April-June: 7th-8th marking periods
Catastrophic Events Lessons 22-24
Lesson 22 EXPLORING IGNEOUS ROCK FORMATION TE 303. Objectives and refresher on 303-305. Then use TE 305 (second column) through 312 to help complete INQUIRY 22.1 “Investigating Crystallization,” which corresponds with SE 240-251.
Lesson 23 VOLCANIC ASH TE 317. Objectives and refresher on 317-320. Then use 321-325 to help complete INQUIRY 23.1 “Investigating the Properties of Volcanic Ash,” which corresponds with SE 252-263.
Lesson 24 EFFECTS OF ASH FALL TE 329. Objectives and refresher on 329-331. Then use 331 (second column) through 338 to help complete INQUIRY 24.1 “Investigating Ash Fall,” which corresponds with SE 264-273.
In addition to moving through the Catastrophic Events lessons, introduce students to the following NGSS material:
NGSS History of the Earth
Performance Expectations
Students who demonstrate understanding can:
MS-ESS1-4.Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6-billion-year-old history. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on how analyses of rock formations and the fossils they contain are used to establish relative ages of major events in Earth’s history. Examples of Earth’s major events could range from being very recent (such as the last Ice Age or the earliest fossils of homo sapiens) to very old (such as the formation of Earth or the earliest evidence of life). Examples can include the formation of mountain chains and ocean basins, the evolution or extinction of particular living organisms, or significant volcanic eruptions.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include recalling the names of specific periods or epochs and events within them.]
MS-ESS2-2.Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on how processes change Earth’s surface at time and spatial scales that can be large (such as slow plate motions or the uplift of large mountain ranges) or small (such as rapid landslides or microscopic geochemical reactions), and how many geoscience processes (such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and meteor impacts) usually behave gradually but are punctuated by catastrophic events. Examples of geoscience processes include surface weathering and deposition by the movements of water, ice, and wind. Emphasis is on geoscience processes that shape local geographic features, where appropriate.
]MS-ESS2-3.Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions. [Clarification Statement: Examples of data include similarities of rock and fossil types on different continents, the shapes of the continents (including continental shelves), and the locations of ocean structures (such as ridges, fracture zones, and trenches).] [Assessment Boundary: Paleomagnetic anomalies in oceanic and continental crust are not assessed.]
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs):
ESS1.C: The History of Planet Earth
Prentice Hall Earth Science (red) textbook:
Rocks 92-121
Plate Tectonics 122-159
Earthquakes 160-197
Volcanoes 198-229
Weathering and Soil Formation 236-263
Erosion and Deposition 264-307
A Trip Through Geologic Time 308-351
Lesson 22 EXPLORING IGNEOUS ROCK FORMATION TE 303. Objectives and refresher on 303-305. Then use TE 305 (second column) through 312 to help complete INQUIRY 22.1 “Investigating Crystallization,” which corresponds with SE 240-251.
Lesson 23 VOLCANIC ASH TE 317. Objectives and refresher on 317-320. Then use 321-325 to help complete INQUIRY 23.1 “Investigating the Properties of Volcanic Ash,” which corresponds with SE 252-263.
Lesson 24 EFFECTS OF ASH FALL TE 329. Objectives and refresher on 329-331. Then use 331 (second column) through 338 to help complete INQUIRY 24.1 “Investigating Ash Fall,” which corresponds with SE 264-273.
In addition to moving through the Catastrophic Events lessons, introduce students to the following NGSS material:
NGSS History of the Earth
Performance Expectations
Students who demonstrate understanding can:
MS-ESS1-4.Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6-billion-year-old history. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on how analyses of rock formations and the fossils they contain are used to establish relative ages of major events in Earth’s history. Examples of Earth’s major events could range from being very recent (such as the last Ice Age or the earliest fossils of homo sapiens) to very old (such as the formation of Earth or the earliest evidence of life). Examples can include the formation of mountain chains and ocean basins, the evolution or extinction of particular living organisms, or significant volcanic eruptions.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include recalling the names of specific periods or epochs and events within them.]
MS-ESS2-2.Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on how processes change Earth’s surface at time and spatial scales that can be large (such as slow plate motions or the uplift of large mountain ranges) or small (such as rapid landslides or microscopic geochemical reactions), and how many geoscience processes (such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and meteor impacts) usually behave gradually but are punctuated by catastrophic events. Examples of geoscience processes include surface weathering and deposition by the movements of water, ice, and wind. Emphasis is on geoscience processes that shape local geographic features, where appropriate.
]MS-ESS2-3.Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions. [Clarification Statement: Examples of data include similarities of rock and fossil types on different continents, the shapes of the continents (including continental shelves), and the locations of ocean structures (such as ridges, fracture zones, and trenches).] [Assessment Boundary: Paleomagnetic anomalies in oceanic and continental crust are not assessed.]
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs):
ESS1.C: The History of Planet Earth
- The geologic time scale interpreted from rock strata provides a way to organize Earth’s history. Analyses of rock strata and the fossil record provide only relative dates, not an absolute scale. (MS-ESS1-4)
- Tectonic processes continually generate new ocean sea floor at ridges and destroy old sea floor at trenches. (HS.ESS1.C GBE),(secondary to MS-ESS2-3)
Prentice Hall Earth Science (red) textbook:
Rocks 92-121
Plate Tectonics 122-159
Earthquakes 160-197
Volcanoes 198-229
Weathering and Soil Formation 236-263
Erosion and Deposition 264-307
A Trip Through Geologic Time 308-351