Lesson Overview Earth: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow 6th Grade www.protopage.com/lchambless contains website listed in manual Less on 1
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45 Pre Assessment Mapping Earthquakes min 55 min 55 min 55 min 55 Plate Tectonics min 55 min 55 min 55 Tectonic Plates min Movement 55 min 55 Plates Cause Changes min 55 min 55 min 55 min 55 min 55 Magnets min 55 Earth As a Magnet min 45 Compass min Construction 55 Fossils As Evidence min 55 min 55 Fossils & min Sedimentary Rock 55 Layers
Other Things to Know: Advance Preparation *Need Internet *Copy: past 7 months & current earthquake activity *Display world map – easy access to students *Make Chart: What We Think About Earthquakes *Make and Laminate: Word Sort Card Set *Laminate: continental plates pieces A,B,C,D *Make Chart: What We Think About Tectonics *Need Internet *Make & Laminate: Word Sort Card Set *Need Internet *Collect variety of materials for tectonic models *Arrange Audience *Area to display drawings on chart paper *Book: Volcanoes and Earthquakes
*Prepare: fishing line and magnet to find north in room *Take students outside *Prepare petri dish, water, soap, and packing peanut *Make: Paleontologist Assignment envelopes-per team *Need Internet *Need: Internet * Book: Uncovering Earth’s History *Copy & Laminate: Word Sort Card Set
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Making Fossils
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Age & History of Earth Post Assessment
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*Need: reference material on fossils *Prepare: Ziploc bags of soil & gravel *Make: Survey of schoolyard *Make Chart: What We Think…Fossils *Cut aluminum foil 4” x 4” per team *Collect 8 shoe boxes for Activity 11 *Book: Mary Anning-Fossil Hunter *Make number line on board or chart paper *Need: 8 shoe boxes *Book: Uncovering Earth’s History