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The Changing Earth, Grade 8 (Paperback)
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The Changing Earth, Grade 8 (Paperback)
Series: STEM Road Map for Middle School
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What if you could challenge your eighth graders to help people
recognize the inherent risks of living in a region that's prone to
flooding, earthquakes, and volcanoes? With this volume in the STEM
Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! The Changing Earth outlines a
journey that will steer your students toward authentic problem
solving while grounding them in integrated STEM disciplines. Like
the other volumes in the series, this book is designed to meet the
growing need to infuse real-world learning into K-12 classrooms.
This interdisciplinary, six-lesson module uses project- and
problem-based learning to introduce the powerful idea that the
Earth is shaped by ongoing geologic processes that can alter our
landscape in a short time. The module also helps students
appreciate the nature and process of science, including the roles
of evidence, conjecture, and modeling. Students will learn about
the rock cycle, including how it's driven by the Sun's energy and
heat from the Earth's core. To support this goal, students will do
the following: Learn that Earth is a dynamic system, shaped by many
geological processes that are driven by energy from the Sun and
internally from the Earth. Build a model to explain the evidence
suggesting that the Earth's surface has changed in the past and
will continue to change in the future. This model will include
explanatory text as well as visual representations of processes.
Evaluate claims based on provided evidence. Use mathematics content
and skills to collect and analyze data to support or refute a
claim, and use appropriate graphics or tables to summarize data.
Create a museum display to explore the geology of an area in North
America or Great Britain. Students' displays will include scale
models of influential rock formations in their assigned area and
posters about topics such as geology's impact on culture and
community. The STEM Road Map Curriculum Series is anchored in the
Next Generation Science Standards, the Common Core State Standards,
and the Framework for 21st Century Learning. In-depth and flexible,
The Changing Earth can be used as a whole unit or in part to meet
the needs of districts, schools, and teachers who are charting a
course toward an integrated STEM approach.
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