Big Idea:
Area of study (topic):
Concepts:
Big Idea:
Concept/video:
Essential Question:
Product:
Group structure:
Area Of Study
Concept/video:
Concept/video:
Lessons/ Topic/ Video
Lessons/ Topic/ Video
Lessons/ Topic/ Video
Lessons/ Topic/ Video
Resources:
People:
Web
Print
Sample:
Big Idea: Change
Changing of the Earth’s Surface
Weather
Sun/ Energy
Weathering/
Erosion
deposition
Plate Tectonics
Ecosystem
Human Impact
Energy from
the sun
Energy flows
Trophic levels
Rolesproducer,
consumer,
decomposer
CO2 – O2 cycle
Greenhouse
gasses
Nitrogen cycle
Carbon cycle
Fossil fuels
High pressure
Low pressure
Weather
systems
wind
Ice
Water
Structure of the
Earth
Earth’s plates
Elements
Rock cycle
Air masses
Coriolis effect
Rivers
Floods
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Storms
Seasons
Convection
Storms
landscape
Mechanical
weathering
Chemical
weathering
Glacier
Convection
Density
Heat source
Density
Heat source
Uneven
heatingsurface
Deforestation
Desertification
Building
Dam
Agriculture
transportation
Ring of fire
Essential Question:
How can we use our understanding about how the Earth has changed to prepare for our
future?
Project: Choose a medium through which you can answer the Essential question.
Possibilities could include: Interactive website, documentary,
Structure:
Groups Geologist- weathering/ plate tectonics
 Meteorologist
 Sociologist
 Biologist
Big concepts: Weather, Geology- weathering, plate tectonics, Ecosystems, Human
Impact
Lessons/ topics/ video
ChangesWeathering
Impactand Erosion
human/ natural
NASA site with Interactive
satellite images video- notes,
Video- Satellite questions
story
Lessons/ video
Questions
Class
brainstorm of
questions to
guide
instructioncategories of
questions
Erosion,
chemical
reactions,
volcanoes
Website- How
Caves are
Formed
Weathering
and Erosion
Weathering
and Erosion
Video- How
Wolves
Changed a
River
WebsiteShake-It-Up
GeographyFamous
mountains
WebsiteGeography
Treasure Hunt
Structure of the Plate Tectonics
Earth
Convection
currents
WebsiteAstroVentureGeology
module
Video- Notes,
questions
Video- notesApply to plate
techtonics
Videos- Notes,
answered
questions,
questions- for
more
investigation
Phet- websitesimulation