Objective: I can explain how weathering and erosion shape the earth.
PTT: Week 13, Day 4
1) What causes weathering?
2) What causes erosion?
3) What is deposition?
Lesson:
Watch the following videos and complete the chart below.
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Definition
Caused by:
Locations
Other Information
Lesson 2: Week 14, Day 1
Objective: I can explain how weathering, erosion, and deposition shape the Earth.
PTT: Week 14, Day 1
1) Where are most sediments deposited?
2) What are some of the different forces that cause weathering?
Homework: Study for rock cycle quiz tomorrow
Lesson:
Part 1: Weathering Paragraph
Title page 68: Weathering Paragraph
Lava erupts out of a volcano and forms an extrusive igneous rock on the side of a mountain. Explain IN DETAIL what happens to that rock now that it has formed.
Words to use: weathering, erosion, deposition
Things to mention: what kind of weathering, what kind of erosion, where does this happen, what kind of rock is there at the end
Part 2: Notes
Title page 71 with the following and then record the notes: How Landforms are Shaped: Constructive & Destructive Forces Landform List:
Constructive Forces: create landforms Destructive Forces: break down landforms
Constructive Forces
Destructive Forces
Lesson 3: Week 14, Day 2
Objective: I can diagram the rock cycle. I can follow directions to complete a lab about La Huasteca.
PTT: Week 14, Day 2
- Make sure your desk is clear of everything but a writing utensil
- Sit silently, ready to take the quiz
Homework: Return chemistry textbook
Get permission slip signed
"Learning from La Huasteca" doc completed
Lesson:
Over the next class or two you are going to go through 6 different stations. Each station will take you through a different activity in order to help you meet the above objectives. Below is a brief description of each station. As you go through each station you will be asked to complete a task. Each task will be completed on this Google Drive document. Please make sure you make a copy for yourself and put it in an EARTH SCIENCE folder in YOUR Google Drive.
Stations
1. Organic Sedimentary Rocks - Sedimentary rocks made from once living things. See how they react to HCL (Hydrochloric acid).
FFFIIIIIIIIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!
2. Clastic Sedimentary Rocks - Sedimentary rocks made from parts of other rocks. This station you will look at different grain sizes of clastic sedimentary rocks.
3. Chemical Sedimentary Rocks (microscope) - The only sedimentary rocks that ARE NOT made of other rock sediments. Let's look at these under the microscope
4. Chemical Weathering (Finger Paints) - Did you know rocks can rust like an old car or truck. Did you know this can cause rocks to break. Not only that, it makes cool 'war paint'.
5. Celebrating La Huasteca Projects — Getting information from last years projects.
6. Celebrating La Huasteca Projects — Brainium (The Board game)
Lesson 4: Week 14, Day 3 - Rock Samples from my Backyard (Celebrating La Huasteca)
Objective: Complete all six stations and questions that go along with it
PTT: Take a minute to read through the Six Lab stations. What lab stations do you still need to complete? Make sure you answer ALL the questions - this will help prepare you...because on Thursday (periods 1 and 2) or Friday (period 6), you will take a quiz based on these lab stations.
Lesson: Complete lab
Homework: What to know for the quiz
- What is a metamorphic rock?
- What is an igneous rock?
- What is a clastic sedimentary rock? What are some examples? How does it form? (station 2)
- What is a chemical sedimentary rock? How does it form? (station 3)
- What is an organic sedimentary rock? What are some examples? Why does it fizz when acid is put on it? How does it form? (station 1)
- What causes the different kinds of weathering (physical, chemical, biological) - see your notes on p. 69
- What causes rusting?
Lesson 5: Week 14, Day 4
Objective: I can explain what kinds of rocks can be found in Monterrey and how they form.
PTT: Clear off your desk and be ready to take the quiz.
Lesson: Weathering, Erosion, Soil
Activity #1: Weathering Creates Soil (Day 1)
Read pages 112-119 of your textbook to answer the following questions. Answer the questions on p. 74-75 in your notebook.
1. What is weathering? 2. Describe the two types of weathering.
3. Complete the following concept map on weathering.
4. In what two ways do plants contribute to weathering of rocks? 5. A limestone statue of a dog is place in a park in Cancun. What types of natural forces would affect the weathering of this statue?
HOMEWORK: If you do not have your rock cycle lab (crayon lab) reflection questions answered, you need to do that TONIGHT!!!! Make sure you save the document in your shared science folder on google drive.
Lesson 6: Week 15, Day 1
PTT: 1) What does weathering do? 2) What makes sediments? 3) What does erosion do?
Activity 2: Soil Erosion & Deposition - complete on p. 75-76
Watch the videos linked above and below to complete this chart.
