HS-ESS2-1
Develop a model to illustrate how Earth's internal and surface processes operate at different spatial and temporal scales to form continental and ocean-floor features.
25 Lesson(s)
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Cleavage and fracture are important physical properties in classifying minerals.
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Students conduct an investigation matching the identity of a mineral to its physical properties.
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This lesson serves as an introductory view into the world of minerals, specifically focusing around the idea of what a mineral is and how they're classified
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Students analyze pieces of rationale for why the Earth is round, and they'll also get an introductory glimpse into the major zones of the Earth
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Students complete an online "tour" of the rock cycle in this introductory lesson.
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Students will take on their first natural disaster in this lesson. This lesson introduces students to the phenomenon of earthquakes as the creation of seismic waves caused by friction along plate boundaries and faults.
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To understand the concept of continental drift and island formation as a result of plate movement and hotspots, students calculate the rate of movement of the Hawaiian islands during their geologic history
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Students will take use their newfound knowledge of density to apply relative densities to the interior of the Earth and its associated layers. Students will also analyze how the density of each layer is primarily affected by its elemental composition.
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Students conduct a lab activity modeling the parts of the rock cycle.
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This lesson focuses on the comprehensive idea of weathering, including the distinction between physical and chemical weathering
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Students create a graph illustrating the relationship between cooling time and crystal size
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There is a key relationship between stream velocity (how fast its moving) and the size of sediments that can be moved by that stream. Using this idea, students explore what erosion really is - the transport of weathered sediments to a different location
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This second-day lab focuses on the culmination of the previous day's material - students triangulate the distance to an epicenter by analyzing seismograph readings
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In the first day of this two-part lab, students calculate the lag time between the arrival of (fast) P-waves and (slow) S-waves in an earthquake to help determine how far away an earthquake occurred, and get some initial practice in reading and interpretin
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