Submarine Volcanoes and Volcanic Isles
Week 1
1. Formation/ Location
* Orange Activity
2. Plate Tectonics
* Convergent
* Divergent
* Trasform
3. Volcano Basics
* National Geo. Video
4. Learning Contract
* Create
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
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
1. Initial Thoughts
2. Oral Reports
* Team Jeopardy
3. Ring of Fire Video
* Video Reflection
4. Travel the Ring of Fire
1. Specific Volcanoes
* Eruptions
2. Volcanic Ecosystems
* Plants and Animals
* Huams
2. Make an Ecosystem
3. Larva Facts
* Create and Destroy
Week 2
1. Where are Hydrothermal Vents and how do they effect ocean life?
2. Life forms
1. Land of Fire and Ice
2. Hydroelectricity
* Make Turbines
3. Icelandic Folklore
4. Problem Solving
* Saving a village from lava flow
1. Volcano Montserrat
* Friendly Letters
2. Caribbean Basics
* Scavenger Hunt
3. Caribbean Folktales
* Roleplay
4. Eruption Timeline
5. Project Escape
* Evacuating and Island
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
1. Group Review
* Q & A Session
2. Virtual Tour - cont.
* Presentatioins
3. Luau
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