Studies Earth Science- Overview of Class Agenda and Goals
Week 11-14
Week 11: 11/11/-11/15
Monday
Tuesday
NO SCHOOL- VETERAN’S DAY
Igneous Rock Lab
Metamorphic Rocks
Wednesday
Video- Climate Change
Thursday
Vocabulary Builders
Friday
Video- Dinosaur Fossils / Erosion
LIST the identifying
characteristics of igneous rocks
DISTINGUISH between an
igneous rock and other types of
rock
DESCRIBE how igneous rocks
form
LIST the identifying
characteristics of metamorphic
rocks
DISTINGUISH between an
metamorphic rock and other
types of rock
DESCRIBE how igneous rocks
form
SUMMARIZE events of a movie
shown in class related to Earth
Science
DEFINE words related to rocks
and minerals
LIST the identifying
characteristics of metamorphic
rocks
DISTINGUISH between an
igneous rock and other types of
rock
DESCRIBE how metamorphic
rocks form
Week 12: 11/18-11/22
Monday
Metamorphic Rock Word Map
Metamorphic Rocks and the ESRT
ESRT Practice
Tuesday
Metamorphic Rock Lab
COMPARE AND CONSTRAST
different forms of
metamorphism
EXPLAIN how sedimentary rocks
for
IDENTIFY ways to recognize
sedimentary rocks
CLASSIFY metamorphic rocks
using rock samples, a flow chart,
Wednesday
Finish Metamorphic Rock Lab
Thursday
Sedimentary Rocks and the ESRT
Friday
Review for Mineral/Rock Quiz
and the ESRT
CLASSIFY metamorphic rocks
using rock samples, a flow chart,
and the ESRT
DETERMINE information about
metamorphic rocks using the
ESRT
SUMMARIZE characteristics of
rocks and minerals
Week 13: 11/25-11/26
Monday
Tuesday
Rock/Mineral Quiz
Sedimentary Rock Lab
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
No School
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
No School
CLASSIFY sedimentary rocks
using samples, a flow chart and
the ESRT
Week 14: 12/2-12/6
Monday
Natural Resources
Tuesday
Natural Resources (continued)
-Video
-Introduce Project
Wednesday
Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift
Continental Drift Lab
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
natural and manmade resources
as well as renewable and nonrenewable resources
DESCRIBE how natural resources
can be conserved
LIST sources of alternative
energy and EXPLAIN how each
source works
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
natural and manmade resources
as well as renewable and nonrenewable resources
DESCRIBE how natural resources
can be conserved
LIST sources of alternative
energy and EXPLAIN how each
source works
SUMMARIZE the theory of plate
tectonics
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
continental drift theory and the
theory of plate tectonics
CREATE a map representing the
Thursday
Types of Plate Boundaries
Friday
Sea Floor Spreading Lab
Earth before Pangaea broke up
EXPLAIN why the location of
most earthquakes and volcanoes
are not random
DIFFERENTIATE between the
different types of plate
boundaries
CHART the depth of the sea floor
to locate different features of
the ocean floor
EXPLAIN how sea floor spreading
and plate tectonics have shaped
the ocean floor