Plate Tectonics 5E Unit Plan - Secondary Science

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⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Save over 30% off! After completing this 5E Plate Tectonics unit, students will be able to describe and demonstrate how plate tectonics causes major geologic features such as volcanoes, mid-ocean ridges, trenches, and mountains, types of plate boundaries, and how convection currents move and shape the lithosphere. This lesson plan follows the 5E method: Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, and Evaluation, and facilitates student-led learning with minimal prep time. This unit plan provides you with all the tools you need to teach this topic.

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⭐ This Plate Tectonics 5E Unit Plan Includes:

Engagement:
• Plate Tectonics Bellringers (and Exit Tickets)
• Engaging and Inspiring Video Introduction to Plate Tectonics

Exploration:
• Plate Tectonics Student-Led Stations Lab

Explanation:
• Plate Tectonics PowerPoint with Student Notes

• Comprehension Check Questions and Kahoot

Elaboration:
• Modeling Interactions at Plate Boundaries CER Lab

Evaluation:
• Plate Tectonics Crossword (Homework)
• Plate Tectonics Pre-Made Assessment and Question Bank (100% Editable)

⭐ Topics ⭐

· Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift Theory

· Plate Boundaries and Interactions

· Sea-floor Spreading

· Convection Currents

· Geologic Features Created by Plate Interactions (Volcanic arc, mid-ocean ridge, deep-ocean trench, mountains, etc.)

· Hot Spots

· Ring of Fire

· Continental and Oceanic Crust

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NGSSHS-ESS2-3

Develop a model based on evidence of Earth’s interior to describe the cycling of matter by thermal convection. Emphasis is on both a one-dimensional model of Earth, with radial layers determined by density, and a three-dimensional model, which is controlled by mantle convection and the resulting plate tectonics. Examples of evidence include maps of Earth’s three-dimensional structure obtained from seismic waves, records of the rate of change of Earth’s magnetic field (as constraints on convection in the outer core), and identification of the composition of Earth’s layers from high-pressure laboratory experiments.

NGSSHS-ESS2-1

Develop a model to illustrate how Earth’s internal and surface processes operate at different spatial and temporal scales to form continental and ocean-floor features. Emphasis is on how the appearance of land features (such as mountains, valleys, and plateaus) and sea-floor features (such as trenches, ridges, and seamounts) are a result of both constructive forces (such as volcanism, tectonic uplift, and orogeny) and destructive mechanisms (such as weathering, mass wasting, and coastal erosion). Assessment does not include memorization of the details of the formation of specific geographic features of Earth’s surface.

NGSSMS-ESS2-2

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales. Emphasis is on how processes change Earth’s surface at time and spatial scales that can be large (such as slow plate motions or the uplift of large mountain ranges) or small (such as rapid landslides or microscopic geochemical reactions), and how many geoscience processes (such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and meteor impacts) usually behave gradually but are punctuated by catastrophic events. Examples of geoscience processes include surface weathering and deposition by the movements of water, ice, and wind. Emphasis is on geoscience processes that shape local geographic features, where appropriate.

NGSSHS-ESS1-5

Evaluate evidence of the past and current movements of continental and oceanic crust and the theory of plate tectonics to explain the ages of crustal rocks. Emphasis is on the ability of plate tectonics to explain the ages of crustal rocks. Examples include evidence of the ages oceanic crust increasing with distance from mid-ocean ridges (a result of plate spreading) and the ages of North American continental crust decreasing with distance away from a central ancient core of the continental plate (a result of past plate interactions).

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