Unit 4: Earth's Systems
Standard: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Learning Target 1: Rocks and minerals are broken down and re-formed through the cycling of Earth’s materials.
Success Criteria:
3-1a Develop a model that describes the processes involved in the rock cycle including melting, crystallization, weathering, deformation and sedimentation.
*The rock cycle is a process of natural changes that cause one type of rock to become another type of rock.
Rock Cycle Lyrics (Sing to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat")
Rock Cycle Diagram KEY Blank Copy
The Rock Cycle . . . continuous change KEY
The Cycle of Rock KEY
Journey on the Rock Cycle, Activity
Geological Journey (crossword with vocabulary)
"Rock On!" (reading with important vocabulary)
Formation of all 3 Rock Types (Great Visual representation of how each rock type forms)
Show what you Know (The Rock Cycle)
Quick info on weathering, erosion, and deposition (0:60): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFnpm4SUF7I
Interactive Rock Cycle: https://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/
Rock Types and the Rock Cycle: Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic (3:46): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bkyXvYP4jM
Rock Cycle Study Jam: http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/rocks-minerals-landforms/rock-cycle.htm
Types of Rocks Song, by Mr. Parr (2:58): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE3jR_RhxO4
"Rock You" Song - reworded to learn rock types (2:21): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r68iEwYdbh4
Bill Nye on Rocks and Soil (23:04): http://www.schooltube.com/video/e3438c8bd4f443158edd/Bill%20Nye%20Rocks%20and%20soil
Geology Rocks (An old play you may have performed as an elementary studuent in DeWitt and may want to look back at.)
Kid's Discover Magazine on ROCKS - p. 1 - 11 (part 1) Kid's Discover Magazine on ROCKS - p. 12 - 20 (part 2)
Kid's Discover Questions on ROCKS
Learning Target 2: Energy causes the cycling of Earth’s materials through the rock cycle.
Success Criteria:
3-2a Describe how energy from the sun helps to cause weathering, one of the processes involved in the rock cycle.
*Weathering breaks down rock.
*Abrasion, freeze-thaw, thermal expansion/contraction, pressure unloading, and plants and organisms cause physical weathering.
*Chemical processes cause chemical weathering.
*As soon as a rock particle is loosened by weathering and moves, it is called erosion.
*Eroded rock is one of the main components of soil.
https://www.google.com/search?q=weathering+and+erosions+can+changes+surface+and+underground+features&rlz=1C1KMZB_enUS528US528&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPx7HQtIHUAhVC6oMKHSSRAgUQ_AUIBigB&biw=1280&bih=918#imgrc=CbV-fvc5wMFBMM:
Read: What Are Weathering and Erosion? http://www.pkearthandspace.com/article/601/weathering-and-erosion-and-the-rock-cyclelogin?username=thealberta&password=library
Weathering and Erosion Website with multiple resources: http://mrswarnerarlington.weebly.com/unit-3--changes-to-earths-surface.html
weathering and erosion: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/the-dynamic-earth/weathering-erosion/#close
Erosion Song (2:54): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vUdilj6n0U
Bill Nye on Erosion (25:45): )https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e3D2RB-bqI
The Agents of Erosion Are Water, Wind, Ice, and Waves: https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-erosion-p2-1435320
Erosion and soil, with Jarod (7:35): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im4HVXMGI68
Weathering (1:57): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJo7HbR9ouU
Bill Nye on Weathering & Erosion (11:02): https://www.schooltube.com/video/f2c42addfb6d40ccacb3/
Bill Nye on Erosion (5:09): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-ULcVdeqgE
Caverns & Sinkholes: Definition, Formation & Effects: http://study.com/academy/lesson/caverns-sinkholes-definition-causes-effect-on-groundwater.html
Water Breaks Down Rocks, with Jarod (8:51): http://search.myway.com/search/video.jhtml?searchfor=weathering+and+erosion+with+jarod&n=7839c629&p2=%5ECAM%5Exdm100%5ETTAB02%5Eus&ptb=61687F68-CB81-444B-B81D-D272573A5506&qs=&si=32414127604&ss=sub&st=tab&trs=wtt&tpr=sbt&ts=1495640470622
AirVisual -Trade Winds Flow Impact (live stream): https://airvisual.com/earth
Reading with questions - How does Earth's surface change?
Rocks and weathering - Bill Nye (23:04): https://vimeo.com/117845069
Weathering and Erosion - "Hard Rock LIfe" song (2:57): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGZa1n-9e6o
Short reading on Erosion (3 questions)
weathering & erosion word art
3-2b Describe how the flow of energy from the Earth’s hot interior helps to drive the rock cycle by melting and deforming rocks.
