What we did each day Sept 25- Nov. 2nd
Below you will find a detailed list of our learning purposes for each day as well as the language we use, and activities we do in class. This list will be for our unit on
DATE
Tues
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Content Purpose
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desertification_and_deforestation_2.pptx | |
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Content Purpose
Understand the relationship between human activities and the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Content Purpose
Understand that scientific knowledge is the result of a great deal of confirmation within the science community.
* ReQuest: You and your partners read the same piece of text and quiz one another using questions you each wrote. If one of you can’t answer, the other has to show how to locate the answer.
Understand how increasing population and urbanization affect air quality.
* ReQuest: You and your partners read the same piece of text and quiz one another using questions you each wrote. If one of you can’t answer, the other has to show how to locate the answer.
Understand how increasing population and urbanization affect air quality.
Content Purpose
Investigate how sea-level rise impacts coastlines and coastal cities.
* Opinion Stations: Choose a stance on a controversial topic and discuss your opinion with others who answered similarly, then with someone who had a different opinion.
* Opinion Stations: Choose a stance on a controversial topic and discuss your opinion with others who answered similarly, then with someone who had a different opinion.
Content Purpose
Identify the differences between weather and climate in relation to hurricanes.
Write definitions from text/notes
* Collaborative Posters: Work with your group to create a poster summarizing your work on a topic. Each member must write in a different colored marker.
Write definitions from text/notes
* Collaborative Posters: Work with your group to create a poster summarizing your work on a topic. Each member must write in a different colored marker.
Content Purpose
Finish posters from yesterday and define Atomosphere from text.
Describe how the atmosphere insulates the planet.
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Describe how the atmosphere insulates the planet.
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Content Purpose
Assessment
Differentiate among the geosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere
Differentiate among the geosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere
Content Purpose
Analyze the interactions among the geosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
Identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigations
Design and conduct a scientific investigation. Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data. Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence.
Vision testing
Identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigations
Design and conduct a scientific investigation. Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data. Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence.
Vision testing
Content Purpose
Understand the composition and layers of Earth’s atmosphere and the purpose of each
Content Purpose
Describe how the atmosphere insulates the planet.
Explore human impact on atmospheric gases.
Explore human impact on atmospheric gases.
Content Purpose
Understand that as altitude increases, air pressure decreases. Temperature varies depending on the layer.
Learn about early atmosphere on earth
Content Purpose
Quiz on Atmosphere
Classbuilding activity
Classbuilding activity
Content Purpose
Differentiate among radiation, conduction, and convection
Explain the relationship between Earth’s absorption of solar energy and the
circulation of air currents.
Explain the relationship between Earth’s absorption of solar energy and the
circulation of air currents.
Content Purpose
Understand that everyday forms of heat transfer involve different types of movement.
Content Purpose
Assess knowledge of Conduction, Convection, and Radiation as types of Thermal Energy Transfer
See powerpoint below for lab part two
See powerpoint below for lab part two
types_of_heat_transfer_lab.pptx | |
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Content Purpose
Learn now uneven heating of Earth's surface results in moving air currents.
Content Purpose
Investigate what causes air to move.
Explain the relationship between Earth’s absorption of solar energy and the
circulation of air currents.
Explain the relationship between Earth’s absorption of solar energy and the
circulation of air currents.
Content Purpose
Recognize four types of global wind patterns.
Content Purpose
Model four types of global wind patterns and Latitudes of each and diagram wind direction
Content Purpose
Requiz ch 11 less 2
Explain the causes of sea breezes and land breezes.
Explain the causes of sea breezes and land breezes.
Language Purpose
(vocabulary we will focus on)
Testing in the lab
Language Purpose
Use the following sentence frames in your discussion:
“According to the Video clips, soil is degraded by … .”
“Soil erosion is caused by … .”
“I’m not sure I agree. I think that …. is one of the best ways to preserve soil
because … .”
Use cause/effect signal words such as results in, has the effects of, and impacts to describe relationships.
“According to the Video clips, soil is degraded by … .”
“Soil erosion is caused by … .”
“I’m not sure I agree. I think that …. is one of the best ways to preserve soil
because … .”
Use cause/effect signal words such as results in, has the effects of, and impacts to describe relationships.
Language Purpose
Use cause/effect signal words such as results in, has the effects of, and impacts to describe relationships.
