Grade/Course: Oceanography
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Tustin High School Unit Planner
2014-2015
Weeks: 9/4/14-9/30/14
Assessment date: 9/30/14
Title of the Unit of Study: Introduction to Earth Science
21st Century Theme:
☐ Global Awareness
☐ Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy
☐ Civic Literacy
☐ Health Literacy
☒ Environmental Literacy
☐ Creativity and Innovation
☒ Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
☒ Communication and Collaboration
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Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the environment and the circumstances and conditions affecting it,
particularly as relates to air, climate, land, food, energy, water and ecosystems.
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Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of society’s impact on the natural world (e.g., population growth,
population development, resource consumption rate, etc.).
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TUSD Connect:
☐Expand classroom boundaries
☐Provide students access
☒Real world applications
☒Collaboration
☐Challenge students
☐Communicate ideas
☐Innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship
☐Thrive in the global workplace
CCSS Science and Technical Standards Reading:
Adapted from OCDE Integrated Unit of Study
Revised August 21, 2014
1a
Tustin High School Unit Planner
2014-2015
Weeks: 9/4/14-9/30/14
Assessment date: 9/30/14
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis
of science and technical texts, attending to the
precise details of explanations or descriptions.
CCSS Science and Technical Standards Writing:
2a
Introduce precise claim(s), distinguish the
claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims,
and create an organization that establishes
clear relationships among the claim(s),
counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
NGSS/Content Standards:
HSESS2-2.
Analyze geoscience data to make the claim that one change to Earth's surface can create feedbacks that cause changes to other Earth
systems
Concepts and Skills:
What concepts and skills must a student know/have in order to master these standards and gain enduring understanding of the big idea?
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STUDENTS WILL DISTINGUISH THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE FOUR MAJOR BRANCHES OF EARTH SCIENCE.
STUDENTS WILL IDENTIFY PATTERNS WITHIN THE FOUR SYSTEMS OF EARTH.
STUDENTS WILL RELATE AND COMPARE THE SYSTEMS OF EARTH INCLUDING INTERACTIONS AMONG THE SYSTEMS.
Adapted from OCDE Integrated Unit of Study
Revised August 21, 2014
Tustin High School Unit Planner
2014-2015
Weeks: 9/4/14-9/30/14
Assessment date: 9/30/14
Essential Question(s):
Focuses the big idea to what is relevant to the student. Provocative questions that foster inquiry, understanding, and transfer of learning.
 Compare and contrast the four Earth systems and how each system interacts with one another.
Higher Order Thinking Questions:
What are the four branches of Earth science and which branch or branches of Earth science does each branch study?
Learning Outcomes/Content Objectives:
Students will…
Be able to differentiate between the four branches of Earth science and what the various studies are within each branch.
Be able to differentiate between the four Earth systems and understand that each system depends on every other system.
Academic Vocabulary:
 RELATION
 PROCESSES
 SUBSPECIALTY
 INDEPENDENT
 INTERDEPENDENT
 DENSITY
 INTERACT
 RESPIRATION
 UNIQUE
 APPLICATION
 SPECIALIZATION
Adapted from OCDE Integrated Unit of Study
Revised August 21, 2014
Content Specific Vocabulary:
 LITHOSPHERE
 ATMOSPHERE
 BIOSPHERE
 HYDROSPHERE
 ASTHENOSPHERE
 METEOROLOGY
 GEOLOGY
 ASTRONOMY
 OCEANOGRAPHY
 CLIMATOLOGY
 TECHNOLOGY
Sentence Frames:
Tustin High School Unit Planner
2014-2015
Weeks: 9/4/14-9/30/14
Assessment date: 9/30/14
Labs/Demonstrations/Activities:
 Focused notes
 Systems connections poster
Resources:
 GOOGLE DOCS
 TEXTBOOK : EARTH SCIENCE: GEOLOGY, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE UNIVERSE (GLENCOE)
 JING.COM
End of Unit Assessment:
How will students demonstrate what they know?
Illuminate Assessment:
☒ Multiple choice, single correct response (radio buttons, highlight)
☐ Multiple choice, multiple correct responses (checkboxes, highlight)
☒ Matching Tables (T/F, Yes/No)
☒ Short Text
☐ Drag and Drop
☒ Hot Sport (select targeted areas in the response area)
☒ Table Fill in
☐ Equation/numeric
Homework:
Lab Report: Writing assignment explaining difficulties in the measurement lab.
Quiz:
Performance Task:
Adapted from OCDE Integrated Unit of Study
Revised August 21, 2014
Tustin High School Unit Planner
2014-2015
Weeks: 9/4/14-9/30/14
Assessment date: 9/30/14
Adapted from OCDE Integrated Unit of Study
Revised August 21, 2014