1. More Patterns: Volcanoes and Earthquakes

2. Before we start You will need some partners to work with who are not at your table. Take out a piece of binder paper. Make a list of these planets: Mercury, Mars, Earth, Venus. In a minute, you will look for a partner for each planet. When you find a partner, you write each other’s names next to that planet. Keep going until you find a partner for each planet. When you are done, sit down.

3. Let’s think about volcanoes Think about what you know about where volcanoes are located on the Earth. We will use the Paired Verbal Fluency protocol to share your ideas. In a minute you will go talk with your Mercury partner. First, let’s go over the instructions for PVF.

4. What do you know about where volcanoes are located on Earth? Decide who will be Person A and who will be Person B. Person A talks for 30 seconds about the question while person B talks. Then pause for 15 seconds. Person B talks for 30 seconds about the question while person A listens. Pause. Person A talks for 30 seconds about what Person B said. Pause. Person B talks for 30 seconds about what Person A said.

5. Now let’s look at the maps Find your maps of volcanoes on Earth and volcanoes on Mars (both have little red triangles). Do you see any patterns (or a lack of pattern) in the location of volcanoes on each planet? Are they similar or different? Talk with your partner, and record your thinking on the chart.

6. Time to reflect Pull out your journal Make a little chart: I used to think… Now I know… I wonder…

7. Now let’s think about earthquakes Find your maps of earthquakes on the Earth and on the Moon Do you see any patterns (or a lack of pattern) in the location of volcanoes on each planet? Are they similar or different? Talk with your partner, and record your thinking on the chart.

8. Another round of reflection Add to your I used to think, Now I know, I wonder chart Now let’s make a class share sheet of what we observed about volcanoes and earthquakes.