Day to Day Schedule *All lessons are 45 minutes in length Day SLO Plan Resources Teaching Strategies & Assessment 1 Burgess Shale Go through presentation box with students Timeline – show students how old these fossils really are. Gives students a visual to help them comprehend Show them visuals of the fossils and the movement of plate tectonics through the various eras. Students view, hold, touch fossils Presentation Box, provided by supplier VKAT Formative discussions 2-4 S.AI-5 The Core Purpose: To develop students critical thinking skills and not accept that something is correct because it is in a video. Video: The Core VA Activity to Follow 5 S.AI-5; S.CT-1 The Core Follow Up Activity In pairs students will use the clues provided (events that occurred in the movie) and place them into the following categories: Good Geology Bad Geology Bad Biology Bad Physics Following the activity, we will have a group discussion about the science that was accurate and inaccurate. Purpose: To develop students critical thinking skills and not accept that something is correct because it is in a video. 20 envelopes containing: One of each clue (on white paper) One of head heading (on coloured paper) VAT Matching Activity Formative 6 STSK-3.3 Pangea Puzzle Students get into groups Cut out Pangea puzzle pieces and try to piece it together Discussion Why is the position of Earths continents different now than before? Have you heard of the term plate tectonics? What does it mean? How/why is it relevant? How do we know that Pangea existed? Activity: (pdf) VAT Discussion Formative – what do students already know about plate tectonics 7 STSK-1.2 Models of the Earth Ask students to recognize what makes a good model Compare various fruits, foods or everyday items to the Earth and decide what makes them a good and poor model for planet Earth Notebook file VA Discussion Formative – assessed through class discussion 8 Rock Types Notebook file VKAT
Then, students will demonstrate their understanding of the rock cycle by creating a comic, video, travel brochure, etc. Students must use their deductive reasoning and knowledge to determine the type of rock they have created with the clues given at each station. Summative – collect students final products 13 Tests to Identify Rocks & Minerals Show students various rocks and ask them to describe them. Tell them that many of the things they used to describe rocks are things that geologists use to identify rocks. Go through the various tests geologists use to identify rocks – Colour, Hardness, luster, streak test and cleavage/fracture. Student Note Sheet (chart) VAT Formative assessment through class discussions 14 Virtual Mineral Lab *Students must come to next period prepared with this sheet done in order to complete rock & mineral identification lab Virtual Rock Lab Sheet VAT Formative assessment – used to prepare students for upcoming in class lab Rock & Mineral Identification Lab Class 14-15 Students work to identify the characteristics of rocks Class 16 Students identify the type of rock For each group 15 rocks Rock tray Porcelain plate Iron nail Sand paper Rock Lab sheet (one per person) Laptop or iPad to investigate rock ID’s VKAT Formative – allow students to practice identifying rocks through the gathering of information. Used to prepare for summative practical evaluation. 18 Practical Rock Quiz Quiz sheet – one per person For each station 15 rocks Rock tray Porcelain plate Iron nail Sand paper VKAT Summative 19 STSK-1.1; 3.3,4 Snack Tectonics Per student Fruit rollups Graham crackers Icing Student note sheet VKAT Formative 20 STSK-1.1; 3.1,3,4 Cosmos Video? Students watch Season 1, Episode 9 of Cosmos. Students then engage in a discussion on D2L, where they discuss their views, knowledge gained and questions for further inquiry. Students are also asked to D2L VA