Earth Systems Science Unit Lesson Plan
Teacher(s): Maher, Keen
School Year: 2014-15
UNIT: Folding/Faulting and the Rock Record
Standards (Ohio
Revised
Standards for
Science)
Science Inquiry and Application
During the years of grades 9 through 12, all students must use the following scientific processes with appropriate laboratory
safety techniques to construct their knowledge and understanding in all science content areas:
• Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations;
• Design and conduct scientific investigations;
• Use technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communications;
• Formulate and revise explanations and models using logic and evidence (critical thinking);
• Recognize and analyze explanations and models; and
• Communicate and support a scientific argument
Earth’s History
• The geologic rock record
o Relative and absolute age
o Principles to determine relative age
Original horizontality
Superposition
Cross-cutting relationships
o Absolute age
Radiometric dating (isotopes, radioactive decay)
Correct uses of radiometric dating
o Combining relative and absolute age data
o The geologic time scale
Comprehending geologic time
Climate changes evident through the rock record
Fossil record
Lesson
Objectives/Goals
Identify the 3 main types of stress
Compare folds and faults.
Use a geologic cross-section to analyze/interpret geologic history and environmental conditions.
Utilize absolute and relative age methods to determine the age of a rock.
Daily Lessons:
DATES
12/1 – 12/5
MONDAY
Deformation of the Crust
notes with notes sheet
(CH 11 Sec 1)
Lab: Fault Model
12/8 – 12/12
12/15 – 12/19
Lab: Absolute Age
Semester Exams
TUESDAY
Relative Age Notes with
notes sheet (CH 7 Sec 1)
WEDNESDAY
Review HW
THURSDAY
Rock Correlation Lab
FRIDAY
Finish Rock Correlation
Lab
Directed Reading
Relative Age Problems
Worksheet
HW: Finish Relative
Age Problems
Worksheet
Fossils Notes with notes
sheet (CH 11 Sec 3)
Fossils in Ohio
Article/Questions
Semester Exams
Notes: Absolute Age
Notes with notes sheet
(CH 7 Sec 2)
Fossil Lab
Semester Exam Review Planetarium
Semester Exam Review
Game
Semester Exams
NO SCHOOL –
Teacher Work Day
Work on Semester Exam
Study Guide
Semester Exams