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    EarthscienceEarth's Layers Lesson Plan 6th Grade

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    This lesson plan outlines an activity to teach students about the layers of the Earth using Milky Way candy bars. Students will cut open their Milky Way bars to model the crust, mantle, outer core and inner core layers of the Earth. The teacher will assess students' participation in the activity and their completed diagrams comparing the candy bar layers to the Earth's layers.

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    EarthscienceEarth's Layers Lesson Plan 6th Grade

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    This lesson plan outlines an activity to teach students about the layers of the Earth using Milky Way candy bars. Students will cut open their Milky Way bars to model the crust, mantle, outer core and inner core layers of the Earth. The teacher will assess students' participation in the activity and their completed diagrams comparing the candy bar layers to the Earth's layers.

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    This lesson plan outlines an activity to teach students about the layers of the Earth using Milky Way candy bars. Students will cut open their Milky Way bars to model the crust, mantle, outer core and inner core layers of the Earth. The teacher will assess students' participation in the activity and their completed diagrams comparing the candy bar layers to the Earth's layers.

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    EarthscienceEarth's Layers Lesson Plan 6th Grade

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    eliza s. cruspero
    This lesson plan outlines an activity to teach students about the layers of the Earth using Milky Way candy bars. Students will cut open their Milky Way bars to model the crust, mantle, outer core and inner core layers of the Earth. The teacher will assess students' participation in the activity and their completed diagrams comparing the candy bar layers to the Earth's layers.

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    Earth's Layers Lesson Plan

    Teacher Date
    School SLE # ESS.8.6.1: Identify and diagram the
    layers of the Earth; crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core, ESS.8.6.2: Model the layers of the
    Earth
    Objectives:
    Content: I will be able to identify and diagram the layers of Earth: crust, mantle, inner core, and outer core.
    I will be able to model the layers of the Earth

    Language: I will be able to use the vocabulary terms crust, mantle, inner core, and outer core while describing the
    layers of the Earth.

    Assessment: The teacher will be able to assess the students' participation during the activity
    and their completed diagram.

    Technology/Materials: Mini Milky Ways bars, plastic knives, plates/paper towels, blank piece
    of paper
    Vocabulary: crust, mantle, inner core, outer core, describe
    Bloom’s: Remembering Understanding  Applying Analyzing Evaluation Creating
    Questions: How many layers does the Earth have? Tell me the names of the layers of the
    Earth? Describe what the crust looks like. Describe what the mantle is. Describe what the
    outer core is. Describe what the inner core is. Predict what each layer would look like if you
    were to travel inside the Earth.
    High Yield Strategies: Identifying similarities & Differences Summarizing & Note Taking  Cooperative Learning
    Reinforcing Effort & Providing Recognition Setting Objectives & Providing Feedback Generating & Testing Hypotheses
    Cues, Questions & Advanced Organizers Homework & Practice Nonlinguistic Representations

    Instructional Strategies:
    Set: Activate prior knowledge by asking questions above. The teacher can show a diagram of
    the Earth's layers and explain what makes up the layers. Ask the students what it would be like
    to actually see the different layers. (The teacher may choose to use a peach to demonstrate the
    layers of the Earth.) Engage the students by telling them that they will be getting a chance to eat
    the different layers of Earth.

    Model: Show the students a mini Milky Way bar. Ask them what they think a Milky Way bar
    and the Earth have in common. Ask them if they think that they could make any comparisons
    between the candy and the Earth. Create a list of comparisons between the Earth and Milky
    Way Bar that the students offer.

    Guided Practice/Strategies: Give students instructions to cut open the Milky Way bar.
    Make sure that they turn the Milky Way upside down so the bottom is facing up. This will
    cause the nougat to be the 2nd layer and will model the mantle.

    Intervention Strategies: Help students cut open bar as needed.


    Accommodations & Modifications (IEPs) Allow students to draw picture and explain orally instead of
    in writing.

    Independent Practice/Activities: Allow students to explore their Milky Way bar and then
    create a diagram of the Milky Way bar and compare it to the Earth's layers.

    Enrichment Activities: Have students create a model of the layers of Earth using other candies.

    Closure: Have students offer to share their diagrams of the layers of the Earth. Have
    students describe how the candy bar is similar and/or different from the layers of the Earth.

    Homework: None

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