Teacher Candidate: Casey Howell Grade: 3rd

Subject/EEDA/SSCA: Science Date and Time of Lesson: 2/13/13

Learning Objective: Students will be able to correctly identify changes due to rapid processes (including landslides, volcanic eruptions, floods, and earthquakes). Alignment with Standards: South Carolina Science Standard 3-3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of Earths composition and the changes that occur to the features of Earths surface. South Carolina Scientific Inquiry Indicator 3-3.8: Illustrate changes in Earths surface that are due to slow processes (including weathering, erosion, and deposition) and changes that are due to rapid processes (including landslides, volcanic eruptions, floods, and earthquakes). Developmental Appropriateness: Students have prior knowledge of slow natural processes. They have also been introduced to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. I want the students to be able to identify and understand all of the fast natural processes that occur. Assessments of the Objective: Before the actual lesson, I will review the slow natural processes that they have already learned. It is essential that they know the previously learned information before moving on. At the end of the power point demonstration, I will have the students identify the fast processes with just pictures and observe their level of comprehension. To conclude the lesson, I will have the students briefly describe what they have learned in their science journals. Accommodations: I will keep students busy at all times during the lesson so that the ADHD students do not get too far off track. I will also monitor these students closely during transitions of the lesson (Activity to PowerPoint to review). Materials: SmartBoard, Powerpoint, Clay, Baking Soda, Vinegar (Dyed Red) -Use of Technology: I will be demonstrating a majority of the lesson on the SmartBoard. Procedures: Engage: 1. Quick Review: I will ask the students to name the slow processes that they have already
learned.

2. Introducing the lesson: I will start by asking students What is a volcano?

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3. After discussing the answers to the introductory question, I will begin a demonstration of a
volcano using clay, baking soda, and vinegar. I will tell the class Were going to make a volcano out of these three materials. I will mold a volcano out of the clay, and I will have the students pair-share the following questions, What does this mountain need at the top to make it a volcano? Students should respond, A hole. I will put a hole in the top and pour in the baking soda. I will then ask the students, What do you think will happen when I pour this vinegar into our volcanic mountain? Possible student answers could be It will erupt or It will spill/bubble over, etc. After showing the volcanic demonstration, I will ask the students to pair share what they have observed and how this chemical reaction was like a real volcano. Explain:

4. Next, I will introduce todays lesson target to students: Okay, Good! Today we will be
talking about other fast processes that occur.

5. I will then introduce the four processes through a PowerPoint demonstration, including
pictures. (Volcanic Eruptions, Landslides, Floods, and Earthquakes). Students will discuss each slide. Student sticks will be pulled so that every student has a chance to share. The Power Point will look like: Slide 1: Fast Natural Processes Slide 2: WHAT ARE VOLCANOES? Volcanoes are openings in Earth's crust from which molten rock, dust, ash, and hot gases flow. WHAT CAUSES ERUPTIONS? Volcano eruptions happen when magma erupts from beneath the earth's crust. When the volcano erupts the magma becomes lava and it shoots into the air or runs down the side of the volcano. ALSO DISPLAYS A PICTURE OF A VOLCANO Slide 3: WHAT ARE LANDSLIDES? A landslide is the downward movement of soil. The soil is pulled downward by gravity. WHAT CAUSES A LANDSLIDE? Landslides can occur by earthquakes and heavy rain. IT CAN DESTROY THE LAND AROUND IT INSTANTLY! ALSO INCLUDES A PICTURE OF A LANDSLIDE Slide 4: What is an Earthquake? A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction. What causes it? Movements within the Earth's crust ALSO INCLUDES A PICTURE OF AN EARTHQUAKES DAMAGE Slide 5: What is a Flood? A large amount of water that covers normally dry land.

What causes it? TWO TYPES OF FLOODS: Natural floods are the floods that are caused naturally by the overflow of the huge volume of water, from rivers, lakes, oceans, or by heavy rains or downpours or hurricanes. Catastrophic floods are the floods that are caused by some significant and unexpected events, for instance dam breakages. ALSO INCLUDES A PICTURE OF A FLOOD

Elaborate: Slide 6: Now Lets Review. Are you Ready?

6. After introducing each process, I will finish the PowerPoint presentation with pictures and ask
the students What is this picture of? for each process as a review .I will have the students work in small groups to figure out the answers. They will be required to provide evidence/explain their reasoning. Slide 7-16: Pictures of each disaster and the answer on the following slide. The students are to guess which disaster it is.

7. To formally conclude this lesson, I will have students write three sentences in their science
journals that briefly describes what they have learned from todays lesson. Their notebooks will be collected for observation.

References: All ideas generated by Casey Howell All pictures were generated from Google Image Search