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Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon. How Was This Beautiful Canyon Formed?. BIG IDEAS. -Earth’s surface is built up and worn down natural processes such as rock formations, erosion and weathering.

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Grand Canyon

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  1. Grand Canyon How Was This Beautiful Canyon Formed?

  2. BIG IDEAS -Earth’s surface is built up and worn down natural processes such as rock formations, erosion and weathering. -The surface of the earth has identifiable major features such as continents, rivers, mountains, lakes, canyons, and glaciers

  3. Enduring Understandings • -Students will understand that the rock cycle is driven by the tectonic plates • -Students will understand that natural processes occur both below the surface of the earth and above the surface of the earth and as a result shape the surface of the earth.

  4. Goals of the Unit • -By the end of the unit, students will understand how the rock cycle is driven by the tectonic plates as well as the formation of particular landforms • -Students will also understand that surfaces processes change the shape of the landforms

  5. Essential Questions • -How does the surface of the earth change over time? • How does the movement of the plate tectonics affect the surface of the earth?

  6. Knowledge and Skills • -Students will be able to identify and explain how earth surface processes (weathering, erosion, and deposition) affect the shape of the landforms. • -Students will be able to identify and explain how the tectonic plates drive the shape of the land masses on earth and the rock cycle.

  7. Students Misconceptions • -Lower mantle is liquid. • -Only continents move. • -Separate plates for land and ocean. • -Rivers only carve on the banks not down. • -Only the Colorado River has formed the Grand Canyon. • -The Grand Canyon has always looked the way it is now.

  8. GRASPS • -GOAL: Students will complete a project which demonstrates their understanding of the formation of the Grand Canyon. • -ROLE: The student will take the role of a being an expert on the formation of the Grand Canyon through the making of a comic books. • -AUDIENCE: Students will present their comic books to the fifth grade science class. • -SITUATION: Students will be presenting during Earth Science Week to the fifth grade class in their classrooms • -PRODUCT: Comic books which explain the processes that formed the Grand Canyon. • -STANDARDS: Click on the link below

  9. Day 1: What ‘s the story? • -Display pictures of the Grand Canyon around the room along with questions concerning how they thought the canyon was formed. • -Students will walk around the room observing the pictures and recording their observations. • -Students will then sit in pairs and write a story about how they think the canyon was formed.

  10. Day 2: Birth of Earth • -Begin to discuss the birth of the earth, question the students as to their perspective on the earth • -Ask students what the inside of the earth looks like. Show slides of the inner layers of the earth, ask students to brainstorm what materials make up these layers. • -Try to lead students to layers that are solid and molten. • -Connect layers to the formation of the earth

  11. Day 3: Plate Tectonics • -Students will view the video of the movement of the continents and will form groups to answer the question, Why are the continents moving? • -Students will look at the previous days information to form a conclusion • -Discussion of ideas will take place and students will view a simulation of the plates and how they move on convective currents

  12. Day 4: Activity • -Students will work on the plate tectonic activity.

  13. Grand Canyon • Connect tectonics to the Grand Canyon formation. • Activity • Pictures of canyon, the layers from TESSE do Google Earth activity.

  14. Day 5:Earth Surface Processes • Weathering physical, chemical • Erosion • Deposition • Labs using stream tables

  15. Day 8: Connection days • -Formation of the Grand Canyon as a result of the tectonic plates and the movement of the Colorado River • Make the connection activity.

  16. End of the Unit Assignment • -GRASPS see prior slide

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