Lesson plans may change throughout the week.

Earth Science - 8th Grade 
January 16th-20th

Monday

  • Increase understanding and retention of vocabulary words.
  • Learn the vocabulary that corresponds with rocks and minerals.
  • Explain how the cooling rate of magma affects the texture of igneous rock.
  • Distinguish between igneous rock that cools within Earth's crust and igneous rock that cools at Earth's surface.

Assignment:  Green Words Quiz.  Green Word Wall Words Due.

Tuesday
  • Explain how the cooling rate of magma affects the texture of igneous rock.
  • Distinguish between igneous rock that cools within Earth's crust and igneous rock that cools at Earth's surface.  

Assignment:  Igneous Rock Concept MapPPT.

Wednesday
  • Describe the origin of sedimentary rock.
  • Learn the three main categories of sedimentary rock.
  • Identify three types of sedimentary structures.

Assignment:  Sedimentary Rock Concept Map.  PPT.

Thursday
  • Describe two ways a rock can undergo metamorphism.
  • Explain how the mineral composition of rocks changes as the rocks undergo metamorphism.
  • Describe the difference between foliated and nonfoliated metamorphic rock.
  • Explain how metamorphic rock structures are related to deformation.

Assignment:  Metamorphic Rock Concept MapPPT.

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