Download Standard 3.1 Earth`s Structure

Curriculum Guide
Grade 6 – Science Standard 3.1
Earth Systems.3.1 - Complex interrelationships exist between Earth's structure and natural processes that over time are both constructive and destructive.
Related Colorado Department of Education Sample Units:
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Changing Environments (Concepts: change, equilibrium/stability, ecosystems, environment, population, energy, matter, flow, cycle, surface features,
constructive/destructive forces, interaction, patterns)
Environmental Systems (Concepts: cycle, systems, energy, rules, interactions, change, environment, survival, model, natural event, process, dynamics,
universal, foundation, forces, conservations, earth and human activity, interrelationships, biotic, abiotic)
Essential Questions - 21st Century Skills and Readiness Competencies (District):
1. How do forces inside Earth and on the surface build, destroy, and change Earth’s
crust?
2. How does Earth's surface change over time?
3. What is the difference between constructive and destructive forces?
4. What are some things that contributed to the formation of Earth's surface features?
5. How do plate tectonics shape Earth's surface?
6. What is the difference between erosion and weathering?
7. How did constructive and destructive forces shape the Earth?
Evidence Outcomes (District):
a. Gather, analyze, and communicate an evidence-based explanation for the complex
interaction between Earth’s constructive and destructive forces.
b. Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence from text and other sources that
explains the formation of Earth’s surface features.
c. Use a computer simulation for Earth’s changing crust.
Academic Vocabulary (District):
chemical weathering
computer simulation
constructive force
continental drift
convergent plate boundary
core
crust
deposition
destructive force
divergent plate boundary
erosion
lithosphere
magma
mantle
mass movement
mid-Atlantic rift
moraine
physical weathering
plate tectonics
sediment
subduction zone
surface feature
Assessment (District):
1. Examine notes for accuracy and completeness.
2. Assess the content and quality of the research report.
3, 4, 5, & 7. Assessments are built into the lessons.
6. Each performance task and activity serves as observable assessment.
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Suggested Activities/Strategies (District):
1. Have students view and take notes on the PowerPoint of Constructive and
Destructive Landforms.
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Download PowerPoint Constructive and Destructive Forces
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Video for Constructive and Destructive Forces
3. Savage Planet in the News: In this lesson, students gain an understanding of natural
events that occur on the planet Earth. They research volcanoes, storms, atmospheric
conditions, and extreme environments.
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3. Savage Planet in the News
4. Breaking Up is Hard to Do Unit: This is an entire unit on how landforms are created
as the result of the interaction between constructive and destructive forces over time.
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See: https://www.ctsciencecenter.org/
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4. Breaking Up is Hard to Do Unit
5. The Shake, Rattle, and Roll Lesson is a guided exploration of Earth's movements.
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See: https://www.ctsciencecenter.org/
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5. Shake, Rattle, and Roll Lesson
6. Performance Tasks: This is a site from the state of Georgia that has several GRASP
Tasks, Performance Tasks, and Activities.
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6. Performance Tasks
7. Earth's Dramatic History Lesson: Students work cooperatively and collaboratively to
create a timeline of life on Earth.
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7. Earth's Dramatic History
Resources/Technology (District):
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Constructive and Destructive
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Resource for Constructive and Destructive Waves
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Geological Processes
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Flash Cards Quizlet
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The Science Queen
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Free Clip Art
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Free PowerPoints
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Free Interactive Games
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Free I-pad Apps
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Earth's Features
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Constructive and Destructive Interference
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YouTube Video on Constructive and Destructive Forces
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The Science Spot
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Illustration of Plate Boundaries
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Plate Tectonics
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Earth Games
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Shaping the Earth Flash Card Activity
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Landforms
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Google Earth Lessons
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Teaching Box Link