OpenSciEd Unit 6.4 · Lesson 09
Look for: Magma is far below the surface and is liquidy…
From Teacher Edition
Facilitation guidance from the lesson plan — what to notice in student thinking and how to respond while teaching.
What to look / listen for
Students explaining that:
Magma is far below the surface and is liquidy rock that moves
When magma moves, everything above it moves
Magma movings makes the plates on the surface of Earth move
Plate movement changes the surface of Earth when they interact or spread apart
What to do
Some students may include correlational events as part of their causal explanation, such as earthquakes or volcanoes. If they do, encourage them to look back at the Causal Chain of Events for Changes to Mountains poster to remind themselves what we figured out about earthquakes and volcanoes in relation to mountains changing. Have them think about the causes for volcanoes forming, earthquakes happening, or mountains changing. In each of these cases, they should say that it’s due to magma moving and plate movement. Thus, they all have a common event that occurs, so volcanoes and earthquakes can’t be the ultimate cause for mountains changing.