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Buckhannon-Upshur Middle School
LESSON PLAN
Name of Student Teacher:
Christina Sterck
Date: __10/3/16___ Time: 51 Minutes Grade/Subject/Course: 8th Grade Science__
1. Lesson Topic(s) Plate Tectonics- Theory of Plate Tectonics
2. Length of Time 51 minutes
3. Lesson Material(s) and Special Equipment
Textbooks, paper, Using Easy-to-Draw Illustrations to Teach about Plate Tectonics
by Hobart King, markers, crayons, colored pencils,
4. Adaptations for Special Needs
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Re-explain directions
Assistance during lab activities
Students will receive the packet Using Easy-to-Draw Illustrations to Teach
about Plate Tectonics by Hobart King. They will cut and paste the boundaries
onto their papers.
5. Objective(s) and Related Academic Standards Code(s)
Students will apply skills and techniques taught previously in class to their
activities during lab.
For lab review, students will explain the procedures used to get their answers.
Students will review the basics of plate tectonic theory without assistance from
teacher or other students.
SC.O.8.2.27 Identify and explain the principle forces of plate tectonics and
related geological events (e.g., earthquakes, volcanoes, or landforms).
6. Assessments and Checking for Understanding (match these to your objectives
and include them in your procedures below)
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Answers to questions, questioning, and progress during lab stations
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7. Anticipatory Set and Motivation Activities/ Accessing Prior Knowledge
Question
What occurs at a plate boundary where two continental plates meet? What occurs
at a plate boundary where two oceanic plates meet?
Answers
Continent/continent- Because the plates are similar density and are both less dense
than the asthenosphere, the plates collide, bend and buckle, forming mountains.
Oceanic/oceanic- The denser of the two plates bends and sinks under the less dense
plate.
8. Procedures and Content Presentation (attach all handouts, presentation notes, etc.)
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Activity
- Students will use their textbook and notes to complete the graphic
organizer on plate tectonics.
Plate Tectonics
Type of
Divergent Boundary
Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Definition
Plate boundary where
two plates are moving
apart.
Plate boundary where two
plates are moving toward each
other
Subduction zone- found at
boundaries where two oceanic
plates meet or where an
oceanic plate meets a
continental plate
Plate boundary where two
plates slide past each
other
Strike-Slip Fault- where
rocks move in opposite
directions, or in the same
direction but at different
rates.
Mid-ocean ridges
(underwater), Rift
valleys(on land)
Volcanoes(oceanic/continental) Earthquakes
Volcanic island chains
(oceanic/oceanic),
Mountain ranges
(continental/Continental)
Andes Mountains/Volcanoes,
San Andreas Fault
Sierra Nevada
Mountains/Volcanoes,
Indonesia, Philippines,
Himalaya Mountains
Zone
associated
with
boundary/
Specific
Faults
Features
created at
boundary
Examples:
Mid-Atlantic Ridge,
East Pacific Rise, Great
African Rift Valley
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Students will place the information for each boundary type on one sheet of
paper.
Students will fill in the organizer with information for Convergent boundaries,
Divergent boundaries, and Transform boundaries.
Students will draw examples each type of boundary. (Using Easy-to-Draw
Illustrations to Teach about Plate Tectonics by Hobart King)
9. Summary and Closure
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Teacher will discuss the answers at the end of class.
10. Assignments and Enrichment Activities
None
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