S1+Christensen,+Melaine

=Stage 1 - Identify Desired Results= Content Area: Science and Technology Standard Label: D - The Physical Setting Standard: D2 - The Earth Grade: 6-8 - Earth Systems Students will understand Earth Systems and their impact on natural resource supplies. Performance Indicators: b,d ||
 * **Establish Goals (MLR or CCSS):** **(G)** ||
 * Maine Learning Results

//What understandings are desired?//
• natural resources are formed by Earth processes over time. • humans rely on Earth cycles, processes, and resources. ||
 * **//Students will understand that://** **(U)** ||
 * • a variety of natural cycles and processes control Earth's environment.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
• Why must the global population be conscious of how natural resources are used? • How do humans rely on Earth cycles, processes, and resources? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * • How do natural cycles and processes control Earth's environment?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
• __Vocabulary__: igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary, rock, mineral, natural resource, renewable, nonrenewable, homogeneous, crystal, inorganic, luster, hardness, streak, cleavage, twinning • __World Connections__: Uses of mineral resources, where mineral resources are found, prevalence of mineral resources, how to use mineral resources wisely || • describe the rock cycle and how it forms and transforms rocks. • recognize that minerals are the ingredients of rocks. • consider the properties of different minerals and how they are similar and dissimilar. • analyze a mineral and its uses. • evaluate the role minerals play in their daily lives. • propose ways to wisely use or conserve mineral resources. ||
 * **//Students will know://** **(K)** || **//Students will be able to://** **(S)** ||
 * • __Key Factual Information__: rock cycle, 6 rocks and 6 minerals, the definition of a mineral, the properties of a mineral, the difference between a renewable and a non renewable resource


 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe.**