Geology: Embedded Inquiry |
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Science Curriculum Standards
3205 - Geology
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Trace the historical development of a scientific principle or theory, such as plate tectonics, evolution of landforms, and global climate change.
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- About Darwin - dedicated to the life and times of Charles Darwin
- Continental Drift - Wikipedia article
- Development of Kepler's Laws - this Wikipedia article traces Kepler's work
- Evidence for the Big Bang - extremely long [55 pages if printed] well detailed background
- Galileo Project - hypertextual information about Galileo and the science of his time to viewers of all ages and levels of expertise
- Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics - an exhibit from Chicago's Field Museum
- Historical Development of Chemistry - three case studies of significant chemical progress
- History of Science - Wikipedia article
- History of Science and Technology - a Wikipedia article including links
- History of Science Sourcebook - a subset of texts derived from three major online sourcebooks
- Isaac Newton - Wikipedia article tracing the development of Newton's laws
- Johannes Kepler - His Life, His Laws and Times
- Mendel's Experiment - an animation describes Gregor Mendel's experiment as presented in his Experiments in Plant Hybridization
- Modeling Mendel's Pea Experiment - lesson plan from Access Excellence
- Person of the Century: Albert Einstein - from Time’s 100
- Scientific Method - this Wikipedia article illustrates how scientific principles or theories are developed
- Voyage of the Beagle - index of trwenty-two chapters detailing the historic voyage of discovery
- When the Earth Moved - Copernicus and his Heliocentric System of the Universe
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Conduct scientific investigations that include testable questions, verifiable hypotheses, and appropriate variables to explore new phenomena or verify the experimental results of others.
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- Excite Education Curriculum Module - lesson plan about scientific method from CDC
- Experimenting, Testing, & Challenging the Hypothesis - the degree of challenge to your hypothesis will depend on the type of problem and its importance
- Falsifiability – [Wikipedia article] the logical possibility that an assertion can be shown false by an observation or a physical experiment
- General Procedures for All Experiments - general procedures for each experiment are briefly outlined - variations between experiments are noted
- How to Formulate a Hypothesis Using the Scientific Method - eight steps are outlined
- Introduction to the Scientific Method - An explanation on what the scientific method is and does. From Frank Wolfs, University of Rochester
- Reasoning in Science - Learning about the scientific method is almost like saying that you are learning how to learn [from Biology4Kids]
- Scientific Method - from Elmer's Soup-to-Nuts science fair site
- Scientific Method - includes a test of your powers of observation
- Scientific Method Lab - an interactive lab that teaches what the scientific method is, and how scientists and others follow this method
- Scientific Method Quiz - [this link opens on a new page]
- Solving Problems with the Scientific Method - posted by Study Guides and Strategies
- Steps of the Scientific Method - from a science fair project idea site
- Studying Cells - how the scientific method is applied in biology
- Writing Hypotheses: a student lesson - the purpose of this lesson is to learn when and how to write hypotheses
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Select appropriate tools and technology to collect precise and accurate quantitative and qualitative data.
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Determine if data supports or contradicts a hypothesis or conclusion.
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- Basic format of any hypothesis test - from Skills4Study
- Designing Science Experiments - from Crystal Clear Science Fair Projects
- Experiment - Wikipedia entry
- How to Use the Scientific Method to Test a Hypothesis - six steps are listed
- Hypothesis Test - from Cool Science Projects.com
- Hypothesis test 1: an experiment on telepathy - used as an example of the process
- Hypothesis test 2: the shuffle test - using statistical analysis
- Practicing Scientific Processes - from Glencoe Science
- Statistical hypothesis testing - Wikipedia entry
- Test Your Hypothesis - from Lane Libraries Science Fair Zone
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Compare or combine experimental evidence from two or more investigations.
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Recognize, analyze, and evaluate alternative explanations for the same set of observations.
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Evaluate the accuracy and precision of data.
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Analyze experimental results and identify possible sources of bias or experimental error.
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Formulate and revise scientific explanations and models using logic and evidence.
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Geology: Embedded Technology & Engineering |
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Science Curriculum Standards
3205 - Geology
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Internet Resources |
Distinguish among tools and procedures best suited to conduct a specified scientific inquiry.
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Apply the engineering design process to construct a prototype that meets developmentally appropriate specifications.
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Evaluate a protocol to determine the degree to which an engineering design process was successfully applied.
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Explore how the unintended consequences of new technologies can impact human and non-human communities.
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Evaluate the overall benefit to cost ratio of a new technology.
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Present research on current bioengineering technologies that advance health and contribute to improvements in our daily lives.
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Design a series of multi-view drawings that can be used by other students to construct an adaptive design and test its effectiveness.
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Geology : Standard 1 - Maps |
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Science Curriculum Standards
3205 - Geology
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Internet Resources |
Identify basic map symbols and legends.
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Differentiate between longitude and latitude.
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Determine the latitude and longitude of specific map points.
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Investigate the concept of map scale.
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Determine scaled map distances.
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Explain the concept of elevation.
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Determine the elevations of specific points on a topographic map.
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Construct a 3-D representation of a topographical map that illustrates contour lines.
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Construct an elevation profile from topographic map data
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Identify landforms and determine stream flow direction using a topographic map.
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Use field data to create a topographic map of a landform
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Interpret basic rock types, time periods, and faults from geologic maps.
