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We are going to continue looking at erosion and deposition and the other forms it takes. Students will focus on Wind, Water, Gravity, and Glaciers. Students will connect activities to various standards. Students will develop their vocabulary skills by understanding the specific terms found throughout each section.
BIG IDEA:
Earth's surface is reshaped by the erosion of rock and soil and by the transportation and deposition of sediment.
GPS Standards for Earth Science: (CURRENTLY WORKING ON) HIGHLIGHTED WORDS TELL US WHAT WE WILL DO AND HOW WE WILL DO IT.
S6CS3 Students will use computation and estimation skills necessary for analyzing data and following scientific explanations.
S6CS5 Students will use the ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring scientific and technological matters.
S6CS6 Students will communicate scientific ideas and activities clearly.
S6CS10 Students will enhance reading in all curriculum areas.
S6E3 Students will recognize the significant role of water in earth processes
a. Explain that a large portion of the earth’s surface is water, consisting of oceans, rivers, lakes, underground water, and ice.
b. Relate various atmospheric conditions to stages of the water cycle.
S6E5 Students will investigate the scientific view of how the earth’s surface is formed.
d. Describe processes that change rocks and the surface of the earth.
f. Explain the effects of physical processes (plate tectonics, erosion, deposition, volcanic eruption, gravity) on geological features including oceans (composition, currents, and tides).
i. Describe methods for conserving natural resources such as water, soil, and air.
Section 1 Shoreline Erosion and Deposition
How does energy from waves affect a shoreline?
What are six shoreline fearures created by wave erosion?
How do wave deposits form beaches?
How does sand move along a beach?
Section 2 Wind Erosion and Deposition
Why are some areas more affected by wind erosion than other areas?
What is the process of saltation?
What are three landforms that are a result of wind erosion and deposition?
How do dunes move?
Warm Up: Vocabulary 12.3
Opening(Mini Lesson): Finish 12.1 Outline
Work Session:Wind Moving Sediment Activity. Begin Highlighting and Outlining 12.2
Vocabulary
Shoreline Erosion and Deposition
Shoreline-the boundary between land and a body of water.
Beach-an area of the shoreline made up of material deposited by waves
Wind Erosion and Deposition
saltation-the movement of sand or other sediments by short jumps and bounces that is caused by wind or water.
deflation-a form of wind erosion in which fine, dry soil particles are blown away.
abrasion-the grinding and wearing away of rock surfaces through the mechanical action of other rock or sand particles.
loess-very fine sediments deposited by the wind.
dune-a mound of wind-deposited sand that keeps its shape even though it moves
Erosion and Deposition by Ice
glacier-a large mass of moving ice
glacial drift-the rock material carried and deposited by glaciers
till-unsorted rock material that is deposited by a melting glacier
strattified drift-a glacial deposit that has been sorted and layered by the action of streams or meltwater.
Homework:
Vocabulary Quiz on Friday Chapter 12 Sections 1,2,3
Test on Chapter 11 and 12 November 6, 2009
**Note to Parents**
Report Cards were given out, if you have any questions or concerns regarding your students Earth Science grade please let me know.
Be sure to have the reports signed and returned to your student’s homeroom.
