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2011-2012 LESSON “SNAPSHOT”
Teacher’s Name: Sayra Adkins
Week 0f: 8-29 to 9-2 2011
Course Title and Periods Taught: Earth Science
Unit Title: Introduction to Continential Drift and Plate Tectonics
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Briefly outline daily lesson activities/agenda:
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Depth of Knowledge:
(related to Core Academic Standard):
each day:
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Monday
I can diagram of the earth’s layers including
Students will take notes from a Power Point
Formative Assessment
Lesson Topic: Introduction to
the correct names and the properties of each. over the Earth’s layers. Students will
Writing to learn
Writing to demonstrate learning
the layers of the earth, their
complete a diagram of the Earth’s layers from
Cooperative Learning
location and properties.
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MI/DI
their notes.
Student technology use
Critical Vocab: inner core. Outer
core, mantle, crust,
athenosphere, lithosphere,
mesosphere
Tuesday
Lesson Topic: Continental drift
and plate tectonics.
ACT/CATS-like assessment
Live-Scoring
Reading Strategies
Lab
I can explain the movement of the earth’s
plates based on the theory of plate tectonics.
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Critical Vocab: Pangaea, plate
tectonics, continential drift
Wednesday
Lesson Topic: Introduction to
continential drift and plate
tectonics.
Critical Vocab: Pangaea, plate
tectonics, continential drift
I can discuss and explain the theory behind
plate tectonics.
Thursday
Lesson Topic: Plate movement
and plate boundaries
I can describe how Earth’s tectonic plates
result in many geologic features, compare
the three types of plate boundaries and
discuss the process associated with
subduction zones.
Critical Vocab: convergent,
divergent, and transform
boundaries, trench, rift valley
Students will watch a video titled “
Continents Adrift: An Introduction to
Continential Drift and Plate Tectonics”
Students will complete a video guide over the
topics in the video.
Students will create a foldable over the topics
in Ch 17.1.
Students will complete a lab over density and
complete a foldable on plate tectonics.
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Students will participate in a discussion about
the results of the movement of the earth’s
plates. Students will complete a writing
assignment about the vocabulary associated
with the three types of boundaries that occur
between tectonic plates. Students will
participate in an activity about all three
boundaries.
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Bellringer
Formative Assessment
Writing to learn
Writing to demonstrate learning
Cooperative Learning
MI/DI
Student technology use
ACT/CATS-like assessment
Live-Scoring
Reading Strategies
Lab
Bellringer
Formative Assessment
Writing to learn
Writing to demonstrate learning
Cooperative Learning
MI/DI
Student technology use
ACT/CATS-like assessment
Live-Scoring
Reading Strategies
Lab
Bellringer
Formative Assessment
Writing to learn
Writing to demonstrate learning
Cooperative Learning
MI/DI
Student technology use
ACT/CATS-like assessment
Live-Scoring
Reading Strategies
Lab
2011-2012 LESSON “SNAPSHOT”
Friday
I can successfully complete the activity that
Students will complete an activity that
Lesson Topic: Seafloor spreading helps to explain the effects of seafloor
explains seafloor spreading, creation of new
Critical Vocab: seafloor
spreading.
ocean floor, the dating of the seafloor, and the
spreading, paleomagnetisim,
methods used to determine these.
magnetic reversal, topography
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Please post completed form for each course you teach weekly. (Updated 12/06/10)
Bellringer
Formative Assessment
Writing to learn
Writing to demonstrate learning
Cooperative Learning
MI/DI
Student technology use
ACT/CATS-like assessment
Live-Scoring
Reading Strategies
Lab