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Grades: 7th
Stage1---Desired Results
Content Standards:
S2C2PO1
Describe how science is an ongoing process that changes in response to new information and discoveries.
S2C2PO2
Describe how scientific knowledge is subject to change as new information and/or technology challenges prevailing theories.
S6C1PO2
Describe the properties and the composition of the following major layers of the Earth:
crust
mantle
core
S6C1PO3
Explain the following processes involved in the formation of the Earths structure:
plate tectonics
volcanism
S6C2PO3
Analyze the evidence that lithospheric plate movements occur.
S6C2PO4
Explain lithospheric plate movement as a result of convection.
S6C2PO5
Relate plate boundary movements to their resulting landforms, including:
mountains
faults
rift valleys
trenches
volcanoes
Unit Calendar
MONDAY
Lesson: Review Earths
structure
TUESDAY
Lesson: Earths layers
affect life on Earth.
WEDNESDAY
Lesson: Earths layers
affect life on Earth.
Activity: Draw a
diagram of the Earths
layers, label and explain
these layers (summative
assessment)
YouTube video:
Lithosphere and
Asthenosphere
Video-Inside Planet
Earth
Video-Inside Planet
Earth continued
MONDAY
Lesson: Continental
drift and the theory of
plate tectonics
YouTube videos:
Convection Demos
Activity: complete notetaker based on
discussion and videos
MONDAY
Lesson: Earths
Processes
Activity: Plate tectonics
lab
TUESDAY
Lesson: Plate
boundaries
Activity: Draw a
diagram of the plate
boundaries, labeling all
parts and depicting the
various movements
Activity: Write an 8
sentence summary of
how life on Earth is
affected by each of its
layers based on
information in the
video.
WEDNESDAY
Lesson: Plate
boundaries
Activity: Draw a
diagram of the plate
boundaries, labeling all
parts and depicting the
various movements
TUESDAY
Lesson: Earths
processes
Activity: Plate tectonics
lab
WEDNESDAY
Lesson: Earths
processes
Activity: Summative
assessment
THURSDAY
Lesson: Science theories
change over time. These
changes can occur in
numerous ways.
Pangaea.
Activity: Were the
continents ever one big
supercontinent? Why?
(short written response
to prepare for
discussion)
FRIDAY
Lesson: Pangaea
Activity: Science Talk- The goal is for
students to understand that we have
knowledge that makes Pangaea a
possibility (to be discussed throughout
the unit) but there are still many
questions and not a consensus on all
aspects of this theory.
YouTube video: Alfred Wegeners
Theory of Continental Drift
THURSDAY
Lesson: Introduction to
resulting landforms
Activity: complete notetaker to be used in next
unit
FRIDAY
Lesson: Introduction to resulting
natural disasters
Activity: complete note-taker to be
used in next unit
THURSDAY
FRIDAY