Social Studies 12 – Physical Geography – Lesson 1: Components of the Earth

Overview

Duration

100 minutes

Lesson Objective

• To learn about the components of the earths system and how they interact. 

Lesson Outcomes

• Explain the concept of a “system” as it applies to Earth.
• Identify the five spheres of the Earth system.
• Identify and analyze how matter and energy change and cycle through the system as the spheres interact.
• Analyze an event and present findings to the class.

The Lesson

Sequence

1. Starter: Determine prior knowledge of students through questioning.
2. Teacher led – Introduce the concept of a system – Class brainstorm on Earth’s systems.
3. Techer led – Introduce new terms – the five spheres. Explain through PowerPoint.
4. How do spheres impact everyday life of student’s? [Individual task].
5. Teacher led – Discuss how the spheres interact.
6. Create examples of how the spheres interact [Individual task].
7. Analyse photos of both human and natural events on Earth and create a connection model to show how the spheres interact [Individual task].
8. Experiential Learning Task:
   Local area walk to observe spheres and how they interact [Class Task].
9. Review: Discuss findings of local observation task as a class.

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