Montgomery County SCHOOLS 2011-2012

MONTGOMERY COUNTY SCHOOLS 2011-2012 INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDE EARTH/ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Standard Curriculum Learning Targets Differentiation Integration Assessment Suggested Resources Focus Designation (These are your big ideas/units of study) Strategies Ideas Strategies (Weblinks, book room (With % of (Essential/ Put in “I can” statements What will we do if they How will they How will you know if titles, novels, DPI tested goal on Important) don’t learn it? learn it? they have learned it? resources, EOG/EOC What do students need to learn? What will we do if they What will we do if manipulatives/games) included) already know it? they don’t learn it? EEN1.1 Important I can Peer tutoring Computer Wordsplash Common Core Standards EEN1.11  Describe earth’s motion in the solar Provide teacher notes simulations Brainstorm DPI Support Materials system and galaxy. Guided notes Graphic organizers  Describe the types of galaxies. Visual examples Teacher demos Peer check Text:  Describe the types and formation of KWL organizer Text software stars. Separate setting Labs/activities: Vocabulary flash Text supplemental  Describe the differences between Extended time Exploring cards materials types of planets. Orbits Bell ringers  Describe how planets and other Shorten the assignment Hubble Constant Ticket out door Computer lab objects move in a solar system. Alternate higher level Activity Teacher observation United Streaming  Use Kepler’s law to show planetary assignment Testing Kepler’s of group activity Videos orbit. Third Law Lab performance Ultimate Voyage  Describe the difference between Project choices Space Events Lab report The Core (movie) relative motion, orbital motion, and -written Timeline Rubrics rotation of planets. - visual poster Constellation Independent practice NASA  Describe the difference between - power point research & One sentence Supplemental texts precession, nutation, and barycenter. - make diorama poster summary Activity books  Describe how the Sun moves within Galaxy research Chain Notes Media center the galaxy. Guided practice Flow chart for Independent practice life of star Quizzes Materials for labs EEN1.1.2 Important I can Frayer model Flow chart for Portfolio DiscoveryEducation.com  Describe how the movement of the KWL organizer formation of Multiple choice tests Earth and moon causes daily, Graphic organizers solar system seasonal, and tidal changes. Vocabulary flash cards Mission to Mars  Describe/draw how the movement of Create crossword puzzle activity Earth, moon, and sun affect the shape Concept maps of Earth. Create timelines of concepts Draw advertisement Make a mnemonic device Make 3 verse rap MONTGOMERY COUNTY SCHOOLS 2011-2012 INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDE EARTH/ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Standard Curriculum Learning Targets Differentiation Integration Assessment Suggested Resources Focus Designation (These are your big ideas/units of study) Strategies Ideas Strategies (Weblinks, book room (With % of tested (Essential/ Put in “I can” statements What will we do if they How will they How will you know if titles, novels, DPI goal on EOG/EOC Important) don’t learn it? learn it? they have learned it? resources, included) What do students need to learn? What will we do if they What will we do if manipulatives/games) already know it? they don’t learn it? EEN1.1.3 Important I can Peer tutoring Computer Wordsplash Common Core Standards  Describe the difference between Provide teacher notes simulations Brainstorm DPI Support Materials nuclear fusion and nuclear fission. Guided notes Graphic organizers  Explain how the sun produces energy. Visual examples Teacher demos Peer check Text  Describe the types of energy produce KWL organizer Text software by the sun. Separate setting Labs/activities: Vocabulary flash Text supplemental  Tell how energy flows from sun to Extended time cards materials Earth through space. Shorten the assignment Label diagram of Bell ringers Alternate higher level sun layers Ticket out door Computer lab assignment Teacher observation United Streaming EEN1.14 Important I can Project choices Sun dial time of group activity  Describe how Earth’s tilt affect -written Lab performance Videos seasons and energy received. - visual poster Cause/effect of Lab report MP: Patterns in the Air  Describe how/why water and land - power point solar output on Rubrics 2012 areas heat differently. - make diorama Earth activity Independent practice  Describe how solar energy is used by One sentence Supplemental texts plants. Guided practice summary Activity books  Describe how the Earth’s magnetic Independent practice Chain Notes Media center field protects the planet from harmful Frayer model radiation. KWL organizer Quizzes Materials for labs  Describe how incoming solar energy Graphic organizers Portfolio DiscoveryEducation.com benefits life on Earth. Vocabulary flash Multiple choice tests cards Create crossword puzzle Concept maps Create timelines of concepts Draw advertisement Make a mnemonic device Make 3 verse rap

