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The following website is maintained by a teacher in Illinois. I use and modify many of her lessons for all of the seventh grade units. She has specific lessons/labs/activities, webquests, project ideas, links to good websites, science starters, etc. It is a wealth of information!

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This is a lab that works well as an introductory activity for minerals. It is set up to demonstrate the economic realities of a mining operation but could be modified to emphasize other aspects of minerals.



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3A. I can explain how plate tectonics shape earth’s landscape.

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Page 4 is the back side of page 1, page 5 is the back side of page 2, and page 6 is the back side of page 3. (Byrnes at Hiatt)

Made using Inspiration software and MS Word, then converted to an rtf file. You should be able to open this using Word. (Byrnes at Hiatt)

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Using latitude/longitude to plot the locations of real earthquakes and volcanoes. (Byrnes at Hiatt)



Diagram and basic ideas about plate tectonics. Ideas come from book pages 96-100, 104, 108-110. (Byrnes at Hiatt)

Crossword puzzle of plate tectonics. (Byrnes at Hiatt)

[|The Pangaea Pop-up Video] Above is Ted-Ed youtube video about tectonic plates and Pangaea. Describes convergent, divergent and transform boundary. High vocabulary. A. Echelmeyer, McCombs

Students use clues to solve a puzzle that simulates the methods geologists use to learn about past Earth events. The puzzle explains the fossil record on different contents and breaking apart of Pangaea. A. Echelmeyer, McCombs

The purpose of this worksheet is to emphasis divergent boundaries. Students complete handout as a homework assignment. S. Mehovic, McCombs

The purpose of this worksheet is to emphasis divergent boundaries. Students complete handout as a homework assignment. S. Mehovic, McCombs

The purpose of this worksheet is to emphasis divergent boundaries. Students complete handout as a homework assignment. S. Mehovic, McCombs

The purpose of this worksheet is to emphasis divergent boundaries. Students complete handout as a homework assignment. S. Mehovic, McCombs

The purpose of this worksheet is to emphasis divergent boundaries. Students complete handout as a homework assignment. S. Mehovic, McCombs



3B. I can identify the reasons why earthquakes occur.

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3C. I can differentiate between a rock and a mineral.

These are __not__ worksheets. Rather, they are used like reusable placemats and preferably should be laminated or put into sheet protectors (not front-to-back, except for the first two pages). Kids place real mineral samples onto the correct cells of the right-most columns. (Byrnes at Hiatt)

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NOTE: Current versions of Java seem not to work with this website. I hope to find a solution to this, as the activity is a good one.(Byrnes at Hiatt)

3D. I can summarize the rock cycle and list the three types of rock.

These are __not__ worksheets. Rather, they are used like reusable placemats and preferably should be laminated or put into sheet protectors (front-to-back). After studying each of the introductory front sides, kids then place real rock samples onto the correct cells of the right-most columns. (Byrnes at Hiatt)

This goes with the "SetOf16Rocks" lesson above. (Byrnes at Hiatt)





The Rock cycle color notes and Rock cycle handout go together to form a presentation that students can color and label as you present. Students can then cut and tape the handout into their science notebooks. A. Echelmeyer, McCombs Middle School

The Rock Lab Video is an activity where students can compare and contrast how the rock cycle and the formation of candy are similar and different. S. Mehovic and A. Echelmeyer, McCombs Middle School

The rock cycle vocabulary is a review of key vocabulary terms. S. Mehovic and A. Echelmeyer, McCombs Middle School

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The four files above are parts of a game that kids can play. (Byrnes at Hiatt)

3E. I can identify how fossils provide evidence of changes in life and environmental conditions over time.

This is the students worksheet that I've used for the same activity below. A. Echelmeyer

Above is a lesson in which students retrace the steps taken by Alfred Wegener. Students use **page one** of the attachment, along with this map of fossil distributions: [] Note that those two pages should NOT be printed front/back (as you might typically expect). The lesson explains why not.
 * Page two** of the attachment is a Key for the teacher. (Byrnes at Hiatt)

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This is an easy worksheet that is practice for superposition. A. Echelmeyer (McCombs)

This is an additional worksheet that I've used for practice and examples for the law of superposition. A. Echelmeyer (McCombs)

Above is a game that explore extinctions. A. Echelmeyer (McCombs) // NOS 6. I can evaluate sources of information for accuracy and validity. //