Week of: 10/16--10/20 Subject/Class: SI-7 Teacher: Jane Dowell

Unit (Week Overview/Purpose): Students will explore the properties, origins and classification of rocks.

Day Warm Up or Review from Daily Objective Instruction & Activities Formal/Informal Due Dates:
Previous lesson Assessments

Mon Science word of the week in a Students will be creating Igneous model rock What type of igneous Notebooks Due
sentence. a model of an igneous rock is granite? 10/26
JUNK DNA rock and determining its
authenticity with the real
thing.
Tues Why is it appropriate to have Students will explore Sedimentary and What is the difference Notebooks Due
the term sediment in Sedimentary rocks and Metamorphic rock Vocab between compaction and 10/26
Sedimentary rock? identify the types of events Sedimentary rock cementation?
that create this type of rock

What is the meaning of Students will explore Sedimentary rock Define lithification Notebooks Due
deposition? Sedimentary rocks and process lab
Wed 10/26
identify the types of events
that create this type of rock
Thurs Describe the similarities of the Students will explore Metamorphic rock Notes Define Regional Notebooks Due
type of bedding. Metamorphic rocks and Metamorphism 10/26
identify the types of events
that create this type of rock
Fri Define Hydrothermal Students will explore Vocabulary Quiz Describe Notebooks Due
Metamorphism. Metamorphic rocks and Interpreting Changes in metamorphism in 10/26
identify the types of events Rocks Lab reference to its parent
that create this type of rock rock