Mr. Andersen's MS SciWeb
Gowana Middle School Science
2011-2012

Stand Your Ground (click for a printable version)                              Timeline:5 Weeks

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Objectives:

    ·        Discuss and describe differences between plains, plateaus and the main types of mountain.

    ·        Describe features on a topographic map and understand how they are created and read.

    ·        Contrast mechanical and chemical weathering and how climate might affect them.

    ·        Discuss how environmental conditions affect the evolution of soil horizons.

    ·        Describe the importance of soil and different human activities that might lead to its loss.

    ·        Define erosion and deposition and ways that their impact might be reduced.
Readings:

    ·         Chapter: 1-1, 1-2, 1-3

    ·         Chapter: 2-1, 2-2, 2-3

Click here for a printable copy of the "Stand Your Ground" Unit Notes
Vocabulary Erosion
Terraces
Folded Mountain
Plateau 
Soil Profile
Humus
Permeability		 Deposition
Weathering
Leaching 
Compost
Oxidation
Plain
Horizon 
 		 Contour Line
Soil
Climate
Water Cycle
Runoff
Desertification
Mineral
 		 Mechanical Weathering
Volcanic Mountain
Ice Wedging
Chemical Weathering
Up-warped Mountain
Topographic Map
Fault Block Mountain
 

Homework: Be aware of the due dates. Students must complete any 3 of the 4 HW assignments.

 

 

Name

Due Date

Grade

Handout #1

Directed Reading: Weathering

Dec. 2

 

Handout #2

Note Taking: Weathering and Soil

Dec. 8

 

Handout #3

Directed Reading: Viewpoints

Dec. 15

 

Test and Quiz

Quizzes after chapter #1 materials and test during the week of Jan 4th  TBA

Be aware of the due dates as they are given.

In-Class Laboratories:

 

Soil Posters and Erosion Blues:  Investigate the physical and chemical characteristics of the Gowana garden. Click here for the Good Soil Poster Rubric or Click Here for Erosion Project Rubric/Concept Map

·         Question: Are all the soil and land formations on earth made by giants and ants at night?

·         Materials:  Poster paper, Painters paper, Coloring and drawing tools, worksheets, planning pages and group packets

 

A Chalky Experience: When does water have the time to make a cave?

·         Question:  What variables affect the rate which chemical and physical weathering occurs?

·         Materials:  Chalk, 2 Small Beakers, Metric Ruler, Vinegar, Hot Plate, Graduated Cylinder, Thermometer

 

The Black Box:  How do we see things without seeing them? Click Here for a Lab Summary

·         Question: Using only numbers, is it possible to draw a picture of something that you can not see ?

·         Materials:  Box, 2 Probes, Cardboard, Glue, Data Tables, Computer using Excel Spreadsheet