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Curriculum Map (______9th_____grade level Earth Sci. Subject)
Mark Tolman 2014 - 2015
Month
Content
Skills
Aug 2014
Assessments
Vocabulary
(Term One)
Plastic cup lab
Science Skills & Thinking
Processes
Cooperative
Learning
Pros, Cons
I can determine the
pros and cons of
cooperative learning.
I can construct a metric
line.
I can use the metric
system to record &
manipulate
measurements.
I can classify various
tools of a physical
scientist
1
Student/teacher
white board, quiz
Student created
practice quiz.
Tools of a Physical
Scientist Worksheet,
Oral Q & A,
quiz.
Metric line,
metrics, metric
prefixes, base
units,
measurement
meter stick, flask,
beaker, stirring
rod, graduated
cylinder, triplebeam balance, etc.
Students will understand
how Earth science interacts
with society.
I will know the physical
location of safety equipment
in the room.
I can define and
describe various kinds
of Earth Science jobs.
Sept 2014
Earth’s place in the solar
system.
What is in room 119
worksheet?
Science Skills &
Thinking Processes
Quiz
Power point/
worksheet,
Pictogram, &
Mastery Connect
(Physical Science
specialties)
Q#1, 9-3-14.
I can relate the composition of Composition
objects in the solar system to worksheet,
their distance from the sun.
composition lab,
&practice quiz using
SAGE questions.
I can compare the size and
scale of objects within the
solar system.
2
Size activity, SAGE &
practice quiz.
Fire extinguisher,
fire blanket, eye
wash, shower,
paper towels,
sinks.
Environmental
science
Astronomy
Meteorology
Geology
Oceanography
Composition of
stars, nebula,
moon, comet,
meteor, asteroid,
inner planets,
outer planets
fusion,
, AU, gas giant
Month
Oct.
Content
We are part of the Milky
Way galaxy.
Skills
Assessments
I can compare the size of Solar System size
the solar system to the
lab, various
Milky Way galaxy.
worksheets,
Conditions that support
life on planets.
I can identify life causing
conditions.
I can identify planets that
have life.
I can describe conditions
on other planets in our
solar system that have
moons.
Age of the Universe
Oct.
I can describe our moon
and its features.
I can identify evidence
for the age of the
universe, our solar
system, and the Earth.
Vocabulary
Milky Way,
solar system,
student generated
quiz’s, review
sheets
Mastery Connect
Quiz # 3, 9-23-14.
Moon phases
Ch. 27, Oreo Moon
Phase Lab
Various
worksheets.
Universe, red
shift, blue
shift,
Age lab
Open notes quiz
Big Bang Theory (BB)
I can describe the BB &
NB theories.
3
BB, NB
Nebular Theory (NB)
I can explain evidence
that supports the NB.
Causes of Earth’s
Heavy Metals
I can explain that heavy
metals found on Earth
once formed in stars.
I will investigate and
report how science has
changed the accepted
ideas regarding the
nature of the universe
throughout history.
Mastery Connect Q
#2, 10-21-14.
Internet research
on the tools of
astronomer,
Worksheets,
Power point
presentations,
Quizzes,
How recent technology
helps.
4
Atomic
particles,
heavy metals,
Coalescence,
telescope,
radio
telescope,
spectrometer,
etc.
technology,
computer
aided
equipment,
unnatural
satellites,
Space spinoffs,
Space-Based
Astronomy
I can provide examples
of how technology has
helped scientists
investigate the universe
Mastery Connect
Summative Test,
10-07-14.
All of the
above terms.
Month
Oct 8
Oct 9 +
Content
Go over the Summative
Astronomy test answers
and re teach if
necessary.
Skills
Figure out the correct
answers to the missed
question’s.
Assessments
Class discussion.
Evaluate the source of
Earth’s internal heat and
the evidence of Earth’s
internal structure.
I can identify the Earth’s
layers and their
Chemical and Physical
properties.
Handouts,
worksheets,
vocabulary oval
worksheet,
5
Vocabulary
Crust,
continental
crust, oceanic
crust, mantle,
3D Earth Layers
Lab, Density Lab,
, quizzes.
Oct.
inner and outer
cores,
lithosphere,
mesosphere,
asthenosphere,
density
Formative Q #1
(Earth Layers),
Mastery Connect,
10-29-14
I can identify two sources
of Earth’s internal heat.
Work sheets,
quizzes,
Radioactive Decay
(M & M’s) Lab,
Heat Transfer
Jeopardy Game
Nov
Describe the
development of the
current theory of plate
tectonics and the
evidence that supports
this theory.
I can explain the
evidence of continental
drift and why it was not
accepted.
I can use the geologic
6
Handouts,
worksheets,
quizzes,
Science articles
Radioactive
decay, isotope,
half-life
Heat transfer,
Radiation,
Convection,
Convection
currents,
Conduction
Continental
drift, Alfred
Wegener,
Pangaea, seafloor spreading
record to give examples
of how Earth has
changed over time.
Nov
I can describe the
driving forces of plate
tectonics.
I can describe a
lithospheric plate and
identify the major plates
of the earth.
Fossils, fossil
record
Various handouts,
worksheets,
quizzes, group
work
Plate Tectonic
Notability IPAD
Theory, know
reviews,
the following
Yellow Plate Name plates:
½ sheet handout,
Eurasian,
Student made
African, North
flash cards,
American,
Online practice
Caribbean,
map quiz
Juan de Fuca,
Cocos, Nazca,
Scotia, South
American,
Arabian,
Antarctica,
Indo-Australian,
Philippine, &
Pacific
Formative Quiz # 2
7
Convection
currents,
(Plate Tectonics),
Mastery Connect,
11-14-14.
I can describe the three
types of plate boundaries
and the results of plate
movement
Notability IPAD
review,
Edible Plate
Tectonics Lab,
Science articles,
Worksheets,
Convergent,
Divergent,
Transform, Rift
Valley,
Formative # 3
(Plate
Boundaries),
11-21-14.
Month
Content
Skills
Assessments
Vocabulary
Nov
I can describe how
earthquakes and
IPAD reviews,
Various science articles,
8
Fault,
Normal fault,
volcanoes transfer
energy from Earth’s
interior to the surface.
Dec
9
handouts/worksheets,
Reverse fault,
Strike Slip
(Transform)
fault, Thrust
fault, stress,
strain, elastic
deformation,
Earthquake lab, Volcano plastic
oral reports,
deformation,
Quizzes
Focus,
epicenter,
Seismogram,
seismometer,
Seismic waves,
P waves, Swaves, Richter
Research Project.
scale,
magnitude,
amplitude,
moment
magnitude
scale, modified
Mercalli Scale,
Formative # 4
Shield, cinder
(Earthquakes/Volcanoes) cone,
12-12-14.
composite, hot
spot, fissure,
caldera,
viscosity,
pyroclastic
flow,
IPAD reviews
Group oral reports,
Handouts/worksheets,
Quizzes,
Summative Test
12-18-14.
10
Tsunami,
Liquefaction,
Seismic gaps,