Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Earth Science Unit 3 Day 1 continued

Learning Objective: Students will learn about the physical changes that happen on Earth by watching a video and doing an online interactive and will summarize their learning in writing using technical vocabulary: plate tectonics, heat, pressure, igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary, weathering, geology

Questions:

  1. What is your opinion about rock formation? (brain)
  2. How do rocks change? (book or brain)
  3. All silicate minerals contain the elements _____.


Answer Choices for number 3:
  • A. carbon and silicon
  • B. silicon and oxygen
  • C. carbon and three oxygen atoms
  • D. sulfur and four oxygen atoms

Exit Ticket for Day 1:
  • Choose one of your classmates thoughts written on the whiteboard.
  • Use 1 or 2  of the following sentence starters to respond to what they said. Your response should be at least 2-3 sentences and have technical vocabulary and science ideas.
    • Your idea about _____________ makes me wonder... and think about...
    • Your idea about _____________ is good because...
    • Besides your idea about ______________ another idea could be...