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Determine compass readings at selected sites.
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Investigate methods of remote sensing used to measure and monitor the earth's crust.
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Use a GPS unit to identify latitude, longitude, and elevation of a location.
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Geology : Standard 2 - Matter and Minerals |
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Science Curriculum Standards
3205 - Geology
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Internet Resources |
| Create a model of an atom based on information found in the periodic table.
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Classify a substance as an element or a compound.
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Interpret the periodic table to identify groups of elements as reactive or non-reactive metals, nonmetals, or gases.
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Explore the physical and chemical properties of minerals.
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Identify mineral samples using simple physical property tests and a mineral identification table.
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Recognize that water is a major solvent that releases elements and minerals from earth materials.
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Describe the crystal structure of minerals in terms of atomic size, method of bonding, and the environment.
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Construct models of the six major crystal systems.
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Classify minerals such as silicates, native elements, carbonate, and sulfates according to their chemical formulas.
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Create a presentation for a mineral that includes its physical properties, an illustration, mining technique, occurrence, and use.
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Explore gems and their importance to man.
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Create a brochure on the mineral resources of Tennessee.
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Geology : Standard 3 - The Rock Cycle |
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Science Curriculum Standards
3205 - Geology
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Internet Resources |
| Distinguish among sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks.
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Diagram the rock cycle including the processes involved in the formation of each rock group.
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Recognize that rocks are composed of various combinations of minerals.
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Distinguish between intrusive (plutonic) and extrusive (volcanic) igneous rocks.
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Differentiate among plutonic bodies such as sills, dikes, batholiths, and laccoliths.
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Identify the properties of igneous rocks such as granite, rhyolite, basalt, gabbro, obsidian, and pumice.
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Understand sedimentary processes.
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Distinguish between clastic, chemical, and biogenic textures and processes forming each.
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Identify sedimentary rock features such as stratification, fossils, graded bedding, ripple marks, and mudcracks.
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Identify the properties of sedimentary rocks such as sandstone, shale, limestone, coquina, coal, and conglomerate.
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Differentiate between foliated and non-foliated metamorphic rocks.
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Compare and contrast regional and contact metamorphism.
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Identify the properties of metamorphic rocks such as gneiss, marble, schist, slate, and quartzite.
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Interpret Bowen’s reaction series.
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Describe gradational metamorphism based on index minerals and metamorphic rock types.
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Geology : Standard 4 – Geologic History |
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Science Curriculum Standards
3205 - Geology
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Internet Resources |
| Describe how scientists estimate the age of the earth.
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Compare and contrast how relative and absolute dating techniques are used to interpret geologic history.
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Construct a geologic timetable that illustrates the evolution of earth and the history of life.
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Explain the law of uniformitarianism.
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Recognize that fossils are found in sedimentary rock.
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Compare and contrast fossil forms of life with modern organisms.
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Recognize that fossils provide evidence of past life forms, changes in life forms, and past environmental conditions.
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Examine the fossil record to describe the environmental adaptations in a group of organisms.
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Describe the evidence for plate tectonics such as fossil record, mountain ranges, rock strata, paleomagnetism, paleoclimates, and the configuration of continents.
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Determine the relative age of fossils in sedimentary rock.
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Interpret the sequence of rock strata using superposition, cross- cutting relationships, inclusions, the fossil record, and absolute data techniques.
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Predict how an environmental change will affect the development of new species or the extinction of an existing species.
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Make a timeline of global change through geologic time such as sea level change, climate change, paleogeographic change, and biotas.
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Geology : Standard 5 – Plate Tectonics |
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Science Curriculum Standards
3205 - Geology
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Internet Resources |
| Identify plate boundaries on a diagram.
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Match continent boundary shapes to provide evidence of continental drift.
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Identify the earth's layers.
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Identify geologic features associated with divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries.
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Identify the evidence for plate tectonics such as paleomagnetism, fossil record, continental boundaries, and hot spots.
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Describe how convection currents drive plate movement.
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Investigate the relationships among volcanoes, earthquake activity, and plate boundaries.
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Distinguish among reverse, normal, and strike-slip faults.
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Distinguish between an anticline and a syncline.
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Correlate plate movement by plotting the movement of plates over hot spots.
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Geology: Standard 6 - Landforms |
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Science Curriculum Standards
3205 - Geology
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Internet Resources |
| Recognize that the earth’s landforms change over time.
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Illustrate the hydrologic cycle and distinguish among condensation, evaporation, precipitation, transpiration, groundwater, runoff, and surface water reservoirs.
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Compare the impact of water, wind, ice, and living things as agents of geologic change.
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Describe landforms associated with deserts, glaciers, shorelines, and rivers.
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Describe groundwater and its characteristics.
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Illustrate stream discharge using the Tennessee River or a local stream system.
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Describe the fluvial processes of erosion and deposition
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Describe the characteristics of a river in terms of its velocity, channel shape, depth, and discharge.
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Identify meanders, point bars, cut banks, and cutoffs on a map.
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Explain the processes of grain suspension, saltation, and settling to produce sedimentary deposits.
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Describe a floodplain and demonstrate how stream channels and natural levees function during flood conditions.
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Describe delta formation.
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Investigate the influence of landforms on man’s cultural, social, and economic development.
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