This assignment is given in my Concepts and Criticism class in the first quarter. The class has 9th and 10th grade students, all have been identified as gifted in the Visual Arts. The introduction to the assignment will take 1 class, 1 class studio work day, and 2-3 classes for critique, depending on number of students. Allow for in-depth critique. (classes are 1 hour)
Students will recognize and name the various types of clouds and understand their relationship in earth’s atmosphere and how they affect weather.
Materials & Resources
Unit Organizer: The Atmosphere
Power Point class notes: Clouds and Precipitation (Clouds I, 2, 3)
Chart/Textbook showing types of clouds
Set of 20 laminated cloud pictures- one set per group of 2 or 3 students
Area large enough to spread pictures out into groups
Colored pencils, pencils
Students will plan and conduct an investigation that will correlate temperature, moisture and light to plant species growing in an area.
Materials & Resources
A school yard plot or other suitable area accessible from your school, Vernier LabQuest equipment with probes for temperature, soil moisture and light sensor, plant identification keys….. trees, woodland plants, grasses, a meter stick
To understand the processes by which rocks are formed define the 3 major groups of rocks.
The Rock Cycle is the process by which all rocks are formed and how basic Earth materials are recycled through time.
To illustrate the rock cycle and the 3 main types of rocks with crayons.
To demonstrate knowledge of the vocabulary associated with the formation of rocks.
Understand: The moon revolves around Earth creating the moon phases (and eclipses). From earth, we see only one side. I
Students should be able to identify and name the phases of the moon.
Students will graph and analyze weather data. Materials & Resources
Unit Organizer: Meteorology: The scientific study of weather.
Vocabulary Words: completed using Linking Strategy
Slot Outline Notes from power point presentations.
Textbook
Pencil, colored pencils
Weather report page from local newspaper: all the same (one paper per group) &/or Data from Internet with one computer per group or information projected on screen in front of room
Worksheets with assignments
The student will investigate and understand how to read and interpret a road map of Virginia. (direction & measurements of distance; location of latitude & longitude; scales; diagrams). The student will identify that a road map is one of the types of specialized maps used today.
acceleration, displacement, and time.
I can use communication strategies to achieve a goal as a team.
Lesson Notes/materials: – Gym Suit (shirt, shorts)
5 poly-bases and 1 poly-home plate