Alignment Teaching SEPUP Title to HCS/SC periods Key Concepts Advance Prep Assessment Activity Core and Processes Notes to teachers & Key Question Number Curriculum Traveling on the Water Gather pictures of water 62 Models, states of Q4: SI 6-1.2 1-2 Students use a board Cycle cycle optional), 1-L container water (solid, 6-4.2 How does water game and literacy strategies optional), 50 mL graduate liquid, gas), water 6-1.4 circulate through earth’s to investigate the tube, overhead projector, vapor, clouds, crust, oceans and conversion of water from copy student sheets condensation, atmosphere? one form to another. evaporation, water cycle, literacy 6 63 Air, substance, Safety goggles needed, test 1-2 Q4: Understanding 6-4.1 Investigating Air Week Concept Students explore the nature literacy BTB solution before use, get of air by making overhead projector, Question E-1 46 observations of air copy student sheets Is air a substance or is it pressure and by using a just empty space? chemical indicator. Support your answer with evidence from the investigation. Record accurate 63a Use appropriate Teacher Choice Activity 1 6-4.5 Barometer/ Sling measurements using the Psychrometer instruments and tools barometer and the sling to collect weather psychrometer. data 64 Earth’s Atmosphere Layers of Internet access, overhead 1-2 How does the 6-4.1 7 Students use a computer atmosphere, projector, gather atmosphere 6-1.2 earth’s simulation to sample air atmospheric calculators, copy student change at different Week composition, composition, sheets elevations from the temperature, and pressure air pressure, water surface? earth’s at different altitudes vapor, mathematics above and earth’s surface compare the properties of the different layers.
SEPUP Activity Number Title Key Concepts and Processes Advance Prep Notes to teachers Teaching periods Assessment & Key Question Alignment to HCS/SC Core Curriculum Week 6 62 Traveling on the Water Cycle Students use a board game and literacy strategies to investigate the conversion of water from one form to another. Models, states of water (solid, liquid, gas), water vapor, clouds, condensation, evaporation, water cycle, literacy Gather pictures of water cycle optional), 1-L container optional), 50 mL graduate tube, overhead projector, copy student sheets 1-2 Q4: SI How does water circulate through earth’s crust, oceans and atmosphere? 6-1.2 6-4.2 6-1.4 63 Investigating Air Students explore the nature of air by making observations of air pressure and by using a chemical indicator. Air, substance, literacy Safety goggles needed, test BTB solution before use, get overhead projector, copy student sheets 1-2 Q4: Understanding Concept Question E-1 46 Is air a substance or is it just empty space? Support your answer with evidence from the investigation. 6-4.1 Week 7 63a Barometer/ Sling Psychrometer Use appropriate instruments and tools to collect weather data Teacher Choice Activity 1 Record accurate measurements using the barometer and the sling psychrometer. 6-4.5 64 Earth’s Atmosphere Students use a computer simulation to sample air composition, temperature, and pressure at different altitudes above earth’s surface and compare the properties of the different layers. Layers of atmosphere, atmospheric composition, air pressure, water vapor, mathematics Internet access, overhead projector, gather calculators, copy student sheets 1-2 How does the earth’s atmosphere change at different elevations from the earth’s surface? 6-4.1 6-1.2
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