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Learning Goals & Products

Learning Goals

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Students will be able to analyze California map data to identify the four geographic regions and explain patterns in major landforms and Earth features.

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Students will be able to investigate erosion by collecting observations and measurements that show how water, wind, ice, or vegetation changes Earth materials.

3

Students will be able to interpret patterns in rock formations, rock layers, and Ashfall fossil evidence to explain how landscapes and prehistoric animal communities changed over time.

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Students will be able to design and compare solutions that reduce the effects of erosion, volcanic activity, or another natural Earth process on humans using defined criteria and constraints.

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Students will be able to justify an evidence-based conclusion about how and why Earth’s surface changes while accurately using GLAD CCD vocabulary and acknowledging investigation limitations.

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Students will be able to revise and communicate their investigation findings by applying peer feedback, contributing to shared decisions, and self-assessing progress after each lesson.

Products

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California Earth Change Investigation Portfolio

Each student documents an assigned or selected question, structured method, map and source notes, erosion data, Ashfall fossil analysis, hazard-solution comparison, conclusions, limitations, revisions, and six lesson self-assessments. Students may choose a paper research notebook, illustrated field investigation guide, or narrated digital investigation record while completing the same required evidence sections.

Student choices
Paper Research Notebook — A bound or stapled notebook containing dated observations, labeled diagrams, data tables, analyses, revisions, and reflections.
Illustrated Field Investigation Guide — A field-guide format combining concise scientific writing with maps, diagrams, fossil evidence, data displays, and design comparisons.
Narrated Digital Investigation Record — A slide-based record with recorded narration, photographs or drawings, data displays, source notes, conclusions, and reflections.
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Earth Change Museum Scientific Investigation Exhibit and Presentation

Teams synthesize members’ evidence into a revised exhibit featuring an annotated GLAD California topographical pictorial, CCD vocabulary chart, erosion investigation, Ashfall fossil time-change display, and comparison of hazard-reduction designs. During Museum Night, team members explain methods, findings, conflicting or unusual results, limitations, and new questions using visual supports and sentence frames.

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