Homework / Mahi Kāinga 🔗
Homework is issued on a weekly basis. Find the homework booklet here.
- Thursday, April 8th:
- Monday, April 12:
- Monday, May 3rd:
Grading 🔗
Homework is graded on three things, each worth one point.
- Attempt the question
- Mark the question
- Review & correct the question
Slides / Ngā Kirita🔗
- Plate Tectonics (Slides, PDF)
- Plate Boundaries (Slides, PDF)
- New Zealand Plate Tectonics (Slides, PDF)
- Types of Lava (Slides, PDF)
- New Zealand Volcanoes (Slides, PDF)
- Taupō Volcanic Zone (Slides, PDF)
- Auckland Volcanic Field (Slides, PDF)
- Volcanic Hazards (Slides, PDF)
- Earthquakes (Slides, PDF)
- Measuring Earthquakes (Slides, PDF)
- Tsunamis (Slides, PDF)
- Exam Strategies (Slides, PDF)
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Learning Outcomes / Ngā Whāinga Ako 🔗
- Why convection currents occur in the mantle, and how this causes movement of the Earth’s tectonic plates
- Volcanoes
- Properties of the 3 types of magma, and how the type of magma produced changes the shape of a volcano
- How the type of magma affects the type of eruption that happens and what is produced in this eruption (lahars, tephra, ash falls, pyroclastic flows etc)
- Hotspot vs subduction zone volcanoes - similarities and differences in the type of volcanoes and the plate movements that cause them. Where each is found in NZ
- Dome, caldera, cone and shield volcanoes - what each looks like, linked to an example and the type of magma it has
- Earthquakes
- What type of plate boundaries and movements occur in NZ that contribute to earthquakes
- The effects of earthquakes on the landscape - cities, liquefaction
- How earthquakes are measured
- Tsunamis
- How earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and landslides can cause tsunamis
- How the size of water displacement affects the size of the wave in a tsunami
- How energy is transferred in a tsunami
- How tsunami waves can change in height and speed as they approach land / as water becomes shallower
- The impact a tsunami can have on the landscape
Unit Plan / Mahere Kōwae 🔗
| Akoranga 1 | Akoranga 2 | Akoranga 3 | Akoranga 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 W6 | 1. Plate Tectonics 1 | 2. Plate Tectonics 2 (P) | ||
| T1 W7 | 3. NZ Tectonics 1 (P) | 4. NZ Tectonics 2 | 5. Volcanoes Intro | 6. Volcanoes Intro 2 |
| T1 W8 | 7. NZ Volcanoes | 8. Magma Types 1 | 9. Magma & Volcanoes | 10. Volcanoes (P) |
| T1 W9 | 11. NZ Volcanoes | 12. TVZ | 13. AVF | 14. Volcanic Hazards |
| T1 W10 | 15. | 16. | 17. Earthquakes 1 | 18. Earthquakes 2 |
| T1 W11 | 19. Alpine Fault | 20. Tsunamis 1 (P) | 21. Tsunamis 2 | 22. Tsunamis 3 (P) |
| T2 W1 | 23. Revision 1 | 24. Revision 2 | 25. Revision 3 | 26. End of Topic Test |
Lesson Plans / Ngā Mahere Akoranga 🔗
Term 1 Week 6 🔗
Plate Tectonics 1 🔗
- Whakaritenga
- Collect textbooks
- Upload links to Google Classroom
- Print Earth structure poster
- Te Whāinga Ako
- Why convection currents occur in the mantle, and how this causes movement of the Earth’s tectonic plates
- Notes
- Slides: Plate Tectonics
- Task/Ngohe
- Glue in poster
- Make notes on Earth’s structure
- Video on what if we nuke the moon?
- Video on Wagner
- Cosmos from 17min
- Whakaritenga
Plate Tectonics 2 🔗
- Whakaritenga
- Print cloze on convection current
- Te Whāinga Ako
- Why convection currents occur in the mantle, and how this causes movement of the Earth’s tectonic plates
- Notes
- Finish plate tectonics slides
- Convection current slides
- Task/Ngohe
- Webquest starter
- Textbook page 141-146
- Whakamātau
- Whakaritenga
Term 1 Week 7 🔗
NZ Tectonics 1 🔗
- Whakaritenga
- Print cloze on convection current
- Print NZ map
- Ngā Whāinga Ako
- Be able to describe the concept of density
- Be able to describe plate motion for the three types of plate boundary
- Notes
- Slides: First half of plate boundary slides
- Task/Ngohe
- Cloze to start
- Notes
- Whakaritenga
NZ Tectonics 2 🔗
- Whakaritenga
- Print NZ maps poster Starter: Webquest
- Te Whāinga Ako 1.
