Extensions: Geology Unit  

Name __________________________________________  Period _______ Due Date: Sept 15, Friday

Use the calendar to document your progress each day 

Vocabulary 
 

Rocks and Minerals

Sedimentary

Metamorphic

Igneous

Rock cycle

Mineral

Weathering

Streak

Luster

Fracture

Fossils

Fossil

Mold

Cast

Trace Fossil

Index Fossil

Extinction 
 
 

Geologic Time

Geologic time scale

Era

Period

Epoch

Natural selection

Precambrian Time

Endangered 
 

Plate Tectonics

Volcano

Earthquake

Faults

Seismic Waves

Focus

Epicenter

Richter Scale

Subduction Zone

Divergent Plate 
 
 
 
 
 

Rocks and Minerals Red Book Pages 85-107 (rocks)/ 61-71(minerals)

1. **Information Session (5)
2. Vocab flashcards or draw a creative and colorful picture for each vocab word. (5)
3. Make a diorama of the rock cycle (10)
4. Create/draw a metaphor for the rock cycle (10)
5. Design a worksheet that matches 20 rocks with their rock type. Write answers on the back. (5)
6. Create a pamphlet that shows common mineral uses in every day life. (10)
7. Research: What kinds of mining for minerals happens today, here in Colorado?  What minerals are abundant in our state, and why?  What do people use them for? (10)
8. Find 10 household items that are mineral-based.  Bring either them or their containers in for show and tell on the last unit day. (5)
9. Create a poster of criteria for classification to be considered a mineral: inorganic, solid, etc.. Be sure to have colored images and examples. (10)
10. Complete the Chapter 3 Review of Minerals on p82-83. You must complete all 25 questions with complete sentences. (10)
11. Complete the Chapter 4 Review of Rocks on p112-113. You must complete all 25 questions with complete sentences. (10)

Fossils Red Book Pages 326-333

12. **Information Session (5)
13. Vocab flashcards or draw a creative and colorful picture for each vocab word. (5)
14. Draw a picture book of common fossils and where they are found in the world. (10)
15. Create a game: Check out “Colorado Gee-whiz-ology” and create a board game using the facts. (10)
16. You are a creature living in the Paleozoic era.  What are you, how do you live, and with regards to the earth, what is it like?   When you die, do you fossilize?  Why?  How? (10)
17. Perform a skit (2 members) about why fossils exist and why they are found the places they are.  Keep in mind I’m looking for details about the major kinds of fossils.  (10)
18. You are a creature living in the Mesozoic Era.  What are you?  How do you live? Write a poem about how you became a fossil, and which kind you became.  Four stanzas, 4 lines each. (10)
19. Write 3 of each of the three levels of questions about this topic. Include the answers. (5)
20. Complete the section review on page 333. Complete all 3 questions with complete sentences. (5)

Geologic Time Red Book Pages 356-382

21. **Information Session (5)
22. Vocab flashcards or draw a creative and colorful picture for each vocab word. (5)
23. Pretend that you are writing a journal on a journey to the center of the Earth in an especially designed vehicle. Write a two page story about what you would sense as you descend into the Earth. Describe how your vehicle could withstand the high temperatures and pressures, and have the ability to penetrate various densities (10)
24. of rock. (10)
25. Rewrite the lyrics to a popular song to be a way to remember the sections of geologic time (eon, epoch, Jurassic etc). Sing the song for the teacher or for the class on the last day of the unit. (5)
26. Find an article on the topic. Highlight the main ideas. Prepare to discuss. (5)
27. Complete the Chapter 13 Review of Geologic Time on p384-385. You must complete all 25 questions with complete sentences. (10)

Plate Tectonics Red Book Pages 293-310

28. **Information Session – Video and notes (5)
29. Vocab flashcards or draw a creative and colorful picture for each vocab word. (5)
30. Use metaphors to create a myth that would show how ancient people would explain volcanoes. (10)
31. Compare and contrast volcano types: strato, dome, shield  (5)
32. Design a mind map on Plate Tectonics (10)
33. Plate Tectonic Timeline: Check this out and decide on the 10 most important events in Plate Tectonics history. Creatively display the 10 you chose. (5)
34. WS: Map Patterns of Earthquake and Volcanoes (10)
35. Check out the “Rock Talk” booklet and prepare a newscast that explains earthquakes in Colorado. Present on the last day of the unit. (5)
36. Design a worksheet with a diagram of the ring of fire to labeled and 5 questions about volcanoes. Write answers on the back.(5)
37. Draw a labeled cross section of a mid-ocean ridge and label the parts. Indicate the motion of the components (5)
38. Draw a labeled cross section of a subduction zone and label the parts. Indicate the motion of the components (5)
39. Review the model of the rock cycle in the reading.  Design a children’s that explains what can happen to a sedimentary rock as it changes throughout the rock cycle. (10) 
    United Streaming

Rocks and Mins - Basics of Geology: All About Rocks and Minerals (23:19)

Plate Tectonics – Continents Adrift: An Introduction to Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics (26:05)

Fossils – Fossils: Windows Into the Past (20:00)

Geologic Time- Earth Science: History of the Earth (20:00)

Sub movies - Discover Magazine: Living Fossils (49:23) 
 

Other Resources

• History of the Earth
• Mission to the Blue Planet
• Rocks Ppt  http://sun.menloschool.org/~cfat/powerpoint/earth_science/html/rocks_files/frame.htm
• Earthquakes PBL http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/content/view.article.asp?a=229
• The Earth is Flat PBL http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/flaterth.html
• http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/ev.sp.cr.html
• http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/whale.ev.html
• Fossils Lab http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/gr.fs.fd.html
• National Park Project: describe natural resource, history, why it was deemed a national park, perhaps send for information?
• Common minerals http://www.mii.org/commonminerals.php
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