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For Saturday:
As a final project, you will be expected to adapt some activity from the class to the appropriate
level for your classroom and to prepare a lesson plan. This should be a lesson plan for a single
day or perhaps a couple of days, and you should prepare a separate discussion write-up on the
questions listed below. Those of you who are not in the teaching professions can modify these
questions to encompass a public outreach or service learning activity.
1. Is the level of the activity appropriate for my students?
a. This is an activity that I created for my 7th grade students this year. By this time
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students should be able to quickly navigate the Internet, complete a data table, and
analyze data for trends and patterns.
What teaching standards does the activity match?
a. SC.7.E.6.2 - Identify the patterns within the rock cycle and relate them to surface
events (weathering and erosion) and sub-surface events (plate tectonics and mountain
building).
b. SC.7.E.6.5 - Explore the scientific theory of plate tectonics by describing how the
movement of Earth's crustal plates causes both slow and rapid changes in Earth's
surface, including volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and mountain building.
c. SC.912.E.6.3 - Analyze the scientific theory of plate tectonics and identify related
major processes and features as a result of moving plates.
What misconceptions will the activity have to address?
a. From http://beyondpenguins.ehe.osu.edu/issue/earths-changing-surface/commonmisconceptions-about-weathering-erosion-volcanoes-and-earthquakes
i. Volcanoes are randomly located across the earths surface.
ii. Volcanoes are found only on land.
iii. Volcanoes are found only in hot climates.
iv. All volcanoes erupt violently.
Within the activity, what are likely places where students may become confused, and what
am I going to do to prepare for that?
a. Some students will become frustrated while collecting information. Not all of the
information is obvious.
i. Have a help sheet available with some tips.
b. Students may also be confused when it comes to the type of magma. The magma type
is typically names for the rock that it forms. Andesitic magma cools to form andesite.
i. Have students look back in their notebook to their igneous rock lab to review
the different types of igneous rocks.
Where will this activity fit within my curriculum?
a. The volcano unit follows a unit about continental drift and plate tectonics. Students
should come in knowing about the interior structure and processes of Earth. Students
will also know about the different types of plate boundaries.
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Notes
The Magma Lab can be complete on its own over the course of an entire 50minute class.