Glacier Haiku
Created on: March 14, 2011
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August 7, 2011
This resource received a 3* rating because it is part of a collection, Introduction to Glaciers Activity, which is part of the larger resource Glaciers and Climate Change Unit, which…
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First off, what an excellent resource for curriculum publication! I am so eager to engage my students with this inquiry-based learning unit -- I cannot wait to see the creative…
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Global Warming Collection
- Global Warming Unit - Teacher Introduction
- Warming Up!
- Is Global Warming a crisis requiring immediate action?
- Teacher Best Practices
- Introduction to Glaciers Activity
- Changing Glaciers
- EPA Climate Change Kids' Site
- Lesson 4: Green House Effect
- Global Warming Illustration
- Global Warming - The Debate Over Global Warming and Climate Change
- Breathing Earth
Is Global Warming a crisis requiring immediate action?
- Global Warming Unit - Teacher Introduction
- Climate Change Notes
- Debate Guidelines
- Websites for researching global warming/climate change
- Global Warming Unit - Reflections
Introduction to Glaciers Activity
IN COLLECTION
Introduction:
To introduce glacier vocabulary students will learn about John Muir, his journals, National Parks and how writing can motivate science learning. Throughout much of Earth’s history, glaciers have played an important role in shaping the landscape. Even today, glaciers are carrying out these same processes in various places on Earth, including the high Sierra Nevada Range of California. At a time when it was popularly believed that a sudden cataclysmic event had created Yosemite Valley, it was John Muir who rightly conjectured that it was the slow movement of glaciers over time that actually carved the Valley. His observations and measurements helped to prove that living glaciers still existed in the Sierra. This research was instrumental in making significant advances in the new science of his day--glaciology. See pdf http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/lessons/science/pdf/grade_7_glaciers.pdf Group Size: Any
Learning Objectives:
For students to develop vocabulary of glacial terms. Lesson inspired by: http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/lessons/science/grade_7_glaciers.aspx
Guiding Question:
How can we express glacial terms with literary genius? How can creative representation of science work move science forward?
Materials:
John Muir PPT Glacier Journal from John Muir
Procedures:
Have students cut list of vocabulary words from attached sheet. Look up definition, write a haiku to describe the word. Students may work with partners.
Assessment:
Haiku that expresses the vocabulary it is expressing. Example: Glacier massive mount of firn growing, changing, every day overwhelming flow
Benchmark or Standards:
Glacier:
Attached Files:
To introduce glacier vocabulary students will learn about John Muir, his journals, National Parks and how writing can motivate science learning. Throughout much of Earth’s history, glaciers have played an important role in shaping the landscape. Even today, glaciers are carrying out these same processes in various places on Earth, including the high Sierra Nevada Range of California. At a time when it was popularly believed that a sudden cataclysmic event had created Yosemite Valley, it was John Muir who rightly conjectured that it was the slow movement of glaciers over time that actually carved the Valley. His observations and measurements helped to prove that living glaciers still existed in the Sierra. This research was instrumental in making significant advances in the new science of his day--glaciology. See pdf http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/lessons/science/pdf/grade_7_glaciers.pdf Group Size: Any
Learning Objectives:
For students to develop vocabulary of glacial terms. Lesson inspired by: http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/lessons/science/grade_7_glaciers.aspx
Guiding Question:
How can we express glacial terms with literary genius? How can creative representation of science work move science forward?
Materials:
John Muir PPT Glacier Journal from John Muir
Procedures:
Have students cut list of vocabulary words from attached sheet. Look up definition, write a haiku to describe the word. Students may work with partners.
Assessment:
Haiku that expresses the vocabulary it is expressing. Example: Glacier massive mount of firn growing, changing, every day overwhelming flow
Benchmark or Standards:
Glacier:
Attached Files:
| GLACIERTerms.doc |
