Module 4-Science 3B(RETIRED) - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students learn about the natural resources in your area. Students will learn about caves and the stalactites and stalagmites that they might discover there. Students will learn about rocks. Students will learn about the elements that have an effect on rocks over time.

Module Materials:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Material(s)
1	Natural Resources in Your Community	crayons or colored pencils scissors glue pen or pencil
2	Characteristics of Caves and Cave Animals	crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil
3	Characteristics of Rocks	crayons or colored pencils magnifying glass pen or pencil
4	Cycle of Rocks	crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil

Module Objectives:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Objective(s)
1	Natural Resources in Your Community	Discover the natural resources in your area. List in your Science Main Lesson Book the resources in your area.
2	Characteristics of Caves and Cave Animals	Explore caves. Define stalactites and stalagmites you might discover in caves. Identify the animals that live in caves.
3	Characteristics of Rocks	Examine rocks in your area. Collect rocks, observe them under magnification and perform simple research to identify their possible type.
4	Cycle of Rocks	Discover the elements that have an effect on rocks over time. Describe the changes that can occur on solid rock.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
natural resources caves stalactites stalagmites rocks fossils igneous sedimentary metamorphic solid rock rock cycle weathering erosion

Module Assignments:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Page #	Assignment Title
1	Natural Resources in Your Community	1	Natural Resources in Your Community Assignment
2	Characteristics of Caves and Cave Animals	1	Characteristics of Caves and Cave Animals Assignment
3	Characteristics of Rocks	1	Characteristics of Rocks Assignment
4	Cycle of Rocks	1	Cycle of Rocks Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

None

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title	Question
Natural Resources in Your Community	What are natural resources?
Characteristics of Caves and Cave Animals	What is a cave? How is it formed?
Characteristics of Rocks	What are the characteristics of rocks?
Cycle of Rocks	What is the rock cycle?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title	Video	Question
Natural Resources in Your Community	Natural Resources	What are minerals? What are some minerals you know? How do we use minerals? How do we get minerals? What are ores? How is gold used? What are rocks? What are rocks mostly made of? How do we use rocks? How is glass made? What are fossil fuels? How is coal made? How is oil made? What is natural gas? Why are fossil fuels called fossil fuels? Why do we need to use fossil fuels wisely?
Characteristics of Caves and Cave Animals	Stalactites and Stalagmites	What does water do to caves? What is calcite? What does calcite form? What is a stalactite? What is a stalagmite?
Characteristics of Rocks	What are Rocks?	What are rocks? Are rocks natural or man-made? What are rocks made of? What are minerals?
Cycle of Rocks	The Rock Cycle	What is the rock cycle? What can rocks tell us about Earth's history? What is weathering? What is erosion? How was the Grand Canyon formed? What are the three main types of rocks? What created the Hawaiian Islands? What is magma? What is lava? How is an igneous rock formed? What are the two categories of igneous rock? How does granite form? How is a sedimentary rock formed? What is an example of sedimentary rock? How is a metamorphic rock formed? What is an example of a metamorphic rock?

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

What is the main idea?
What are three things new you learned?
How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

#	Book	Author	Lexile Level
1	My Book of Rocks and Minerals: Things to Find, Collect, and Treasure	Devin Dennie	IG960L
2	National Geographic Readers: Rocks and Minerals	Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld	580L
3	Caves	Stephen Kramer	940L
4	Caves and Caverns	Gail Gibbons	AD840L

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

#	Outing
1	See if there is a local cave to visit in your area, or go on a nature walk or local beach to search for rocks with your student. Research and classify the rocks they find.