Language Purpose
Understand and use the following terms in writing questions and answers: greenhouse gases, global warming, excess carbon dioxide, atmospheric carbon dioxide, and fossil fuels.
Use the following terms in discussing and reporting your solutions: sources, pollutants, air pollution, acid precipitation, and air quality.
Use the following terms in discussing and reporting your solutions: sources, pollutants, air pollution, acid precipitation, and air quality.
Language Purpose
Use the following sentence frames to respectfully express opinion and discuss the problem of sea level rise.
“Although I don’t agree that … , I do recognize that … .”
“I think a better solution would be … .”
“Although I don’t agree that … , I do recognize that … .”
“I think a better solution would be … .”
Language Purpose
Read text for details to identify the characteristics of weather and climate.
Answer this question: “Are hurricanes and hurricane season are examples of weather or climate?”
Answer this question: “Are hurricanes and hurricane season are examples of weather or climate?”
Language Purpose
Use the terms absorbed, energy, and radiation in written work.
Language Purpose
Assessment of environmental chapter
Use the synonyms to define the five Earth’s spheres.
Use the synonyms to define the five Earth’s spheres.
Language Purpose
The atmosphere is thin compared to earth.
The atmosphere is made of air.
Air has "weight" and air pressure on earth is about 15 lbs per square inch.
Salt water can be separated into fresh water and salt through evaporation and condensation.
Understand that a substance has characteristic properties such as density, a boiling point, and solubility. A mixture of substances often can be separated into the original substances using one or more of these characteristic properties.
The atmosphere is made of air.
Air has "weight" and air pressure on earth is about 15 lbs per square inch.
Salt water can be separated into fresh water and salt through evaporation and condensation.
Understand that a substance has characteristic properties such as density, a boiling point, and solubility. A mixture of substances often can be separated into the original substances using one or more of these characteristic properties.
Language Purpose
Answer the following: How thick is our atmosphere? What is air? Why is it cooler in the mountains and warmer at lower elevations? What keeps Earth warm?
Sequence the layers of the atmosphere in order and explain the composition of each.
Use the sentence frame “ _________ sphere interacts with the ____________ sphere when ____________________.”
Sequence the layers of the atmosphere in order and explain the composition of each.
Use the sentence frame “ _________ sphere interacts with the ____________ sphere when ____________________.”
Language Purpose
Review Vocabulary using flashcards
Use the terms absorbed, energy, and radiation in written work.
Use the term carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions in conversations and written work.
Use the terms absorbed, energy, and radiation in written work.
Use the term carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions in conversations and written work.
Language Purpose
Use the sentence frames provided to show relationships between altitude and air pressure
Language Purpose
Understand the terms thermal energy, radiation, conduction, and convection.
Language Purpose
Apply the terms radiation, conduction, and convection to everyday forms of heat transfer.
Language Purpose
Wind
Global vs Local winds
Global vs Local winds
Language Purpose
Use the frame “air moves from ______
pressure to _____ pressure because _____.”
"Thermal energy moves from ____________ to __________________ until . . . _____________________.
pressure to _____ pressure because _____.”
"Thermal energy moves from ____________ to __________________ until . . . _____________________.
Learning Purposes
Use the terms trade winds, westerlies, polar easterlies, doldrums, and jet stream in conversation and written work.
Learning Purposes
Use the terms trade winds, westerlies, polar easterlies, doldrums, and jet stream in a diagram and by responding with yes or no signals.
Language Purpose
Sequence the steps involved in the formation of sea breezes and land breezes.
Productive Group Work Outcome
(what we will do/produce)
n/a
PGW Outcome
PLay a "get to know you" activity with your new group.
In your notebook complete the sentence frames and take notes from the video clips.
Create oa foldable about problems causing degration of soil/ desertification such as deforestation and solutions.
With group, come to agreement on this question: “What are the best ways to preserve soil and fight desertification and deforestation?”
In your notebook complete the sentence frames and take notes from the video clips.
Create oa foldable about problems causing degration of soil/ desertification such as deforestation and solutions.
With group, come to agreement on this question: “What are the best ways to preserve soil and fight desertification and deforestation?”
PGW Outcome
Complete a walking review using worksheet Key Concept Review: Recent Climate Change.
PGW Outcome
-Read passage on A History of Global Warming and do a ReQuest.
