Day to Day Schedule *All lessons are 45 minutes in length Day SLO Plan Resources Teaching Strategies & Assessment 1 Burgess Shale Presentation Box, provided VKAT Go through presentation box with students by supplier Timeline show students how old Formative discussions – these fossils really are. Gives students a visual to help them comprehend Show them visuals of the fossils and the movement of plate tectonics through the various eras. Students view, hold, touch fossils 2-4 The Core Video: The Core VA Activity to Follow Purpose: To develop students critical S.AI-5 thinking skills and not accept that something is correct because it is in a video. 5 The Core Follow Up Activity VAT In pairs students will use the clues 20 envelopes containing: Matching Activity provided (events that occurred in the S.AI-5; movie) and place them into the One of each clue (on S.CT-1 Formative following categories: white paper) Good Geology One of head heading (on Bad Geology coloured paper) Bad Biology Bad Physics Following the activity, we will have a group discussion about the science that was accurate and inaccurate. Purpose: To develop students critical thinking skills and not accept that something is correct because it is in a video. 6 STSK-3.3 Activity: VAT Pangea Puzzle (pdf) Students get into groups Discussion Cut out Pangea puzzle pieces and try to piece it together Formative what do Discussion – students already know Why is the position of Earths about plate tectonics continents different now than before? Have you heard of the term plate tectonics? What does it mean? How/why is it relevant? How do we know that Pangea existed? 7 STSK-1.2 Models of the Earth Notebook file VA Ask students to recognize what makes a good model Discussion Compare various fruits, foods or everyday items to the Earth and decide what makes Formative assessed – them a good and poor model for planet through class discussion Earth 8 Rock Types Notebook file VKAT
Day to Day Schedule *All lessons are 45 minutes in length Day SLO Plan Resources Teaching Strategies & Assessment 1 Burgess Shale Go through presentation box with students Timeline – show students how old these fossils really are. Gives students a visual to help them comprehend Show them visuals of the fossils and the movement of plate tectonics through the various eras. Students view, hold, touch fossils Presentation Box, provided by supplier VKAT Formative discussions 2-4 S.AI-5 The Core Purpose: To develop students critical thinking skills and not accept that something is correct because it is in a video. Video: The Core VA Activity to Follow 5 S.AI-5; S.CT-1 The Core Follow Up Activity In pairs students will use the clues provided (events that occurred in the movie) and place them into the following categories: Good Geology Bad Geology Bad Biology Bad Physics Following the activity, we will have a group discussion about the science that was accurate and inaccurate. Purpose: To develop students critical thinking skills and not accept that something is correct because it is in a video. 20 envelopes containing: One of each clue (on white paper) One of head heading (on coloured paper) VAT Matching Activity Formative 6 STSK-3.3 Pangea Puzzle Students get into groups Cut out Pangea puzzle pieces and try to piece it together Discussion Why is the position of Earths continents different now than before? Have you heard of the term plate tectonics? What does it mean? How/why is it relevant? How do we know that Pangea existed? Activity: (pdf) VAT Discussion Formative – what do students already know about plate tectonics 7 STSK-1.2 Models of the Earth Ask students to recognize what makes a good model Compare various fruits, foods or everyday items to the Earth and decide what makes them a good and poor model for planet Earth Notebook file VA Discussion Formative – assessed through class discussion 8 Rock Types Notebook file VKAT
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