3. Student Learning Map

  • Topic:Processes That Shape the Earth
  • Subject(s):Science
  • Days:20
  • Grade(s):5
Key Learning: The Earth's landforms are constantly changing through various processes and cycles.
Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 
What are rocks and how do they change? What causes the Earth's formations to change? What causes weather and the water cycle?
   
Concept: The Rock Cycle D.1.2.1 (AA - MC, SR, ER)
Concept: Changes to Earth's Surface D.1.2.1 (AA- MC, SR, ER), A.1.2.4 (AA - MC)
Concept: Weather and the Water Cycle D.1.2.3 (CS- MC)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How can rocks be classified? (A)
How do rocks form? (A)
What are minerals and how are they formed? (A)
What are the essentials components of the rock cycle? (weathering, erosion, and deposition) (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How can I identify Earth's landforms and what is below the Earth's surface? (A)
What are the causes of weathering, erosion, and deposition? (A)
How can water, wind, ice, plants, and animals all cause landforms to change? (A)
How do the movement of the Earth's major plates change landforms? (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

a) What are the causes of weather? b) What is the atmosphere and how does wind form in the atmosphere? (A)
a) What are the stages of water cycle? b) How does the water cycle relate to weather? (A)
a) How do you measure weather? b) How do meterologists predict weather? (A)
Additional Information:

AA- Annually Assessed, CS- Content Sampled (Assessed Every 3 Years), MC- Multiple Choice, SR- Short Response, ER- Extended Response, * Means FCAT-Tested Vocabulary Harcourt School Website: www.hspscience.com Teacher Education - http://www.learner.org/ Lab Manual pg. 86-94, Lesosn Planner pg. 212A-212B, Reading Support and Homework pg. 45-50, Assessment Guide pg. 37-42, FCAT Prep pg. 21-24

Vocabulary Report

  • mineral -
  • topography* -
  • atmosphere* -
  • troposphere -
  • glacier -
  • streak -
  • luster -
  • air pressure -
  • sand dune -
  • hardness -
  • local winds -
  • delta -
  • igneous rock* -
  • prevailing winds -
  • sinkhole -
  • deposition* -
  • earthquake* -
  • water cycle* -
  • evaporation* -
  • volcano* -
  • sedimentary rock* -
  • condensation* -
  • plate -
  • metamorphic rock* -
  • weathering* -
  • humidity -
  • epicenter -
  • precipitation -
  • erosion* -
  • fault -
  • rock cycle -
  • magna -
  • air mass -
  • front -
  • lava -
  • climate -