Land+Forms+and+Processes

=**Land Forms and Processes **= =**Grade 10 **= = =

=** 3.5.10.A. Relate earth features and processes that change the earth. **=

**Performance Standard 3.5.10.A.1 Illustrate and explain plate tectonics as the meachanism of continental movement and sea floor changes.**
2. Heat generated motions in these layers controls the shape and structure of the surface. 3. The surface is divided into a number of rigid plates that move against each other creating the surface features. 4. Earthquakes and volcanoes normally occur where these plates meet and move against each other. || __Activity__: Eratoshene’s calculations 2. //Essential Question// //:// What is the structure of our planet? __Activity__: Diagram of Earth’s structure 3. //Essential Question:// What is the composition of our planet (and how do we know)? __Activity__: M&M Earth Model 4. //Essential Question// : What are Earthquakes and where do they occur? __Activity__: Diagramming Faults 5. //Essential Question// : Where do Earthquakes usually occur? __Activity__: Lab: Mapping Earthquake activity 6. //Essential Question// : How do tectonic plates move? __Activity__: Convection Demo 7. Aim: What happens at Diverging Plate Boundaries? __Activity__: Diagram of a Spreading Center. 8. //Essential Question// : What Happens at Converging Boundaries I (Ocean-Ocean & Ocean Continent)? __Activity__: Diagramming Ocean linked Convergent boundaries 9. //Essential Question:// What Happens at Converging Boundaries I I (Continent - Continent)? __Activity:__ Diagramming Continent linked Convergent boundaries 10. //Essential Question// : What Happens at Transform boundaries? __Activity__: Diagramming Transform boundaries 11. //Essential Question// : How do we locate earthquake Epicenters __Activity:__ Lab: Locating Earthquake Epicenters 12. //Essential Question// : How can we determine direction of plate movement? __Activity__: Assembling Pangea 13. //Essential Question:// How can we measure the rate of plate motions? __Activity__: Lab: Motions of a Hotspot || 2. Labeled Diagrams showing the structures, motions and activities occurring at each type of Plate boundary. 3. Laboratory activities 4. A unit test consisting of 30 multiple choice questions and 3-5 open ended responses ||
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Participation in laboratory activities and formal assessment unit test ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || Assess laboratory handouts/writeups, formal assessment using a 30 multiple choice question and 3-5 open ended unit exam ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || 1. The Earth is made of several different materials arranged in layers by density.
 * **What instructional activities can be used effectively to teach this performance standard?** || 1. //Essential Question//: What is the size and shape of our planet?
 * **How long will it take your students to achieve this performance standard?** || 12 -15 days ||
 * **How will you ensure all students achieve this performance standard?** || 1. Labeled Diagrams showing the structure and composition of Earth
 * **In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard?** || **__Structure & Composition of the Earth__** - Plate Tectonics ||

==** Performance Standard 3.5.10.A.2 Compare examples of change to the earth's surface over time as they related to continental movement and ocean basin formation (e.g. Delaware, Susquehanna, Ohio Rivers system formations, dyanamics). **== 2. Heat generated motions in these layers controls the shape and structure of the surface. 3. The surface is divided into a number of rigid plates that move against each other creating the surface features. 4. Earthquakes and volcanoes normally occur where these plates meet and move against each other. || 2. Labeled Diagrams showing the structures, motions and activities occurring at each type of Plate boundary. 3. Laboratory activities 4. A unit test consisting of 30 multiple choice questions and 3-5 open ended responses ||
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Participation in laboratory activities and formal assessment unit test ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || Assess laboratory handouts/writeups, formal assessment using a 30 multiple choice question and 3-5 open ended unit exam ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || 1. The Earth is made of several different materials arranged in layers by density.
 * **What instructional activities can be used effectively to teach this performance standard?** || Activities listed above in 3.5.10.A.1 ||
 * **How long will it take your students to achieve this performance standard?** || Included in the 12-15 days allotted for standard 3.5.10.A ||
 * **How will you ensure all students achieve this performance standard?** || 1. Labeled Diagrams showing the structure and composition of Earth
 * **In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard?** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">**__Structure & Composition of the Earth__** ||

