The main goal of this lesson is to get students familiar with …
The main goal of this lesson is to get students familiar with the idea that geology is something tangible and that it affects the world around them. They should be inspired to ask questions about how geologic processes shaped the world around them and make observations to answer those questions. All of this on their schoolyard.
During the introductory activity, students learn that geology is a lot like detective work. Geologists infer the sequence and timing of events by collecting evidence and making observations, just like a detective.
Students first make observations of a murder mystery.
Then, they try to use simple principles to develop a story that is consistent with these observations. Many of the principles they use in the murder mystery are exactly the same as a geologist uses in determining the history of a landscape. Photographs relate the murder mystery to real geology.
Teachers can then take their students outside to explore their new found geologic interpretation skills. Because every schoolyard is slightly different, teachers will need to adapt this excursion to their own unique setting. The rest of the web site is a collection of example geologic features that might have analogs in the schoolyard.
Teachers should browse the images and walk around their schoolyard looking for similar features. There are also links to background information and classroom activities about those features that serve as a jumping off point for teaching a wide variety of topics in earth science.
A teacher could plan a single fifty minute field trip to the schoolyard to explore all the features, or use images from this section throughout their entire earth science unit.
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This lesson contains instructions and patterns for preparing seven three-dimensional paper models …
This lesson contains instructions and patterns for preparing seven three-dimensional paper models that schematically illustrate common earth faults and associated landforms.
The faults described are: 1. normal 2. reverse 3. right 4. left-lateral 5. strike-slip 6. oblique-slip
There are also models and discussions of two fault-produced landforms, a graben and a horst.
These models are intended to help students and others visualize the principal classes of faults and learn some of the terminology used by geologists to describe faults.
By constructing and examining these models, students will obtain a greater appreciation of the relationship between fault displacements and the landforms that result.
There are several common minerals that tend to be referenced and used …
There are several common minerals that tend to be referenced and used in texts, NY Regent Tests and released Virginia SOL tests.
I call these the Super 8. Sulfur | Magnetite | Mica | Halite | Pyrite | Calcite | Quartz | Diamond
This resource requires samples of each mineral be sorted and available for manipulation. Students should perform this lab in small groups 3 or 4 and use the spreadsheet provided write the features observed according to categories the teacher wants students to master.
The lab should take about 20-30 minutes.
The Earth Science textbook by Glenco or the attached reference sheet may be used by students.
There are several common minerals that tend to be referenced and used …
There are several common minerals that tend to be referenced and used in texts, NY Regent Tests and released Virginia SOL tests.
I call these the Super 8. Sulfur | Magnetite | Mica | Halite | Pyrite | Calcite | Quartz | Diamond
This resource requires samples of each mineral be sorted and available for manipulation. Students should perform this lab in small groups 3 or 4 and use the spradsheet provided write the features observed according to categories the teacher wants students to master.
The lab should take about 20-30 minutes.
The NY Regents Earth Science Reference Table or a textbook reference may be used as a group reference for look up.
Students will analyze data from the "State of the Bay" reports from …
Students will analyze data from the "State of the Bay" reports from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation while reviewing and completing the scientific method. The final assessment is a mission for students to create a persuasive speech or advertisement that will call for action to make changes that will positively impact the watershed with reasons why change is important.
Today, you want to discuss how artists can help bring awareness of …
Today, you want to discuss how artists can help bring awareness of environmental changes through art. Introduce a few artists that use environmental change as their theme. It is a good idea to have several artists that use different kinds of mediums. Examples: Nils-Udo, Andy Goldsworthy, Richard Shilling, Agnes Denes, Chris Jordan, Benjamin Von Wong, Olafur Eliasson, Amanda Schachter, Rachel Sussman, and Mathilde Roussel. These are some environmental artists of different backgrounds and diversity that work in different medians. Discuss how posters have been used to educate others on environmental changes. Show your teacher’s example of an educational and artistic environmental poster. Talk about your poster and the environmental concept that you chose as an example of not only the artwork but on a presentation as well.
LAND AND PEOPLE : FINDING A BALANCE Land and People: Finding a …
LAND AND PEOPLE : FINDING A BALANCE
Land and People: Finding a Balance is an environmental study project that engages high school students in studying earth science resource issues. The project focuses on the interaction between people and the environment in three regions of the United States: Cape Cod Los Angeles the Florida Everglades.
Students use a Focus Question to guide their reading of the attached materials. Each Activity clearly describes what students will need to complete the Activity, explains the procedure, and in some cases, suggests extension activities.
Each section has Activities that are suggested to be done with the particular unit. The recommended lesson plan for this activity is attached.
LAND AND PEOPLE : FINDING A BALANCE Land and People: Finding a …
LAND AND PEOPLE : FINDING A BALANCE
Land and People: Finding a Balance is an environmental study project that engages high school students in studyingearth science resource issues. The project focuses on the interaction between people and the environment in three regions of the United States: Cape Cod Los Angeles the Florida Everglades.
Students use a Focus Question to answer and also provide them with several types of information they should use to answer the questions. Each Activity clearlydescribes what students will need to complete the Activity, explains the procedure, and in some cases, suggests extension activities.
Lesson Options -Study sections in any order -Complete all three sections or just one -Read the entire set of student materials for a region then complete all or selected activities.
Requirements -Each student will need a copy of the student materials. Student worksheets are designed to be photocopied clearly and easily. -Students will also need copies of the maps and other data that accompany the activities in the teacher materials.
This collection is part of 5 separate overall collections funded through a …
This collection is part of 5 separate overall collections funded through a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) grant. The five collections are: 1) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Mussels Field Studies: Middle School Lessons, 2) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Oyster Field Studies: Middle School Lessons, 3) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Mussels Role Play: Secondary Lessons, 4) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Oysters Role Play: Secondary Lessons, and herein, 5) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds PEWI Mussel Simulation.
This collection is part of 5 separate overall collections funded through a …
This collection is part of 5 separate overall collections funded through a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) grant. The five collections are: 1) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Mussels Field Studies: Middle School Lessons, 2) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Oyster Field Studies: Middle School Lessons, 3) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Mussels Role Play: Secondary Lessons, 4) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Oysters Role Play: Secondary Lessons, and herein, 5) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds PEWI Mussel Simulation
This collection is part of 5 separate overall collections funded through a …
This collection is part of 5 separate overall collections funded through a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) grant. The five collections are: 1) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Mussels Field Studies: Middle School Lessons, 2) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Oyster Field Studies: Middle School Lessons, 3) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Mussels Role Play: Secondary Lessons, 4) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Oysters Role Play: Secondary Lessons, and herein, 5) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds PEWI Mussel Simulation
This collection is part of 5 separate overall collections funded through a …
This collection is part of 5 separate overall collections funded through a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) grant. The five collections are: 1) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Mussels Field Studies: Middle School Lessons, 2) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Oyster Field Studies: Middle School Lessons, 3) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Mussels Role Play: Secondary Lessons, 4) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Oysters Role Play: Secondary Lessons, and herein, 5) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds PEWI Mussel Simulation
This collection is part of 5 separate overall collections funded through a …
This collection is part of 5 separate overall collections funded through a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) grant. The five collections are: 1) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Mussels Field Studies: Middle School Lessons, 2) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Oyster Field Studies: Middle School Lessons, 3) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Mussels Role Play: Secondary Lessons, 4) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds Oysters Role Play: Secondary Lessons, and herein, 5) VCU Chesapeake Bay Watersheds PEWI Mussel Simulation
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