ER08

Working Draft of Learning Objectives: Students will be able to...

 * Explain the rock cycle.
 * Analyze the structure and origin of rocks based on their composition.
 * Explain the processes involved in mining natural resources.
 * Examine the environmental impact of extracting and using natural resources.
 * Discuss the abundance/scarcity of various natural resources.
 * Discuss the economic issues involved in aquiring, conserving, and recycling natural resources.

Working Draft of Essential Learning Activities/Strategies/Technologies

 * Simulating Rock Cycle (Crayon Investigation)
 * Making Glass, Clay, Concrete
 * Extraction of Copper from Copper Ore
 * Mining/Mine-Rescue Simulations
 * Researching Natural Resources
 * Researching Environmental Impact of Resource Extraction

Resource Materials:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/tunnel.htm http://science.howstuffworks.com/iron.htm http://home.howstuffworks.com/lenox.htm http://home.howstuffworks.com/a-guide-to-kitchen-remodeling-materials-ga2.htm [|Mining- Dept. of Environmental Protection] http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/launch_ani_blast_furnace.shtml

[|Rock Cycle Sim Lab(new).doc] Mini Lesson on how to determine classification of a mineral

[|Formation of Rock]

http://education.usgs.gov Online Resource Mapping Online Supply/Demand Trends Google Earth Tours of Mining Locations
 * Text- Science Spectrum** CH 19.3 Rock & Minerals; Ch 21.2 Natural Resources

Instructional Objectives:
//Explain the rock cycle.// //Analyze the structure and origin of rocks based on their mineral composition.// Rock Cycle:
 * Rock Cycle--Lab Activity: Make Glass (Igneous), Make Concrete (Sedimentary), Fire Clay (Metamorphic)
 * Crayon Rock Cycle--http://www.mysciencebox.org/crayonrock
 * Igneous Rocks/Obsidian Into Glass
 * Sedimentary Rocks/Limestone into Concrete [|Making Conncrete Activity]
 * Metamorphic Rocks/Marble into Porcelain Minerals/Diamond

//Examine the environmental impact of extracting and using natural resources.// //Explain the processes involved in harvesting natural resources.//
 * Extracting and processing minerals
 * Mining Technology& Environmental Impact
 * Renewable and nonrenewable natural resources

Essential Learning Activities/Strategies/Technologies:
Make Glass, Clay, Concrete Rock Cycle Crayons Diamond Geometry, Graphite? Make Copper from Copper Oxide Ore Mining Resources/Recycling Research Environmental Impact of Mining

Supplementary Learning Activities/Strategies/Technologies:
[|Rock Cycle] [| Glass- sugar]

Prior Learning (from S8 Anchors):
S8.C.2.2 Compare the environmental impact of different energy sources chosen to support human endeavors. S8.D.1.1 Describe constructive and destructive natural processes that form different geologic structures and resources. S8.D.1.2 Describe the potential impact of human- made processes on changes to Earth’s resources and how they affect everyday life.
 * S8.C.2.2.1 Describe the Sun as the major source of energy that impacts the environment.
 * S8.C.2.2.2 Compare the time span of renewability for fossil fuels and the time span of renewability for alternative fuels.
 * S8.C.2.2.3 Describe the waste (i.e., kind and quantity) derived from the use of renewable and nonrenewable resources and their potential impact on the environment.
 * S8.D.1.1.1 Explain the rock cycle as changes in the solid earth and rock types found in Pennsylvania (igneous – granite, basalt, obsidian, pumice; sedimentary – limestone, sandstone, shale, coal; and metamorphic – slate, quartzite, marble, gneiss).
 * S8.D.1.1.2 Describe natural processes that change Earth’s surface (e.g., landslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, mountain building, new land being formed, weathering, erosion, sedimentation, soil formation).
 * S8.D.1.1.3 Identify soil types (i.e., humus, topsoil, subsoil, loam, loess, and parent material) and their characteristics (i.e., particle size, porosity, and permeability) found in different biomes and in Pennsylvania, and explain how they formed.
 * S8.D.1.1.4 Explain how fossils provide evidence about plants and animals that once lived throughout Pennsylvania’s history (e.g., fossils provide evidence of different environments).
 * S8.D.1.2.1 Describe a product’s transformation process from production to consumption (e.g., prospecting, propagating, growing, maintaining, adapting, treating, converting, distributing, disposing) and explain the process’s potential impact on Earth’s resources.
 * S8.D.1.2.2 Describe potential impacts of human-made processes (e.g., manufacturing, agriculture, transportation, mining) on Earth’s resources, both nonliving (i.e., air, water, or earth materials) and living (i.e., plants and animals).