EEn-Earth+Systems,+Structures+&+Processes

EEn.2.1.1 Explain how the rock cycle, plate tectonics, volcanoes, and earthquakes impact the lithosphere. EEn.2.1.2 Predict the locations of volcanoes, earthquakes, and faults based on information contained in a variety of maps. EEn.2.1.3 Explain how natural actions such as weathering, erosion (wind, water and gravity), and soil formation affect Earth’s surface. EEn.2.1.4 Explain the probability of and preparation for geohazards such as landslides, avalanches, earthquakes and volcanoes in a particular area based on available data. || ===‍‍‍**Literacy Standard/Mathematical Practice(s)**===
 * ===**Essential Standard/Clarifying Objective(s)**===
 * EEn.2.1 Explain how processes and forces affect the lithosphere. **
 * ‍‍RST.9-10.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.
 * ‍‍RST.9-10.2. Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; trace the text’s explanation or depiction of a complex process, phenomenon, or concept; provide an accurate summary of the text.
 * ‍‍RST.9-10.3. Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks, attending to special cases or exceptions defined in the text
 * ‍‍RST.9-10.4. Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to //grades 9–10 texts and topics//.
 * RST.9-10.10. By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 9–10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
 * RST.9-10.8. Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author’s claim or a recommendation for solving a scientific or technical problem.
 * RST.9-10.9. Compare and contrast findings presented in a text to those from other sources (including their own experiments), noting when the findings support or contradict previous explanations or accounts.
 * Mathematical Practice:**
 * Look for and make use of structure.
 * Uses appropriate tools strategically. ||
 * ===‍‍‍**Information Technology Standard**=== || ===‍‍‍**Revised Bloom's Level of thinking**=== ||

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EEN 2.1.1
 * Describe the processes of rock cycle.
 * Use a rock cycle diagram to show how different rock types can be formed.
 * Describe how convection currents within magma move Earth’s plates.
 * Differentiate between the types of plate boundaries.
 * Compare the type of plate boundaries with the type of geological formation created.
 * Explain the difference between magma and lava.
 * Describe how volcanoes can affect can change the lithosphere.
 * Describe the difference between epicenter and focal point of an earthquake.
 * Compare plate boundary type with destruction of earthquake.
 * Explain how wave type determines magnitude of earthquakes.
 * Create a timeline naming major geological events in North Carolina.
 * Explain how change in sea level affects landforms.

EEN 2.1.2
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Locate volcanoes, earthquakes, and faults using soil, geologic, and topographic maps.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use soil, geologic, and topographic maps to predict possible future events.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">EEN 2.1.3
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Describe weathering processes and how they relate to soil formation.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Describe the difference between chemical and physical weathering.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Describe how climate, topography, and rock composition affect weathering.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Describe how landforms are effected by water, wind, ice, and gravity erosion.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">EEN 2.1.4
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Identify areas that would be a high risk for building development.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Describe basic safety factors for types of natural phenomena.

‍‍‍**Essential Vocabulary**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">batholith, geologic bedding, cirque, exfoliation, foliated, foliation, hachures, karst topography, laccolith, lahar, lithification, nonfoliated, orographic lifting, sea-floor spreading, subsidence, ventifact, uniformitarianism, succession, transgression, porphyritic, cirque, mineral, crystal, luster, streak, hardness, fracture, cleavage, specific gravity, igneous rock, intrusive, magma, extrusive, mafic, sedimentary rock, cementation, clastic, metamorphic rock, rock cycle, continental drift, pangaea, theory of plate tectonics, paleomagnetism, mid-ocean ridge, convergent boundary, divergent boundary, orogeny, mountains, folding, isostasy, deformation, stress, faults, sill, caldera, crater, cinder cone volcano, shield volcano, tephra, hot spot, pyroclastic flow, lava, epicenter, seismogram, primary waves, secondary waves, magnitude, Mercalli Scale, Richter Scale, tsunami, chemical and physical weathering, erosion, deposition, soil and soil horizon, hydrolysis, mass movement, landslide, slump, creep, abrasion, deflation, dune, glacier (continental, valley),

Labs and Activities
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Computer simulations <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Teacher demos

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Labs/activities: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Label plate boundary diagrams <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Crystal systems Lab <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mineral Identification lab <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Graphing lava flow <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Locating active volcanoes lab <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Plate tectonics of North America <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Going their separate ways” activity <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Plate boundaries concept map <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Locating patterns of earthquake and volcano distribution <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Oreo cookie lab <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Modeling seismic waves
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2.1.1; **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Labs/activities: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Earthquake zones lab <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Locating an Earthquake lab <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Patterns of Magnetic Polarity reversals <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rock correlation lab <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Natural phenomenon project <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Comparing agents of erosion <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Making a Map profile <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Similarities/differences of mass movements <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chemical weathering & temperature lab <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Soil profile lab
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2.1.2-2.1.4: **

‍‍‍**Sample Assessments**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wordsplash <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Brainstorm <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Graphic organizers <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Peer check <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">KWL organizer <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vocabulary flash cards <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bell ringers <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ticket out door <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Teacher observation of group activity <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">‍Lab performance <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lab report <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rubrics <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Independent practice <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One sentence summary <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chain Notes <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">‍Quizzes <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Portfolio <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Multiple choice tests

‍‍‍**Differentiation:**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shorten the assignment <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alternate higher level assignment <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Project choices: written, visual poster, power point, make diorama <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Guided practice <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Independent practice <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Frayer model <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">KWL organizer <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Graphic organizers <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vocabulary flash cards <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Crossword puzzle <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Concept maps <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Timelines of concepts <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Draw advertisement <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mnemonic device <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3 verse rap

‍‍‍**Intervention:**
Separate setting Extended time Peer tutoring Provide teacher notes Guided notes Visual examples

‍‍‍**Enrichment:**
Alternate higher level assignment Frayer model KWL organizer

‍‍‍**Instructional Resources**
Common Core Standards DPI Curriculum Support Materials Text: software, supplemental materials Computer lab United Streaming Videos: Supplemental texts Activity books Media center <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Materials for labs <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Worksheets <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Analogies <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Puzzles <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Guided notes <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Power points <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">