Weathering Instructional Case: A series of student-centered science lessons Lesson 3 Note: This is a three-block lesson sequence, each lesson about 45 minutes Juniper Pine and Rock Weathering Pre-Assessment – Card Sort Source: NASA & Ken DePue Students will organize and classify the vocabulary cards. with very Suggested Timeline little direction based on their own reasoning. At the end of this lesson 3- 45 minute periods sequence, the students will revisit this same model and modify it accordingly. Materials Block One – Mechanical Weathering LCD Projector/computer link up to show PowerPoint slides This lesson starts with an informative PowerPoint on mechanical Laminated vocabulary cards weathering with frequent checks for understanding using student white boards, and ends with creation of a mind map to organize the Envelopes or paperclips for day’s learning. laminated cards Mechanical and chemical Block Two – Chemical Weathering weathering graphic organizers a flavored hard candy to This lesson starts with students receiving One candy per student flavored hard discover a model of chemical One set of laminated photo cards and mechanical weathering, and per pair of students continues with the PowerPoint presentation. Day two ends with One student white board and dry students finishing the mind map. erase pen per student Block Three – Identify Types of Weathering Prep This lesson starts with a PowerPoint presentation covering factors affecting rates of weathering. Students will then go back to their Organize laminated card sort vocabulary card classification and revise their model based on the copies in envelopes for each information gathered throughout the lesson sequence. group. Objective(s) Print one mechanical weathering graphic organizer Identify five types of mechanical weathering, and five types of per student chemical weathering Print one chemical weathering Identify and recognize the important factors affecting rates of graphic organizer per student weathering Print one weathering mind map per student Print off cards using a color printer, then laminate. Prepare one set for every 2-3 students, if possible. Types of Weathering Summary Students will learn about and be able to distinguish between mechanical and chemical weathering, and identify the major factors, which affect rates of weathering.
Weathering Instructional Case: A series of student-centered science lessons Lesson 3 Juniper Pine and Rock Weathering Source: NASA & Ken DePue Suggested Timeline 3- 45 minute periods Materials LCD Projector/computer link up to show PowerPoint slides Laminated vocabulary cards Envelopes or paperclips for laminated cards Mechanical and chemical weathering graphic organizers One flavored hard candy per student One set of laminated photo cards per pair of students One student white board and dry erase pen per student Prep Organize laminated card sort copies in envelopes for each group. Print one mechanical weathering graphic organizer per student Print one chemical weathering graphic organizer per student Print one weathering mind map per student Print off cards using a color printer, then laminate. Prepare one set for every 2-3 students, if possible. Types of Weathering Summary Students will learn about and be able to distinguish between mechanical and chemical weathering, and identify the major factors, which affect rates of weathering. Note: This is a three-block lesson sequence, each lesson about 45 minutes Pre-Assessment – Card Sort Students will organize and classify the vocabulary cards. with very little direction based on their own reasoning. At the end of this lesson sequence, the students will revisit this same model and modify it accordingly. Block One – Mechanical Weathering This lesson starts with an informative PowerPoint on mechanical weathering with frequent checks for understanding using student white boards, and ends with creation of a mind map to organize the day’s learning. Block Two – Chemical Weathering This lesson starts with students receiving a flavored hard candy to discover a model of chemical and mechanical weathering, and continues with the PowerPoint presentation. Day two ends with students finishing the mind map. Block Three – Identify Types of Weathering This lesson starts with a PowerPoint presentation covering factors affecting rates of weathering. Students will then go back to their vocabulary card classification and revise their model based on the information gathered throughout the lesson sequence. Objective(s) Identify five types of mechanical weathering, and five types of chemical weathering Identify and recognize the important factors affecting rates of weathering
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