-Make a list of solutions to the following question: “Find practical solutions to reduce pollution and improve outdoor an indoor air quality.”
using online research
-Make a list of solutions to the following question: “Find practical solutions to reduce pollution and improve outdoor an indoor air quality.”
using online research
PGW Outcome
Brainstorm ways that society should prepare for or respond to rising sea levels.
PGW OUtcome
Create a poster that shows the differences between weather and climate.
Extra Credit assignment offered: Watch vidoe "An Inconvient Truth" and complete the worksheet below.
inconv_truth_ws.doc | |
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PGW Outcome
Finish Posters, share posters
Create a chart of definitions and explain their reasoning to the group.
Create a chart of definitions and explain their reasoning to the group.
PGW Outcome
Complete quiz
Create notes of synonyms to define the five Earth's spheres after viewing a video on the atmosphere.
Class Drawing
Create notes of synonyms to define the five Earth's spheres after viewing a video on the atmosphere.
Class Drawing
PGW Outcome
Students will take notes on the atmosphere.
Watch a video on the admostphere
Conduct an iquiry lab called "How Refreshing"
Watch a video on the admostphere
Conduct an iquiry lab called "How Refreshing"
PGW Outcome
Write observations, results, and conclusion from desalination experiment
Create a foldable of the different layers of the atomosphere
Groups design a product showing and describing the layers of the atmosphere in order.
Finish Video on the atmosphere
Create a foldable of the different layers of the atomosphere
Groups design a product showing and describing the layers of the atmosphere in order.
Finish Video on the atmosphere
PGW Outcome
Complete iScience Inquiry Lab, analyze the results, write a conclusion, and communicate results to the class.
Groups create a poster containing graphs that reflect the carbon footprint of each team.
Groups create a poster containing graphs that reflect the carbon footprint of each team.
PGW Outcome
Complete Language Frame notes
Finish Atmosphere Foldable
Finish Bill Nye atmosphere video
Take quiz
Finish Atmosphere Foldable
Finish Bill Nye atmosphere video
Take quiz
PGW Outcome
Watch the "Mr. Webber" tutorial (under the review tab of "resources" for chapter 11 lesson 2).
Create a foldable chart to create descriptions, everyday examples, and effects on the Earth's Atmosphere of the three types of thermal energy transfer
Perform and watch a Pantomime of the three types of heat transfer (Conduction, Convection, and Radiation) with a group.
Create a foldable chart to create descriptions, everyday examples, and effects on the Earth's Atmosphere of the three types of thermal energy transfer
Perform and watch a Pantomime of the three types of heat transfer (Conduction, Convection, and Radiation) with a group.
PGW Outcome
Review Homework "Energy Transfer in the Atmosphere" reading help
Complete Bellwork: "Energy Transfer in the Atmosphere" WS on Content Vocabulary
And Participate in an inquiry based lab utilizing various forms of thermal energy transfer "Can you conduct, convect, and radiate?" Inquiry Skill Practice Lab
Continued tomorrow...
Lab part two. . .
Quiz on Types of Thermal Energy Transfer
Complete Bellwork: "Energy Transfer in the Atmosphere" WS on Content Vocabulary
And Participate in an inquiry based lab utilizing various forms of thermal energy transfer "Can you conduct, convect, and radiate?" Inquiry Skill Practice Lab
Continued tomorrow...
Lab part two. . .
Quiz on Types of Thermal Energy Transfer
PGW Outcome
Students will take notes using the text and their composition science notebook on "wind" and create a chart with the three questions on pg 394 of the text.
PGW Outcome
Conduct a short lab on thermal energy transfer, answer journal questions on the lab.
Introduce Weather with "Pick a card game"
Watch the short video clip "What's science got to do with it; Electrifying wind"
Introduce Weather with "Pick a card game"
Watch the short video clip "What's science got to do with it; Electrifying wind"
PGW Outcome
Review what causes wind to move with the video above and watch a wind demonstration
Outline the four key terms and describe using a globe
Outline the four key terms and describe using a globe
PGW Outcome
In groups, act out each of the 5 terms
Complete a notecard detailing the directional wind flow of each type of global wind pattern as an assessment
Complete a notecard detailing the directional wind flow of each type of global wind pattern as an assessment
PGW Outcome
illustrate and label pictures of a sea breeze and land breeze in your composition notebook.
Play Fan n Pick to answer a series of "weather" related "what if" questions (teambuilding)
Play Fan n Pick to answer a series of "weather" related "what if" questions (teambuilding)
Text help (where you can look in the textbook or online for more informatiion.)
