Earth Materials

Beramiesha ThompsonLaura Salman

Dianna Baritot

713.22- MST Inquiry Unit Plan – Summer 2010Professor O’Connor-Petruso

Contents Unit Plan Overview (slide 3) Content Web of Unit Plan (slide 4) Lesson 1: Rockin’ Around (slides 5, 6, & 7) Lesson 5: Fossil Fuels Web quest(slides 8,

9 & 10) Lesson 6: Walking Tour and Film (slides

11, 12, 13 & 14) References: (slide 15)

EARTHMATERIAlS

Lesson 1:Rocking Around:

What are the different types of rocks?

Lesson 2:Earth's Natural Resources:

What are natural resources and how is it important to humans?

Lesson 3:Erosion:

What affect does weatheringand erosion have on earth

materials?

Lesson 4:Building or Fuel:

How are earth materials used?

Lesson 5:Fossil Fuels:

How are Earth Materials used to provide us with

Energy?

Lesson 6:Walking Tour:

How are Earth materials used as building materials?

Overview of Unit Plan

Content Web

Properties of Earth Materials

Key Concept E4.4: Earth Materials that occur in nature

include rocks, minerals, soils, water, and the gases of the atmosphere.

Key Concept E4.5:Natural materials have different properties,

which sustain plant and animal life.

Key Concept E4.6: Some Earth materials have different properties that make them useful either in their present form or designed and modified to solve human problems and enhance the qualitity of life, as in the case of materials used for building or fuels used for heating and transportation.

Students explore the affects of erosion and weathering on earth

materials.

Students classify three different types of rocks based upon their characteristics.

Students classify the natural resources of the Earth as soilid,

liquid, or gas.

Students explore the properties and the use

of earth materials.

Students investigate the use of earth materials

as fossil fuels.

Students explore the use of earth materials as building materials.

Lesson 1: Rockin’ Around

What Are the Three Different Types of Rocks?

Students will learn the three major types of rocks and classify them based on their characteristics .

Students will create a bar graph representing the students and type of rocks brought in.

Lesson 1: Rockin’ Around NCTM Math Skills

Process Standards: Representation - Using Spreadsheets and Graphing SoftwareContent Standards: Data Analysis

  NAEP Process Skills

Scientific Inquiry: S4.3 Identify patterns in data and/or relate patterns in data to theoretical models

Technology: T4.1 Propose or critique solutions to problems, given criteria and scientific constraints  NAEP Science Content Standard

Properties of Earth Materials: Nature and human-made materialsE4.4 Earth materials that occur in nature include rocks, minerals, soils, water, and the gases of the atmosphere

  ISTE NETs Standards for Literate Students

Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:d. process data and report results. Communication and Collaboration: Students use hands on manipulative to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.

Rockin’ Bar Graph

Lesson 5: Fossil FuelsHow Are Earth Materials Used to

Provide Us With Energy?

Students will follow a webquest through the class filamentality website and research an investigative report as journalists studying fossil fuels.

Lesson 5: Fossil Fuels

NAEP Process Skills Scientific Inquiry:S4.2 Conduct scientific investigations using appropriate tools and techniques (e.g., selecting an instrument that measures the desired quantity—length, volume, mass, weight, time interval, temperature—with the appropriate level of precision);

 S4.4 Use empirical evidence to validate or criticize conclusions about explanations and predictions(e.g., check to see that the premises of the argument are explicit, notice when the conclusions do not follow logically from the evidence given).

NCTMProcess Standards – ConnectinsContent Standards – Data Analysis and Probability

  NAEP Science Content Standard

Earth StructuresProperties of Earth Materials: Natural and human-made materialsE4.6: Some Earth materials have properties that make them useful either in their present form ordesigned and modified to solve human problems and enhance the quality of life, as in the caseof materials used for building or fuels used for heating and transportation.

ISTE NETs Standards for Literate Students Research and Information Fluency Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.  

Report on Fossil Fuels Students answer a series of close-ended

questions about fossil fuels Students write a report answering several open-

ended questions Students create a radial graphic organizer to

display dataPrehistoric

Plants • Coal

Prehistoric Organisms

• Oil• Natural

Gas

Wind, Water, Sun

• Renewable Energy

Lesson 6: Walking Tour

How are Earth Materials Used as Building Materials?

Students will conduct a filmed walking tour of the neighborhood to observe earth materials as building materials.

Students will chart the data they find in a bar graph.

Lesson 6: Walking Tour NCTM Math Skills

Process Standards: Representation/CollectionsContent Standards: Geometry/Data Analysis & Probability

  NAEP Process Skills  Scientific Inquiry:

S4.3 Identify patterns in data and/or relate patterns in data to theoretical models;

Technology: T4.3 Apply science principles or data to anticipate effects of technological design

  NAEP Science Content Standard 

E4.6: Some Earth materials have properties that make them useful either in their present form or designed and modified to solve human problems and enhance the quality of life, as in the case of materials used for building or fuels used for heating and transportation.

  ISTE NETs Standards for Literate Students

Creativity and Innovation Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students:b.create original works as a means of personal or group expression.c.use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.

Walking Tour Film

Students will create a documentary film similar to this:

Link HERE

Walking Tour Bar Graph

References Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning Domains, August 5, 2010

http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.htmlISTE ISTE Nets 2007 Technology Standards for Literate Students, August 5, 2010

http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS_for_Students_2007.htm

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, July 22, 2010 http://standards.nctm.org/document/chapter5/data.htm

Multiple Intelligences, August 5, 2010 http://www.tecweb.org/styles/gardner.html Science Framework for the 2009 NAEP, August 5, 2010 Science Framework for the

2009 NAEP, August 5, 2010 http://bbhosted.cuny.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2fwebapps%2fblackboard%2fexecute%2flauncher%3ftype%3dCourse%26id%3d_321378_1%26url%3d

Just for kids - SOIL! August 3, 2010. http://www.sidney.ars.usda.gov/sidebar/justforkids6.html discusses the good materials in soil, the bad ones. Why we need soil, what lives in soil. Facts about soil. And fun activities about soil. 

Rosinsky, N. (2002 ) Rocks: Hard, soft, smooth, and rough. Minneapolis, Minn. Picture Window Books Publisher

Soiled again. August 6, 2010. http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case2/c2facts2.html - Discusses the different ways in which people categorize soil. Looks at the characteristics of soil.

Soils around the world. August 7, 2010. http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ess05_int_soils/ Gives a good introduction to soil. Provides great illustration to soils from different areas of the world. Since different locations around the world have different weather, and support different kinds of organisms, soils vary in color and texture.

What on earth is soil? August 6, 2010. http://www.epa.gov/gmpo/edresources/soil.html - discusses what soil is and proves fun facts about soil.