History of Planet Earth
Rock Strata and the age of the Earth
MS-ESS1-4.Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6-billion-year-old history. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on how analyses of rock formations and the fossils they contain are used to establish relative ages of major events in Earth’s history. Examples of Earth’s major events could range from being very recent (such as the last Ice Age or the earliest fossils of homo sapiens) to very old (such as the formation of Earth or the earliest evidence of life). Examples can include the formation of mountain chains and ocean basins, the evolution or extinction of particular living organisms, or significant volcanic eruptions.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include recalling the names of specific periods or epochs and events within them.]
Pangea, Plate Movement
MS-ESS2-3.Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions. [Clarification Statement: Examples of data include similarities of rock and fossil types on different continents, the shapes of the continents (including continental shelves), and the locations of ocean structures (such as ridges, fracture zones, and trenches).] [Assessment Boundary: Paleomagnetic anomalies in oceanic and continental crust are not assessed.]
Scientific Conclusions
I can use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claims, counterclaims, and reasons. [WHST.6-8.1]
I can provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument. [WHST.6-8.1]
MS-ESS1-4.Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6-billion-year-old history. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on how analyses of rock formations and the fossils they contain are used to establish relative ages of major events in Earth’s history. Examples of Earth’s major events could range from being very recent (such as the last Ice Age or the earliest fossils of homo sapiens) to very old (such as the formation of Earth or the earliest evidence of life). Examples can include the formation of mountain chains and ocean basins, the evolution or extinction of particular living organisms, or significant volcanic eruptions.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include recalling the names of specific periods or epochs and events within them.]
Pangea, Plate Movement
MS-ESS2-3.Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions. [Clarification Statement: Examples of data include similarities of rock and fossil types on different continents, the shapes of the continents (including continental shelves), and the locations of ocean structures (such as ridges, fracture zones, and trenches).] [Assessment Boundary: Paleomagnetic anomalies in oceanic and continental crust are not assessed.]
Scientific Conclusions
I can use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claims, counterclaims, and reasons. [WHST.6-8.1]
I can provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument. [WHST.6-8.1]
Relative Dating History of Life
17. Lab: Who's on First: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/BarBar.html
superposition-fossils.ppt | |
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Read: Earth History and Clues from Fossils
Read: Principals of Relative Dating
18. Lab: Earth Calculator Tape Timeline
http://serc.carleton.edu/quantskills/activities/calculatortape.html
http://serc.carleton.edu/quantskills/activities/calculatortape.html
19. Read: Determining Relative Ages
dinoactivity_layers.pdf | |
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Plate Motion
****Bunch of great mini labs
ges_511_1_g1.pdf | |
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21. Pangea Cut out Project
activity-continentaldrift_3.pdf | |
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dinos_plate_tectonics.pdf | |
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22. Read: Continental Drift
23. Phet: Plate Tectonics: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/plate-tectonics
plate_tectonics_inquiry_phet.pdf | |
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24. Read: Bathymetric Evidence for Seafloor Spreading
Read: Seafloor Spreading Hypothesis
25. seafloor spreading lab
seafloor_spreading_activity.pdf | |
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Read: Tectonic Plate Movements
26. Continental Drift: What's the Big Idea?
http://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/midlit10.sci.splwegener/continental-drift-whats-the-big-idea/
27. Writing: Complete Final Assignment
Scientific Conclusions
I can use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claims, counterclaims, and reasons. [WHST.6-8.1]
I can provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument. [WHST.6-8.1]
http://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/midlit10.sci.splwegener/continental-drift-whats-the-big-idea/
27. Writing: Complete Final Assignment
Scientific Conclusions
I can use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claims, counterclaims, and reasons. [WHST.6-8.1]
I can provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument. [WHST.6-8.1]
concluding_paragraph_worksheet.doc | |
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persuasive_essay_worksheet.docx | |
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28. Review/Reteach
29. Quiz
When finished: Plate tectonics using google earth
lab3_challenge_wksht.pdf | |
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31.
1-2 Corrections/Reteach
3-4 Movie: Cosmos Part 9: The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth
1-2 Corrections/Reteach
3-4 Movie: Cosmos Part 9: The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth
cosmos_pt_9.docx | |
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