(With % of tested (Essential/ Put in “I can” statements What will we do if they How will they How will you know if titles, novels, DPI goal on EOG/EOC Important) don’t learn it? learn it? they have learned it? resources, included) What do students need to learn? What will we do if they What will we do if manipulatives/games) already know it? they don’t learn it? EEN2.1 Essential I can Peer tutoring Computer Wordsplash Common Core Standards EEN2.1.1  Describe the processes of rock cycle. Provide teacher notes simulations Brainstorm DPI Support Materials  Use a rock cycle diagram to show how Guided notes Teacher demos Graphic organizers different rock types can be formed. Visual examples Labs/activities: Peer check Text  Describe how convection currents Label plate KWL organizer Text software within magma move Earth’s plates. Separate setting boundary Vocabulary flash Text supplemental  Differentiate between the types of Extended time diagrams cards materials plate boundaries. Crystal systems Bell ringers  Compare the type of plate boundaries Shorten the assignment Lab Ticket out door Computer lab with the type of geological formation Alternate higher level Mineral Ident- Teacher observation United Streaming created. assignment ification lab of group activity Videos  Explain the difference between Graphing lava Lab performance Planet Earth: Living magma and lava. Project choices flow Lab report Machine  Describe how volcanoes can affect can -written Locating active Rubrics NG: Splendid Stones change the lithosphere. - visual poster volcanoes lab Independent practice  Describe the difference between - power point Plate tectonics of One sentence Supplemental texts epicenter and focal point of an - make diorama North America summary Activity books earthquake. “Going their Chain Notes Media center  Compare plate boundary type with Guided practice separate ways” destruction of earthquake. Independent practice activity Quizzes Materials for labs  Explain how wave type determines Frayer model Plate boundaries Portfolio DiscoveryEducation.com magnitude of earthquakes. KWL organizer concept map Multiple choice tests  Create a timeline naming major Graphic organizers Locating geological events in North Carolina. Vocabulary flash patterns of  Explain how change in sea level cards earthquake and affects landforms. Create crossword puzzle volcano Concept maps distribution Create timelines of Oreo cookie lab concepts Modeling Draw advertisement seismic waves Make a mnemonic device Make 3 verse rap

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EEN2.1.2 Essential I can Peer tutoring Teacher demos Wordsplash Common Core  Locate volcanoes, earthquakes, and Provide teacher notes Brainstorm Standards faults using soil, geologic, and Guided notes Labs/activities: Graphic organizers DPI Curriculum topographic maps. Visual examples Earthquake Peer check Support Materials  Use soil, geologic, and topographic zones lab KWL organizer maps to predict possible future Separate setting Locating an Vocabulary flash Text events. Extended time Earthquake lab cards Text software Patterns of Bell ringers Text supplemental Shorten the assignment Magnetic Ticket out door materials EEN2.1.3 Important I can Alternate higher level Polarity Teacher observation  Describe weathering processes and assignment reversals of group activity Computer lab how they relate to soil formation. Rock correlation Lab performance United Streaming  Describe the difference between Project choices lab Lab report chemical and physical weathering. -written Natural Rubrics Videos  Describe how climate, topography, - visual poster phenomenon Independent practice NG: Mysteries and rock composition affect - power point project One sentence Underground weathering. - make diorama Comparing summary RD: Riddles of Sand &  Describe how landforms are effected agents of Chain Notes Ice by water, wind, ice, and gravity Guided practice erosion Supplemental texts erosion. Independent practice Making a Map Quizzes Activity books Frayer model profile Portfolio Media center EEN2.1.4 Important I can KWL organizer Similarities/dif- Multiple choice tests  Identify areas that would be a high Graphic organizers ferences of mass Materials for labs risk for building development. Vocabulary flash movements DiscoveryEducation.com  Describe basic safety factors for types cards Chemical of natural phenomena. Create crossword puzzle weathering & Concept maps temperature lab Create timelines of Soil profile lab concepts Draw advertisement Make a mnemonic device Make 3 verse rap

