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Foundational Knowledge
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Learning Assessments
Learners will identify scientific
evidence that supports the
theory of plate tectonics.
Online Reading Assignment:
Puzzling Evidence
Group Discussions
Learners will identify the
seven major tectonic plates on
Earth.
Label Tectonic Plates on a Map
Map Activity
Video on Plate Movement
Window Pane
Interactive Notebook Entry:
Summarize Plate Movements
Online Reading Assignment: Plate
Boundaries
Plate Boundaries Foldable
Learners will describe how
plate movement causes major
geological events and land
features such as mountains,
rift valleys, ocean basins, midocean ridges, ocean trenches,
volcanic eruptions, and
earthquakes.
Application
Learners will compare and
contrast divergent,
convergent, and transform
plate boundaries.
Group Discussions
Integration
Learners will analyze the
relationship between plate
movement and the surface of
the Earth.
Human Dimensions/Caring
Snack Tectonics Lab Activity
Summarize lab activity using
RERUN
Recall: summarize what you
did
Explain: explain the purpose
of the lab
Results: describe the results
of the lab and what they
mean
Uncertainties: describe what
you are still unsure about
New: write at least two new
things that you learned from
the lab
Learners will understand the
impact natural disasters
associated with plate
movement has on the world.
Online Reading Assignment: Plate
Tectonics and People
Create a Glogster: Online
Poster
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/tectonics.html
Learning How to Learn
Learners will acquire, retain,
Reflective Writing Activity
and generalize scientific
concepts to make sense of real
world situations.
Respond to prompt on
Classroom Blog
Reference:
Fink, L.D. (2003). A self-directed guide to designing courses for significant learning. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.