TEACHER NAME: Buck /Kwasnicka
Standards Alignment
Materials/Resources
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There are different
methods to determine the
relative and absolute age of
some rock layers in the
geologic record. Within a
sequence of undisturbed
sedimentary rocks, the
oldest rocks are at the
bottom. (superposition)
Earth’s surface is formed
from a variety of different
geologic processes,
including, but not limited
to plate tectonics.
Earth is approximately 4.6
billion years old. Earth
history is based on
observations of the
geologic record and the
understanding that
processes observed at
present day are similar to
those that occurred in the
past.(uniformitarianism)
There are different
methods to determine
relative dating and absolute
age of some rock layers in
the geologic record.
Within a sequence of
undisturbed sedimentary
rocks, the oldest rocks are
at the bottom.
(superposition) The
geologic record can help
identify past environmental
and climate conditions.
-lab book/pencil
-colored pencil
-rye, wheat, and white
bread
-grape jelly
-crunchy peanut butter
-knife
-paper plate
-round cookie cutter
-tape
-scissors
-handout/pencil
HOMEOWRK-WRS#7DUE FRIDAY
HOMEWORK
QUESTIONS #1, #2 on
handout
ROOM: 110
Activities
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Relevance Connection
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-Study Your Sandwich
and Eat it Too!”-lab
book pgs. 165-171
-follow step-by-step
procedures with the
class
-students answer
questions on pgs. 170171 for HOMEWORK
Students will
understand how
geologists do core
sampling techniques to
understand rock
formations, relative
ages, and faulting.
Written responses to
questions on pgs. 170171
To understand how
geologists can explain
the how and why of
landform formations
Final evaluation of the
handout-“Determining
the Age of Sedimentary
Rock Layers”
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7-DUE FRIDAY
-step by step guided
instruction-explain
“bird’s eye-view”,
original horizontality,
lateral continuity, crosscutting relationship,
Steno’s Laws of
Stratigraphy, relative
dating
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Formative Assessment
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HOMEWORK-WRS#7DUE FRIDAY
-review from
Wednesday
-construct Model B
with teacher step-bystep instruction
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-lab book pgs. 341-343,
ExploreLearning-“Rock
Cycle”
-answer questions from
the Gizmo
-if time, students can
finish questions from
previous
ExploreLearnings
Students will
understand the three
types of rock and
understand the terms:
lithification, deposition,
weathering,
intrusive/extrusive
igneous rock
Written responses to pgs.
341-343
HOMEWORKQUESTIONS #3, #4, #5
on handout
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Minerals have specific
quantifiable properties.
Igneous, meatamorphic,
and sedimentary rocks
have unique characteristics
that can be used for
identification and/or
classification
-computers
-lab book/pencil
WEEKLY LESSON PLANS
Classification. Igneous,
metamorphic, and
sedimentary rocks form in
different ways.