Earth+Science

This is the final project for the middle school Earth Science group (Rachel Schenker, Huan Wang, and Irene Chen). You will find a complete unit plan with individual lessons and guided notes sheets to supplement the lessons.

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We are looking for feedback in the following areas: 1) What can we do to incorporate different learning styles into the final project? 2) How can we make earthquake damage seem real to students in New York City? 3) Is each lesson appropriate for a diverse group of learners in a classroom? 4) How can layers of the Earth be taught in a more interactive manner? 5) How can the GPS lesson on plate tectonics be more fluid? Does the material seem to dense for a group of middle school students?

Looking forward to the feedback!



4. Layer of Earth- You can have the students make the layers of the earth. You can have them use clay (the benefit here is that they can cut into their clay mold after and see how the layer look so that they understand the real shape of earth and what the layers are) or have them use food (benefit here is that you can pick foods that have the consistencies of each layer). You may be able to do both if you prepare the layers of the earth yourself first and simply have students cut into them to see the layers. 2. Take them to see a fault! "The 125th Street Fault and the Dyckman Street Fault are both notable in that they actually help form the boundaries of parks in Upper Manhattan: the “valleys” that split [|Riverside Park] and separate [|Fort Tryon]and Inwood Hill Parks are really the 125th Street Fault and Dyckman Street Fault, respectively." [] 1. I think just being open to any form of presenting and not just writing, maybe acting, poetry, an actual diorama... -Hope that helps a little! -Kate Anderson

3) I think that the layers of the Earth lesson could quickly be more interactive by having students each be a layer of the Earth, research them and then have the students line up in the order that they occur in. 5) I think that the GPS lessons will engage the students because they most likely have not used GPS before. I would just make sure that students are appropriately grouped so that the computers are not an issue. - Kate Latta