Submarine Volcanoes and Volcanic Isles

Week 1

Monday

1. Formation/ Location

* Orange Activity

2. Plate Tectonics

* Convergent

* Divergent

* Trasform

3. Volcano Basics

* National Geo. Video

4. Learning Contract

* Create

 

Tuesday

1. Volcanic Explosions

2. Make Volcanoes

* Review Geometry

3. Products of Eruptions

* Igneous Rocks

4. Stages of a Volcano

* Slide Show

5. Volcanic Poetry

* 3 Mini-lessons

6. Sign Learning Contract

 

Wednesday

1. Homographic Words

2. Mid Ocean Ridges

* Create math quiz

3. Water Pressure

* Volcanologist Debate

4. Hot Spot Sub. Vol.

* Literature

5. Submarine Ecosystems

* Clam Dissection

 

Thursday

1. Initial Thoughts

2. Oral Reports

* Team Jeopardy

3. Ring of Fire Video

* Video Reflection

4. Travel the Ring of Fire

 

Friday

1. Specific Volcanoes

* Eruptions

2. Volcanic Ecosystems

* Plants and Animals

* Huams

2. Make an Ecosystem

3. Larva Facts

* Create and Destroy

 

Week 2

Monday

1. Where are Hydrothermal Vents and how do they effect ocean life?

2. Life forms

 

Tuesday

1. Land of Fire and Ice

2. Hydroelectricity

* Make Turbines

3. Icelandic Folklore

4. Problem Solving

* Saving a village from lava flow

 

Wednesday

1. Volcano Montserrat

* Friendly Letters

2. Caribbean Basics

* Scavenger Hunt

3. Caribbean Folktales

* Roleplay

4. Eruption Timeline

5. Project Escape

* Evacuating and Island

 

Thursday

1. Hawaii Basics

2. Virtual Tour

* Computer Work

* Writing Project

3. Lanform Math

* Vocabulary

4. Silent Reading

5. Hawaiian Culture

* Mythology

6. Creation of leis and masks

 

Friday

1. Group Review

* Q & A Session

2. Virtual Tour - cont.

* Presentatioins

3. Luau

 

Extensions

Blue Skin of the Sea - Part 1

Blue Skin of the Sea - Part 2


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