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Week three Assessment Blueprint
This assessment is for my fifth grade enrichment group using our online Google Classroom. This is a reading enrichment group that is focusing on a science topic to work on their research skills. The information for this assessment is being researched and read from materials provided separately.
Standards:
Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.
S:ESS1:6:5.2 Explain how some changes to the Earth’s surface happen abruptly, as a result of landslides, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions; while other changes happen very slowly as a result of weathering, erosion and deposition of sediment caused by waves, wind, water and ice.
S:ESS1:8:2.2 Use geological evidence provided to support the idea that Earth’s crust/lithosphere is composed of plates that move.
Scenario:
It is vacation time. You decide it is time for a Spring road trip! You hop in your minivan and drive to the beautiful state of New Hampshire. The views are breathtaking. This is very different from the straight and flat road you are used to. You seem to be either going up or down a hill constantly. The mountains are amazing. How did they even get here?
You continue to enjoy your drive but the roads seem to be in terrible shape. What is happening here!? You pull over and take a look at the road to investigate.
Big Ideas:
- Earth’s landforms are changing and constantly being shaped
- Some changes to the Earth’s surface are caused by nature and some by man
- Changes can happen abruptly or over time
- The composition of the Earth below the surface causes change.
Essential Question: Can man ever win the battle against Mother Nature?
Objective one: Given a natural occurance of erosion, students will be able to determine the cause and process behind the resulting effect of nature.
Objective two: Given a natural occurance of land shifting, students will be able to determine the cause and process behind the resulting effect of nature.
Knowledge:
- The Earth is made up of layers
- There are two types of weathering physical and chemical.
- The Earth’s crust is made up of plates that are constantly moving.
- Water expands when it freezes.
content
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knowledge
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Cause effect
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Reasoning
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plates
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2
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3
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3
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8
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erosion
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1
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4
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2
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7
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layers
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4
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1
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3
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8
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total
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7
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8
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8
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23
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Why are these important?
My assessment will have about 25 questions. It is intended to be done on several classes because the knowledge is not recall but research. I tried to keep the ratio even between the three types of questions. As with any assessment or learning for that matter, you need a recall of knowledge, so those were a given as far as I am concerned. It was important to include cause and effect because that is the focus of our study, the effects of the changing earth. So much of science is reasoning the ‘why’ of what is around us. I felt it was vital that students reason why natural occurrences happen.
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