Effect of wind on soil - watch the videos in activity 1 on physical weathering and the video below on wind erosion to complete this section of the chart
Effect of water on soil -
watch the videos in activity 1 on physical weathering to complete this section of the chart
Effect of water and slope on soil -
Visit the site: Earth History: FossWeb
Click on "multimedia"
Username: cheetah password: 112
Select "student"
Enter the program
Hover over the geology lab and click "earth processes"
Select compare stream tables
Use the different options to see how varying slopes affect erosion by water
Effect of vegetation on soil -
When the chart is done, answer the following questions:
Questions:
1. When you blew on soil with the straw, what force in nature are you simulating?
2. What are the effects of slope on soil erosion?
3. What are the effects of vegetation on soil erosion?
4. How would stripping vegetation from large areas of land cause problems?
5. Where does soil tend to be deposited?
Lesson 7: Week 15, Day 2
PTT:
1) Will a mountain or a hill be more effected by water erosion?
2) What are 3 examples of weathering?
3) Why are plants important in preventing soil erosion?
- Task 1: Review activities 1 and 2 to make sure they are completed correctly
- Task 2: Activity 3 - Soil Samples (p. 76-77)
Directions: complete the chart below using the textbook (p. 123-124)/internet and data from the demonstrations on the counter (make sure you go up and look at the demo containers)
Soil Type
Grain Size (pg 123-124)
Percolation Rate (seconds)
Absorption Capacity (mL)
Gravel
275 mL/2 seconds
25 mL
Sand
200 mL/47 seconds
100 mL
Silt
100 mL/7 minutes 36 seconds
200 mL
Clay
Background Information:
The particles in the soil have settled out into layers, with the heaviest particles settling first, at the bottom. Gravel sized particles will settle almost immediately and form the bottom layer. Sand particles will settle next and form a layer on top of the gravel.Silt particles will settle next and form a layer on the sand. Clay may take over a day to settle on top of the silt and sand. Humus (fertile soil) may act as silt or clay sized particles, or it may be partly decomposed material that will float. Different types of soil will settle out differently. The amount of open space between particles has a lot to do with how easily water moves through a soil and how much water the soil will hold.
NOTE: The longer it takes for the water to appear, the greater the absorption capacity of the soil.
Below the chart, define in your own words the terms pore space, water percolation rate, and absorption capacity.
Review: watch this video that summarizes what we learned from activity 3
Next task - Soil Notes (p. 77-78):
1. Review the types of weathering in your text book pages 115-118.
2. Read the section on "soil formation" on pages 120 − 122. Define the following words in your own notes or Studyblue if you use it: Parent rock, bedrock, residual soil, transported soil, humus
3. Answer these questions below your definitions. - How is soil formed? - Compare residual and transported soil. - What is humus? Why is it important for plant growth? - Plants get water and minerals needed for growth from soil. What do animals get from soil?
Lesson 8: Week 15, Day 3
Objective: I can describe different characteristics of soil.
NOTE: Make sure to label each task with the task number in your notebook
PTT : Give me your 30 pesos for the trip please! Task 1: Definitions - make sure you have the following words defined from yesterday (p. 77-78): pore space, percolation rate, absorption capacity, parent rock, bedrock, residual soil, transported soil, humus Task 2: Questions - Make sure you have these questions answered on p. 77-78 from yesterday (were in textbook): - How is soil formed? - Compare residual and transported soil. - What is humus? Why is it important for plant growth? - Plants get water and minerals needed for growth from soil. What do animals get from soil?
Task 3: Multiple Choice Questions - answer these questions on p. 78 in your notebook
1. Soil that is still sitting on top of its parent rock is called....A. residual soil B. subsoil C. topsoil D. transported soil E. None of these are correct. 2. If soil has lots of pore spaces, then its percolation rate will be........ and its absorption capacity will be.....A. high, high B. high, low C. low, high D. low, low E. None of these are correct. Hint: Stuck with #2? Try watching this video: Task 4: Bar Graph (show this to me when you're done to get a grade) A) In an experiment to measure the soil’s ability to hold water, particle size and the amount of humus the soil contained were tested. The data table below shows the results. Use the data to construct a bar graph that represents the relationship between the amount of water retained and the size of the soil particles. B) Based on your graph, describe a type of soil that would supply water for plant roots during a period of little rainfall. (Record this below the graph)
Task 5: Diagram (draw and label)
This image shows the different soil horizons. Use your book on page 125 to fill information for each layer (name, ingredients). Task 6: Questions - use the following information to answer the questions below.
