Millcreek Elementary School
Upper Primary (2nd & 3rd grade)
Catherine Piatt & LeeAnn Lewellen
Organizer:
What's down in the ground and how can I use it?
Essential Questions:
Academic Expectations and Demonstrators:
-1.16 Students use computers and other kinds of technology to collect, organize, and communicate information and ideas.
-Use a variety of technologies in various ways.
-Use technology to display information in various ways.
-Gather and manipulate data using technology.
-Express information and ideas using technology.
-2.2 Students identify, analyze, and use patterns such as cycles and trends to understand past and present events and predict possible future events.
-2.6 Students understand how living and nonliving things change over time and the factors that influence the changes.
-Use senses to observe items; communicate similarities and/or differences.
-Classify objects according to more than one property or attribute.
-Describe situations where one change causes another change.
-5.2 Students use creative thinking skills to develop or invent novel, constructive ideas or products.
-6.1 Students connect knowledge and experiences from different subject areas.
Culminating Performance:
Each student will choose one rock from a collection of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. Each student will use multiple resources to create an informational brochure highlighting their rock. The brochures will be combined into a class rock museum to be on display for other students.
Scoring Rubric
Level 4:
Level 3:
Level 2:
Level 1:
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Core Content:
-SC-E-2.1.1 Earth materials include solid rocks and soils, water, and the gases of the atmosphere. Minerals that make up rocks have properties of color, texture, and hardness. Soils have properties of color, texture, the capacity to retain water, and the ability to support plant growth. Water on Earth and in the atmosphere can be a solid, liquid, or gas.
-SC-E-2.1.2 Earth materials provide many of the resources humans use. The varied materials have different physical and chemical properties, which make them useful in different ways, for example, as building materials (e.g., stone, clay, marble), as sources of fuel (e.g., petroleum, natural gas), or growing the plants we use as food.
-SC-E-2.3.2 Weather changes from day to day and over seasons. Weather can be described by observations and measurable quantities such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.
-PL-E-4.1.3 There are different job opportunities in the home, school, and community (e.g., home business, flexible schedule).
-PL-E-4.4.1 Academic skills (e.g., science, physical education, math, health, reading, writing, social studies, art, music) that relate to various jobs and careers are needed for future success.
Knowledge:
Skills/Abilities:
Technology Standards
T6.5 Create a presentation or product using application software.
T6.6 Use digital imaging and audio
T5.7 Enter and edit spreadsheet information
T5.1 Use proper keyboarding with speed and accuracy relative to the task
Critical Resources
:Books:
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070.4 Fit |
Fitz-Gerald, Christine Maloney. I can be a reporter. Chicago : Childrens Press, c1986. Discusses the work reporters do in gathering material for stories and then writing them. |
Arlington |
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070.4 MAB |
Mabery, D. L. Tell me about yourself : how to interview anyone, from your friends to famous people. Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., c1985. Describes how to arrange, prepare for, and conduct an interview, with examples and suggestions of interview opportunities in school and various careers. |
Cardinal Valley, Clays Mill, Squires |
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331.1 Cra |
Craig, Janet. What's it like to be a newspaper reporter. Mahwah, N.J. : Troll Associates, c1990. Follows a newspaper reporter as he covers different assignments and describes the activities of editors, proofreaders, and others inside and outside the news room who help publish and distribute the newspaper. |
Cardinal Valley, Lansdowne, Picadome, Squires, Stonewall |
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549 Har |
Harris, Susan. Gems and minerals. New York : F. Watts, 1980. Describes in simple language the characteristics and uses of minerals and gems. |
Arlington, Breckinridge, JLAllen, Johnson, Linlee, Meadowthorpe, Russell |
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549 Pel |
Pellant, Chris. Rocks and minerals / by Chris Pellant ; Helen Pellant, editorial consultant ; photography by Harry Taylor. New York : Boston, Mass. : Dorling Kindersley ; Distributed by Houghton Mifflin, 1992. |
Julius Marks |
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550 Sip |
Sipiera, Paul P. I can be a geologist. Chicago : Childrens Press, 1986. Briefly describes a variety of jobs and topics of study in the field of geology and highlights the necessary education and training. |
Arlington, Garden Springs |
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551.1 COL (B SET) |
COLE, J. THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS INSIDE THE EARTH (BOOK SET). |
Tates Creek Elementary |
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552 GAN |
Gans, Roma, 1894- Let's go rock collecting. New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1997. Describes the formation and characteristics of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks and how to recognize and collect them. |
Millcreek |
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552 Pod |
Podendorf, Illa. Rocks and minerals. Chicago : Childrens Press, c1982. An introduction to the formation and identification of a variety of rocks and minerals. |
Arlington, Ashland, Athens, CValley, Deep Springs, Garden Springs, JLAllen, Johnson, JREwan, Lansdowne, Linlee, Meadowthorpe, Northern, Russell, Russell Cave, Southern, Squires, Stonewall, Veterans Park, Yates |
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552 Sym |
Symes, R. F. Rocks & minerals. New York : Knopf, 1988. Text and photographs examine the creation, importance, erosion, mining, and uses of rocks and minerals. |
Millcreek |
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624 Lan |
Langley, Andrew. Under the ground. New York : Bookwright Press, 1986, c1985. Describes things which are found underground such as worms, coal, caves, tunnels, cables, and artifacts. |
Garden Springs, Squires |
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E B |
Baylor, Byrd. Everybody needs a rock. New York : Scribner, [1974] Describes the qualities to consider in selecting the perfect rock for play and pleasure. |
Ashland, Breckinridge, BTW, Cassidy, Clays Mill, Deep Springs, Dixie, Harrison, JREwan, Mary Todd, Northern, Picadome, Rosa Parks, Russell, Southern, Squires, Tates Creek Elem, Veterans Park, Yates |
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VR 552 All |
All about rocks & minerals. Schlessinger Media, c2000. Minerals are an important part of everything around us, from the pencils we write with to the airplanes in the sky. Even the Earth beneath our feet is packed solid wwith these essential building blocks. |
Millcreek |
Evaluation Component:
Pre- and Post test
a. igneous
b. cement
c. metamorphic
d. sedimentary
2. How are igneous rocks formed?
a. when magma cools
b. when magma heats up
c. when magma evaporates
d. when magma falls
3. Which is a sedimentary rock?
a. gneiss
b. granite
c. scoria
d. limestone
4. What is erosion? ____________________________________________
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5. Explain two ways we use what is in the ground.
a. _______________________________________________________
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b. _______________________________________________________
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6. Which is NOT a tool we use to measure weather?
a. thermometer
b. rain gauge
c. scale
d. anemometer
7. Which shows the seasons in the correct order?
a. winter, spring, summer, fall
b. spring, winter, fall, summer
c. spring, fall, summer, winter
d. winter, summer, fall, spring
8. What do you call a person who studies rocks?
a. astronaut
b. geologist
c. meteorologist
d. oceanographer
9. Rocks have matter inside of them that give them color called:
a. dirt
b. water
c. minerals
d. chemicals
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Develop brochure |
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Rock Museum |
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