Volcanoes and Climate Change - NGSS Aligned Middle School Science Lesson
The "Volcanoes and Climate Change" lesson is tailored for middle school students and aligns with NGSS standards. It offers an in-depth exploration of how volcanic eruptions influence global climate. Utilizing Google Slides, this lesson enhances learning and visualization of volcanic processes and their climatic effects. Ideal for middle school classrooms, it features interactive activities and promotes critical thinking, all while adhering to NGSS guidelines.
Discover a comprehensive lesson that brings the dynamic relationship between volcanic eruptions and climate change to life. Perfect for middle school science classes, this lesson is designed to align with key educational standards, ensuring your students meet learning objectives while exploring fascinating real-world phenomena.
What's Inside?
Informational Text: Nine pages PDF of text printed in 16-point font for middle school readers, providing detailed information on volcanic eruptions and their impact on climate.
Interactive Models: Help students visualize and understand the processes of volcanic eruptions and their impact on climate using engaging models and simulations.
Historical Data Analysis: Guide students through the examination of historical eruptions like Mount Tambora, Krakatoa, and Mount Pinatubo, analyzing ice cores, tree rings, and other data sources to uncover past climate changes.
Critical Thinking and Investigation: Encourage students to ask questions, formulate hypotheses, and engage in scientific reasoning as they explore the causes and effects of volcanic activity.
Notes and Graphic Organizers:
Sulfur Dioxide and Volcanic Ash: Define and sketch how these elements impact global cooling.
Cause and Effect Comparison: Analyze the causes and effects of Mount Tambora and Mount Krakatoa eruptions.
Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) Note Page: List arguments against man-made climate change, such as reliance on Milankovitch cycles or volcanic eruptions.
Venn Diagrams: Compare natural and human causes of climate change and measure past volcanic eruptions using ice core and tree ring data.
Exit Tickets: Students reflect on their learning with creative exit tickets styled as tweets or TikTok videos, ensuring they apply their understanding and think critically about climate change concepts.
Google Slides Presentation: A dynamic presentation with embedded videos to enhance understanding and engagement.
Cross-Disciplinary Connections: Integrate Earth science, chemistry, and environmental studies, offering a holistic view of how volcanic eruptions influence global ecosystems and human societies.
Standards-Aligned Content: Meets NGSS and TEKS standards, covering scientific investigation, Earth and space science, organisms and environments, matter and energy, and more.
Why Choose This Lesson?
Engage and Inspire: Captivate your students' imaginations with real-world applications and hands-on activities.
Build Essential Skills: Foster critical thinking, data analysis, and scientific inquiry skills.
Flexible and Adaptable: Suitable for various learning environments and easily integrated into existing curricula.
Comprehensive Resources: Includes detailed lesson plans, student worksheets, interactive activities, and assessment tools.
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NGSS Standards:
MS-ESS2-1: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
MS-ESS2-2: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales.
MS-ESS2-3: Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
MS-ESS2-4: Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
MS-ESS3-1: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
MS-ESS3-5: Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
MS-PS1-3: Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
Texas TEKS Standards for Grade 7:
7.3(B): Use models to represent aspects of the natural world such as human body systems and plant and animal cells.
7.8(A): Predict and describe how different types of catastrophic events impact ecosystems such as floods, hurricanes, or tornadoes.
7.10(A): Observe and describe how different environments, including microhabitats in schoolyards and biomes, support different varieties of organisms.
Texas TEKS Standards for Grade 8:
8.2(E): Analyze data to formulate reasonable explanations, communicate valid conclusions supported by the data, and predict trends.
8.9(C): Interpret topographic maps and satellite views to identify land and erosional features and predict how these features may be reshaped by weathering.
8.5(E): Investigate how evidence of chemical reactions indicate that new substances with different properties are formed.
