Curriculum » NC Standard Course of Study & aligned resources
Earth/Environmental Science
Goal 2, Objective 2.03
Resources aligned to this objective
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- Building a Stratovolcano
- Students will review the three types of volcanoes. Students will construct a stratovolcano and determine the composition of each types of volcano. Students will research examples of stratovolcanoes using Internet resources.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Science)
- By Jessica Bohn.
- Rock around the rock cycle
- Students will study the rock cycle to understand the relationship between the three types of rocks, sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous, and the conditions needed to transform one type of rock into another. This hopefully will be accomplished through visual learning with computer activities and the demonstration and through auditory learning with the discussion. The student can then apply the knowledge they learned through a story.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Geol 130.
Lesson plans on the web
- Earth movers
- In this Science NetLinks lesson, students explore plate tectonics and come to understand how mountains, earthquakes, and volcanoes are related to the movements of plates. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Layers of the Grand Canyon
- In this Xpeditions lesson, after learning the basics of how the Grand Canyon was formed, students investigate the canyon's layers and learn about the geologic time periods when they were deposited. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Physical characteristics of places: The fossil record
- This lesson asks students to consider how the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates alters the physical characteristics of places over geologic time. They'll investigate how climate has changed in specific world regions since the time of the dinosaurs and will write paragraphs explaining their findings. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Places and processes: Physical processes in shaping places
- Students analyze the roles of climate and other physical processes in shaping places. Although this lesson focuses on places in the United States, the lesson can easily be adapted to other regions of the world. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provider: National Geographic
- The Ring of Fire
- In this lesson from the National Geographic Xpeditions website, students improve their understanding of the plate tectonics theory and the Earth's geological history as they investigate the region known as the Ring of Fire. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 and 9–12 Science)
- Provider: National Geographic
