Subject
Grade
Curricular Competency Group
Curricular Competency
Communicating
Elaboration
- Sample opportunities to support student inquiry:
- Create an illustrated guide to the Mohs scale of mineral hardness, using common substances found around the home.
- Make an illustration or use digital media to model the processes of the rock cycle.
- Create a diorama consisting of plants, animals, and landscapes that depicts a past geological era (e.g., Devonian, Carboniferous, Cambrian).
- Create a timeline, using a variety of methods (e.g., paper and string, digital media), that relates the expanse of geologic time to the evolution of Earth and life from its formation to the present day.
- How does tectonic setting affect the perspectives and experiences of a local community?
- Create a cross-sectional model of B.C. that illustrates the interaction of tectonic plates through the subduction zone.
- How does the geology of an area influence First Peoples sense of place?
- Create a public service advertisement explaining the causes of mass wasting and how they can be mitigated.
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Communicating