Earth Science: Unit Earth Science: Unit 11

Rocks and MineralsRocks and Minerals(The Earth Beneath Your (The Earth Beneath Your

Feet)Feet)

Lesson 1: The Earth’s Surface (C-38 to

C-43)• Vocabulary: landforms, plateau,

plains, volcano, lava, magma, crust, mantle, core, deposition, Pangea, tectonic plates, geologist

• Highlight sheets: “Landforms”, “The Earth’s Interior”

Lesson 1 cont’d• Multimedia-- United Streaming clips,

Eyewitness “Volcano”....Bill Nye “Volcano”, “Earthquake”, and “The Earth’s Crust”

• Assignment: Lesson 1 Assessment

Lesson 2: Weathering and Erosion (C-44 to C-47)

Vocabulary: weathering, erosion, chemical weathering, sand dune, soilHighlight Sheets: Weathering (2)

Multimedia: United Streaming

Assignment: “How Do Rocks Change”

Lesson 3: Rocks and Minerals Lesson 3: Rocks and Minerals (C-48 to C-53)(C-48 to C-53)

Vocabulary:Vocabulary: properties of minerals, properties of minerals, Moh’s scale of hardness, rock cycle, Moh’s scale of hardness, rock cycle, igneous, metamorphic, sedimentaryigneous, metamorphic, sedimentary

Highlight SheetsHighlight Sheets: : “Moh’s Scale”, “The “Moh’s Scale”, “The Rock Cycle” (3)Rock Cycle” (3)

Multimedia:Multimedia: United StreamingUnited Streaming

Eyewitness “Rocks and Minerals”Eyewitness “Rocks and Minerals”

Bill Nye “Rocks and Bill Nye “Rocks and Minerals”Minerals”

Rocks and MineralsRocks and Minerals

Assignments:Assignments:

““Let’s Rock” class Let’s Rock” class activityactivity

““Minds On” rock cycle Minds On” rock cycle chartchart

““How Do Rocks Form”How Do Rocks Form”

Lesson 4: Resources (C-56 to C-59)

Highlight Sheets-- “Zingers”…..“Vocabulary Review”

Multimedia-- United Streaming clips

Assignments-- “Resource Review”“ Unit Review”

** Tentative test date: Friday, October 1st**