Unit Plan

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Unit Plan

• Bye ChrisAnn Poling

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Introduction

• This Unit Plan is going to be on Advanced
  Environmental Earth Science covering the
  difference between rocks and minerals along with
  eight common minerals and the three types of
  rocks and how they are formed. Along with a
  brief introduction to geologic mapping to have
  the students be familiar with what these maps
  look like and how to read them.

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State ObjectivesWV CSOs (Content Standards and
Objectives)

• AES.2.5 Conduct explorations in a variety of
  environments (e.g., laboratories, museums,
  libraries, parks and other outdoors locations).
• AES.2.7 Demonstrate science processes within a
  problem solving setting (e.g., observing,
  measuring, calculating, communicating, comparing,
  ordering, categorizing, classifying, relating,
  hypothesizing, predicting, inferring, considering
  alternatives, and applying).
• AES.4.7 Identify the type and composition of
  various minerals.

• AES.4.8 Investigate and explain the processes of
  the rock cycle.
• AES.4.9 Explain the relationship between pressure
  and temperature to the formation and reformation
  of rocks.
• AES.4.10 Identify and describe agents and
  processes of degradation (e.g., weathering by
  gravity, wind, water, and ice).
• AES.5.5 Use appropriate technology solutions to
  measure and gather data interpret data analyze
  data and to present and communicate conclusions.

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Select Methods, Media, and Materials

• Worksheets/Cross word puzzles given to the
  students by me from website
• Paper
• Pencil
• Graphs, diagrams, and charts
• Rocks

• 6. Markers/colored pencils or crayons
• 7. Construction paper and/or computer paper
  Cardboard paper for vocabulary flash cards
• Rock cycle dice
• PowerPoint

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Web Sites

• http//wrgix.wr.usgs.gov/docs/parks/rxmin/index/ht
  ml Science For the Changing World
• http//edtech.kennesaw.edu/web.rocks.html Rocks
  and Minerals
• http//ngmdb.usgs.gov/ncgmp/ncgmpgeomaps
  Geological Mapping
• http//sciencespot.net/Pages/classearth.htmlAncho
  r6 Rock Cycle Dice

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Utilizing Media and MaterialsDay 1

• Start out by asking the children what they think
  Geology is about and why its important to
  society.
• Give handout of the rock cycle diagram and
  explain in full detail.
• Discuss the three types of rocks (sed., meta.,
  and igneous).
• Small class activity called Rock Cycle Dice,
  which will help the students grasp the idea of
  the rock cycle and how it works in different
  environments
• Also, a brief discussion of the formation of
  rocks.

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Utilizing Media and MaterialsDay 2

• Review of rock cycle and go further in-depth
  about formation and reformation of rocks on
  PowerPoint.
• Discussion of the difference of minerals and
  rocks.
• Eight most common types of minerals.
• Discussion of the most common types of rocks and
  the compositions of some.
• Activity, Albert the Metamorphic Rock. This
  consists of them making a comic strip of the rock
  cycle.

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Utilizing Media and MaterialsDay 3

• PowerPoint introduction of Mohs hardness scale,
  along with the formation, crystallization,
  hardness, categorization, mineral composition,
  and naming of igneous rocks.
• Activity small lab of the classification and
  identification of igneous rocks.
• They will work in partners and make a chart of
  igneous rocks.

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Utilizing Media and MaterialsDay 4 and 5

• Day 4
• PowerPoint discussion of Meta. Rocks (picture
  references for lab), and how the rock cycle ties
  into igneous and meta rocks.
• Activity small lab of classification and
  identification of Meta. Rocks.
• Will work in partners to make a chart of Meta.
  Rocks.

• Day 5
• PowerPoint discussion on Sed. Rocks (picture
  references for lab), and how the rock cycle ties
  into all three types of rocks.
• Activity small lab on the classification and
  identification of Sed. Rocks.
• Will work in partners to make a chart of Sed.
  Rocks.

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Utilizing Media and MaterialsDay 6

• Working in groups they will make a large chart
  and diagram of the combined three charts from the
  previous labs using Excel program.
• I will provide them with detailed instruction of
  how to use Excel incase they have forgotten or do
  not know how to use the program.
• After they have finished the Excel program they
  will have a review crossword puzzle to complete.

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Utilizing Media and MaterialsDay 7

• Discussion of how weathering , erosion, wind,
  water, and ice effects on rocks.
• At the end of lecture there will be a slide show
  of different types of weathering on rocks where
  class participation will be counted.
• I will have made vocabulary flash cards to play
  Jeopardy, as a class activity/game (bonus points
  rewarded to winners).

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Utilizing Media and MaterialsDay 8

• PowerPoint lecture on Geologic maps
• We will then explore outside of the school to see
  if we can find examples of each types of rocks.
• Provide handouts of some other examples of the
  importance of geology and rocks in everyday life,
  along with a class discussion.

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Required Learner Participation

• Provide different things for students to do each
  day such as
• PowerPoint Lecture
• Lab
• Excel Program
• Online word search
• Flashcards
• Jeopardy
• Rock Cycle activity
• Comic strip activity
• Outside excursion

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Evaluation and Revision

• Students learning and achievement will be
  evaluated by the comic strip, the three separate
  charts on each rock type, the Excel program
  chart, along with class participation of the
  Jeopardy game.