Science Grade 8: Plate Tectonics & Crustal Features

CORE CONTENT

COACHING

PURPOSE

To provide support for grade-level, unit content planning

RESOURCES FOR PLANNING

• Teacher Yearly Resource Document (or Yearly Itinerary)

• CRM 4: Earth’s Features

• Blank Pacing Calendar

• 8th Grade 3rd Six Weeks Lessons: Plate Tectonics & Crustal Features Pacing Guides,

Plate Tectonics & Crustal Features Daily Lesson Pages

• Computer with Internet Access

TEACHER YEARLY RESOURCE DOCUMENT

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Nov. 10

Force & Motion (as needed)

11 Student Holiday 12 13 14

17

Newton’s Laws

18 19 20 21

24

Plate Tectonic Theory

25 26 Holiday 27 Holiday 28 Holiday

Dec. 1

Plate Tectonics

2 3 4 5

8

Plate Tectonics

9 10 11 12

15

Topo Maps & Satellite Views

16 17 18 19 Student Holiday

3rd Six Weeks Planner (25 days)

8.2C-E, 8.3A & D, 8.4A 8.9: Earth & space. The student knows that

natural events can impact Earth systems. The

student is expected to:

8.9B: relate plate tectonics to the

formation of crustal features.

TEKS & STUDENT EXPECTATIONS

Content TEKS Skills TEKS

CRM 4: TEKS & ACQUISITION SECTION

TEACHER CONTENT SUPPORT

National Geographic: Plate Tectonics The Changing Shape of the Earth

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/plate-tectonics/?ar_a=1

Khan Academy: Plate Tectonics

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/cosmology-and-astronomy/earth-history-topic/plate-

techtonics/v/plate-tectonics-difference-between-crust-and-lithosphere

Plate Tectonics Reading & Animations

http://www.indiana.edu/~g103/plate/plate2.html

NSTA Leaning Center- http://learningcenter.nsta.org/

Search Resources & Opportunities: plate tectonics, soil

ScienceFusion Grade 8 Teacher Edition: Content Refresher: p. 435

VERTICAL ALIGNMENT

6TH GRADE

• identify the major tectonic

plates, including Eurasian,

African, Indo-Australian,

Pacific, North American, and

South American

• describe how plate tectonics

causes major geological

events such as ocean

basins, earthquakes,

volcanic eruptions, and

mountain building

8TH GRADE

8.9B: relate plate

tectonics to the formation of

crustal features.

Earth & Space Science

•evaluate heat transfer through Earth’s

subsystems by radiation, convection,

and conduction and include its role in

plate tectonics, volcanism, ocean

circulation, weather, and climate.

•explain how plate tectonics accounts

for geologic processes and features,

including sea floor spreading, ocean

ridges and rift valleys, subduction

zones, earthquakes, volcanoes,

mountain ranges, hot spots, and

hydrothermal vents.

•explain how plate tectonics accounts

for geologic surface processes and

features, including folds, faults,

sedimentary basin formation, mountain

building, and continental accretion.

• The lithosphere is broken into separate sections called plates.

• The location and shape of each major tectonic plate including Eurasian, African, Indo-Australian, Pacific,

North American, and South American.

• The theory of plate tectonics states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow motion, driven by

convection currents in the mantle.

• As plates move, they collide, pull apart, and grind past each other causing major geological events.

PRIOR LEARNING

2014 STAAR-RELEASED QUESTION: 8.9B

F 7%

G* 58%

H 12%

J 23%

F* 82%

G 5%

H 6%

J 7%

2013 STAAR-RELEASED QUESTION: 8.9B F 9%

G 10%

H 2%

J* 78%

2013 STAAR-RELEASED QUESTION: 8.9B A 12%

B* 50%

C 25%

D 14%

BASED ON THE DATA AND DISTRACTORS, WHAT KEY POINTS

SHOULD TEACHERS EMPHASIZE DURING LESSONS?

• Converging plates collide creating uplift as islands, volcanoes, and

mountains. Seafloor spreading is caused by divergent plates.

Most common distractor

Activities to emphasize this

point included in the

curriculum:

1. Tectonic Plate

Landforms Lab

2. Modeling Tectonic

Plate Boundaries

3. Bill Nye Video: The

Sea Floor is

Spreading

BASED ON THE DATA AND DISTRACTORS, WHAT KEY POINTS

SHOULD TEACHERS EMPHASIZE DURING LESSONS?

• Volcanoes form at mid-ocean ridges. Deltas form at divergent boundaries.