(CPO Science Earth Science First Edition, Chapter 15, Soil and Freshwater Resources) This video might help as well (note: it doesn't list what the the horizon letters are. Just remember that A is topsoil, B is subsoil, C is weathered rock, D is bedrock) Task 6 Questions - record the question AND your answer 1. In which soil horizon can the greatest quantity of humus be found?A. A Horizon B. B Horizon C. C Horizon D. D Horizon E. E Horizon
2. In which soil horizon can you find unweathered parent rock?A. A Horizon B. B Horizon C. C Horizon D. D Horizon E. E Horizon
3. In which soil horizon can you find subsoil? A. A Horizon B. B Horizon C. C Horizon D. D Horizon E. E Horizon
4. In which soil horizon can you find weathered parent rock? A. A Horizon B. B Horizon C. C Horizon D. D Horizon E. E Horizon
Lesson 9: Week 15, Day 4 - Soil Review and Earth Science Exam Review
PTT: Check that you have completed tasks 1-6 from yesterday's lesson. Make sure that you show me your completed graph from yesterday's lesson, if you haven't yet.
GIVE ME YOUR 30 PESOS FOR FIELD TRIP!!! AND YOUR PERMISSION SLIP TOO!!!!
Task 1: Class Review of Soils
Watch this video about soils to review what we've learned so far:
- Review your notes and make sure you understand the following terms: soil, humus, transported soil, residual soil, gravel, sand, silt, clay, soil profile, A horizon, B horizon, C horizon, D horizon, parent rock, bedrock, percolation rate, absorption capacity
Task 2: Earth Science Review for Test
Earth Layers:
What are they?
Which is the hottest layer?
Which is the thickest layer?
What are layers made of?
What phase of matter is each layer?
What is plasticity?
What are P and S waves, and what do they do?
Draw a diagram of the layers of the earth and label it with the names of each layer and their most important traits
Weathering:
What is it?
What is chemical weathering?
What is physical/mechanical weathering?
What are examples of each type of weathering?
Create a graphic organizer (web, chart, Venn diagram, etc.) that explains what the types of weathering are and examples of each
Erosion:
What is it?
What causes it?
What are problems that are caused by erosion?
What can we do to help prevent soil erosion?
Deposition:
What is it?
Soil:
How is it made?
What is residual soil?
What is transported soil?
What is humus? Why is it important for plant growth?
What is a soil profile? What are the soil horizons? What are they called? What can be found in each layer?
How are gravel, sand, silt, and clay different from each other? Which is biggest? Smallest?
What is percolation rate? How does this relate to soil size?
What is absorption capacity? How does this relate to soil size?
Draw a soil profile that shows the soil horizons, labels them, and includes the substances found in each horizon
Rock Cycle
Draw a diagram of the rock cycle – you need to be able to do this
Igneous rocks: How do they form? What are intrusive igneous rocks? What are extrusive igneous rocks? What are some examples? What is magma? What is lava?
Metamorphic rocks: How do they form?
Sedimentary rocks: How do they form? What are clastic sedimentary rocks? What are chemical sedimentary rocks? What are organic sedimentary rocks? What is limestone?
Be able to explain the process of the rock cycle in detail, including where the processes happen
Objective: I can explain how weathering and erosion shape the earth.
PTT: Week 13, Day 4
1) What causes weathering?
2) What causes erosion?
3) What is deposition?
Lesson:
Watch the following videos and complete the chart below.
Lesson 2: Week 14, Day 1
Objective: I can explain how weathering, erosion, and deposition shape the Earth.
PTT: Week 14, Day 1
1) Where are most sediments deposited?
2) What are some of the different forces that cause weathering?
Homework: Study for rock cycle quiz tomorrow
Lesson:
Part 1: Weathering Paragraph
Title page 68: Weathering Paragraph
Lava erupts out of a volcano and forms an extrusive igneous rock on the side of a mountain. Explain IN DETAIL what happens to that rock now that it has formed.
Words to use: weathering, erosion, deposition
Things to mention: what kind of weathering, what kind of erosion, where does this happen, what kind of rock is there at the end
Part 2: Notes
Title page 71 with the following and then record the notes: How Landforms are Shaped: Constructive & Destructive Forces
Landform List:
Constructive Forces: create landforms
Destructive Forces: break down landforms
Lesson 3: Week 14, Day 2
Objective: I can diagram the rock cycle. I can follow directions to complete a lab about La Huasteca.