Additional Relevant Texas TEKS Standards (Grades 6-8):
6.2, 7.2, 8.2: Plan and implement comparative and descriptive investigations by making observations, asking well-defined questions, and using appropriate equipment and technology.
6.3, 7.3, 8.3: Use models to represent aspects of the natural world such as human body systems and plant and animal cells.
These standards ensure that students engage with scientific investigation, earth and space science, organisms and environments, matter and energy, and critical thinking through the exploration of volcanic eruptions and climate change.
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The "Volcanoes and Climate Change" lesson is tailored for middle school students and aligns with NGSS standards. It offers an in-depth exploration of how volcanic eruptions influence global climate. Utilizing Google Slides, this lesson enhances learning and visualization of volcanic processes and their climatic effects. Ideal for middle school classrooms, it features interactive activities and promotes critical thinking, all while adhering to NGSS guidelines.
Discover a comprehensive lesson that brings the dynamic relationship between volcanic eruptions and climate change to life. Perfect for middle school science classes, this lesson is designed to align with key educational standards, ensuring your students meet learning objectives while exploring fascinating real-world phenomena.
What's Inside?
Informational Text: Nine pages PDF of text printed in 16-point font for middle school readers, providing detailed information on volcanic eruptions and their impact on climate.
Interactive Models: Help students visualize and understand the processes of volcanic eruptions and their impact on climate using engaging models and simulations.
Historical Data Analysis: Guide students through the examination of historical eruptions like Mount Tambora, Krakatoa, and Mount Pinatubo, analyzing ice cores, tree rings, and other data sources to uncover past climate changes.
Critical Thinking and Investigation: Encourage students to ask questions, formulate hypotheses, and engage in scientific reasoning as they explore the causes and effects of volcanic activity.
Notes and Graphic Organizers:
Sulfur Dioxide and Volcanic Ash: Define and sketch how these elements impact global cooling.
Cause and Effect Comparison: Analyze the causes and effects of Mount Tambora and Mount Krakatoa eruptions.
Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) Note Page: List arguments against man-made climate change, such as reliance on Milankovitch cycles or volcanic eruptions.
Venn Diagrams: Compare natural and human causes of climate change and measure past volcanic eruptions using ice core and tree ring data.
Exit Tickets: Students reflect on their learning with creative exit tickets styled as tweets or TikTok videos, ensuring they apply their understanding and think critically about climate change concepts.
Google Slides Presentation: A dynamic presentation with embedded videos to enhance understanding and engagement.
Cross-Disciplinary Connections: Integrate Earth science, chemistry, and environmental studies, offering a holistic view of how volcanic eruptions influence global ecosystems and human societies.
Standards-Aligned Content: Meets NGSS and TEKS standards, covering scientific investigation, Earth and space science, organisms and environments, matter and energy, and more.
Why Choose This Lesson?
Engage and Inspire: Captivate your students' imaginations with real-world applications and hands-on activities.
Build Essential Skills: Foster critical thinking, data analysis, and scientific inquiry skills.
Flexible and Adaptable: Suitable for various learning environments and easily integrated into existing curricula.
Comprehensive Resources: Includes detailed lesson plans, student worksheets, interactive activities, and assessment tools.
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NGSS Standards:
MS-ESS2-1: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
MS-ESS2-2: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales.
MS-ESS2-3: Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
MS-ESS2-4: Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
MS-ESS3-1: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
MS-ESS3-5: Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
MS-PS1-3: Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
Texas TEKS Standards for Grade 7:
7.3(B): Use models to represent aspects of the natural world such as human body systems and plant and animal cells.
7.8(A): Predict and describe how different types of catastrophic events impact ecosystems such as floods, hurricanes, or tornadoes.
7.10(A): Observe and describe how different environments, including microhabitats in schoolyards and biomes, support different varieties of organisms.
Texas TEKS Standards for Grade 8:
8.2(E): Analyze data to formulate reasonable explanations, communicate valid conclusions supported by the data, and predict trends.
