8th+Grade+Earth+Processes


 * Established Goals: **

 (9) Earth and space. The student knows that natural events can impact Earth systems. The student is expected to: (A) describe the historical development of evidence that supports plate tectonic theory; (B) relate plate tectonics to the formation of crustal features; and (C) interpret topographic maps and satellite views to identify land and erosional features and predict how these features may be reshaped by weathering.

**Enduring Understandings: ** **//S// ****//tudents will understand that…// **

  ¨ the Earth is composed of parts and layers  ¨ tectonic activity and other natural forces change crustal and land features over time  ¨ topographic maps and satellite views are used to map land features and changes <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">there is historical evidence supporting the development of the Theory of Plate Tectonics <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;">

<span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Essential Questions (framed in appropriate “kid language”):

<span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">How does weathering and tectonic activity change landforms? <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">How did the Theory of Plate Tectonics develop over time? <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">What does a topographic map represent? <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">

//<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Students will know… //

<span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">the steps of the rock cycle <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">the role of the rock cycle within plate tectonics <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">the main forces that affect Earth’s surface <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">that continents are attached to plates <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">that plates float on the mantle <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">the history of the continental drift and plate tectonic theories <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">the different types of plate boundaries <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">what events occur at plate boundaries

//<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Students will be able to… //

<span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">interpret the rock cycle <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">compare constructive and destructive forces <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">create a model of Pangaea and the movement of continents through time. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">demonstrate movement of plates causing sea-floor spreading, subduction, mountain building, volcanic activity, and earthquakes <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">describe Wegener’s theory <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">sketch, label or make a model of convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">explain how scientists use seismic waves to determine plate movement <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">use technology to identify landforms from satellite pictures <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ¨ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">describe the shape of land features from topographic maps <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;">

<span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.3in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .3in; text-indent: -0.3in;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Vocabulary: **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">geology crust granite mantle <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">lithosphere asthenosphere outer core inner core <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">convection currents continental drift Pangea continental shelf <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">continental slope seamount abyssal plain mid-ocean ridge <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">deep ocean trench topographical map sonar intertidal zone <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">neritic zone open-ocean zone surface zone deep zone <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">bioluminescence plate convergent boundary divergent boundary <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">transform boundary fault plate tectonics rift valley <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">sea-floor spreading subduction volcano land subsidence <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">rock mineral Moh’s Hardness scale density <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">rock cycle igneous rock sedimentary rock metamorphic rock <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">sediment compaction cementation erosion <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">deposition agriculture development mining <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">biodegradable landfill waste management composting <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">hazardous waste