- Task/Ngohe
- NZ Tectonic Plates poster activity
- Whakamātau
- Whakaritenga
Volcanoes Intro 🔗
Magma Types 1 🔗
Term 1 Week 8 🔗
Formation of Volcanoes 🔗
- Whakaritenga
- Print subduction/hot spot flowcharts
- Te Whāinga Ako
- Formation of hotspot vs subduction zone volcanoes
- Task/Ngohe
- Two pages in your book, titled Hotspot and Subduction
- Use the textbook to illustrate a diagram of the formation of the volcanoes
- Cut out the flowchart & order them onto the page
- Give examples of NZ volcanoes
- Whakaritenga
Magma Types 🔗
- Whakaritenga
- Print map of NZ volcanoes
- Te Whāinga Ako 1.
- Notes
- Slides:
- Task/Ngohe
- Sketch the main fault lines in NZ onto the map
- Finish the classification of NZ volcanoes task
- Categorise the volcanoes on your little map in your book
- Whakaritenga
Magma & Volcanoes 🔗
- Whakaritenga
- Print viscosity of magma summary
- Print volcanic composition worksheet
- Te Whāinga Ako
- Understand what makes lava viscous or not
- Relate the viscosity of lava to basic volcano shapes and explosivity
- Notes
- Slides: Types of Lava
- Task/Ngohe
- Starter on viscosity of lava research
- Volcanic composition worksheet
- Whakaritenga
Volcano Types 3 🔗
- Whakaritenga
- Book experiment
- Print volcanic composition worksheet
- Te Whāinga Ako
- Be able to relate the types of rock to their silica content, explosivity and shape.
- Notes
- Video on the Taupo Volcanic Zone
- Video on lava flows in Hawaii
- Slides:
- Task/Ngohe
- Volcanic composition graphing task
- Whakamātau
- $CO_{2}$ in drinks
- https://www.riskassess.co.nz/risk_assessment/9601201
- Whakaritenga
Term 1 Week 9 🔗
NZ Volcanoes 🔗
- Whakaritenga
- Print plate tectonics match-up
- Print 4x NZ volcanoes pictures
- Te Whāinga Ako
- Use our understanding of magma types to categorise and explain the shape of volcanoes in New Zealand
- Notes
- Slides 6: Volcanoes in New Zealand
- Task/Ngohe
- 4x NZ Volcanoes activitiy
- Whakaritenga
Taupō Volcanic Zone 🔗
Auckland Volcanic Field 🔗
- Whakaritenga
- Print map of AVF
- Print geological diagram
- Ngā Whāinga Ako
- Identify the main volcanoes in the Auckland Volcanic Field
- Describe how each of these volcanoes form
- Identify the key features of each volcano type
- Notes
- Slides: Auckland volcanic field
- Task/Ngohe
- At end of slides: textbook work on AVF
- Whakaritenga
Volcanic Hazards 🔗
Whakaritenga 🔗
- Mahi Tuatahi
- Start/Finish Textbook work from L13
- Te Whāinga Ako
- How the type of magma affects the type of eruption that happens and what is produced in this eruption.
- Notes
- Slides: Volcanic hazards slides
- Task/Ngohe
- Volcanic Hazards information poster & end of slides
Term 1 Week 10 🔗
Easter Monday🔗Easter Tuesday🔗Earthquakes 1 🔗
- Whakaritenga
- Assign reading on Google Classroom
- Assign Types of Faults on Google Classroom
- Print volcanoes crossword
- Te Whāinga Ako
- What type of plate boundaries and movements occur in NZ that contribute to earthquakes
- Notes
- Slides: Earthquakes
- Task/Ngohe
- Reading, Google Classroom & Video in slides after the notes
- Whakaritenga
Earthquakes 2 🔗
- Whakaritenga
- Te Whāinga Ako 1.
- Notes
- Slides: Measuring Earthquakes
- Task/Ngohe
- Build a Seismograph
Term 1 Week 11 🔗
Alpine Fault 🔗
Tsunamis 1 🔗
- Mahi Tuatahi: The Alpine Fault research activity
- Whakaritenga
- Schedule MT on Classroom
- Schedule Tsunamis TedED activity on Classroom
- Schedule Causes of Tsunamis on Classroom
- Te Whāinga Ako
- How earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and landslides can cause tsunamis
- Notes
- Slides: Follow tsunamis slides
Tsunamis 2 🔗
Tsunamis 3 🔗
Term 2 Week 1 🔗
Revision 1 🔗
- Notes
- Slides: Finish recap of tsunamis
- Task/Ngohe
- Answer Q1 in the past exam and hand it in at the end of the period
- Notes
Revision 2 🔗
Revision 3 🔗
Assessment 🔗
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