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Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Grade: 5Subject: ScienceTopic: Living Earth

Curriculum: ICSEMedium of Instruction: English

Understanding Goal: Students will understand that earth is in constant motion. Someof it leads to creation and some leads to destruction.

Vocabularyy Tectonic Platesy Epicentery Seismic Scaley M

agmay Lava

Student Questions1. hy do earthquakes happen?2. How does it feel to experience an earthquake?3. Why do volcanoes occur?

Suggested Readingy Video :

o Video On Creation And Destructiono Video On Creation And Destructiono Video On Iceland Volcano Eruptiono Video On Volcanic Eruption By BBC Newso Video On Samao Tsunami By CNN

y Lesson Plan :o Intro To Creation And Destruction By School Dot DiscoveryEducation Dot Como Intro To Creation And Destruction By LessonSnips Dot Com

y Class Notes :o Class Note On Creation And Destruction By Buzzle Dot Com

Class Plan Segments

1. Provide an introductory lesson on Earthquake and VolcanoesDuration: 14 min

Description:y Communicate the understanding goals to the studentsy Use the presentation to provide an interesting fact about earthquakes

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y Explain to students that earthquakes happen due to movement of tectonic plates usingthe presentation

y Conduct an interactive session as shown in the "Tectonic Plates HandsModelVideoRendition Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLo-o4Wsgbo

Resources:a. Presentation: Did You Knowb. Presentation: Tectonic Platesc. YouTube: Tectonic Plates HandModel Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLo-o4Wsgbo - Play from 7:00 to 8:30

2. Introduce what the students will learn from the VIDuration: 1 min

Description:

Rendition Video:

Resources:

3. Discuss EarthquakesDuration: 5 min

Description:

y Simulate an earthquake happening inside the classroomy Use "News Report from Haiti" video to show the effects of a recent earthquakey Using the presentation to highlight vocabulary words - Epicenter and Seismic Scaley Play the "Experiencing an Earthquake" videoy Explain that the movement of the tectonic plates cause an earthquake using the

"Tectonic Plates" video

y Using the presentation to highlight vocabulary words - Tectonic PlatesRendition Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLo-o4Wsgbo

Resources:a. YouTube: Earthquake Simulation Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLo-

o4Wsgbo - Play from 1:00 to 1:30b. YouTube: News Report from Haiti - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca1eW4jXox8 -

Play from 0:00 to 0:22c. Google Earth: Where is Haiti?d. Presentation: Epicenter and Seismic Scalee. Presentation: Tectonic Platesf. Web Resource: Use the Earthquake Simulator -

http://tlc.discovery.com/convergence/quakes/interactives/makeaquake.html

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4. Conduct a student poll

5. Discuss Volcanoes6. Ask Formative QuestionDuration: 5 min

Description:

Rendition Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLo-o4Wsgbo

Resources:a. YouTube: Earthquake Simulation Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLo-

o4Wsgbo - Play from 1:00 to 1:30b. Quiz: Which of the following statements is true?

i. Volcanoes can be found under water (correct)ii. The tallest volcano in the solar system isn't on the Earthiii. A majority of earthquakes and volcanoes occur along tectonic plate boundariesiv. A and Bv. A, B and C

7. Review Summative Questions

8. Close the loop