Lesson Plan Template – ED 3501 (Version C)

Lesson
Lesson 16 - Mountain formation Date March 28th 2017
Title/Focus
Time
Group Science 7 52 Minutes
Duration

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
GLO 3: Investigate and interpret evidence of major changes in landforms and the rock
Learning
Outcomes: layers that underlie them
Specific 1-1 Investigate and interpret evidence that Earth’s surface undergoes both gradual and
Learning
sudden change (e.g., recognize earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides as examples of
Outcomes:
sudden change; recognize glacial erosion and river erosion as examples of
gradual/incremental change)

3-1 investigate and interpret patterns in the structure and distribution of mountain
formations

3-2 interpret the structure and development of fold and fault mountains

3-3 describe evidence for crustal movement, and identify and interpret patterns in these
movements
3-4 identify and interpret examples of gradual/incremental change, and predict the
results of those changes over extended periods of time
LEARNING OBJECTIVES KEYWORDS
Students will: Fold Mountains
1.) Define fold and fault mountains Fault Mountains
2.) Apply their knowledge of mountain formation to
models
3.) Create their own models of fold and fault
mountains,
ASSESSMENTS
Observations: - Group work
- Manipulation of mountains.

Key Questions: - How is a fold mountain formed?

- How is a fault mountain formed?

Products/Performances - Mountain
: - Mountain manipulation
- Lab handout
LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
 Clay 6 clay clumps
 Wax paper
 4 different colored towels

PROCEDURE
Prior to lesson
- Slide show
- Handouts
- Clay put into bags

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe 1


Attention Grabber
Assessment of Prior
Knowledge
Expectations for
Learning and Behaviour
Advance
Organizer/Agenda
Transition to Body
5 Minutes
Learning Activity #1
Notes
10 Minutes
Learning Activity #2
Mountain Building
15 minutes
Learning Activity #3
10 Minutes
Consolidation of
Learning:
Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe
Lesson Plan Template – ED 3501 (Version C)
Introduction Assessment / Differentiation
Remind me what are Convergent Plate?
What happens there?
Assessment:
- What happened last class>
Today we are going to be focusing on
mountain formation.
Differentiation:
- What happened last time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9bK
- Review of what is happening in
XY0OMxc
class
Body Assessment / Differentiation
Handout the notes
Tell the students that they need to glue
these into their notes as you no not want
them to lose them. Other option is putting Assessment:
it in the binder but we will need these in - Study notes for assessment
the future.
Differentiation:
Give students the notes for fold mountains. - Visual
- Written
Demonstrate this with towels - Prior knowledge
Give students the notes for fault mountains
Demonstrate this with towels.
Assessment:
Students make fold and fault mountains - Lab will assess students’
following the lab directions. knowledge of the different
formations.
Assign groups. Get students into groups.
Handout labs. Explain each step that the Differentiation:
group is going to do. - Applying their knowledge and
analyzing their models
Depending on the students and the time - Upper level blooms taxonomy
might want to verbally walk the groups - Kinesthetic
through each step. - If students cannot handle it have
to manipulate it in the plastic bag
Half the class will be assigned a fault
mountain the other half will be designed a
fold mountain. They will have to create a
representation that will be on display in
the classroom.
Differentiation:
Handout a piece of cardboard - Groups chosen
If students finish early they can extend - Apply their knowledge and create
their knowledge by: something new
- Adding color
- Labeling
- Writing a blurb that can be beside
the mountain explaining it and its
formation.
Closure Assessment / Differentiation
Assessment:
2
 Lesson Plan Template – ED 3501 (Version C)
Feedback From Have students share their representations - Students have to explain their
Students: with the class. Explaining why they model.
Feedback To Students decided to create it that way.
Transition To Next
Lesson Clean up everything might need to wipe
down the tables, and the floors.
10 Minutes
Hand in their labs on the way out the door

Extra Activities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuSHOQ6gv5Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzZ91gESUmM

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe 3