WEEKLY LESSON PLANS
Kerry Matthews/CHES
Week of January 4
Subject- Science
Period(s) – 3x a day
Monday
NO SCHOOL – Teacher Inservice Day – Short week. No “centers”
Homework
Tuesday
Study/memorize flashcards 5 minutes each night (Monday – Thursday). Test Friday.
Instructional
Strategy
This week’s topic is… The Lithosphere (Rocks and Minerals)
Objective:4a “
Today: Power Point w/ flashcards, Binder Pages, Rock “food” activity
Introduce w/ -Power Point, Flashcards, Binder #22 & 23
Materials
Samples of Rocks and Minerals
Wednesday
Instructional
Strategy
Materials
(1) Rock Food Activity – Sedimentary Sandwiches, Metamorphic Marshmallows, &
Igneous Icing to remember the three types of rock and how they are formed
(2) Review W.E.D. (weathering, erosion, deposition) with relay game. Boys vs
Girls…. (break, move, drop)
(1) Colored mini-marshmallows, put in ziplock bag and sit on bag, using “heat and pressure” to create
“metamorphic marshmallows”, wheat and white bread, break into tiny sediments, squish together and
layer a white “pancake”, then wheat, then white, etc to make “sedimentary sandwiches”, Hershey
kisses and red/orange icing on the tip look like volcanoes and make “igneous icing”.
(2) Two spoons, two buckets or measuring beakers, dirt – have a relay outside and repeat each time
“break, move, drop” to remember the order and different vocab. (break dirt out of the ground – move
across yard – drop in bucket…) Could include the “WEDding” concept by dressing in bride/groom
accessories also.
Thursday
Instructional
Strategy
(1) Pangaea’s Theory Puzzle
(2) Rock Cycle Story and Pictures
Materials
Pangaea Puzzle to cut, color, and glue.
Rock Cycle Story (worksheet – fill in the blank)
http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/pdf/dinos_plate_tectonics.pdf OR
http://www.aktsunami.com/lessons/k4/unit3/atep_k4_PangaeaPuzzle.pdf OR
http://library.thinkquest.org/17701/high/index.html
Friday
Instructional
Strategy
Materials
“Test and Rest” day. Students will take a 20 question, multiple choice test. On
average, tests take about 30 minutes. Students then watch a TOPIC-RELATED
video after the test. (Friday schedules are shorter due to R.I.T.)
Friday’s Video: Bill Nye DVD (library) “Rocks and Soil” or Bill Nye DVD (library)
“They Way Cool Game of Science: Earth Structure and Processes” or Magic School
Bus Video (Watchknow) “Rocks and Rolls”.
Watchknow.org Videos for the Week (play a few each day): Our World: The Rock
Cycle, Identifying Rocks: How Are Rocks Made?, Rocks Song by Peter Weatherall,
Identifying Valuable Rocks and Minerals, Mining Minerals and Metals, Identifying
Rocks and Minerals: Identifying Gold, How Diamonds Are Formed, How It’s Made –
Diamond Cutting, Layers of the Earth (Nasa), Plate Tectonics, Why Study Earth
Science, Inside an Earthquake (National Geographic).