Issues and Earth Science

Unit F: ErosionMr. Forde

Scofield Magnet MS

Activity 24: Where Shall We BuildMay 5, 2011

Getting Started: Describe a construction site where a building is being built.

Introduction: Rd p C-4 and describe what this lesson is about.

Challenge: Where should Boomtown construct the new buildings?

Key Words: inference, landform, marsh, wetlands (write into the vocab section of your binder) Procedure: See pg C-5

Results: Complete sheets 24.1.

Analysis: HW- p. C-7 Analysis Q4

Activity 25 :Boomtown’s TopographyMay 16, 2011

Getting Started: Are there different kinds of maps? Describe them.

Introduction: Read and summarize p. C-8.

Challenge: What do the lines on a topographic map mean?

Key Words: Contour Interval, Contour Line, Key, Scale, Topography, Topographical Map

Procedure: Read Page C-9Create drawing of topographical map!

Analysis: HW - Q 1 and 2 D-13

Activity 26: Boomtown’s TopographyMay 17, 2011

Getting Started: List two things you learned yesterday about topographical maps!

Challenge: What can topographical maps tell us about the stability of a site?

Key Words: Stability

Procedure: Read Page C-13

Analysis questions - p. c14 Q2- Q4

Activity 27: Boomtown’s WeatherMay 18, 2011

Getting Started: What is the difference between rainfall and flooding?Introduction: Read and summarize p. C-15

Challenge: Is Boomtown’s Rainfall likely to cause flooding?

Keywords: Average, Mean, Median, Mode, Sample Size

Procedure: Read and follow team directions on p. c16 and c17

HW - p c-17 Q 2 and 3

Mr. Forde’s Points Per Game (ppg)

G1 - 5G2 - 5G3 - 20G4 - 0G5 - 5G6 - 3G7 - 11G8 - 0G9 - 6G10 - 8

Activity 30: Challenges of the Mississippi DeltaMay 19, 2011

Getting Started: What are mean, median and mode?

Introduction: Read and summarize p. C-29

Challenge: How has the Mississippi River Delta challenged the people of New Orleans?

Keywords: Ecologist, Engineer, Geologist

Procedure: Read and follow team directions on p. C-30 - C-35

p. Clean up VOCAB section of your NB!!

Activity 28 : Cutting Canyons/ Building DeltasMay 20, 2011

Getting Started: How cab rainfall change the shape of the land?

Introduction: Read and summarize p. C-19

Challenge: How can moving sediments create a problem for construction?

Keyword: Delta, Model, River Channel, Sediments

Procedure: Read and follow team directions on p. C 20 - C 21

HW - C22 Q5

Activity 31: Resistance to ErosionMay 22, 2011

Getting Started: What factors do you think effect erosion?

Introduction: Rd p C-36 and summarize.

Challenge: Do all kinds of materials erode in the same ways?

Key Words:

Procedure: See pg C-5

Results: Complete Data Sheet

Analysis: HW- p. C-38 Analysis Q 1- 5

**What was controlled in the experiment? What wasn’t?

Activity 32: Investigating a Cliff ModelMay 24, 2011

Getting Started: How will erosion be different at a coastline, as compared to a stream /river?

Introduction: Rd p C-40 and describe what this lesson is about.

Challenge: How do ocean waves effect the shape of the land?

Key Words:

Procedure: See pg C-41 - C-43

Results: Record results in your notebook.

Analysis: HW- p. C-43 Analysis Q 1 - 3

Activity 33: Earth Processes and Boomtown’s CoastMay 25, 2011

Getting Started: What is a beach?

Introduction: Read and summarize p. C-44

Challenge: How is a beach part of a coastal system?

Keyword: advantage, breakwater, disadvantage, dredging, jetty, longshore current, seawall

Procedure: Read and “Listen, Stop Write” with your class. P. C-45 - C-47

HW - C Q

Mitigation Method

Advantages Disadvantages

Dredging

Jetty

Breakwater

Seawall (rip rap)

Activity 34: Preparing the Geologists ReportMay 27, 2011

Introduction: Read and summarize p. C-44

Challenge: What is the geology of the three building sites?

Procedure: Read and complete sheet 44.1 based on what is in your notebook.

Activity 35: Building in BoomtownMay 31, 2011

Getting Started: Which site do you think should be built on and why? (1 - 2 sentences)

Introduction: Read and summarize p. C-44

Challenge: Where should boomtown build it’s new apartments and houses?

Procedure: Pick a number… Read activity 35 reports for evidence and defend your location! Be prepared to offer benefits and trade-offs.

HW- STUDY FOR THE TEST! (6/2)