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Performance Level: 1- Below Standards 2- Working Towards Standards
5th Grade
3- Meeting Standards
10. Create fossils and explain how they help describe the history of life on Earth.
9. Use a rock cycle chart to determine how one kind of rock can form another kind of rock.
8. Observe & record the characteristics of different types of rocks.
7. Investigate factors that affect the process of erosion.
6. Investigate factors that affect the process of weathering.
5. Design & test earthquake resistant structures.
4. Read & research about the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
3. Read and research about the volcanic eruption of Mt. St. Helens.
2. Analyze how the movement of tectonic plates is responsible for the formation of mountains, the eruption of volcanoes, & earthquakes.
1. Create a model that illustrates the layers of the Earth.
HHH Science Teacher Name- ___________________ Quarter 3 –Earth’s Structure
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REPORT CARD ALIGNMENT
VOCABULARY Continents Crust Erosion Fossils Igneous Rocks Inner Core Lava Lithosphere Magma Mantle Metamorphic Rocks Minerals Outer Core Plate Tectonics Rock Cycle Rocks Sediment Sedimentary Rocks
To determine quarterly performance level, please analyze the performance levels for each skill on the checklist. ACADEMIC SKILLS Uses inquiry and observation skills to generate hypotheses Applies skills: gathers, classifies, measures and records Communicate scientific ideas effectively using content specific vocabulary Makes generalizations, draws logical conclusions, analyzes and interprets data
ASSOCIATED CHECKLIST SKILLS 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
RECOMMENDED ACTIVITIES CHECKLIST SKILL
RECOMMENDED ACTIVITIES Layers of the Earth
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Plate Tectonics Resources: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html Reading: “The 1980 Eruption of Mount Saint Helens” Resources: http://www.livescience.com/27553-mount-st-helens-eruption.html Reading: “Earthquake Zone: The San Andreas Fault” Resources: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/?source=sitenav Earthquake in the Classroom http://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection /cub_/activities/cub_natdis/cub_natdis_lesson03_activity1.xml Weathering Lab Expansion of Water Demonstration Erosion Lab
7 Types of Rocks 8 Types of Rocks 9 Fossil Lab 10
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