Lesson Overview

•Unit 2 Host Researchers •Exercise 2.1 Overview•Focus Questions•Background Info – Article 2.1•Key Skills/Knowledge•Activity 2.1•Class Discussion•Novel Integration•Assessment and Cross Curricular Standards •Adaptations•Conclusion - Sharing

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Unit 2.1

Which Feature Came First?

Your Focus Today

How would you use this activity for:

Your grade level?Your class?Adaptations and extensions?

Vicky Hamilton, Ph.D.Planetary Geologist University of Hawaii

Jim Garvin, Ph.D.NASA Chief ScientistNASA Headquarters

Host ResearchersEarth and Space Science Pg. 50

Article 2.1. Background Focus Questions

Motivation Q: How would you study a planet 55 million km away?

1. How are geological features on Earth and Mars similar and different?

2. How are geological processes on Earth and Mars similar and different?

3. How do Scientists study Martian Geology?

1. Identify the major geological features of a Martian landscape

2. Explain what geological processes might have formed and shaped each feature

3. Use the Principles of Superposition and the Principle of Cross-Cutting relationships to determine the relative ages of neighboring geological features

Activity 2.1 Focus Questions

The Activity Pg. 55

Review Masters and identify features

Describe the processes that would have caused those formations

Determine the relative ages of each formation

What is the youngest feature on the cake?

Principle of Superposition

Younger Features are on top of older features

What is the last thing that happened to this cake?

Principle of Cross Cutting Relationships

Younger features cut across older features

Discussion

How easy was it to identify features?

What major geological processes shaped each half of Gusev Crater?

Which half of the crater is older?

How and when can you use the Principles of Superposition and Cross-Cutting?

Unit 2 Overview Pgs. 48a-d

"Mars drawings by 6th graders in Kim Castagna's Carpinteria, CA classroom"

Novel Integration Pg. 48a

Mars Year One: Missing

By Brad Strickland and

Thomas Fuller

Ideas for integration:

Post map of Mars in classroom

Locate and identify places and encountered features

Refer to page T17 for a general description of the novel

Multimedia Components• TJO & Digital Labs

Assessment

What standards does this meet? P.48b

Refocusing Pg. 59

How would you…

•Adapt this for your grade level?

•Incorporate this activity in your class?

•Use adaptations/ extensions?

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Activity 2.1 Key Knowledge Question: Pg. 81

What is the order of the labeled features from oldest to youngest?