Bayou View Middle School – Weekly Lesson Plans
Teacher: Angelia Wallace
Week of: February 23, 2015
Subject: 6th Science
Volcanoes and Seismic Waves
Lesson Plan subject to change due to needs of students.
Classroom News/Due Dates:
 Power Hour- Monday
Standards:
6.4a Compare and contrast the relative positions and components of the Earth’s crust (e.g., mantle, liquid and solid core, continental
crust, oceanic crust).
8.4a Compare and contrast the lithosphere and the asthenosphere.
a. Composition, density, and location of continental crust and oceanic crust
b. Physical nature of the lithosphere (brittle and rigid) with the asthenosphere (plastic and flowing)
c. How the lithosphere responds to tectonic forces (faulting and folding)
7.4a Justify the importance of Earth materials (e.g., rocks, minerals, atmospheric gases, water) to humans.
6.4b Explain and raw conclusions about the causes and effects of historical processes that contributed to the shaping of planet Earth.
a. Movements of the continents through time
b. Continental plates, subduction zones, trenches, etc.
c. Explain the causes and effects of historical processes shaping the planet Earth
8.4b Describe the cause and effect relationship between the composition of and movement within the Earth’s lithosphere.
a. Seismic wave velocities of earthquakes and volcanoes to lithospheric plate boundaries using seismic data
b. Volcanoes formed at mid‐ocean ridges, within intra‐plate regions, at island arcs, and along some continental
edges
c. Modern distribution of continents to the movement of lithospheric plates since the formation of Pangaea
Day/Date
Procedures
Assessment
Objectives
Bell Schedule
Bell Work
(“The student will…”)
Monday
2-23-15
Regular
schedule
Students will
define
vocabulary
terms and
complete
vocabulary
table
Students will
describe the
different types of
volcanic
eruptions
TI = Teacher Input, M = Modeling, GP = Guided Practice, IP = Independent Practice
TTW = “The teacher will…”
TSW = “The students will…”
ANTICIPATORY SET
types of volcanic eruptions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-ix9n9YNPc

Students will read text about different type of volcanic eruptions.
 Group: Half the groups will be given explosive volcanoes and the
other half will be given non-explosive volcanoes. They will be asked to
create a list of characteristics of their type of volcanic eruption.
 Pair: All groups with the same type of volcanic eruptions will meet to
compare and modify lists.
 Share: Groups will then share their common lists with the opposite
groups.
Differentiation (6th period) this class will read the material together,
create a list of characteristics of an explosive volcano as a class and
record the list on Promethean. Then students will work in group to create
Students will be
assessed by
Socratic questions
as they present
their findings to the
class
Closure
Create a list of
characteristics
of explosive
and nonexplosive
volcanoes.
a list of characteristics for non-explosive volcanoes, after which they will
share their list the class.
ANTICIPATORY SET:
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/App?File=ScienceLab.htm&Type=S&S
WF=volcano%2Fvolcano_movie&App=Science+Lab&SkipGuestWarnin
g=true
Tuesday
2-24-15
Regular
Schedule
Students will
make a
double
bubble map
of explosive
and nonexplosive
volcanoes
Students will be
able to describe
the different type
of volcanoes
Reading title
What is a
volcano?
Students will
describe a model
of a volcano with
magma that rises
to the earth
Wednesday
2-25-15
Regular
Schedule
Thursday
2-26-15
Regular
Schedule
Friday
2-27-15
Regular
Schedule
Students will
read about
waves.
Students will
draw a
diagram of
each type of
seismic wave


Students will read about the different types of volcanoes.
Students will make a foldable to describe the different type of
volcanoes.
ANTICIPATORY SET:
Students will be
assessed by
questions on lab
worksheet.
What made
the “magma”
rise in this
activity.
Students will be
assessed by
thumbs up and
down during class
discussion.
Write a text
message
about seismic
waves.
Students will be
formally assessed
by questions
throughout the
activity
Which type of
wave travels
faster?
Explain using
data
Model of volcano erupting.
Students will investigate a model of a volcano erupting. Students create
an illustration of observations and discuss what occurred in the model.
Students will be
able to describe
the different
types of seismic
waves.
ANTICIPATORY SET AirZooka will be used to demonstrate compression
waves
Students will read and seismic wave and participate in class discussion
about seismic waves using PowerPoint
Students will
model and
collect data
about different
types of seismic
waves using a
slinky.
ANTICIPATORY SET
waves
Volcano websites:
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/volcanoes.html
Students will be
assessed by
informal questions
throughout the
discussion.
3-2-1
3 things
learned.
2 things they
like in the
activity
1 thing they
don’t
understand.
the class will act out the different types of seismic
Slinky Lab- a slinky will be used to demonstrate different types of seismic
waves. Students will measure the time the wave take to travel to and from a
starting point. Students will determine which type of wave travels faster.