Review Chapter 2 Earth Processes

Chapter 2 Earth Processes Day#7. Lesson plan

Enhancing AICE Marine Science Exam Success: Strategies for Reviewing Key Concepts

Teaching AICE Marine Science requires a deep understanding of various complex topics, and preparing students for their exams can be challenging. To help improve your students’ passing rates, focusing on effective strategies for reviewing key concepts is crucial. This blog post will provide targeted approaches for teaching tectonic processes, weathering, erosion, and sedimentation, as well as tides and ocean currents.

Objectives

Review
- 2.1 Tectonic processes
- 2.2 Weathering, erosion, and sedimentation
- 2.3 Tides and ocean currents
Understand the format and structure of AICE style questions.
Practice answering AICE style questions to reinforce understanding of key concepts.
Receive immediate feedback to improve exam readiness.

Materials

Vocabulary

Describe: state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
Explain: set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things evident / provide why and/or how and support with relevant evidence
State: express in clear terms
Predict: suggest what may happen based on available information
Suggest: apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there are a range of valid responses in order to make proposals
Define: give precise meaning
Outline: set out main points
Calculate: work out from given facts, figures or information

Bellringer

Bellringer#7
Alternative: Describe one economic and one ecologic impact of suppressed upwelling.

Lesson Outline

Instruction

Class discussion
- have a quick discussion/review on the most important topics of this chapter:
  - structure of earth’s interior
  - difference between convergent, divergent, transform boundary
  - ocean features plate boundaries form
  - theory of plate tectonics and continental drift
  - evidences supporting the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift
  - weathering, erosion and sedimentation
  - tides and ocean currents
  - ENSO

Small group activity/ Collaborative learning
- Review/ Practice Questions Cambridge style
  AICE style questions follow a specific format and structure that students will encounter in their actual exams. By regularly exposing students to these types of questions, you help them become familiar with the exam’s layout, question phrasing, and expected answers. This familiarity reduces anxiety and boosts confidence, enabling students to focus more on content knowledge during the exam.
  - Distribute printed AICE style questions to each student.
  - Set a time limit for each question or section to simulate exam conditions (e.g., 1-2 minutes per mark).
  - Encourage students to read each question carefully, annotate key points, and plan their answers.
  - Allow students to work in pairs to answer the questions.
  - Monitor progress and provide support as needed, clarifying any misunderstandings or offering hints to guide students in the right direction.
  - After each question or section, facilitate a class discussion to review the answers.
  - Use the whiteboard to outline model answers (use the answer key), highlight key points, and discuss common mistakes or misconceptions.
  - Encourage students to compare their answers with the model answers provided.
  - I don’t collect students’ completed answer sheets, but I provide personalized feedback on strengths and areas for improvement as I walk around and check on each group’s answers.
  - Encourage students to ask questions and seek further clarification on any challenging topics.

Exit ticket
- If you opt to have students complete their notes using the Student Guided Notes format during your lecture, then use the bellringer as the exit ticket activity in class.
- If you opt to have students complete their notes using the Student Guided Notes format at home (homework), then use the following exit ticket activity:
  - Identify two topics from Chapter 2 Earth processes that you feel confident about and two topics from this chapter that you find challenging.