Environmental Science March 4- March 8
Check In/Do Know: (5min) What does temperature and pressure have to do with air circulation?
Essential Question (s): What effects atmospheric circulation and water circulation? What does air circulation and energy flow have to
do with the location of Rain Forests, Temperate, Polar, and Desert regions? How does energy flow through the Earth and what does it
have to do with temperature?
Standard(s) from Instructional Guide:
5a-5e, 6a, 6b
Student Objective (s): Mon/Tues
Direct- Students will comprehend information by taking notes and creating a summary that conveys the general idea of the station in 5 sentences
or more.
Independent- Students will evaluate information on temperature inversion by comparing and contrasting the normal situation of air circulation
with air circulation of a temperature inversion.
Students will compare and contrast an ocean without salt with a constant temperature with our ocean model with varied temperature and salinity.
Collaboration- Students will synthesize information on Content Standards 5c-5d by answering the practice test questions with 90% correct.
Students will synthesize what they know about atmospheric circulation by answering question on a worksheet.
Wednes
Students will evaluate what they have learned about the location of Deserts and Rainforests by completing a worksheet that compares and
contrasts temperate and polar regions with Rainforest and deserts. Proficient or better.
Thurs/Fri
Students will evaluate information on climate and weather and Energy transfer by completing a Helping Trio with Proficient or better.
Students will evaluate information on Climate effect by completing a Helping Trio with Proficient or better.
Assessment and Student Reflection: Summaries in Direct, Worksheets in Independent & Collaboration,
Quiz, Helping Trio, Answers to pre-test
Whole Class Activity: On Wednesday- Quiz in Sections 5.1-5.4
Individualized
Online Instruction
• Agenda
• Lessons (must complete summary
prior to leaving with a 3 or better)
• 15 min. lesson-5 min. for summary
• Temperature Inversion etap.org 5.3
(Mon/Tues)
• Properties of Ocean Water etap.org
5.4(Mon/Tues)
• Locations of Deserts and Rain
Forests etap.org 5.5(Wednes)
• Helping Trio
• 15 min. lesson- 5 min. to complete
before excused to next station
• Climate /Weather and Energy
Transfer etap.org 6.1 (Thurs/Fri)
• What Effect’s Climate etap.org
6.2(Thurs/Fri)
• Agenda:
• Handout questions for etap.org
5.1& 5.2( Mon/Tues)
• Answer questions 16-30 to pretest (Mon/Tues)
• Worksheet etap.org 5.5
• Helping Trio
• Agenda:
• Worksheet on Temperature
Inversion etap.org 5.3(Mon/Tues)
• Worksheet on Properties of Ocean
Water etap.org 5.4(Mon/Tues)
• Worksheet on Locations of Desrts
and Rainforests (Wednes)
• Helping Trio "Climate/Weather
and Energy Transfer" etap.org 6.1
(Thurs/Fri)
• Helping Trio "What Effects
Climate?" etap.org 6.2 (Thurs/Fri)
Explicit Direct
Instruction
Collaborative
Standards-Driven
Activities and
Stations