Name: Mr. Grammer
Date: January 3, 2017
GLE: 0607.8.2 Describe how the Sun’s energy produces wind.
SPI 0607.8.1 Recognize how convection currents in the atmosphere produce wind
Guiding Question: How do science concepts, engineering skills and applications of technology improve the quality of life?
Tools: lesson presentations, Websites, Models of the Atmosphere
MONDAY
Do Now
(Motivate/Hook)
*Essential
Learning
(Objective)
Engage/Excite
(Strategies for
Involvement)
Practice to
Product
Evaluate
(Mastery/Reteach/
Enrichment)
Reflect Now
(Exit/Connections)
TEACHER INSERVICE
DAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Students will define
ecology and how the
environment influences
life.
Students will identify
methods for estimating
population size.
Students will explain
how competition limits
population size.
Students list factors
that influence
population size
Students will describe
the structure of Earth’s
Atmosphere
Students will illustrate
and explain the
importance of each layer
of the atmosphere
Students will explain
the importance of the
Ozone Layer
Students will take
pretest on the
atmosphere.
Students will complete
virtual lab “Air Layer:
What is the structure of
the Atmosphere.”
Students will
investigate how CFCs
affect the ozone layer
Students will explain the
importance of each layer
of the Earth’s
Atmosphere.
Students will illustrate
and explain the
importance of each layer
Students will list the
effects of CFC’s on the
ozone and how they
affect living organisms
Teacher will monitor
and Check for
understanding.
Teacher will grade
illustration
Teacher will monitor
and Check for
understanding.
Students will
describe what
happens to the
energy Earth
receives from the
Sun.
Students will explain
how energy moves
between the sun, the
earth, and earth’s
atmosphere.
Students will
illustrate how heat is
absorbed and
released by the
Earth to the
atmosphere..
Teacher will grade
project
Exit card: What are the
structures of Earth’s
atmosphere?
HW: Chapter 10 section
1 pages 296-303.
Compete self- check
page 303 1-4.
Exit Card: What is the
importance of the
Mesosphere?
Exit Card: Why have
CFC’s been banned from
usage?
Exit Card: What
would happen to life
on Earth if the Sun
“disappeared?”