1. Warm-up
Understanding the fossil record can be used by scientists in the field of:
Earth Science
Geology
Evolution
Taxonomy
All of the Above
Take out NEW behavior log
Copy Objective, HW into assignment list

2. Practice Identify relevant information from the figure
Describe what conclusions you can make by using that information

3. Goals
* State the Objective(s)/Standard (s)- Sci.7.1a, L.7.4b-L.7.6, RI.7.4
* State the Purpose (Big Idea) - By understanding how fossils are made, we learn our place in life, and what our future may be
SWBAT explain and draw how life evolved over time and is related to the fossil record
SWBAT explain how rocks layer and change over time
SWBAT predict the meaning of earth science vocabulary using Greek and Latin roots

4. Mantra Today is a great day for science because: science is power.
You are powerful because:
I always make a difference.

5. Connections Friday
How could you find out more about or interact with fossils or previous life? OR
Local current event related to modeling, causes and effects, fossils…
Tell me about a time when you saw a fossil!

6. Agenda
Identify what is needed to know to revise and understand the situation in the model
Evolutionary History (Using fossils)
Geology and Geography
Review of Root words
Guided and independent practice Summary/ Parking lot feedback/ questions

7. What do we need to understand?
What knowledge should we know to understand how animals fossilize/ get buried and left behind?
Environments, Grass/Soil, Weather, & Water Cycle
Where/why bones are found, what happens to them
Where animals live/ normal diet, animals vs. humans
Fossil and animal ID and types
Graves
Time Scale and Dating
How/where things die, extinctions/why, & decomposition (what/how long)
Preservation (freezing, amber, ash, etc.)
Which animals fossilize/how

8. Do-Now Which person’s theory do you agree with more? Why?
Georges Cuvier: Earth's features are mostly accounted for by violent, large-scale events that occurred in a relatively short amount of time. (Catastrophism)
James Hutton: The earth is constantly changing and forming and has been for billions of years (Uniformitarianism)

9. Geology The study of solid Earth, its rocks, and how they change
Law of Original Horizontality
Sedimentary rock layers, and large lava flows, are initially deposited in a horizontal or nearly horizontal orientation due to gravity (Figure 4). Therefore if rock layers appear tilted to the horizon we can assume the rocks have been moved into that position by some crustal disturbance sometime after their deposition

10. Dating rocks
Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships:
Carbon Dating:  

11. Dating the Earth How can we date the planets? In between??
Earth billion years ago
Moon bya
Milky Way 13.2 bya
Mars 4.5 bya
In between??
The oldest life?
3.5 bya

12. Glaciation Events Name Period (Ma) Period Era Quaternary
2.58 – present
Neogene
Cenozoic
Karoo
360 – 260
Carboniferous 
and Permian
Paleozoic
Andean-Saharan
450 – 420
Ordovician and 
Silurian
Cryogenian (or Sturtian-Varangian)
850 – 635
Cryogenian
Neoproterozoic
Huronian
2400 – 2100
Siderian and 
Rhyacian
Paleoproterozoic

13. Long History of Life

14. Vendian (or Ediacaran)
Period
Epoch
Cenozoic
Quaternary
Holocene
Pleistocene
Tertiary
Pliocene
Miocene
Oligocene
Eocene
Paleocene
Mesozoic
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Paleozoic
Permian
* Carboniferous
Pennsylvanian
Mississippian
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian
Vendian (or Ediacaran)
Long History of Life

15. Do-Now Describe where you live in as many different ways as possible
If you wanted to know more about the people around you, what would you do?

16. Geography
The study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth

17. Compare your notes! Review your vocab!
Students will compare notes taken during class and write down any missing quotes or facts that would be useful to answer how fossilization occurs
Break down their meanings according to Greek and Latin Roots.
Geo-
-Ology
-Graphy
Review your vocab!

18. Summary/ questions
We can draw information from figures by: _____________________________________________
Last questions…
First biweekly test Tomorrow in class!

19. Optional HW David Attenborough’s “First Life”

20. Getting ready for the Biweekly!
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.4.B Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

21. GO GO FEEDBACK FRONTIER!
Miss K – In my baggie (Comments on my teaching, living up to my goals, and any personal things you need to privately tell me)
Your peers – Feedback to 1 or 2 people… What is something you saw him/her do that matched up with our class values? Why was it really great to see this?

22. Paper return/ Grade Sheet Update
No.
Name of Assignment
Unit Name
Date
Points Earned 1.
How Do You Know
Inquiry
8/10/16 2.
Community Map
8/15/16 3.
Scientific Method Quiz
8/18/16 4.
Biweekly Test #1
RI/RL
8/24/16

23. Performance Task Rubric