Most common distractor

COMPONENTS OF A GOOD LESSON PLAN

1. Engage Student Interest

2. Review/Scaffold to TEKS

3. Student-Centered Activities directly relating to the depth and complexity of the TEKS

• Labs, Activities, Videos

4. Organize and Practice Vocabulary

5. Reading & Comprehension Strategies

6. Writing Opportunities & Scaffolds

7. Daily Listening & Speaking Opportunities

8. Differentiation

9. Formative Assessment & Reteach

EMBEDDED IN LESSONS:

ENGAGE STUDENT INTEREST

• Modeling Clay: A 3-D

Representation-

Demonstrating Plate

Boundaries & Crustal

Features

• Vocabulary Magic:

Plate Tectonics &

Crustal Features

RECOMMENDED IN LESSONS:

REVIEW / SCAFFOLD TO TEKS

• Plate Tectonics & Crustal Features Unit Overview

• ScienceSaurus Reading: Plate Tectonics & Mountain Building Sections 181-187

• ScienceFusion Unit 7 Lesson 2: Digital Lesson & Virtual Lab

• This Dynamic Planet: http://nhb-arcims.si.edu/ThisDynamicPlanet/index.html

• Exploring Earth Visualizations: http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0804/es0804page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization

EMBEDDED IN LESSONS:

STUDENT-CENTERED ACTIVITIES DIRECTLY RELATING TO THE DEPTH

AND COMPLEXITY OF THE TEKS (LABS, ACTIVITIES, VIDEOS)

• Convection Current with Tea Lights Demonstration

• Greatest Discoveries with Bill Nye Video: Earth Science Plate Tectonics

• ScienceFusion Labs: Causes of Landforms, Modeling Tectonic Plate Boundaries, Tectonic Plate Landforms

• Analyzing Plate Boundaries

• Greatest Discoveries with Bill Nye Video: Earth Science The Sea Floor is Spreading

• BrainPop Video: Plate Tectonics

EMBEDDED IN LESSONS:

ORGANIZE AND PRACTICE VOCABULARY

• Plate Tectonics & Crustal Features Unit Overview

• A 3-D Representation

• Earth’s Crustal Layers & Plate Boundaries Pictorial

• Earth’s Features Cornell Notes

• Crustal Features Advance Organizer

• Cloz-ing in on Science Cloze 2

• Vocabulary Review: Word Map, Concentration, Index Bubbles, Pick One, Frozen Images

EMBEDDED IN LESSONS:

READING & COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES

• ScienceFusion: Plate Tectonics &

Landforms p. 356-367

• ScienceSaurus Reading: Plate Tectonics &

Mountain Building Sections 181-187

• Comprehension Strategies

• Student Companion Notebook p. 102-

104

• Paired Reading Recommendation:

Have each student in a pair read a

paragraph at a time and then have the

non-reader summarize the section.

• Active Reading Strategies embedded

in ScienceFusion Reading

EMBEDDED IN LESSONS:

WRITING OPPORTUNITIES & SCAFFOLDS

• Word Map

• Cornell Notes Summary

• Journal Entries

• Exit Tickets

• Cloz-ing in on Science Cloze 2

• Scaffolds: Sentence Frames, Word Bank

word

definition

example

sentence

EMBEDDED IN LESSONS:

DAILY LISTENING & SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES

• A 3-D Representation

• Vocabulary Magic

• Vocabulary Review: Concentration,

Index Bubbles, Frozen Image

• Investigations

• Geologist Reading & Activity

• Earth Scientists Reading

• Analyzing Plate Boundaries

In this picture I

see…

I think this picture might match

the word … because…

• Special Education:

1. Mixed-Ability Partners2. Science Glossary3. Vocabulary Magic Trailer for Review4. Multiple Views of Vocabulary Magic Trailer5. This Dynamic Planet6. Exploring Earth Visualizations7. Think Out Loud8. Word Bank9. Sentence Frames10. Visual Representation11. Pre-teach Vocabulary12. Print Out Student Vocabulary Instruction Sentences (Slides 14, 16, & 18) 13. Divide Words into Smaller Sets14. Unit Overview15. Stopping Points During Video for Discussion/Summarizing16. Index Bubble Template17. Page Numbers in Textbook Reading for Index Bubbles18. Shared Reading19. Fill-in-the-Blank Cornell Notes20. Total Physical Response21. Closed Sentences

• English Language Learners:

1. Mixed-Ability Partners2. Dual Language Science Glossary3. Sentence Frames4. Earth’s Crustal Features Pictorial5. Advance Organizer6. Word Bank7. Visual Representation8. Pre-teach Vocabulary9. Stopping Points During Video for Discussion/Summarizing10. Shared Reading11. Justifying Answers12. Closed-Captioning13. Total Physical Response14. Closed Sentences15. Glossary Instructional Strategies

EMBEDDED IN LESSONS:

