Issues and Earth Science Unit F: Erosion Mr. Forde Scofield Magnet MS
Dec 23, 2014
Issues and Earth Science
Unit F: ErosionMr. Forde
Scofield Magnet MS
Activity 24: Where Shall We BuildMay 5, 2011
Getting Started: Describe a construction site where a building is being built.
Introduction: Rd p C-4 and describe what this lesson is about.
Challenge: Where should Boomtown construct the new buildings?
Key Words: inference, landform, marsh, wetlands (write into the vocab section of your binder) Procedure: See pg C-5
Results: Complete sheets 24.1.
Analysis: HW- p. C-7 Analysis Q4
Activity 25 :Boomtown’s TopographyMay 16, 2011
Getting Started: Are there different kinds of maps? Describe them.
Introduction: Read and summarize p. C-8.
Challenge: What do the lines on a topographic map mean?
Key Words: Contour Interval, Contour Line, Key, Scale, Topography, Topographical Map
Procedure: Read Page C-9Create drawing of topographical map!
Analysis: HW - Q 1 and 2 D-13
Activity 26: Boomtown’s TopographyMay 17, 2011
Getting Started: List two things you learned yesterday about topographical maps!
Challenge: What can topographical maps tell us about the stability of a site?
Key Words: Stability
Procedure: Read Page C-13
Analysis questions - p. c14 Q2- Q4
Activity 27: Boomtown’s WeatherMay 18, 2011
Getting Started: What is the difference between rainfall and flooding?Introduction: Read and summarize p. C-15
Challenge: Is Boomtown’s Rainfall likely to cause flooding?
Keywords: Average, Mean, Median, Mode, Sample Size
Procedure: Read and follow team directions on p. c16 and c17
HW - p c-17 Q 2 and 3
Mr. Forde’s Points Per Game (ppg)
G1 - 5G2 - 5G3 - 20G4 - 0G5 - 5G6 - 3G7 - 11G8 - 0G9 - 6G10 - 8
Activity 30: Challenges of the Mississippi DeltaMay 19, 2011
Getting Started: What are mean, median and mode?
Introduction: Read and summarize p. C-29
Challenge: How has the Mississippi River Delta challenged the people of New Orleans?
Keywords: Ecologist, Engineer, Geologist
Procedure: Read and follow team directions on p. C-30 - C-35
p. Clean up VOCAB section of your NB!!
Activity 28 : Cutting Canyons/ Building DeltasMay 20, 2011
Getting Started: How cab rainfall change the shape of the land?
Introduction: Read and summarize p. C-19
Challenge: How can moving sediments create a problem for construction?
Keyword: Delta, Model, River Channel, Sediments
Procedure: Read and follow team directions on p. C 20 - C 21
HW - C22 Q5
Activity 31: Resistance to ErosionMay 22, 2011
Getting Started: What factors do you think effect erosion?
Introduction: Rd p C-36 and summarize.
Challenge: Do all kinds of materials erode in the same ways?
Key Words:
Procedure: See pg C-5
Results: Complete Data Sheet
Analysis: HW- p. C-38 Analysis Q 1- 5
**What was controlled in the experiment? What wasn’t?
Activity 32: Investigating a Cliff ModelMay 24, 2011
Getting Started: How will erosion be different at a coastline, as compared to a stream /river?
Introduction: Rd p C-40 and describe what this lesson is about.
Challenge: How do ocean waves effect the shape of the land?
Key Words:
Procedure: See pg C-41 - C-43
Results: Record results in your notebook.
Analysis: HW- p. C-43 Analysis Q 1 - 3
Activity 33: Earth Processes and Boomtown’s CoastMay 25, 2011
Getting Started: What is a beach?
Introduction: Read and summarize p. C-44
Challenge: How is a beach part of a coastal system?
Keyword: advantage, breakwater, disadvantage, dredging, jetty, longshore current, seawall
Procedure: Read and “Listen, Stop Write” with your class. P. C-45 - C-47
HW - C Q
Mitigation Method
Advantages Disadvantages
Dredging
Jetty
Breakwater
Seawall (rip rap)
Activity 34: Preparing the Geologists ReportMay 27, 2011
Introduction: Read and summarize p. C-44
Challenge: What is the geology of the three building sites?
Procedure: Read and complete sheet 44.1 based on what is in your notebook.
Activity 35: Building in BoomtownMay 31, 2011
Getting Started: Which site do you think should be built on and why? (1 - 2 sentences)
Introduction: Read and summarize p. C-44
Challenge: Where should boomtown build it’s new apartments and houses?
Procedure: Pick a number… Read activity 35 reports for evidence and defend your location! Be prepared to offer benefits and trade-offs.
HW- STUDY FOR THE TEST! (6/2)