BHS Earth Science Guide

Fossils

Earth Science

Quarter 2

McGraw Hill Module 17

● The activity of plate tectonic processes, such as volcanism, and surface processes, such as erosion, operating on Earth. Interpreting Data Students use the analyzed data to (describe a mechanism for, support the claim that, to make a claim): ● Radiometric ages of lunar rocks, meteorites and the oldest Earth rocks point to an origin of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago, with the creation of a solid Earth crust about 4.4 billion years ago. ● Other planetary surfaces and their patterns of impact cratering can be used to infer that Earth had many impact craters early in its history The relative lack of impact craters and the age of most rocks on Earth compared to other bodies in the solar system can be attributed to processes such as volcanism, plate tectonics, and erosion that have reshaped Earth’s surface, and that this is why most of Earth’s rocks are much younger than Earth itself.

DIFFERENTIATION IN ACTION

Skill Building

STEM Unit Project- Have students apply what they learned in their module to their Unit Projects Data Analysis Lab: How do you interpret the relative ages of rock layers? (p. 468)

Extension

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

Standard 2.1

ELA CONNECTIONS

● Cite specifc textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account. ● Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate terms. ● Write arguments focused on discipline - specifc content. ● Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. ● Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of fndings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.

MATH CONNECTIONS

● Reason abstractly and quantitatively. ● Model with mathematics.