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The
first time through: Teacher Directed
Overview
guiding
questions
Tools to
use: Text,
Web pages, Lecture, Labs, Field Trips,
Professionals, lab design
Students
are consumers of primary knowledge
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Lithosphere
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COMPONENTS
-
VT Rocks!
- Rock Classifications
- Minerals
- Atoms & Ions
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Expectations
-Identify
parent material,
chemical composition
atomic makeup of
selected rocks.
-Draw
an atom of the
key
elements on earth. |
Pet
Rock Project Work
Pet
Rock Overview
Building
the Nuclear Atom worksheet - compelte
up to Exc #9
Drawing
Atoms
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notes
terms
of the lithosphere
notes
on Sub-Atomic Particles (student)
(key)
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homework
and due dates
Pet
Rock Project Due Friday Sept 17 |
Hydrosphere
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COMPONENTS
- Water's
properties
-
Deltas
- Solubility
-
Erosion
- Oxbow Work
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Expectations
experience
real life oxbow and relate it to the
model
build
a working model of a river system |
Build
A River Model
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notes
Homework
& Due Dates
Read Pages 13,
492-494 Monday Sept 20:
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| Atmosphere
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-
Composition
-
Wind and the Earth
(waves
& dunes)
- Cloud
Classification
- Climates
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Expectations
-Identify
parent material,
chemical composition
atomic makeup of
selected rocks. |
Climate
and Life Packet Source:
Constible,
Juanita M., Luke H. Sandro, and Richard
E. Lee. Climate Change from Pole
to Pole: Biology Investigations .
Arlington, VA: NSTA, 2008. Print.
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notes
and homework
Read
Chapter 1: Climate and Life Handout
(scilinks.com text) Paragraph summaries
and details notes
Read
chapter 17 (sections1-3) complete questions
at the end of each section
Lab on Radiation
- Formal Lab Report |
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The
second time through: Current/Recent
Events Connections
Tools to
use: Newspapers, News groups, Web pages,
Lecture, Labs, Field Trips, Professionals
Students
are identifying and using current events,
information and reserach. |
| Themes |
Connections |
digital
class materials |
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day
one self assessment
final
day self assessment |
| Pollution
(Air
& Water Quality)
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|
day
one self assessment
final
day self assessment |
| Stewardship
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|
day
one self assessment
final
day self assessment |
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The
third time through: Student Centered
Research in Connections
Tools to
use: Web pages, Labs, Field Trips, Professionals,
lab design
Students
are producers of information for final
presentations
examples-
Design a mining/waterquality/air quality
management plan designed to protect
environmental quality while sustaining
Vermont 's natural resource base and
economy.
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| TOPIC |
COMPONENTS
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digital
class materials |
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final
day self assessment |
