Lesson Plan – Earth Science
Dates
JAN 4-9, 2016
Standard
Essential Question
Activator
Teaching Strategies:
Jan 4, 2016
Monday
SES1 Students will
investigate the formation
of Earth systems.
(e)Identify the
transformations that
make up the hydrologic,
carbon, and other
geochemical cycles.
How are the carbon,
phosphorus, and
nitrogen cycles essential
to Earth and its systems?
What do most cars,
factories, and power
plants rely on to
operate?
Notes/Discussion:
Students will learn about
the carbon, nitrogen, and
phosphorus cycles and
how they impact
Earths’s systems.
Differentiation: Students
will work in small
groups based on learning
styles and tasks based on
various levels of
difficulty.
Summarizer
Open
Discussion/Questions
Jan 5, 2016
Tuesday
SES1 Students will
investigate the formation
of Earth systems.
(e)Identify the
transformations that
make up the hydrologic,
carbon, and other
geochemical cycles.
How are the carbon,
phosphorus, and
nitrogen cycles essential
to Earth and its systems?
In what form does
carbon return to the
atmosphere after it is
released from the
burning of fossil fuels?
Continued:
Notes/Discussion:
Students will learn about
the carbon, nitrogen, and
phosphorus cycles and
how they impact
Earths’s systems.
Differentiation: Students
will work in small
groups based on learning
styles and tasks based on
various levels of
difficulty.
Key Idea – List 2-3
Jan 6, 2016
Wednesday
SES1 Students will
investigate the
formation of Earth
systems. (e)Identify the
transformations that
make up the hydrologic,
carbon, and other
geochemical cycles.
How are the carbon,
phosphorus, and
nitrogen cycles essential
to Earth and its systems?
What are nitrogen-fixing
bacteria?
Jan 7, 2016
Thursday
SES1, SES2, SES 4
Earths Systems,
Geosphere, Plate
Tectonics, Volcanos,
Rock Cycle, Cycling of
Materials (water,
carbon, nitrogen,
phosphorus)
How do we tie it all
together?
Jan 8, 2016
Friday
SES1, SES2, SES 4
Earths Systems,
Geosphere, Plate
Tectonics, Volcanos,
Rock Cycle, Cycling of
Materials (water,
carbon, nitrogen,
phosphorus)
How do we tie it all
together?
Test
Review for Mid-term
Students will complete
an activity identifying
the characteristics of
each of the cycles of
materials in Earth’s
systems: Carbon,
Nitrogen, and
Phosphorus.
Cycling of Matter Test
Begin review for MidTerm:
Study Guide: Earth’s
Systems, Geosphere,
Plate Tectonics,
Volcanos, Rock Cycle,
Cycling of Materials
(water, carbon, nitrogen,
phosphorus)
Differentiation: Students
will work in small
groups based on
learning styles and tasks
based on various levels
of difficulty.
Open
Discussion/Questions
Review
Test
Differentiation: Students
will work in small
groups based on
learning styles and tasks
based on various levels
of difficulty.
Open
Discussion/Questions
Lesson Plan – Earth Science