Details
| Type of Product: | e-book (our e-books are in PDF format and can be viewed on your computer or any compatible reading device) (also see print version of this book) |
| Publication Date: | 6/1/2011 |
| Pages: | 248 |
| Stock Number: | PB298X1e |
| ISBN: | |
| Grade Level: | Elementary School, High School, Middle School |
Description
How well can your students …
• Explain the distribution of earthquakes?
• Model volcanic eruptions?
• Demonstrate plate motions and interactions?
• Describe seafloor changes?
• Think in terms of geologic time?
Project Earth Science: Geology, Revised 2nd Edition, involves students in activities that focus on how plate tectonics explain characteristics and features of Earth. Fifteen hands-on, teacher-tested, classroom activities that use readily available materials provide straightforward and up-to-date explanations of geologic processes and cycles. Students model plate movement and seafloor spreading, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and formation of geologic structures. They learn what causes earthquakes, mountain building, and continent-plus-plate movement. Background materials for students and teachers, detailed and illustrated procedures for doing activities, and supplemental resources provide you and your class with tools to investigate and understand Earth’s major geologic phenomena.
Additional Info
| Intended User Role: | Elementary-Level Educator, Middle-Level Educator |
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Additions and Changes to Revised 2nd Edition
About Project Earth Science: Geology
Creating Scientific Knowledge
Observing and the Problem of Scale
Getting Ready for Classroom Instruction
Key Concepts
Project Earth Science: Geology and the National Science Education Standards
Safety in the Classroom Practices
Standards Organizational Matrix
Activities at a Glance Matrix
Activities
Activity 1 Geopatterns: Global Earthquake Distribution
Activity 2 Volcanoes and Plates: Volcanic Activity and Plate Boundaries
Activity 3 Volcanoes and Hot Spots: Formation of Hawaiian Islands
Activity 4 All Cracked Up: Model of Earth’s Layers
Activity 5 Seafloor Spreading: Divergent Plate Boundaries
Activity 6 Mapping the Seafloor
Activity 7 Rocks Tell a Story: Rock Characteristics and Environmental Clues
Activity 8 The Rock Cycle: Rock Formation and Change
Activity 9 Solid or Liquid? Rock Behavior Within Earth
Activity 10 Edible Plate Tectonics: Plates Move and Interact
Activity 11 Convection: Transfer of Heat From Earth’s Interior
Activity 12 A Voyage Through Time: Pangaea Breakup and Continent/Plate Movement
Activity 13 Magma and Volcanoes: Model of a Volcano
Activity 14 Shake It Up: Earthquakes and Damage to Buildings
Activity 15 Study Your Sandwich: Sedimentary Rock Layers, Structures, and
Relative Ages
Readings
Introduction
Reading 1 Plate Tectonics
Reading 2 Volcanoes
Reading 3 Earthquakes
Reading 4 Rocks and Minerals
Reading 5 Careers in Geology and Geosciences
Resources
About the Authors
Index
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