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Overview
Students investigate the properties
of Earth materials. Students explore the composition
and properties of various rocks and minerals, uses
of Earth materials, and causes of land formations.
Learning Expectations:
Understand the properties and uses of rocks and minerals.
Understand
Earth’s surface changes over time.
- Gain understanding with the environmental factors that cause
landforms.
- Conduct controlled experiments to determine composition
of earth material.
- Determine that minerals are foundational to all Earth materials.
- Gain experience with a variety of Earth materials and their
uses.
- Organize and analyze data from experiments and investigations
with rocks and minerals.
- Identify and sort earth materials according to a classification
key.
- Observe and describe changes in Earth materials over time.
- Acquire vocabulary associated with geological study.
- Exercise language, math, and social studies skills in the
context of geological investigations.
- Use scientific thinking processes to
conduct investigations and build explanations: observing,
communicating, comparing, and organizing.
- Work collaboratively and use tools and scientific techniques
to make better observations.
- Understand science safety and
follow safe practices during investigations.
Assessments:
- Lab experiments
- Performance assessments
- Reflective journals
- Teacher created assessments
- End of unit projects
- Rubrics
- Checklists
- Homework/Class work
- Teacher observations
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Earth
Materials
Upper
Moreland
Science
Module
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Content: Earth
Science
Develop students’ understanding
of the characteristics of Earth materials
- The Earth’s crust is constantly changing from slow
processes - rusting, weathering, and erosion or for rapid
change processes – landslides, volcanic eruptions,
and earthquakes.
- Soil is composed of weathered rock and decomposed organic
materials.
- Soils have properties of color, texture, capacity to retain
water, and ability to support the growth of many kinds of
plants, including those in our food chain.
- Earth materials
have different properties which make them useful in different
ways, such as building materials, source of fuel, or for growing
plants we use as fuel.
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Internet Links:
pde.state.pa.us/k12/lib/k12/scitech.doc
education-world.com/
standards/national/science/index.shtm
umtsd.org/Science_list
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