Unit 3.2 Earth's Balance
Unit Overview:
Inquiry Statement - Scientists use evidence and models that demonstrate changes which occur from the interaction of forces that cause movements on Earth.
Global Context: Orientation in space and time
Key Concept: Change Related Concept: Interaction and Movement
Learner Profile Trait - Inquirer
Global Context: Orientation in space and time
Key Concept: Change Related Concept: Interaction and Movement
Learner Profile Trait - Inquirer
Unit 3.2 Overview (English) Unit 3.2 Overview (Spanish)
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Unit Lessons:
Lesson 1 - Layers of the Earth
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Video Link: Layers of the Earth
Lesson 2 - Dynamic Earth - Plate Movement
Class Presentation: Student Notes:
Videos associated with the Class Presentation:
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Webquest: Student Packet for Webquest:
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Webquest Link: Dynamic Earth
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Lesson Re-teach - Slideshare on Plate Tectonics
Video summary - Plate Tectonics
Video summary - Plate Tectonics
Lesson 3 - Theory of Plate Tectonics
Step 1: Wegener and Pangaea
| activity_-_wegener_and_pangaea_-_student_pages.pdf |
Step 2: Building a Timeline
Use this link - Encyclopedia Britannica to create a timeline
| timeline_for_plate_tectonics.pdf |
Step 3 - Video Review
| video_questions_-_student_page.pdf |
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Lesson 4 - The Earth's Crust (Snack Tectonic Lab)
| snack_tectonics_lab__class_instructions.pdf |
| snack_tectonics_lab_student_response_page.pdf |
| plate_tectonics_and_boundaries_reading.pdf |
We will stop here for the Mid-Term Exam. Lessons after this message will occur in January
Lesson 5 - Engineering for Earthquakes - can you build an Earthquake Proof Building?
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Lesson 6 - Our Changing Earth
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Student Instructions: Click each resource to open it in a new window. Use the page below to answer the questions asked.
| our_changing_earth_-_student_page.pdf |
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Google Earth Tips on finding landforms
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Enrichment Activity: Erosion and Deposition
Lesson 7: Mapping Our Earth
Class Presentation: Student Note Page: Map Vocab:
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Mapping Patagonia (video)
Independent Practice Student Page:
| satellites_and_changes_on_earth_-_independent_practice.pdf |
Independent Practice - Resources:
Step 1 - Reading and Response - How Do Scientists Monitor Changes To Earth's Surface?
| how_do_scientists_monitor_changes_to_earth_-_reading.pdf |
Step 2 - Watch Video
El Nino causes Erosion
El Nino causes Erosion
Step 3 - Comparing Satellite Images
Link: NASA takes the Best Images
Link: NASA takes the Best Images
Step 4 - Measuring Erosion
Link: Predicting Soil Erosion
Link: Predicting Soil Erosion
Enrichment Reading - Why your mental map of the world is probably wrong.
Lesson 8 - Topographic Maps
Introduction to Topo Maps:
Class Presentation: Student Notes:
Class Presentation: Student Notes:
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In Class Independent work:
Step 4 - Link to Video: Going Up
At home - Independent Practice:
| independent_practice_-_topographical_maps.pdf |
Lesson 9 - Changing Landscapes - Making Predictions
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Step 4 - Predicting Land Changes Using Maps and Satellite Images
Online links to topographic maps:
Map - Round Rock Map - Brushy Creek Map - Big Bend National Park 1. Google Map or use this one - 2. Earth Explorer Map - Texas Coast (Earth Explorer) |
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Additional Enrichment Resources:
Interactive Williamson County Map
Video: Introduction to Topo Maps
Textbook Reading: Read Unit 7, Lesson 4 in the science textbook (p. 386-397)
Video: Introduction to Topo Maps
Textbook Reading: Read Unit 7, Lesson 4 in the science textbook (p. 386-397)
| erosional_features_reading.pdf |
| staar_science_tutorial_topographic_maps.pdf |
Unit Enrichment and Review:
Texas Gateways Interactive Review on Unit 3.2 - Earth Science
Quizlet - Plate Tectonics
CK - 12: Geological Stresses
Continental Boundary Information and Practice
CK-12 Information Website - Topo Maps
Video: Tectonic Plates
Documentary (50 min) on Tectonic Plates
Website - NOAA - Tectonic Plates and Types of Boundaries
KidsGeo.com - Plate Boundaries
Explaining Plate Boundaries
Tectonic Plate Movement
Plate Tectonics Information (Encyclopedia Britanica)
National Geographic - On Earth (tons of information!)
Kahoot Review Game on Tectonic Plates
Video: Introduction to Topo Maps
Kahoot - Topographic Maps
Quizlet on Topo Mps
CK - 12: Geological Stresses
Continental Boundary Information and Practice
CK-12 Information Website - Topo Maps
Video: Tectonic Plates
Documentary (50 min) on Tectonic Plates
Website - NOAA - Tectonic Plates and Types of Boundaries
KidsGeo.com - Plate Boundaries
Explaining Plate Boundaries
Tectonic Plate Movement
Plate Tectonics Information (Encyclopedia Britanica)
National Geographic - On Earth (tons of information!)
Kahoot Review Game on Tectonic Plates
Video: Introduction to Topo Maps
Kahoot - Topographic Maps
Quizlet on Topo Mps