Term 4 Week 1

Context:

MHJC Learning Framework Step:

EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

• We are EXPLORING… conceptualise the earth's structure and the tectonic plates in order to connect our understanding of different forms of landforms and lithosphere movements on our planet Earth.

Success Criteria: (Students can...)

• identify the 4 different Earth's layers and the characteristics of each layer
• describe the nature of the tectonic plates
• make meaningful connections of the impacts of the tectonic plates with natural phenomena
• explain the cause and effect of tectonic plates' movement

Activities & Learning Tasks:1. Education Perfect task

1. Tasks and resources on Google Classroom
2. Video resources, note-taking and discussion
3. Complete the worksheet: Become a Rock Star 
4. Practical: Rock Identification & Analysis

• Under the Earth's Surface; reading of the web content and then watch the video at the bottom of the webpage   https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/931-under-the-earth-s-surface 
• The Moving Earth; reading of the web content and then sketch the three types of plate boundaries with correct labels and arrows showing the movement directions.   https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1426-the-moving-earth