EEN2.2 Essential I can Peer tutoring Computer Wordsplash Common Core EEN2.2.1  Explain the need for various types of Provide teacher notes simulations Brainstorm Standards land uses. Guided notes Graphic organizers DPI Curriculum  Explain the consequences of various Visual examples Teacher demos Peer check Support Materials types of land use. KWL organizer  Lists ways that humans can conserve Separate setting Labs/activities: Vocabulary flash Text natural resources. Extended time Chocolate chip cards Text software  Explain how development and man mining lab Bell ringers Text supplemental made objects affect shorelines. Shorten the assignment Ticket out door materials  Explain how development and man Alternate higher level Jigsaw nonre- Teacher observation made objects affect mountainous assignment newable resources of group activity Computer lab areas. activity Lab performance United Streaming Project choices Lab report -written Shoreline Rubrics - visual poster erosion lab Independent practice Videos - power point Gone with the One sentence NG: Katrina - make diorama water activity summary Salinization of Chain Notes Supplemental texts Guided practice Soils lab Activity books EEN2.2.2 Essential I can Independent practice Quizzes Media center  Explain the methods for obtaining the Frayer model Portfolio different types of nonrenewable KWL organizer Multiple choice tests Materials for labs resources. Graphic organizers DiscoveryEducation.com  Describe the effects of obtaining Vocabulary flash nonrenewable resources on the cards environment. Create crossword puzzle Concept maps Create timelines of concepts Draw advertisement Make a mnemonic device Make 3 verse rap

is affected by temperature. Guided notes Graphic organizers DPI Curriculum  Describe how ocean currents Visual examples Teacher demos Peer check Support Materials distribute heat from equator to poles. KWL organizer  Describe the difference between Separate setting Labs/activities: Vocabulary flash Text climates near water and climate Extended time How does cards Text software inland. temperature Bell ringers Text supplemental Shorten the assignment affect the Ticket out door materials Alternate higher level density of a Teacher observation assignment fluid? lab of group activity Computer lab Lab performance United Streaming Project choices Draw & label water Lab report -written cycle & processes Rubrics Videos - visual poster Independent practice Miracle Planet: - power point Artesian well One sentence Patterns in the Air EEN2.3.2 Essential I can - make diorama problem summary  Draw a diagram of the water cycle solving lab Chain Notes Supplemental texts showing processes of evaporation and Guided practice Activity books infiltration. Independent practice Quizzes Media center  Explain the difference between river Frayer model Portfolio basins, aquifers, and watersheds. KWL organizer Multiple choice tests Materials for labs  Explain how flood event is affected by Graphic organizers DiscoveryEducation.com groundwater levels. Vocabulary flash cards Create crossword puzzle Concept maps Create timelines of concepts Draw advertisement Make a mnemonic device Make 3 verse rap

of water use by humans. KWL organizer  Describe how aquifer depletion can Separate setting Labs/activities: Vocabulary flash Text affect the geology and water quality Extended time NC Geological cards Text software of an area. formation web Bell ringers Text supplemental  Describe how human population can Shorten the assignment search Ticket out door materials affect water quality. Alternate higher level Teacher observation  Describe how groundwater pollution assignment Groundwater of group activity Computer lab can affect populations with same pollution labs Lab performance United Streaming water resource. Project choices Lab report -written Analysis of drinking Rubrics Videos - visual poster water lab Independent practice Civil Action EEN2.4.2 Important I can - power point One sentence  Describe how ground and surface - make diorama Glacial move- summary Supplemental texts water pollution affects wetlands and ment activity Chain Notes Activity books estuaries. Guided practice Media center  Describe how wastewater treatment Independent practice Stream Ecology lab Quizzes systems impacts water availability. Frayer model Portfolio Materials for labs  Evaluate water quality using chemical KWL organizer Eagle Population Multiple choice tests DiscoveryEducation.com and physical testing. Graphic organizers lab  Describe non-point pollution sources. Vocabulary flash Water quality  Describe the effects of non-point cards Testing pollution sources. Create crossword puzzle Biodegradable http://www.sasinschool.com  Describe conservation measures affect Concept maps wastes & DO lab /ProductEntrance/Launch/La available water resources. Create timelines of unch.jsp?unit=870 concepts Draw advertisement Make a mnemonic device Make 3 verse rap

 Describe how interacting air masses Extended time Temperature cards Text software create frontal boundaries. inversion lab Bell ringers Text supplemental  Describe the different wind belts Shorten the assignment Percent oxygen Ticket out door materials across Earth’s surface. Alternate higher level in atmosphere Teacher observation  Lists the safety precautions needed assignment lab of group activity Computer lab for severe storms to preserve life and Plotting temper- Lab performance United Streaming property. Project choices ature & relative Lab report -written humidity Rubrics Videos EEN2.5.3 Essential I can - visual poster Hurricane data Independent practice NG: Nature’s Fury  Explain how cyclonic storms form - power point Building One sentence Myth Busters: based on interaction of air masses. - make diorama hurricane-proof summary Lightning  Use data to indicate where air mass homes lab Chain Notes Planet Earth:Patterns interaction may occur. Guided practice Weather station in the Air Independent practice Lab Quizzes What up with the Frayer model Air Masses Portfolio weather? (Nova) EEN2.5.4 Essential I can KWL organizer Activity Multiple choice tests NG: Tsunamis  Use technology to record and analyze Graphic organizers Isoline/isobar weather data. Vocabulary flash activity Supplemental texts  Analyze and interpret weather maps cards Relative Activity books and relative humidity charts. Create crossword puzzle humidity lab Media center  Describe how water vapor is important Concept maps and affects weather. Create timelines of Materials for labs  Develop a safety plane for severe concepts DiscoveryEducation.com weather events. Draw advertisement Make a mnemonic device Make 3 verse rap

