170 The History of the Earth: Supplemental Guide CA | Culminating Activities
Syntactic Awareness Video: Conjunction Junction
Show students the Schoolhouse Rock! “Conjunction Junction”
video, widely available on a number of teaching websites.Exploring Student Resources
Materials: Domain-related student websites
Pick appropriate websites from the Internet for further exploration
of fossils and dinosaurs.Videos Related to History of the Earth
Materials: Videos about fossils and dinosaurs
Carefully peruse the Internet for short (5-minute), age-appropriate
videos about fossils and dinosaurs.
Prepare some questions related to the content presented in the
videos.
Discuss how watching a video is the same as and different from
listening to a storybook or read-aloud.
Have students ask and answer questions using question words
who, what, when, where, and why regarding what they see in the
videos.Volcano Camera
Website: http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/cams/
Visit the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s volcano cameras to
obtain fi rsthand views of the Mauna Loa or Kilauea volcanoes of
Hawaii.Lava in a Cup
Materials: (per student or small group) clear plastic drinking
cup, ¼ cup vegetable oil, 1 teaspoon of salt, water,
food coloring (optional)
Ask students to explain the difference between lava and magma. If
necessary, remind students that magma is hot, molten rock under
the surface of the earth, and lava is magma that has erupted from
a volcano and is cooling on the surface of the earth.