TE Weekly Sample-with unit concept at top
WEEK: __Sept.19-23________________________
Teacher: __Winn_______________________
Unit Title: Earth Systems
Unit Big Idea: review Mon and how does the angle of the sun determine seasons
Standards to Address in Unit:
SES1: Students will investigate the composition and formation of Earth systems, including the Earth’s relationship to the solar system.
a. Describe the early evolution of the Earth and solar system, including the formation of Earth’s solid layers (core, mantle, and crust), the distribution of major
elements, the origin of internal heat sources, and the mechanism by which heat transfer drives plate tectonics.
b. Explain how the composition of the Earth’s crust, mantle and core is determined and compare it to that of other solar system objects.
d. Describe how the Earth acquired its initial oceans and atmosphere.
SES5: Students will investigate the interaction of insolation and Earth systems to produce weather and climate.
a.Explain how latitudinal variations in solar heating create atmospheric and ocean currents that redistribute heat globally.
SES6: Students will explain how life on Earth responds to and shapes Earth systems.
a. Relate the nature and distribution of life on Earth, including humans, to the chemistry and availability of water.
ASSESSMENTS
Diagnostic:
Formative:
Why is it hotter at the equator than the poles?
labs 1 and 2
skittles lab
Summative:
Benchmarks test Tuesday 9-20
Major Unit concepts and vocabulary
1.
2
3. equinox and solstice
4.
5. Troposphere,
Stratosphere,
Mesosphere,
Thermosphere
STANDARD/EQ
MONDAY
SES1: Students will investigate the
composition and formation of
Earth systems, including the
Earth’s relationship to the solar
system.
SES5: Students will investigate the
interaction of insolation and Earth
systems to produce weather and
climate.
SES6: Students will explain how life
on Earth responds to and shapes
Earth systems.
TUESDAY
SES1: Students will investigate the
composition and formation of Earth
systems, including the Earth’s
relationship to the solar system.
SES5: Students will investigate the
interaction of insolation and Earth
systems to produce weather and
climate.
SES6: Students will explain how life
on Earth responds to and shapes
Earth systems
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SES5: Students will investigate
the interaction of insolation and
Earth systems to produce
weather and climate.
a.Explain how latitudinal
variations in solar heating create
atmospheric and ocean currents
that redistribute heat globally.
SES5: Students will investigate
the interaction of insolation and
Earth systems to produce
weather and climate.
a.Explain how latitudinal
variations in solar heating create
atmospheric and ocean currents
that redistribute heat globally.
.
SES5: Students will investigate
the interaction of insolation and
Earth systems to produce
weather and climate.
a.Explain how latitudinal
variations in solar heating create
atmospheric and ocean currents
that redistribute heat globally.
OPENING
WORK PERIOD
How would you set up an
experiment to test which
soap cleans your hands
better?
Test-divide class
Explain how the angle of the
sun determines the season.
What was your hypothesis for
how the sun determines the
temperature?
When is the Earth closest to
the Sun?
Hand out tests on maps and
go over answers-correct
Review by Jepardy
Benchmarks Test
Why is it hotter at the
equator than the poles?
Inquiry lab with balloons and
flashlight
Part 2-use thermometers and
determine angles and
temperature
Reason for the Seasons lab
with skittles and flashlights
Atmosphere ppt and notes
Atmosphere ws
TOD- explain how the angle
of the sun affects the
temperature
Where is the ozone layer in
the atmosphere?
TOD-Pep rally
CLOSING
Turn in corrected tests
TOD-turn in lab