8.9(C): Interpret topographic maps and satellite views to identify land and erosional features and predict how these features may be reshaped by weathering.
8.5(E): Investigate how evidence of chemical reactions indicate that new substances with different properties are formed.
Additional Relevant Texas TEKS Standards (Grades 6-8):
6.2, 7.2, 8.2: Plan and implement comparative and descriptive investigations by making observations, asking well-defined questions, and using appropriate equipment and technology.
6.3, 7.3, 8.3: Use models to represent aspects of the natural world such as human body systems and plant and animal cells.
These standards ensure that students engage with scientific investigation, earth and space science, organisms and environments, matter and energy, and critical thinking through the exploration of volcanic eruptions and climate change.
Please Leave me a review if this lesson helped your classroom. Your comments mean a great deal to me, and I would love to hear from you!
If you like this product, then you should check out our bundle. I put all of my best Washington State history lessons into this bundle.
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If you are not ready to get the bundle yet, then you should look at some of our newer lessons, like this one about the Washington State Prison System. I like this lesson because in the google slides, I incorporate an important moral lesson about the importance of choosing our friends wisely. We know that middle school often is an indication of which direction a kid will go in high school and so forth. So in middle school we need to teach them that they need to avoid bad influences. If that sounds good to you, then check out our Washington State Prison Lesson, you will teach a cool lesson and build character at the same time.
Of course, Washington State History is not complete without a special lesson about Chief Seattle. This lesson took me a solid week to investigate, and turned it into a three day lesson plan. It really goes into the life and times of Chief Seattle, and the relationship he had with our first governor Isaac Stevens. There is a lot of meat in the Chief Seattle lesson, I learned many unexpected things about him as you and your students will also discover.
➤ ╰┈➤ ╰┈➤ ╰┈➤ Get Free Washington State History Lessons! If you go to the product preview above, my email list is linked. Click on it and the link will take you to my Free Washington State History sign-up. I am going to give a free meaty lesson in Washington State history, that aligns with standards to all my followers. It is a great deal, and I promise the freebie will be just as high quality as this lesson.
The "Volcanoes and Climate Change" lesson is tailored for middle school students and aligns with NGSS standards. It offers an in-depth exploration of how volcanic eruptions influence global climate. Utilizing Google Slides, this lesson enhances learning and visualization of volcanic processes and their climatic effects. Ideal for middle school classrooms, it features interactive activities and promotes critical thinking, all while adhering to NGSS guidelines.
Discover a comprehensive lesson that brings the dynamic relationship between volcanic eruptions and climate change to life. Perfect for middle school science classes, this lesson is designed to align with key educational standards, ensuring your students meet learning objectives while exploring fascinating real-world phenomena.
What's Inside?
Informational Text: Nine pages PDF of text printed in 16-point font for middle school readers, providing detailed information on volcanic eruptions and their impact on climate.
Interactive Models: Help students visualize and understand the processes of volcanic eruptions and their impact on climate using engaging models and simulations.
Historical Data Analysis: Guide students through the examination of historical eruptions like Mount Tambora, Krakatoa, and Mount Pinatubo, analyzing ice cores, tree rings, and other data sources to uncover past climate changes.
Critical Thinking and Investigation: Encourage students to ask questions, formulate hypotheses, and engage in scientific reasoning as they explore the causes and effects of volcanic activity.
Notes and Graphic Organizers:
Sulfur Dioxide and Volcanic Ash: Define and sketch how these elements impact global cooling.
Cause and Effect Comparison: Analyze the causes and effects of Mount Tambora and Mount Krakatoa eruptions.
Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) Note Page: List arguments against man-made climate change, such as reliance on Milankovitch cycles or volcanic eruptions.
Venn Diagrams: Compare natural and human causes of climate change and measure past volcanic eruptions using ice core and tree ring data.