Standard: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
Learning Target 3: Earth’s mineral, energy and groundwater resources are unevenly distributed because of the past and current processes.
Success Criteria:
3-3a Provide examples of Earth’s mineral and energy resources.
3-3b Explain that Earth’s mineral, energy and groundwater resources are spread out around the world, with different amounts being located in different places.
3-3c Explain that Earth’s mineral, energy and groundwater resources are are limited and creating more, if possible, takes many, many years.
3-2d Describe the processes by which some of Earth’s mineral and energy resources were created. (For example: petroleum, metal ores, and soil)
3-2e Describe how human activity has depleted the Earth’s mineral, energy and groundwater supplies.
3-2f Explain the consequences, both positive and negative, of human activity on Earth’s natural resources
(specifically mineral resources, energy resources and groundwater resources).
Article - Report warns 21 Indian cities will run out of water by 2020: http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/report-warns-21-indian-cities-will-run-out-of-water-by-2020/article/524898
Legends of Learning Packet
Project, in pairs
Unit Vocabulary: Blank Copy KEY
Other ideas for the future:
Core Ideas: All Earth processes are the result of energy flowing and matter cycling within and among the planet’s systems. This energy is derived from the sun and Earth’s hot interior.
Target: I can identify and describe the layers of the Earth.
Reading for Information with questions: What are Earth's layers made of?
How a Seismograph Works (1:04): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbd1FcuLJLQ
Layers of the Earth (6:26): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAHY6965o08
Learn About Planet Earth - Structure of Earth (2:25): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iUfi8XqEos
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/earths-structure.html
Layers of the Earth Rap - Mr. Lee (3:44): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiHRI_Z2Kgs
Bill Nye on the Earth's Crust (21:50): https://www.schooltube.com/video/a913dc5d6ab847c8abf3/Bill%20Nye%20Earth's%20Crust or https://vimeo.com/83625164
Mr. Parr's music video on Earth's Interior to the Uptown Funk you Up music (4:29): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lulLsmTlB50
Crust, Mantle, Cores Song (3:58): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plNigVkMyL8
Practice QUIZ: http://www.ducksters.com/science/quiz/composition_of_the_earth_questions.php
Layers of the Earth REVIEW (blank copy) KEY
Standard: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Learning Target 1: Rocks and minerals are broken down and re-formed through the cycling of Earth’s materials.
Success Criteria:
3-1a Develop a model that describes the processes involved in the rock cycle including melting, crystallization, weathering, deformation and sedimentation.
*The rock cycle is a process of natural changes that cause one type of rock to become another type of rock.
Rock Cycle Lyrics (Sing to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat")
Rock Cycle Diagram KEY Blank Copy
The Rock Cycle . . . continuous change KEY
The Cycle of Rock KEY
Journey on the Rock Cycle, Activity
Geological Journey (crossword with vocabulary)
"Rock On!" (reading with important vocabulary)
Formation of all 3 Rock Types (Great Visual representation of how each rock type forms)
Show what you Know (The Rock Cycle)
Quick info on weathering, erosion, and deposition (0:60): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFnpm4SUF7I
Interactive Rock Cycle: https://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/
Rock Types and the Rock Cycle: Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic (3:46): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bkyXvYP4jM
Rock Cycle Study Jam: http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/rocks-minerals-landforms/rock-cycle.htm
Types of Rocks Song, by Mr. Parr (2:58): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE3jR_RhxO4
"Rock You" Song - reworded to learn rock types (2:21): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r68iEwYdbh4
Bill Nye on Rocks and Soil (23:04): http://www.schooltube.com/video/e3438c8bd4f443158edd/Bill%20Nye%20Rocks%20and%20soil
Geology Rocks (An old play you may have performed as an elementary studuent in DeWitt and may want to look back at.)
Kid's Discover Magazine on ROCKS - p. 1 - 11 (part 1) Kid's Discover Magazine on ROCKS - p. 12 - 20 (part 2)
Kid's Discover Questions on ROCKS
Learning Target 2: Energy causes the cycling of Earth’s materials through the rock cycle.
Success Criteria:
3-2a Describe how energy from the sun helps to cause weathering, one of the processes involved in the rock cycle.
*Weathering breaks down rock.
*Abrasion, freeze-thaw, thermal expansion/contraction, pressure unloading, and plants and organisms cause physical weathering.
*Chemical processes cause chemical weathering.
*As soon as a rock particle is loosened by weathering and moves, it is called erosion.