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EEN2.6 Essential I can CO2 Levels Lab performance United Streaming EEN2.6.1  Describe the difference between Project choices Lab report weather and climate. -written Rubrics Videos  Describe the major climate categories. - visual poster Independent practice Day After Tomorrow - power point One sentence - make diorama summary Supplemental texts EEN2.6.2 Essential I can Chain Notes Activity books  Describe natural processes that can Guided practice Media center change global climate. Independent practice Quizzes  Describe the greenhouse effect. Frayer model Portfolio Materials for labs  Identify the types of gases that KWL organizer Multiple choice tests DiscoveryEducation.com contribute to the greenhouse effect. Graphic organizers  Explain why carbon dioxide gas is a Vocabulary flash major contributor to greenhouse cards effect. Create crossword puzzle Concept maps Create timelines of concepts Draw advertisement Make a mnemonic device Make 3 verse rap

global climate change locally. assignment Heat Island of group activity Computer lab Activity Lab performance United Streaming EEN2.6.4 Essential I can Project choices Lab report  Describe how global climate change -written Land Rubrics Videos can affect the living organisms. - visual poster management Independent practice The Lorax  Describe how air pollution affects - power point project One sentence Avatar ocean water quality. - make diorama summary Pelican Brief  Describe how poor ocean water Debate pros & Chain Notes quality affects living organisms and Guided practice cons of having Supplemental texts global climate. Independent practice a local landfill Quizzes Activity books  Describe how change in global Frayer model Portfolio Media center temperature affect sea level. KWL organizer Multiple choice tests  Describe how sea level is changed by Graphic organizers Materials for labs Earth’s processes. Vocabulary flash DiscoveryEducation.com cards Create crossword puzzle Concept maps Create timelines of concepts Draw advertisement Make a mnemonic device Make 3 verse rap

 Describe how environmental Project choices and abiotic factors Lab report conditions determine the types of -written Rubrics Videos plants and animals within the biomes. - visual poster Food web/biome Independent practice Inconvenient Truth  Explain why loss of biodiversity is - power point activity One sentence NG: “Don’t say important. - make diorama summary Goodbye” America’s Biome project Chain Notes endangered species EEN2.7.3 Essential I can Guided practice  Describe how human activities affect Independent practice Endangered Quizzes Supplemental texts plant and animals species in NC. Frayer model Species Portfolio Activity books  Describe how invasive nonnative KWL organizer Pamphlet Multiple choice tests Media center species effect a NC ecosystem. Graphic organizers  Identify ways for humans to reduce Vocabulary flash Habitat for sale Materials for labs human impact on the biosphere. cards activity DiscoveryEducation.com Create crossword puzzle Concept maps Grasshopper lab Create timelines of Trophic level concepts diagrams Draw advertisement Make a mnemonic Owl pellet lab device Make 3 verse rap

 Compare traditional aquaculture - visual poster Independent practice Nova: World in techniques with sustainable - power point Somethings One sentence Balance agriculture techniques. - make diorama Fishy lab summary  Describe how sustainable techniques Chain Notes Supplemental texts affect environmental quality. Guided practice Activity books Independent practice Quizzes Media center EEN2.8.3 Essential I can Frayer model Portfolio  Explain carrying capacity. KWL organizer Multiple choice tests Materials for labs  Describe limiting factors that affect Graphic organizers DiscoveryEducation.com human population growth. Vocabulary flash  Describe how a growing population cards affects natural resources in NC. Create crossword puzzle www.nature.org/initiatives/c Concept maps limatechange/calculator/ Create timelines of concepts Draw advertisement Make a mnemonic device Make 3 verse rap

- make diorama summary Presentation from Chain Notes recycle facility Guided practice Supplemental texts Independent practice Quizzes Activity books Frayer model Portfolio Media center KWL organizer Multiple choice tests Graphic organizers Materials for labs Vocabulary flash cards Create crossword puzzle http://myfootprint.org Concept maps Create timelines of concepts Draw advertisement Make a mnemonic device Make 3 verse rap