{"id":5498,"date":"2022-07-24T18:08:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T22:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/?page_id=5498"},"modified":"2022-07-24T18:09:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T22:09:19","slug":"high-school-earth-science-geology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/science\/high-school-earth-science-geology\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Earth Science: Geology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Example Geology High School Lesson Plan for a 12-week term <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

(one third of an Earth Sciences credit)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Key Texts:<\/span><\/h5>\n

The Practical Geologist<\/span><\/i><\/a> by Dougal Dixon<\/span><\/p>\n

TOPScience #23 Rocks and Minerals<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

We have tried to indicate the supplies necessary for each lesson card.<\/span><\/p>\n

any crystal growing kit\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We have had good luck with <\/span>this Crystal Growing Experimental kit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Recommended Texts:<\/span><\/h5>\n

Choose one or more to read ad lib during the term.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Seashell on the Mountaintop<\/span><\/i><\/a> by Alan Cutler<\/span><\/p>\n

The Map that Changed the World<\/span><\/i><\/a> by Simon Winchester<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Schedule:<\/span><\/h3>\n

3x\/week<\/span><\/p>\n

The Practical Geologist<\/span><\/i> should be narrated each day. Narrations may include or consist entirely of drawings and notes rather than the more typical sentences and paragraphs of something like history.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lessons:<\/span><\/p>\n

Week 1<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. The Practical Geologist pp 6-13.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The Practical Geologist pp 14-19.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. TOPS Rocks and Minerals card 1 and card 4<\/span> – notebook paper, ruler, glass jar, pie tin, eyedropper, make saturated salt water<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Week 2<\/span><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. The Practical Geologist pp 20-31.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Crystal growing kit.<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. The Practical Geologist pp 32-37.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Week 3<\/span><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. TOPS Rocks and Minerals card 7 and card 8 – <\/span>granite rocks, test tube, coarse sand <\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. The Practical Geologist pp 38-49.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      3. The Practical Geologist pp 50-57.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Week 4<\/span><\/p>\n

          \n
        1. TOPS Rocks and Minerals card 9 and card 10 – <\/span>granite rocks, make 5% HCl solution, microscope slide, paper clip, candle and matches, blackboard chalk, coated canning jar lid (probably only need to make 5 ml HCL and 95 ml water; use a small jar)<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        2. The Practical Geologist pp 58-65.<\/span><\/li>\n
        3. The Practical Geologist pp 66-69.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Week 5<\/span><\/p>\n

            \n
          1. \u00a0TOPS Rocks and Minerals card 22 and card 23 – <\/span>notebook paper, ruler<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
          2. \u00a0The Practical Geologist pp 70-77.<\/span><\/li>\n
          3. The Practical Geologist pp 78-87.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Week 6<\/span><\/p>\n

              \n
            1. TOPS Rocks and Minerals card 24 – <\/span>blackboard chalk, oil-based clay, gram balance, beaker, eyedropper, paper towel<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
            2. The Practical Geologist pp 88-93.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
            3. The Practical Geologist pp 94-101.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Week 7<\/span><\/p>\n

                \n
              1. TOPS Rocks and Minerals card 25 – <\/span>100 mL graduated cylinder, oil-based clay, gram balance, paper towel<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
              2. The Practical Geologist pp 102-109.<\/span><\/li>\n
              3. The Practical Geologist pp 110-117.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Week 8<\/span><\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. TOPS Rocks and Minerals card 26 – <\/span>salt and pepper, beaker, scissors, 100 mL graduated cylinder, granite and basalt, gram balance, calculator<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
                2. The Practical Geologist pp 118-121.<\/span><\/li>\n
                3. The Practical Geologist pp 122-129.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Week 9<\/span><\/p>\n

                    \n
                  1. TOPS Rocks and Minerals card 28 – <\/span>100 mL graduated cylinder, gram balance<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
                  2. The Practical Geologist pp 130-139.<\/span><\/li>\n
                  3. \u00a0The Practical Geologist pp 140-145.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Week 10<\/span><\/p>\n

                      \n
                    1. TOPS Rocks and Minerals card 30 – <\/span>canning jar lid, saturated solution of salt water, eyedropper, jar<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
                    2. The Practical Geologist pp 146-153.<\/span><\/li>\n
                    3. TOPS Rocks and Minerals card 34 and card 35 – <\/span>oil-based clay<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      Week 11<\/span><\/p>\n

                      Catch-up \/ Finish reading the ad lib book of your choice.<\/span><\/p>\n

                      Week 12<\/span><\/p>\n

                      Exam week<\/span><\/p>\n

                      Example Exam Questions:<\/span><\/p>\n

                      Consider presenting a selection of perhaps five of these questions with instructions for the student to select three over three days.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

                        \n
                      1. Tell what you know about the formation of the Earth.<\/span><\/li>\n
                      2. Tell what you know about plate tectonics OR the rock cycle.<\/span><\/li>\n
                      3. Describe how a fossil can be preserved in rocks or minerals.<\/span><\/li>\n
                      4. Describe the creation and\/or erosion of caves or rock formations.<\/span><\/li>\n
                      5. Tell what you know about unconformities.<\/span><\/li>\n
                      6. Describe one experiment or activity you completed and what you learned about rocks and minerals doing it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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