Module 19: Quick and Slow Changes- Science 2 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will learn to describe the characteristics, causes, and effects of earthquakes and volcanoes and show a demonstration of an earthquake or a volcano. They will describe the causes of erosion, locate and observe examples of erosion happening locally, and make predictions about future erosion. Students will describe how weathering contributes to soil formation and investigate how erosion changes the Earth.

Module Materials:

Lesson # Lesson Title Material(s)
1 Quickly Changing Earth *Science 2B Workbook, ISBN 978-1-63916-154-6 (optional);
2 Slowly Changing Earth None
3 Weathering & Erosion None

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 Quickly Changing Earth
  1. Describe the characteristics, causes, and effects of earthquakes and volcanoes.
  2. Show a demonstration of an earthquake or a volcano.
2 Slowly Changing Earth
  1. Describe the causes of erosion.
  2. Locate and observe examples of erosion happening locally.
  3. Make predictions about future erosion.
3 Weathering & Erosion
  1. Describe how weathering contributes to soil formation.
  2. Investigate how erosion changes the Earth.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
volcano
earthquake
erosion
weathering

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
1 Quickly Changing Earth 6 Events that Quickly Change the Earth Assignment
2 Slowly Changing Earth 6 Events That Slowly Change the Earth Assignment
3 Weathering & Erosion 6 Weathering and Soil Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson # Lesson Title Notes
1 Quickly Changing Earth
2 Slowly Changing Earth After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain why weathering and erosion are examples of slowly changing events on Earth.
3 Weathering & Erosion After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain three things they learned about weathering and erosion.

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
Quickly Changing Earth
  1. What events happen quickly on Earth?
Slowly Changing Earth
  1. What events happen slowly on Earth?
Weathering & Erosion
  1. How do weathering and erosion change the Earth?

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
Quickly Changing Earth Volcano Creation
  1. What did Bianca learn from building a model of a volcano?
Weathering & Erosion From Rocks to Soil
  1. What happens to broken down rocks?

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 When the Earth Shakes: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis Simon Winchester
2 Oh, the Lavas That Flow!: All About Volcanoes Todd Tarpley
3 Erosion: How Hugh Bennett Saved America’s Soil and Ended the Dust Bowl Darcy Pattison
4 Weathering and Erosion: Wearing Down Rocks (Rock It!) Steven M. Hoffman
5 Volcanoes Gail Gibbons
6 Earthquakes Dr. Franklyn M. Branley

Module Outing:

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

# Outing