Science Weekly Assignments
Title
Week of December 7th, -December 11, 2015
Subject
Science
Author
C. Johnson Howard Middle School
Grade level
Time duration
Overview
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Monday- Friday
S6E5e: Student will recognize that lithospheric plates constantly move & that
This movement can cause major geological events on the earth’s surface.•
S6E5f: The processes (plate tectonics, erosion, deposition, volcanic eruption,
gravity) on geological features including oceans (composition, currents, and
tides)
Objective
At the completion of this standard students should be able to
Identify Earth’s crust, mantle, and core; plate movements {convergent,
divergent, & transform boundaries}.
Compare and contrast the Earth’s crust, mantle, and core including
temperature, density, and composition.
Explain the effects of physical processes (plate tectonics, erosion, deposition,
volcanic eruption, gravity) on geological features including oceans
(composition, currents, and tides).
Recognize that lithospheric plates constantly move and cause major geological
events on the Earth’s surface.
Investigate continental drift (Pangea) and the causes of landmasses to move to
other geographical location over time.
Materials
Power point notes presentations, you tube videos, various worksheets and
handouts designed to engage and inform students of the material necessary to
ensure that they master the required standard.
Activities and procedures
This week students were required to complete the following activities (Teacher
absent on Monday and Tuesday). Student were required to complete review of
unit in preparation for upcoming mid-term exam.
Monday 12-07-15 and Tuesday 12-8 -25 Work session
Student read pages 104 through 213 of the Holt science and technology Earth
science textbook, and then answer the chapter review questions found on
pages 216 & 217. This assignment corresponds to the text found on pages
300 through 319, and 324 through 325 of the Georgia science textbook. Note
to parent students were assigned a copy of the Georgia Science text book at
the beginning of the school term, to be used as a home resource.
Wednesday:12-9-15:
Bell work write the questions and answers on odd # page of your ISN
Match the following terms to the correct definitions
1.Deformation (b)
a. the study of earthquakes
2.Elastic rebound (c )
b. change of rock’s shape due to stress
3.Seismology (a)
c. sudden return of a rock to its original shape
4. Define the term fault, and name two ways in which rock along a fault
deforms in response to stress. A fault is a break in the earth’s crust along which
blocks of crust slide relative to one another. Two ways in rock along a fault
deforms in response to stress are in a plastic manner, like a piece of molded
clay, or in an elastic manner, like a rubber band.
Mini Lesson
Students made sure that all vocabulary had been entered into the glossary of
their ISN.
Vocabulary: magma, Continental Drift Theory, subduction, Alfred Wegener,
plate boundaries, Theory of Plate tectonics, fault, convection, lithosphere,
asthenosphere, divergent plate boundary, convergent plate boundary, transform
plate boundary.
Work session: Students were allowed the opportunity to complete the
assignments from Monday and Tuesday, after which they continued the plate
tectonic ppt notes.
Thursday: 12-10-15: Bell work.
1.
Draw and complete the chart below and then write a description of
type of fault created by each plate’s motion.
Plate motion
Prominent fault
Earthquake
type
characteristics
Transformation
Strike-slip fault
Moderate,
shallow
Convergent
Reverse fault
Strong, deep
Divergent
Normal fault
Weak, shallow
Work Session
Students continued the Power point notes of Plate movements.
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Then in preparation for Lab activity students watch plate tectonic YouTube lab
from Geology Kitchen.
Closing review of today’s assignment.
Friday: 12-11-5: Bell work:
Students used similes and metaphors to describe an earthquake. They were
required to write three to five sentences. An example is listed below.
John James Audubon wrote the following after experiencing an earthquake the
New Madrid earthquake. “The ground rose and fell in successive furrows like
the ruffled waters of a lake. The earth waved like a field of corn before a
breeze.”
Work session: Student completed the lab activity “Graham Cracker Plate
Tectonics Lab” students were required to complete only one portion of the
edible laboratory activity. A copy of the entire lab is attached.
Homework: Students are to continue nightly reviews of notes in preparation
for the upcoming midterm exam.
Conclusions Please encourage students to study science notes each night.
Up coming Midterm exams will be given the week of December 14th.
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