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**Day Two - Earth's Four Spheres ** by Kimberly Carvell esson Plan **Lesson Plan ** Science Earth's Four Spheres 8th Grade 
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Focus Attention / Motivation : 10 minutes Instruction Input and Modeling: 15 Minutes Student Engagement and Practice: 15 Minutes Closure: 5 Minutes Students will be able to describe the four spheres of the Earth system and explain how they interact and change. 
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 * **<span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">IL Correlated Sets **


 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">IL.17.B ** ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">STANDARD: Analyze and explain characteristics and interactions of the Earth's physical systems. ||


 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">IL.17.B.3a ** ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">> Explain how physical processes including climate, plate tectonics, erosion, soil formation, water cycle, and circulation patterns in the ocean shape patterns in the environment and influence availability and quality of natural resources. ||


 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">IL.17.B.3b ** ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">> Explain how changes in components of an ecosystem affect the system overall. ||


 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">IL.17.C ** ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">STANDARD: Understand relationships between geographic factors and society. ||


 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">IL.17.C.3a ** ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">> Explain how human activity is affected by geographic factors. ||

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students will be able to complete a webquest packet on the earth's spheres, and make a visual representation of a sphere of their choice. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- computers - white boards and dry erase markers - Four Spheres Cycle transparency - spheres packet - pens //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Focus Attention/Motivation //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: We will begin this lesson by talking about the four spheres of earth. I will have students get with their partners and brainstorm a list of what the four spheres could be. When they think they know it, the pairs will write their answers on a white board. When everyone gives me a thumbs up that they are done, each pair will raise their white board in the air and share their answers!
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//<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Instructional Input & Modeling //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: I will then discuss what the four spheres of the earth are and how they interact with each other. I will show the four spheres cycle on the overhead. This cycle helps students see how all the spheres interact.

//Student Engagement/Practice//: For this part of the lesson, students will be completing a webquest on the earth's spheres. They will be given a packet to fill out during their webquest. At the end of the packet, they are to make a visual representation of one of the spheres. This representation can be made with any materials, or any way they would like.

//Closure//: For a closure for this lesson, students will present their findings from the webquests. We will talk about different interactions between the spheres. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students will complete the webquest packet on the earth's spheres. 
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 * ||  || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Target **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(3 pts) ||   || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Acceptable **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(2 pts) ||   || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Unacceptable **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(1 pt) ||


 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Webquest is completed **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(1, 100%) ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Webquest is completed with no mistakes. ||   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Webquest is completed with five or less mistakes. ||   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Webquest is incomplete, or has six or more errors. ||


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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">**Earth's Spheres Webquest** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0103/es0103page01.cfm ** ||



<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">For students who cannot concentrate on computers, they may have the webquest as a printed book and completed the packet at their desk.
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For gifted students, they may do a "Mini Lab" which is listed in their book if they finish ahead of time.