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Unpacking Outcomes
Unpacking the Outcome
Analyze  impacts (societal and environmental)
Analyze  scientific understanding (movements and forces)
Outcome (circle the verb and underline the qualifiers)
EC 7.1 Analyze societal and environmental impacts of historical and current catastrophical geological events, and scientific
understanding of movements and forces within the Earth’s crust.
KNOW
Geological phenomena – volcanoes,
earthquakes, mountain building
Layer of Earth – crust, upper mantle,
lower mantle, core, inner core
Vocabulary – fold, fault, converge,
diverge, plate boundary, tectonics,
plates, geological, theory, composition,
transformation, tsunami, eruption,
chronological
Tools – seismograph Mercalli intensity
scale, Richter Magnitude Scale
How to interpret data to identify patterns
and trends
UNDERSTAND
 That the Earth’s crust is in a
state of constant change and
there are theories to explain
this and outcomes that occur
as a result of this.
 That theories change over
time, as new evidence and
information is gathered
 There are both societal and
environmental impacts of
catastrophic geological events
 That data relating to time,
magnitude and location of
events helps scientists
develop theories and make
predictions
 There are a number of tools to
help collect data
 That science and technology
has made progress in
protecting people from
catastrophic events but, for a
number of reasons, total
safety is not possible at this
time.
BE ABLE TO DO
 Trace dev’t of plate tectonic theory as an explanation of
mov’t of lithosphere (base on new geological evidence)
 Explore movement at plate boundaries
 Provide examples of past theories and ideas (incl.
cultural mythology) that explain geological phenomena
 Construct a visual representation of composition of
Earth
 Create models or simulations of process of mountain
formation and fold, faulting
 Describe societal and environmental impacts of
catastrophic geological events
 Predict impacts of future geological events
 Work cooperatively to research geological events and
integrate into a chronological model or time scale of
major events in geological history
 Organize data on distribution (geographical and
chronological) of earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic
eruptions to determine trends
 Explain the operation of tools scientists use to measure
and describe effects of catastrophic geological events
 Provide examples of how science and technology affect
self and community (understanding, predicting and
minimizing effects of events)
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
How is the Earth’s crust changing and how does this impact humans?
How do we explain geological changes?
Why do theories change?
How is society and the environment impacted by geological change and geological events?
What can we learn from data? How?
How do scientists collect data? How has it helped minimize the damage to society and the environment?
How do we stay safe during catastrophic geological events?