Exit Tickets: Students reflect on their learning with creative exit tickets styled as tweets or TikTok videos, ensuring they apply their understanding and think critically about climate change concepts.
Google Slides Presentation: A dynamic presentation with embedded videos to enhance understanding and engagement.
Cross-Disciplinary Connections: Integrate Earth science, chemistry, and environmental studies, offering a holistic view of how volcanic eruptions influence global ecosystems and human societies.
Standards-Aligned Content: Meets NGSS and TEKS standards, covering scientific investigation, Earth and space science, organisms and environments, matter and energy, and more.
Why Choose This Lesson?
Engage and Inspire: Captivate your students' imaginations with real-world applications and hands-on activities.
Build Essential Skills: Foster critical thinking, data analysis, and scientific inquiry skills.
Flexible and Adaptable: Suitable for various learning environments and easily integrated into existing curricula.
Comprehensive Resources: Includes detailed lesson plans, student worksheets, interactive activities, and assessment tools.
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NGSS Standards:
MS-ESS2-1: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
MS-ESS2-2: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales.
MS-ESS2-3: Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
MS-ESS2-4: Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
MS-ESS3-1: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
MS-ESS3-5: Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
MS-PS1-3: Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
Texas TEKS Standards for Grade 7:
7.3(B): Use models to represent aspects of the natural world such as human body systems and plant and animal cells.
7.8(A): Predict and describe how different types of catastrophic events impact ecosystems such as floods, hurricanes, or tornadoes.
7.10(A): Observe and describe how different environments, including microhabitats in schoolyards and biomes, support different varieties of organisms.
Texas TEKS Standards for Grade 8:
8.2(E): Analyze data to formulate reasonable explanations, communicate valid conclusions supported by the data, and predict trends.
8.9(C): Interpret topographic maps and satellite views to identify land and erosional features and predict how these features may be reshaped by weathering.
8.5(E): Investigate how evidence of chemical reactions indicate that new substances with different properties are formed.
Additional Relevant Texas TEKS Standards (Grades 6-8):
6.2, 7.2, 8.2: Plan and implement comparative and descriptive investigations by making observations, asking well-defined questions, and using appropriate equipment and technology.
6.3, 7.3, 8.3: Use models to represent aspects of the natural world such as human body systems and plant and animal cells.
These standards ensure that students engage with scientific investigation, earth and space science, organisms and environments, matter and energy, and critical thinking through the exploration of volcanic eruptions and climate change.
Please Leave me a review if this lesson helped your classroom. Your comments mean a great deal to me, and I would love to hear from you!
If you like this product, then you should check out our bundle. I put all of my best Washington State history lessons into this bundle.
➤ ╰┈➤ ╰┈➤ ╰┈➤ ╰┈➤ Washington State History Bundle
If you are not ready to get the bundle yet, then you should look at some of our newer lessons, like this one about the Washington State Prison System. I like this lesson because in the google slides, I incorporate an important moral lesson about the importance of choosing our friends wisely. We know that middle school often is an indication of which direction a kid will go in high school and so forth. So in middle school we need to teach them that they need to avoid bad influences. If that sounds good to you, then check out our Washington State Prison Lesson, you will teach a cool lesson and build character at the same time.
Of course, Washington State History is not complete without a special lesson about Chief Seattle. This lesson took me a solid week to investigate, and turned it into a three day lesson plan. It really goes into the life and times of Chief Seattle, and the relationship he had with our first governor Isaac Stevens. There is a lot of meat in the Chief Seattle lesson, I learned many unexpected things about him as you and your students will also discover.
➤ ╰┈➤ ╰┈➤ ╰┈➤ Get Free Washington State History Lessons! If you go to the product preview above, my email list is linked. Click on it and the link will take you to my Free Washington State History sign-up. I am going to give a free meaty lesson in Washington State history, that aligns with standards to all my followers. It is a great deal, and I promise the freebie will be just as high quality as this lesson.