Types of Boundaries Guided Questions: 8.9B Compare and contrast Relate plate tectonics to different types of plate the formation of crustal boundaries, and the features Readiness Standard Explain how a volcanic island is formed. Specificity: The earth’s plates sit on dense, hot, somewhat melted layer of the earth. The plates move very slowly, pressing against one another in some places and pulling apart in other places, sometimes scraping alongside each other as they do. Mountains form as two continental plates, or ocean plates and continental plate, press together. There are worldwide patterns to major geologic events (such as Revised Spring 2014 Resources/ Weblinks Days to teach: 4 days Convergent boundary Divergent boundary resulting changes in the crust. Identify the locations of the 3 types of plate boundaries: convergent, divergent, and transform, and the crustal changes that result. Designated Six Weeks: Fourth Six Weeks Days to teach: 25 Days Vocabulary Instructional Strategies Exemplar Lesson TEKS 8.9B “Google Earth Lab” Transform boundary Correct answer: D Stemscopes: StemScopes 8.9B Shearing Convection currents Plasticity Jelly Under You- lab activity to demonstrate tectonic plates Subduction Mid Atlantic Ridge San Andreas Fault Trench Rift Ring of Fire Additional Assessment Questions Hearne ISD Science Course: Eighth Grade Unit: Earth Science TEKS Guiding Questions/ Specificity earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building) that coincide with plate boundaries. Plan to review 6.10C, identify the major tectonic plates. Plan to review 6.10D, describe how plate tectonics causes major geological events such as ocean basins, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and mountain building. Revised Spring 2014 Assessment Designated Six Weeks: Fourth Six Weeks Days to teach: 25 Days Vocabulary Instructional Strategies Resources/ Weblinks Hearne ISD Science Course: Eighth Grade Unit: Earth Science TEKS Guiding Questions/ Specificity Unit Subtopic: Topographic Maps 8.9C Guided Questions; interpret topographic Compare and contrast topographic maps & maps and satellite views satellite views, to identify land and including how land erosional features and predict how these changes over time. features may be reshaped by weathering. Specificity: Use of Google Earth for Readiness Standard satellite imagery to identify land and erosional features. The earth’s surface is shaped in part by the motion of water (including ice) and wind over very long times, which acts to level mountain ranges. Rivers and glacial ice carry off soil and break down rock, eventually depositing the material in sediments or carrying it in a solution to the sea. Revised Spring 2014 Assessment Designated Six Weeks: Fourth Six Weeks Days to teach: 25 Days Vocabulary Instructional Strategies topographic map Days to teach: 7 days Lab Activities Resources/ Weblinks Stemscopes contour line elevation Contouring Activity #1 Google Earth erosion weathering Creating a Profile Activity deposition Topographic Map Information Exemplar Lesson TEKS 8.9C “Play Doh Lab” How to Map and Model a Rock Satellite Maps Additional Assessment Questions Hearne ISD Course: Eighth Grade Unit: Earth Science TEKS Science Guiding Questions/ Specificity Unit Subtopic: Atmospheric Currents 8.10 A Guided Questions: What is the energy recognize that the Sun source that drives our provides the energy that drives convection weather and our ocean within the atmosphere currents? and oceans, producing winds and ocean Specificity: currents. Emphasize that the sun is the source of almost all of the energy on Supporting Standard Earth. 