Text
Text
Resource: Chapter 13, Lesson 3:
WS: pg 55, 56, or 57.
WS: pg 55, 56, or 57.
Text
Chapter 11 – Lesson 2
Resource:
iScience Inquiry Lab pp. 480-481: The Greenhouse Effect is a Gas!
Youtube World Population Video
GALE Reference library: World Book - Air Pollution and its Sources
GALE Reference library: World Book Kids - Environmental Pollution
Resource:
iScience Inquiry Lab pp. 480-481: The Greenhouse Effect is a Gas!
Youtube World Population Video
GALE Reference library: World Book - Air Pollution and its Sources
GALE Reference library: World Book Kids - Environmental Pollution
global-warming-lesson-plan.pdf | |
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Text
Chapter 11 – Lesson 2
· iScience p 503 Oceans on the Rise
· Video clip – NASA Now Minute: Climate Change & Sea Level Rise
· Video clip – Sea Level Rise Animation in Google Earth
Video clip – Sea Level Rise on the Gulf Coast animation
· iScience p 503 Oceans on the Rise
· Video clip – NASA Now Minute: Climate Change & Sea Level Rise
· Video clip – Sea Level Rise Animation in Google Earth
Video clip – Sea Level Rise on the Gulf Coast animation
Text
GALE Reference library: World Book Kids - Climate
GALE Reference library: World Book Kids - Hurricane
iScience p 434 Hurricanes Formation
Pg 419 and 455
GALE Reference library: World Book Kids - Hurricane
iScience p 434 Hurricanes Formation
Pg 419 and 455
TEXT
pg 419 and 455 of textbook
pg 376, chapter 11
pg 376, chapter 11
TEXT
Quiz on ch 11, lesson 4 and ch 13 lesson 3
Also pg 419 and 455 of textbook and Notebook
classwork: Chapter 11, Lesson 1, pg 377-381
Also pg 419 and 455 of textbook and Notebook
classwork: Chapter 11, Lesson 1, pg 377-381
Text
bill_nye_atmosphere_lesson.pdf | |
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TEXT
Ch. 11, pg 380 and
Power Point presentation
Power Point presentation
read pg 377-
Homework questions on pg 383 (1-6, 8) due Thurs.
Homework questions on pg 383 (1-6, 8) due Thurs.
TEXT
high_altitude_hiking.pdf | |
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INQUIRY LAB ABOVE
Resources for poster:
· Online carbon-footprint survey: The Kid’s Carbon Calculator
· GALE Reference library: World Book - Carbon Footprint
GALE Reference library: World Book Kids - Global Warming
Resources for poster:
· Online carbon-footprint survey: The Kid’s Carbon Calculator
· GALE Reference library: World Book - Carbon Footprint
GALE Reference library: World Book Kids - Global Warming
Text
Ch 11, lesson 1
Slotted notes worksheet
LEARN- ConnectEd text Virtual Lab- on altitude as alternative advanced activity
Slotted notes worksheet
LEARN- ConnectEd text Virtual Lab- on altitude as alternative advanced activity
TEXT
Resource:
Chapter 11 Lesson 2
Complete a walking review using worksheet Key Concept Builder: Energy Transfer in the Atmosphere.
ConnectEd Online Resources p 37 “Key Concept Builders : Energy Transfer in the Atmosphere”
Chapter 11 Lesson 2
Complete a walking review using worksheet Key Concept Builder: Energy Transfer in the Atmosphere.
ConnectEd Online Resources p 37 “Key Concept Builders : Energy Transfer in the Atmosphere”
Text
Homework due:
energy_transfer_reading_help.pdf | |
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TEXT
pg 385 and 390 of the text
energy_transfer_in_the_atmosphere_outline.pdf | |
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Text
"What's science got to do with it; Electrifying wind"
Chapter 11 lesson 2 and lesson 3
Chapter 11 lesson 2 and lesson 3
Text
pg 396-397 of Ch 11 Lesson 3
Text
pg 396-397
http://safari.sarasota.k12.fl.us/?a=2582&ch=5&d=02365AA
Extra Video: Types of Winds: Prevailing Winds, Jet Stream, Local and Regional Winds
http://safari.sarasota.k12.fl.us/?a=2582&ch=5&d=02365AA
Extra Video: Types of Winds: Prevailing Winds, Jet Stream, Local and Regional Winds