Issues and Earth Science

Unit D: Plate TectonicsMr. Forde

Scofield Magnet MS

Activity 36: Investigating Human TraitsMarch 29, 2011

Getting Started: Where does the electricity come from that runs our school?Introduction: Read and summarize p. D4

Challenge: What are the advantages and disadvantages of storing nuclea waste in Yucca Mountain?

Key Words: Active, Dormant, Extinct, Nuclear Waste (write into the vocab section of your binder) Procedure: See p. D-5

Results: Complete sheets 36.1 and 36.2.

Analysis: HW- Q2 d-8 3 paragraphs

Activity 37: Volcanic LandformsMarch 30, 2011

Getting Started: How do scientists use models?

Introduction: Read and summarize p. D-9.

Challenge: How do volcanic eruptions vary?

Key Words: Magma

Procedure: Read Page D-10 - D-13 Create data chart on page D-10.

Analysis: HW - Q 1 and 2 D-13

Activity 38: Beneath the Earth’s SurfaceMarch 31 - April 1, 2011

Getting Started: Imagine an elevator was taking you to the center of the Earth. What would you

see? You may draw on the provided sheet also/

Challenge: What is beneath the earth’s surface?

Key Words: Core (inner, outer), crust, lava, lithosphere, mantle, scale

Procedure: Read Page D-15 - D-18 Answer analysis Q 1 and 2, and Q3 (use student sheet 38.2,

calculator, ruler, pencil)

Activity 39: Earth TimeApril 5, 2011

Getting Started: Which of the following events occurred thousands, millions or billions of years ago? A) extinction of 90% of marine life B) The last ice age C) Age of the oldest fossils

Introduction: Read and summarize p. D-20

Challenge: When did particular events in Earth’s history occur?

Keywords: Geologic Time, Paleontologist

Procedure: Read and follow team directions on p. D-21 - D-22

HW - p D-22 Q 1-3

Activity 40: The Continent PuzzleApril 6, 2011

Getting Started: What do fossils tell us about the past climate (weather) of an area?

Introduction: Read and summarize p. D-23

Challenge: What can rearranging the continents tell you about earth’s history?

Keywords: Pangea

Procedure: Read and follow team directions on p. D-24 - D-25

p. D-26 Q 1 and 3

Activity 41: Continental DriftApril 7, 2011

Getting Started: What does it mean “to drift”?

Introduction: Read and summarize p. D-27

Challenge: What is the evidence that the continents have moved?

Keywords: Continental Drift

Procedure: Read and follow team directions on p. D-28

Activity 42: The Continent PuzzleApril 11, 2011

Getting Started: What

Introduction: Read and summarize p. D-30

Challenge:How did Continental Drift lead to the theory of plate tectonics?

Keywords:

Procedure: See p. D-31 Preview analysis questions and watch video clips.

p. D-31 Q 1 to Q3

Activity 43: April 12, 2011

Getting Started:

Introduction: Read and summarize page D-32

Challenge: How can a seismograph be used to measure earthquakes?

Key Words:

Procedure: -Make a

Analysis:

Activity 46 : Convection CurrentsApril 26, 2011

Getting Started: What do you think would happen if you mixed warm and cold water?

Introduction: Read and summarize p. D-48

Challenge: How do differences in temperature result in a convection current?

Keyword: Convection Current

Procedure: Read and follow team directions on p. D-49

HW -

Activity 58: ReproductionMarch 1-2, 2011

Getting Started: Why are children from the same parents usually not identical?

Introduction: Read p. D-22 . What is a gene?

Challenge: How are simple inherited traits passed from parents to their offspring and then to the next generation?

Procedure: Read activity 58 in groups and answer

all STT questions. Do analysis questions 1 and 2.

Analysis: 1 and 2 in class.

No HW tonight.

Activity 59: Gene ComboMarch 3, 2011

Getting Started: What did you learn from yesterday’s activity with Skye and Poppy? (blue/orange tails)

Introduction: Who was Gregor Mendel?

Challenge:How can tossing coins help you understand how organisms inherit genes from their parents?

Procedure: Do coin tossing activity utilizing sheets 59.1 and 59.2.

Key Words: Allele, Dominant Model, Probability, Random

No: p. D30 Q 2, 3 and 4

Activity 64: March 17, 2011

Getting Started: In what ways do your genes determine who you are and in what ways does you environment determine who you are?

Introduction: .

Challenge: How does the environment affect the inherited green color trait of Nicotiana?

Key Words:

Procedure: Read procedure Part a - steps 1 - 5

Analysis: HW - NO HW

Activity 66: Patterns in PedigreeMarch 18, 2011

Getting Started: Why is using simple organisms, like plants or insects, better for studying genetics?

Introduction: Read pg. D-56 and answer, “How do you think scientists can study traits in humans?”

Challenge: How can you use a pedigree to study human traits?

Key Words: Carrier, Co-dominance, Incomplete Dominance, Pedigree

Procedure: Read activity 66 and problem solve with your team to answer STT questions.

Activity 42: A closer look.January 3, 2011

Getting Started: List 10 things made of cells.

Introduction: Let’s read and summarize C-55 together.

Do columns 1 and 2 of KWL chart.

Challenge: What are some parts of a cell? What do they do?

Key Words: Mitochondria

Procedure: Read activity 42 and answer all STT questions. : Revisit our cell Venn Diagram

Analysis: HW - Questions 1, 2, and 4.