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Issues and Earth Science
Unit D: Plate TectonicsMr. Forde
Scofield Magnet MS
Activity 36: Investigating Human TraitsMarch 29, 2011
Getting Started: Where does the electricity come from that runs our school?Introduction: Read and summarize p. D4
Challenge: What are the advantages and disadvantages of storing nuclea waste in Yucca Mountain?
Key Words: Active, Dormant, Extinct, Nuclear Waste (write into the vocab section of your binder) Procedure: See p. D-5
Results: Complete sheets 36.1 and 36.2.
Analysis: HW- Q2 d-8 3 paragraphs
Activity 37: Volcanic LandformsMarch 30, 2011
Getting Started: How do scientists use models?
Introduction: Read and summarize p. D-9.
Challenge: How do volcanic eruptions vary?
Key Words: Magma
Procedure: Read Page D-10 - D-13 Create data chart on page D-10.
Analysis: HW - Q 1 and 2 D-13
Activity 38: Beneath the Earth’s SurfaceMarch 31 - April 1, 2011
Getting Started: Imagine an elevator was taking you to the center of the Earth. What would you
see? You may draw on the provided sheet also/
Challenge: What is beneath the earth’s surface?
Key Words: Core (inner, outer), crust, lava, lithosphere, mantle, scale
Procedure: Read Page D-15 - D-18 Answer analysis Q 1 and 2, and Q3 (use student sheet 38.2,
calculator, ruler, pencil)
Activity 39: Earth TimeApril 5, 2011
Getting Started: Which of the following events occurred thousands, millions or billions of years ago? A) extinction of 90% of marine life B) The last ice age C) Age of the oldest fossils
Introduction: Read and summarize p. D-20
Challenge: When did particular events in Earth’s history occur?
Keywords: Geologic Time, Paleontologist
Procedure: Read and follow team directions on p. D-21 - D-22
HW - p D-22 Q 1-3
Activity 40: The Continent PuzzleApril 6, 2011
Getting Started: What do fossils tell us about the past climate (weather) of an area?
Introduction: Read and summarize p. D-23
Challenge: What can rearranging the continents tell you about earth’s history?
Keywords: Pangea
Procedure: Read and follow team directions on p. D-24 - D-25
p. D-26 Q 1 and 3
Activity 41: Continental DriftApril 7, 2011
Getting Started: What does it mean “to drift”?
Introduction: Read and summarize p. D-27
Challenge: What is the evidence that the continents have moved?
Keywords: Continental Drift
Procedure: Read and follow team directions on p. D-28
Activity 42: The Continent PuzzleApril 11, 2011
Getting Started: What
Introduction: Read and summarize p. D-30
Challenge:How did Continental Drift lead to the theory of plate tectonics?
Keywords:
Procedure: See p. D-31 Preview analysis questions and watch video clips.
p. D-31 Q 1 to Q3
Activity 43: April 12, 2011
Getting Started:
Introduction: Read and summarize page D-32
Challenge: How can a seismograph be used to measure earthquakes?
Key Words:
Procedure: -Make a
Analysis:
Activity 46 : Convection CurrentsApril 26, 2011
Getting Started: What do you think would happen if you mixed warm and cold water?
Introduction: Read and summarize p. D-48
Challenge: How do differences in temperature result in a convection current?
Keyword: Convection Current
Procedure: Read and follow team directions on p. D-49
HW -
Activity 58: ReproductionMarch 1-2, 2011
Getting Started: Why are children from the same parents usually not identical?
Introduction: Read p. D-22 . What is a gene?
Challenge: How are simple inherited traits passed from parents to their offspring and then to the next generation?
Procedure: Read activity 58 in groups and answer
all STT questions. Do analysis questions 1 and 2.
Analysis: 1 and 2 in class.
No HW tonight.
Activity 59: Gene ComboMarch 3, 2011
Getting Started: What did you learn from yesterday’s activity with Skye and Poppy? (blue/orange tails)
Introduction: Who was Gregor Mendel?
Challenge:How can tossing coins help you understand how organisms inherit genes from their parents?
Procedure: Do coin tossing activity utilizing sheets 59.1 and 59.2.
Key Words: Allele, Dominant Model, Probability, Random
No: p. D30 Q 2, 3 and 4
Activity 64: March 17, 2011
Getting Started: In what ways do your genes determine who you are and in what ways does you environment determine who you are?
Introduction: .
Challenge: How does the environment affect the inherited green color trait of Nicotiana?
Key Words:
Procedure: Read procedure Part a - steps 1 - 5
Analysis: HW - NO HW
Activity 66: Patterns in PedigreeMarch 18, 2011
Getting Started: Why is using simple organisms, like plants or insects, better for studying genetics?
Introduction: Read pg. D-56 and answer, “How do you think scientists can study traits in humans?”
Challenge: How can you use a pedigree to study human traits?
Key Words: Carrier, Co-dominance, Incomplete Dominance, Pedigree
Procedure: Read activity 66 and problem solve with your team to answer STT questions.
Activity 42: A closer look.January 3, 2011
Getting Started: List 10 things made of cells.
Introduction: Let’s read and summarize C-55 together.
Do columns 1 and 2 of KWL chart.
Challenge: What are some parts of a cell? What do they do?
Key Words: Mitochondria
Procedure: Read activity 42 and answer all STT questions. : Revisit our cell Venn Diagram
Analysis: HW - Questions 1, 2, and 4.
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