90% of radiant energy produced by the sun is visible light or infrared rays (felt as heat or thermal energy). When solar radiation reaches Earth, there is an energy transfer, 45% is absorbed as heat. In other words, light energy gets changed into heat energy. Revised Spring 2014 Assessment Designated Six Weeks: Fourth Six Weeks Days to teach: 25 Days Vocabulary Instructional Strategies Resources/ Weblinks Days to teach: 4 days The method of heat transfer that plays a central role in transferring heat energy in the atmosphere and the ocean is a. Radiation b. Reflection c. Convection d. Conduction Stemscopes Radiant energy Lab Activities Heat transfer Radiation Conduction Visualizations for weather formations Convection Energy transformations Additional Assessment Questions Specific heat Exemplar Lesson TEKS: 8.10A “Convection Currents” Website: http://www.classzone.c om/books/earth_science /terc/navigation/visualiz ation.cfm Hearne ISD Science Course: Eighth Grade Unit: Earth Science TEKS Unit Subtopic: Weather 8.10 B Identify how global patterns of atmospheric movement influence local weather using weather maps that show high and low pressures and fronts. Supporting Standard Guiding Questions/ Specificity Assessment Designated Six Weeks: Fourth Six Weeks Days to teach: 25 Days Vocabulary Instructional Strategies Resources/ Weblinks Days to teach: 4 days Guided Questions: Identify how global patterns of atmospheric movement influence local weather using weather maps that show high and low pressures and fronts The general pattern of winds around a high pressure area is clockwise, outward. The general pattern of winds around a low pressure area is counterclockwise, inward. Based on the information provided, which Texas city shown will most likely have winds from the east? Convection Energy Lab Activities Stemscopes Transformations www.weather.com Ozone Layer Atmosphere Troposphere Show map symbols for weather: high pressure, low pressure, windy, rain, hurricanes, etc Hydrosphere Ionosphere Thermal Energy Visualizations for weather formations Chemical Energy a. Abilene b. Tyler c. Houston d. San Antonio Solar Energy Nuclear Energy Mechanical Energy Additional Assessment Questions Cold front Warm front Occluded front Revised Spring 2014 Exemplar Lesson “Weather Maps” TEKS 8.10B Website: http://www.classzone.c om/books/earth_science /terc/navigation/visualiz ation.cfm Hearne ISD Science Course: Eighth Grade Unit: Earth Science TEKS Guiding Questions/ Specificity Unit Subtopic: Role of the Oceans Guided Questions: 8.10 C Explain the role of the identify the role of the oceans in the formation of oceans in the formation weather systems such as a of weather systems such hurricane. as hurricanes Supporting Standard Describe the water cycle and factors that can alter or disrupt the cycle. Specificity: A.Teach map symbols for weather: High pressure, low pressure, windy, rain, hurricane, etc. B.Show pictures of hurricanes and how they seem to develop (Always forming over oceans, gulf, etc.) C. A hurricane is a large scale cyclone with high winds, developing over water! Hurricanes develop in equatorial areas (warm water and warm, moist air), and high speed winds spiraling in a counterclockwise direction. D. Review a hurricane’s path & hurricane forecasting (low pressure system), these storms are fed by moisture. Revised Spring 2014 Assessment Designated Six Weeks: Fourth Six Weeks Days to teach: 25 Days Vocabulary Instructional Strategies El Nino What is one condition that is necessary for a hurricane to form? a. Warm ocean water b. A strong cold front c. Cold ocean water d. A strong warm front Resources/ Weblinks Days to teach: 3 days Lab Activities Stemscopes Hurricane Low pressure High pressure Hurricane Tracking Promethean Planet http://www.promethean planet.com/en/Resource s/Item/39674/hurricanetracking Correct answer: A Hurricane Book Additional Assessment Questions Exemplar Lesson TEKS 8.10C Oceans and Weather ELPS Student Expectations: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/r ules/tac/chapter074/ch074 a.html http://www.oar.noaa.go v/k12/pdfs/hursall.pdf Hearne ISD Science Course: Eighth Grade Unit: Earth Science TEKS Guiding Questions/ Specificity E.Understand convection and the creation of weather – uneven heating and cooling of the Earth’s surface. F. Using a weather map, distinguish between low pressure and high pressure systems. Low pressure usually precedes a cold front. Revised Spring 2014 Assessment Designated Six Weeks: Fourth Six Weeks Days to teach: 25 Days Vocabulary Instructional Strategies Resources/ Weblinks