Geology Revision
10SCIE - Geology
Finn Le Sueur
2024
1. Ensure your notes are complete
- Go through each set of slides
- Read them thoroughly and add any missing notes to your exercise book
- Do not re-write your notes - this practice is time consuming and not very beneficial.
2. Read through your notes
- After ensuring your notes are complete, read through them slowly.
- If you don’t understand what something means, take a bright coloured pen and indicate this next to the note.
- This should be a slow process and not something you do in 5 minutes.
- At the end, seek clarification from your teacher or the internet about the points you highlighted.
3. Create a single sided A4 summary notes sheet
- Can be a mind-map, or more organised boxes
- Include diagrams
- Fit it all onto one page
4. Check your understanding of the learning outcomes
- In your exercise book, write each learning outcome and then use your notes to write a paragraph showing your understanding and explaining about that learning outcome.
- The learning outcomes can be found on the Geology home page!
e.g. Explain the theory of plate tectonics using many sources of evidence
Alfred Wegner was the first to propose the idea that the Earth’s crust may be broken up into parts that can move. He was unable to provide a mechanism for how the plates could move, he just hypothesised that they did.
Some of the evidence he cited was:
- the shape of the continents - they seemed to fit together
- similar geology found on separate continents indicating they were once joined
- similar flora and fauna on separate continents indicating they were once joined
- organisms found on disparate continents - across gaps of ocean so large they could not travel across without them being closer together in the past.
5. Complete/expand/redo worksheets & research docs
- Research Document: Evidence for Tectonic Drift (Aug 30-03 Remote Learning Post on Classroom)
- Research Document: New Zealand Volcanoe (Classroom)
- Research Document: Local Geology (Classroom)
Being able to write long answer questions is VITAL for this assessment. Consider writing a long answer for each geological feature on this document (make a copy)
6. Complete Education Perfect revision task
7. Can you answer all the questions on Kahoot/Quizlet/Quizizz?
- Multiple Sets: https://quizlet.com/finnlesueur/folders/y10-science/sets
- Volcanoes: https://quizlet.com/nz/616896100/volcanoes-in-new-zealand-flash-cards/
- Volcanoes: https://create.kahoot.it/details/61eaa7f1-ae67-486c-92cf-064a648a58e8
- Rock Cycle: https://quizlet.com/nz/619884045/rock-cycle-flash-cards/
8. Watch Documentaries
This should be done only after you have finished everything else!
- Perfect Planet Episode 1
- Beneath New Zealand Episode 1, Mountains and Caves
- Beneath New Zealand Episode 2, Volcanoes
- Beneath New Zealand Episode 3, Rocks and Quakes
- Beneath New Zealand Episode 4, A Threatening Present (Pink and White Terraces)
- Beneath New Zealand Episode 5, A Violent Past (Gondwana etc.)
- Beneath New Zealand Episode 6, A Firey Future (Auckland)
9. Stuck?
Ask the internet, a friend, a parent/cargiver or email lsf@cashmere.school.nz!