** Performance Standard 3.5.10.A.3 Interpret topographic maps to identify and describe significant geological history/structures in Pennsylvania. **
2. Calculate derived properties such as volume and density from measured properties. 3. Create and interpret all kinds of graphs of measured data. || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt;">__Activity__: Using Latitude and Longitude 2. //Essential Question// : What are maps & how do we use them? <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt;">__Activity__: Reading maps 3. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt;">__Activity__: Latitude, Longitude & Time Zones 4. //Essential Question:// What are fields & how do we map them. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt;">__Activity__: Intro to topo maps 5. Aim: How do we make isoline maps? <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt;">__Activity__: making simple isoline maps 6. //Essential Question:// How do we work with topographic maps? <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt;">__Activity__: Interpreting Topographic Maps 7. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt;">__Activity__: Making Isoline maps 8. // Essential Question // How do we calculate gradients and rates from Isoline maps? <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt;">__Activity__: Calculating gradients 9. // Essential Question // : How do we crate profiles from isoline maps? <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt;">__Activity__: Drawing Profiles 10. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt;">__Activity__: Drawing Profiles and interpreting topographic maps. ||
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Participation in laboratory activities and formal assessment unit test ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || Assess laboratory handouts/writeups, formal assessment using a 30 multiple choice question and 3-5 open ended unit exam ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || 1. Accurately and precisely make measurements of mass, length, volume, & time.
 * **What instructional activities can be used effectively to teach this performance standard?** || 1. //Essential Question://  How do we locate positions on the Earth?
 * **How long will it take your students to achieve this performance standard?** || 10- 12 days ||
 * **How will you ensure all students achieve this performance standard?** || Assess laboratory handouts/writeups, formal assessment using a 30 multiple choice question and 3-5 open ended unit exam ||
 * **In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard?** || **__Landscrapes and Topo Maps__** ||

**Performance Standard 3.5.10.A.4 Evaluate and interpret geological history using geological maps.**
__Activity:__ Reading Cross-sections (part 1) 2. // Essential Question // : How do we identify relative ages and gaps in the record? __Activity__: : Reading Cross-sections (part 2) 3. // Essential Question :// How have Geologists organized the rock record? __Activity__: Using the Geologic Time Scale. 4. __Activity__: Geologic Timeline ||
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Participation in laboratory activities and formal assessment unit test ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || Assess laboratory handouts/writeups, formal assessment using a 30 multiple choice question and 3-5 open ended unit exam ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || The story of the planet is read in the record of the rocks and the information their type and status give us about where and under what conditions they formed. ||
 * **What instructional activities can be used effectively to teach this performance standard?** || 1. // Essential Question //  : How do we read the “Record in the Rocks”?
 * **How long will it take your students to achieve this performance standard?** || 5-6 days ||
 * **How will you ensure all students achieve this performance standard?** || Assess laboratory handouts/writeups, formal assessment using a 30 multiple choice question and 3-5 open ended unit exam ||
 * **In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard?** || **__Earth's History__** ||

**Performance Standard 3.5.10.A.5 Explain several methods of dating earth materials and structures.**
__Activity:__ Determining half-lives 2. //Essential Question//: How do scientists determine the age of a rock? __Activity__: Radiometric dating. ||
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Participation in laboratory activities and formal assessment unit test ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || Assess laboratory handouts/writeups, formal assessment using a 30 multiple choice question and 3-5 open ended unit exam ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || Describe what evolution is and explain some of its basic workings.  ||
 * **What instructional activities can be used effectively to teach this performance standard?** || 1.  //Esstential Question//: How do geologists determine absolute time?
 * **How long will it take your students to achieve this performance standard?** || 2-3 days ||
 * **How will you ensure all students achieve this performance standard?** || Assess laboratory handouts/writeups, formal assessment using a 30 multiple choice question and 3-5 open ended unit exam ||
 * **In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard?** || __**Radiometric Dating**__ ||

**Performance Standard 3.5.10.A.6 Correlate rock units with general geologic time periods in the history of the earth.**
__Activity:__ Using fossils in Correlation 2. __Activity__: Rock Correlation ||
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Participation in laboratory activities and formal assessment unit test ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || Assess laboratory handouts/writeups, formal assessment using a 30 multiple choice question and 3-5 open ended unit exam ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Know what Fossils are and how they form ||
 * **What instructional activities can be used effectively to teach this performance standard?** || 1. //Essential Question//: Why are index fossils so useful
 * **How long will it take your students to achieve this performance standard?** || 3-4 days ||
 * **How will you ensure all students achieve this performance standard?** || Assess laboratory handouts/writeups, formal assessment using a 30 multiple choice question and 3-5 open ended unit exam ||
 * **In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard?** || **__Earth's History__** ||

**Performance Standard 3.5.10.A.7 Describe and identify major types of rocks and minerals.**
Be able to define what a mineral and a rock are and give common examples. ||
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Participation in laboratory activities and formal assessment unit test ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || Assess laboratory handouts/writeups, formal assessment using a 30 multiple choice question and 3-5 open ended unit exam ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** ||
 * **What instructional activities can be used effectively to teach this performance standard?** || Lecture

__**Lab Activities**__ 1. Mineral Properties Lab 2. Mineral Identification Lab 3. Rock Cycle Lab 4. Rock Identification Lab ||
 * **How long will it take your students to achieve this performance standard?** || 10 days ||
 * **How will you ensure all students achieve this performance standard?** || Assess laboratory handouts/writeups, formal assessment using a 30 multiple choice question and 3-5 open ended unit exam ||
 * **In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard?** || __**Minerals and Rocks**__ ||