PTT: Week 14, Day 2
- Make sure your desk is clear of everything but a writing utensil
- Sit silently, ready to take the quiz
Homework: Return chemistry textbook
Get permission slip signed
"Learning from La Huasteca" doc completed
Lesson Prep:
- Make a copy of the "Learning from La Huasteca" lab and save it in your science notebook
Lesson:
Over the next class or two you are going to go through 6 different stations. Each station will take you through a different activity in order to help you meet the above objectives. Below is a brief description of each station. As you go through each station you will be asked to complete a task. Each task will be completed on this Google Drive document. Please make sure you make a copy for yourself and put it in an EARTH SCIENCE folder in YOUR Google Drive.
Stations
1. Organic Sedimentary Rocks - Sedimentary rocks made from once living things. See how they react to HCL (Hydrochloric acid).
FFFIIIIIIIIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!
2. Clastic Sedimentary Rocks - Sedimentary rocks made from parts of other rocks. This station you will look at different grain sizes of clastic sedimentary rocks.
3. Chemical Sedimentary Rocks (microscope) - The only sedimentary rocks that ARE NOT made of other rock sediments. Let's look at these under the microscope
4. Chemical Weathering (Finger Paints) - Did you know rocks can rust like an old car or truck. Did you know this can cause rocks to break. Not only that, it makes cool 'war paint'.
5. Celebrating La Huasteca Projects — Getting information from last years projects.
6. Celebrating La Huasteca Projects — Brainium (The Board game)
Lesson 4: Week 14, Day 3 - Rock Samples from my Backyard (Celebrating La Huasteca)
Objective: Complete all six stations and questions that go along with it
PTT: Take a minute to read through the Six Lab stations. What lab stations do you still need to complete? Make sure you answer ALL the questions - this will help prepare you...because on Thursday (periods 1 and 2) or Friday (period 6), you will take a quiz based on these lab stations.
Lesson: Complete lab
Homework: What to know for the quiz
- What is a metamorphic rock?
- What is an igneous rock?
- What is a clastic sedimentary rock? What are some examples? How does it form? (station 2)
- What is a chemical sedimentary rock? How does it form? (station 3)
- What is an organic sedimentary rock? What are some examples? Why does it fizz when acid is put on it? How does it form? (station 1)
- What causes the different kinds of weathering (physical, chemical, biological) - see your notes on p. 69
- What causes rusting?
Lesson 5: Week 14, Day 4
Objective: I can explain what kinds of rocks can be found in Monterrey and how they form.
PTT: Clear off your desk and be ready to take the quiz.
Lesson: Weathering, Erosion, Soil
Activity #1: Weathering Creates Soil (Day 1)
Read pages 112-119 of your textbook to answer the following questions. Answer the questions on p. 74-75 in your notebook.
1. What is weathering?
2. Describe the two types of weathering.
3. Complete the following concept map on weathering.
4. In what two ways do plants contribute to weathering of rocks?
5. A limestone statue of a dog is place in a park in Cancun. What types of natural forces would affect the weathering of this statue?
Online resources for weathering:
Weathering: Mechanical/Physical and Chemical
BBC Schools: What is Weathering?
Wikipedia: Weathering
Internet Geography: Weathering and Erosion
American GeoSciences Institute: What is weathering?
HOMEWORK: If you do not have your rock cycle lab (crayon lab) reflection questions answered, you need to do that TONIGHT!!!! Make sure you save the document in your shared science folder on google drive.
Lesson 6: Week 15, Day 1
PTT:
1) What does weathering do?
2) What makes sediments?
3) What does erosion do?
Activity 2: Soil Erosion & Deposition - complete on p. 75-76
Watch the videos linked above and below to complete this chart.
Effect of wind on soil - watch the videos in activity 1 on physical weathering and the video below on wind erosion to complete this section of the chart
Effect of water on soil -
watch the videos in activity 1 on physical weathering to complete this section of the chart
Effect of water and slope on soil -
Visit the site: Earth History: FossWeb
Click on "multimedia"
Username: cheetah password: 112
Select "student"
Enter the program
Hover over the geology lab and click "earth processes"
Select compare stream tables
Use the different options to see how varying slopes affect erosion by water
Effect of vegetation on soil -
When the chart is done, answer the following questions:
Questions:
1. When you blew on soil with the straw, what force in nature are you simulating?
2. What are the effects of slope on soil erosion?
3. What are the effects of vegetation on soil erosion?
4. How would stripping vegetation from large areas of land cause problems?
5. Where does soil tend to be deposited?
Lesson 7: Week 15, Day 2
PTT:
1) Will a mountain or a hill be more effected by water erosion?
2) What are 3 examples of weathering?
3) Why are plants important in preventing soil erosion?