DIFFERENTIATION

• Word Map

• Vocabulary Review: Word Map,

Concentration, Index Bubbles, Pick One,

Frozen Images

• Investigation Questions

• Cornell Notes Summary

• Journal Entries

• Exit Tickets

• Crustal Feature Advance Organizer

• Closed Sentences

• Plate Tectonics & Crustal Features

Assessment

• BrainPop Video Quiz: Plate Tectonics

EMBEDDED IN LESSONS:

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Formative Assessment

EMBEDDED IN LESSONS:

RETEACH

• Plate Tectonics & Crustal Features Unit Overview

• ScienceSaurus Reading: Plate Tectonics & Mountain Building Sections 181-187

• ScienceFusion Unit 7 Lesson 2: Digital Lesson & Virtual Lab

• This Dynamic Planet: http://nhb-arcims.si.edu/ThisDynamicPlanet/index.html

• Exploring Earth Visualizations: http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0804/es0804page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization Other Lessons Folder Activities

HIGHER LEVEL QUESTIONS

• “Research shows there’s a link between critical thinking skills and increased student achievement in the classroom.” (Moore & Stanley, 2010)

• Higher level questions must be planned in order to be implemented effectively in the classroom.

• Levels of Questions

• Knowledge

• Comprehension

• Application

• Analysis

• Synthesis

• Evaluation

• Plan and provide a variety of questions at each level and build student knowledge and critical thinking by providing Higher Level Questions.

LOWER LEVELS OF QUESTIONS

Level of Question Key Words Examples of Questions

Knowledge

Which

Choose

Find

How

Define

Identify

Label

Show

List

Match

What is…?

Choose the one that…

Find the one that…

How did…?

Define…

Identify which one…

Label the one(s) that…

Comprehension

Compare

Contrast

Demonstrate

Interpret

Explain

Illustrate

Infer

Relate

Summarize

Classify

How would you (explain, compare, contrast)…?

Restate in your own words…

Which is the best answer…?

Explain your answer…?

How would you classify the type of…?

Describe…

Application

Build

Construct

Plan

Organize

Model

Solve

Show

What examples can you find to…?

How would you solve _____ using what you learned?

Give other examples of…

Solve the following…

HIGHER LEVELS OF QUESTIONS

Level of Question Key Words Examples of Questions

Analysis

Analyze

Relationships

Categorize

Examine

Distinguish

Conclusion

How is _____ related to _______?

What conclusions can you draw…?

What is the relationship between?

What evidence can you find…?

Synthesis

Create

Estimate

Improve

Design

Predict

Modify

Elaborate

What changes would you make to…?

What would happen if…?

How would you improve…?

How would you test….?

Can you predict the outcome of…?

Can you formulate a theory for…?

Evaluation

Criticize

Judge

Recommend

Opinion

Support

Prove

Dispute

Disprove

Defend

Evaluate

Do you agree with…?

What is your opinion of…?

Would it be better if…?

How would you evaluate…?

How would you justify…?

What information would you use to support your

view…?

What data was used to make the conclusion…?

SAMPLE UNIT QUESTIONS

Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluate

What are the major

tectonic plates?

What are the three

major plate

boundaries?

How do plate

tectonics cause

changes in

crustal features?

How does the

Earth’s surface

change?

How do natural

events illustrate

plate tectonic

movement?

What conclusion

can you draw

about the tectonic

plate movement in

the illustration

below?

Predict the

outcome of two

plates colliding in

the ocean.

What information

would you use to

support your view

that divergent

plates cause sea

floor spreading?

RECOMMENDED ANCHORS OF SUPPORT

• Plate Tectonics & Crustal Features Unit

Overview

• Word Map

• Earth’s Crustal Layers & Plate

Boundaries Pictorial

• Earth’s Features Cornell Notes

• Crustal Features Advance Organizer

• Analyzing Plate Boundaries

• ScienceFusion: Visual Summary p. 366

• ScienceFusion: Visualize It! p. 358,

359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365

ANCHORS OF SUPPORT

Other Resources

•Interactive Word Wall- Current, working models with student contributions

• Interactive Word Walls Article: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/files/ss1103_45.pdf

• “Word walls can be arranged on cupboard doors or classroom walls, or hung from the ceiling with wire and string.”

• “Maximum instructional potential and efficiency are achieved when interactive word-wall construction is aligned with lessons and students are allowed to participate in the process. As a result, walls are usually built over many days and are finished as a unit nears completion. Word walls support units and are changed or replaced as units change.”

• Interactive Word Walls Rubric: Next Slide

• ScienceFusion Textbook, Science Glossaries, Dual Language Science Glossaries

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

DAILY LESSON PAGE

CURRICULUM ROAD MAP