For the past few months, we have been exploring Earth's layers, magma, plate tectonics, the currents that circulate under the Earth's crust and volcanoes, minerals that make up the Earth's rocks, how we identify them, and we explored a bit on the rock cycle (which will be explored more in Grade 8!).
Our final section to this unit was our study on the formation of crystals and minerals, their importance to our everyday lives, the race to find them and mine them, and also how they are mined and processed.
To close this unit with your final thoughts and new inquiries, make a blog post describing what you have learned about the topics we have explored over the past three months. Visit http://www.bubbl.us and create a mind map to help you to write your reflection. When you do this, please export to your pictures and import it to your blog post.
Here are a few questions to help you with your reflection:
The unit question I would like you to discuss is: How valuable is a rock?
State what you have learned which could help you give your thoughts to this question.
The Area of Interaction of the unit was: Environments: To investigate the role and responsibilities of individuals and societies in the sustainable use and exploitation of natural resources taken from the Earth's crust. Does it fit this unit? Explain.
The Significant Concept: Students will understand that the convection currents under the Earth's crust within the mantle play a big role in causing movement in the tectonic plates, creating volcanoes, and moving magma up into Earth's crust where various rocks and minerals formed and used for human consumption. Do you think you have a good understanding of the significant concept? Why or why not? What part/s do you understand?
How do you feel you did during this unit? What could you have improved?
How do you feel about the activities you took part in?
Did you learn any new skills or knowledge that you did not know before?
What did you find interesting?
What was your favorite and/or least favorite part?
What would you add or change about this unit for next year's grade 6 students?
Is there anything you still wonder about in these topics we studied? IF so, what?
I look forward to reading your blog posts! :)
Our final section to this unit was our study on the formation of crystals and minerals, their importance to our everyday lives, the race to find them and mine them, and also how they are mined and processed.
To close this unit with your final thoughts and new inquiries, make a blog post describing what you have learned about the topics we have explored over the past three months. Visit http://www.bubbl.us and create a mind map to help you to write your reflection. When you do this, please export to your pictures and import it to your blog post.
Here are a few questions to help you with your reflection:
The unit question I would like you to discuss is: How valuable is a rock?
State what you have learned which could help you give your thoughts to this question.
The Area of Interaction of the unit was: Environments: To investigate the role and responsibilities of individuals and societies in the sustainable use and exploitation of natural resources taken from the Earth's crust. Does it fit this unit? Explain.
The Significant Concept: Students will understand that the convection currents under the Earth's crust within the mantle play a big role in causing movement in the tectonic plates, creating volcanoes, and moving magma up into Earth's crust where various rocks and minerals formed and used for human consumption. Do you think you have a good understanding of the significant concept? Why or why not? What part/s do you understand?
How do you feel you did during this unit? What could you have improved?
How do you feel about the activities you took part in?
Did you learn any new skills or knowledge that you did not know before?
What did you find interesting?
What was your favorite and/or least favorite part?
What would you add or change about this unit for next year's grade 6 students?
Is there anything you still wonder about in these topics we studied? IF so, what?
I look forward to reading your blog posts! :)