*Eroded rock is one of the main components of soil.
https://www.google.com/search?q=weathering+and+erosions+can+changes+surface+and+underground+features&rlz=1C1KMZB_enUS528US528&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPx7HQtIHUAhVC6oMKHSSRAgUQ_AUIBigB&biw=1280&bih=918#imgrc=CbV-fvc5wMFBMM:
Read: What Are Weathering and Erosion? http://www.pkearthandspace.com/article/601/weathering-and-erosion-and-the-rock-cyclelogin?username=thealberta&password=library
Weathering and Erosion Website with multiple resources: http://mrswarnerarlington.weebly.com/unit-3--changes-to-earths-surface.html
weathering and erosion: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/the-dynamic-earth/weathering-erosion/#close
Erosion Song (2:54): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vUdilj6n0U
Bill Nye on Erosion (25:45): )https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e3D2RB-bqI
The Agents of Erosion Are Water, Wind, Ice, and Waves: https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-erosion-p2-1435320
Erosion and soil, with Jarod (7:35): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im4HVXMGI68
Weathering (1:57): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJo7HbR9ouU
Bill Nye on Weathering & Erosion (11:02): https://www.schooltube.com/video/f2c42addfb6d40ccacb3/
Bill Nye on Erosion (5:09): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-ULcVdeqgE
Caverns & Sinkholes: Definition, Formation & Effects: http://study.com/academy/lesson/caverns-sinkholes-definition-causes-effect-on-groundwater.html
Water Breaks Down Rocks, with Jarod (8:51): http://search.myway.com/search/video.jhtml?searchfor=weathering+and+erosion+with+jarod&n=7839c629&p2=%5ECAM%5Exdm100%5ETTAB02%5Eus&ptb=61687F68-CB81-444B-B81D-D272573A5506&qs=&si=32414127604&ss=sub&st=tab&trs=wtt&tpr=sbt&ts=1495640470622
AirVisual -Trade Winds Flow Impact (live stream): https://airvisual.com/earth
Reading with questions - How does Earth's surface change?
Rocks and weathering - Bill Nye (23:04): https://vimeo.com/117845069
Weathering and Erosion - "Hard Rock LIfe" song (2:57): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGZa1n-9e6o
Short reading on Erosion (3 questions)
weathering & erosion word art
3-2b Describe how the flow of energy from the Earth’s hot interior helps to drive the rock cycle by melting and deforming rocks.
Standard: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
Learning Target 3: Earth’s mineral, energy and groundwater resources are unevenly distributed because of the past and current processes.
Success Criteria:
3-3a Provide examples of Earth’s mineral and energy resources.
3-3b Explain that Earth’s mineral, energy and groundwater resources are spread out around the world, with different amounts being located in different places.
3-3c Explain that Earth’s mineral, energy and groundwater resources are are limited and creating more, if possible, takes many, many years.
3-2d Describe the processes by which some of Earth’s mineral and energy resources were created. (For example: petroleum, metal ores, and soil)
3-2e Describe how human activity has depleted the Earth’s mineral, energy and groundwater supplies.
3-2f Explain the consequences, both positive and negative, of human activity on Earth’s natural resources
(specifically mineral resources, energy resources and groundwater resources).
Article - Report warns 21 Indian cities will run out of water by 2020: http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/report-warns-21-indian-cities-will-run-out-of-water-by-2020/article/524898
Legends of Learning Packet
Project, in pairs
Unit Vocabulary: Blank Copy KEY
Other ideas for the future:
Core Ideas: All Earth processes are the result of energy flowing and matter cycling within and among the planet’s systems. This energy is derived from the sun and Earth’s hot interior.
Target: I can identify and describe the layers of the Earth.
Reading for Information with questions: What are Earth's layers made of?
How a Seismograph Works (1:04): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbd1FcuLJLQ
Layers of the Earth (6:26): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAHY6965o08
Learn About Planet Earth - Structure of Earth (2:25): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iUfi8XqEos
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/earths-structure.html
Layers of the Earth Rap - Mr. Lee (3:44): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiHRI_Z2Kgs
Bill Nye on the Earth's Crust (21:50): https://www.schooltube.com/video/a913dc5d6ab847c8abf3/Bill%20Nye%20Earth's%20Crust or https://vimeo.com/83625164
Mr. Parr's music video on Earth's Interior to the Uptown Funk you Up music (4:29): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lulLsmTlB50
Crust, Mantle, Cores Song (3:58): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plNigVkMyL8
Practice QUIZ: http://www.ducksters.com/science/quiz/composition_of_the_earth_questions.php
Layers of the Earth REVIEW (blank copy) KEY