Lesson Overview

Earth: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

6th Grade
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Less Overview Time Other Things to Know: Advance Preparation

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1 • Pre Assessment 45 *Need Internet
• Mapping Earthquakes min *Copy: past 7 months & current earthquake
55 activity
min *Display world map – easy access to
55 students
min *Make Chart: What We Think About
55 Earthquakes
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2 • Plate Tectonics 55 *Make and Laminate: Word Sort Card Set
min *Laminate: continental plates pieces A,B,C,D
55 *Make Chart: What We Think About
min Tectonics
55 *Need Internet
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3 • Tectonic Plates 55 *Make & Laminate: Word Sort Card Set
Movement min *Need Internet
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4 • Plates Cause Changes 55 *Collect variety of materials for tectonic
min models
55 *Arrange Audience
min *Area to display drawings on chart paper
55 *Book: Volcanoes and Earthquakes
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5 • Magnets 55 *Prepare: fishing line and magnet to find
min north in room
6 • Earth As a Magnet 55 *Take students outside
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7 • Compass 45 *Prepare petri dish, water, soap, and packing
Construction min peanut
8 • Fossils As Evidence 55 *Make: Paleontologist Assignment
min envelopes-per team
55 *Need Internet
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9 • Fossils & 55 *Need: Internet
Sedimentary Rock min * Book: Uncovering Earth’s History
Layers 55 *Copy & Laminate: Word Sort Card Set
 min *Need: reference material on fossils
*Prepare: Ziploc bags of soil & gravel
10 • Making Fossils 55 *Make: Survey of schoolyard
min *Make Chart: What We Think…Fossils
55 *Cut aluminum foil 4” x 4” per team
min *Collect 8 shoe boxes for Activity 11
*Book: Mary Anning-Fossil Hunter
11 • Age & History of 55 *Make number line on board or chart paper
Earth min *Need: 8 shoe boxes
• Post Assessment 55 *Book: Uncovering Earth’s History
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