- Task 1: Review activities 1 and 2 to make sure they are completed correctly
- Task 2: Activity 3 - Soil Samples (p. 76-77)
Directions: complete the chart below using the textbook (p. 123-124)/internet and data from the demonstrations on the counter (make sure you go up and look at the demo containers)
Background Information:
The particles in the soil have settled out into layers, with the heaviest particles settling first, at the bottom. Gravel sized particles will settle almost immediately and form the bottom layer. Sand particles will settle next and form a layer on top of the gravel.Silt particles will settle next and form a layer on the sand. Clay may take over a day to settle on top of the silt and sand. Humus (fertile soil) may act as silt or clay sized particles, or it may be partly decomposed material that will float. Different types of soil will settle out differently. The amount of open space between particles has a lot to do with how easily water moves through a soil and how much water the soil will hold.
NOTE: The longer it takes for the water to appear, the greater the absorption capacity of the soil.
Below the chart, define in your own words the terms pore space, water percolation rate, and absorption capacity.
Review: watch this video that summarizes what we learned from activity 3
Next task -
Soil Notes (p. 77-78):
1. Review the types of weathering in your text book pages 115-118.
2. Read the section on "soil formation" on pages 120 − 122. Define the following words in your own notes or Studyblue if you use it: Parent rock, bedrock, residual soil, transported soil, humus
3. Answer these questions below your definitions.
- How is soil formed?
- Compare residual and transported soil.
- What is humus? Why is it important for plant growth?
- Plants get water and minerals needed for growth from soil. What do animals get from soil?
Lesson 8: Week 15, Day 3
Objective: I can describe different characteristics of soil.
NOTE: Make sure to label each task with the task number in your notebook
PTT : Give me your 30 pesos for the trip please!
Task 1: Definitions - make sure you have the following words defined from yesterday (p. 77-78): pore space, percolation rate, absorption capacity, parent rock, bedrock, residual soil, transported soil, humus
Task 2: Questions - Make sure you have these questions answered on p. 77-78 from yesterday (were in textbook):
- How is soil formed? - Compare residual and transported soil. - What is humus? Why is it important for plant growth? - Plants get water and minerals needed for growth from soil. What do animals get from soil?
Task 3: Multiple Choice Questions - answer these questions on p. 78 in your notebook
1. Soil that is still sitting on top of its parent rock is called.... A. residual soil B. subsoil C. topsoil D. transported soil E. None of these are correct.
2. If soil has lots of pore spaces, then its percolation rate will be........ and its absorption capacity will be.....A. high, high B. high, low C. low, high D. low, low E. None of these are correct.
Hint: Stuck with #2? Try watching this video:
Task 4: Bar Graph (show this to me when you're done to get a grade)
A) In an experiment to measure the soil’s ability to hold water, particle size and the amount of humus the soil contained were tested. The data table below shows the results. Use the data to construct a bar graph that represents the relationship between the amount of water retained and the size of the soil particles.
Task 5: Diagram (draw and label)
This image shows the different soil horizons. Use your book on page 125 to fill information for each layer (name, ingredients).
Task 6: Questions - use the following information to answer the questions below.
(CPO Science Earth Science First Edition, Chapter 15, Soil and Freshwater Resources)
This video might help as well (note: it doesn't list what the the horizon letters are. Just remember that A is topsoil, B is subsoil, C is weathered rock, D is bedrock)
Task 6 Questions - record the question AND your answer
1. In which soil horizon can the greatest quantity of humus be found?A. A Horizon B. B Horizon C. C Horizon D. D Horizon E. E Horizon
2. In which soil horizon can you find unweathered parent rock?A. A Horizon B. B Horizon C. C Horizon D. D Horizon E. E Horizon
3. In which soil horizon can you find subsoil?
A. A Horizon B. B Horizon C. C Horizon D. D Horizon E. E Horizon
4. In which soil horizon can you find weathered parent rock?
A. A Horizon B. B Horizon C. C Horizon D. D Horizon E. E Horizon
Lesson 9: Week 15, Day 4 - Soil Review and Earth Science Exam Review
PTT: Check that you have completed tasks 1-6 from yesterday's lesson. Make sure that you show me your completed graph from yesterday's lesson, if you haven't yet.
GIVE ME YOUR 30 PESOS FOR FIELD TRIP!!! AND YOUR PERMISSION SLIP TOO!!!!
Task 1: Class Review of Soils
Watch this video about soils to review what we've learned so far:
- Review your notes and make sure you understand the following terms: soil, humus, transported soil, residual soil, gravel, sand, silt, clay, soil profile, A horizon, B horizon, C horizon, D horizon, parent rock, bedrock, percolation rate, absorption capacity
Task 2: Earth Science Review for Test