| Lesson 1: "What is our Earth Made of?" Using Kidspiration, the students will identify the layers of the Earth and write compound sentences describing the composition of the layers. |
| Lesson 2: "Ring of Fire" The students will use Trackstar to complete an Independent activity about the lithosphere and tectonic plates. |
| Lesson 3: "Volcanoes" After viewing pictures of volcanoes from the laser disk, students will use their knowledge of parts of speech and write complete sentences about the pictures they saw. |
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| Lesson 4: "Structure of a volcano" Students will display knowledge of the structure of a volcano and important vocabulary using Kidworks software. |
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| Lesson 5: "Typesof Volcanoes" Using Microsoft Pulisher, students will display knowledge of different types of volcanoes by taking facts and writing complete sentences. |
| Lesson 6: "Types of Eruptions" Students will become familiar with different types of eruptions and how they affect the volcano's shape after using ERUPT3 software to view a computer simulation. |
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| Lesson 7: "Up in the Air" The students will use Excel spreadsheet and graph to show how volcanoes can affect the atmosphere. |
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| Lesson 8: "The Plus Side of Volcanoes?" After viewing a PowerPoint presentation, the students will write about one way in which volcanoes benefit man. |
| Lesson 9: "Death and Recovery" Students use Timeline to graphically show the life of a tree using ring data. |
| Lesson 10: "Before, During, and After Mount St. Helens" Students research on the web and write about before,during, and after Mount St. Helens. |
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