Earth Changes. Engaging & Interactive Builds Fluency

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1 Causation Cards Earth Changes Engaging & Interactive Builds Fluency

2 Causation cards are a fun, interactive way to review vocabulary and concepts that students need to learn. In addition, this engaging activity helps improve fluency and listening skills. So how do causation cards work? The method is similar to the I have who has cards, where each student has to listen carefully to other students to know when it is their turn. However, causation cards do not contain a repeated language (like I have who has ). Instead it will state an action that a student must perform and a statement they must say. The action can be something simple from jumping in the air to drawing on the board. The statement can be a definition of a term or related concept. In this resource, you will find the end of a statement the previous student said in blue (or bold in the black and white version), the action to be performed in green (or in italics in the black and white version), and what that particular student who has the card says in regular black font. I have also placed numbers on each card so you know if you have all your cards and what order they go in. Finally, along the border you will find the prop needed to complete the action, if applicable. This activity can be used as a quick review or as an introduction. You can challenge students to go through the entire set as fast as they can or to beat their previous record. I hope you enjoy this fun activity! Earth Changes

3 Starting Card The Earth is always changing! Sometimes it changes by building new land and other times land is destroyed. land is destroyed. The earth contains three layers - the crust, the mantle, and the core! It s a lot like this apple. (Take a bite.) Yum! Juicy! apple Yum! Juicy! The crust is made up of plates that float around on top of the mantle. These plates can slide past one another or collide. (Slam hands together.) Boom! Boom! When the plates collide, they can create mountains. Go to the board and draw a mountain.

4 create mountains. Earthquakes are also caused by the plates moving. It can destroy cities and create a lot of damage. Carefully knock over a chair and act like an earthquake occurred. lot of damage. Some earthquakes can cause huge waves of water called tsunamis. One tsunami had waves as high as 131 feet! (Do the wave like at a ball game.) Wow! That s a lot of water! chair lot of water! Sometimes the plates in the Earth s crust have openings that let ash, gas, and hot magma escape. This is called a volcano. Go to the board and erase the top of the mountain. Change the top to a volcano opening. called a volcano. Jump and say: Up comes the magma! KABOOM!

5 KABOOM! Volcanoes can be very destructive. Lava and ash rained on Pompeii in 79 AD when Mount Vesuvius blew its top. Many people died. Fall down and play dead. people died. Some volcanoes are under water. Swim toward the board and erase the volcano. are under water. Volcanoes can be constructive too though. For instance, volcanoes can form islands. Go to the board and draw an island with a palm tree. can form islands. Hawaii is an island formed from volcanoes. Go to the board and add smaller islands in a row next to the larger one.

6 from volcanoes! Landslides can also destroy the surface of the Earth. Landslides are when the Earth s soil and rocks slide down a slope together. (Pretend to slide down a hill. Put your hands in the air.) Weeeeeee! Weeeeeee! A flood is when land that is normally dry is overflowing with water. Floods can be important for farming but they can also damage land and property. Pretend to be in a rowing boat and sing, row, row, row your boat. land and property. The Earth s surface also changes from weathering and erosion. This team works together to create and destroy! (Fly around like Superman.) It s a bird, it s a plane, it s Team Weathering and Erosion! weathering and erosion! Weathering is the breaking down of the Earth s surface. Tear up a piece of paper and create a pile. Do not remove it. piece of paper

7 the Earth s surface. Water, ice, wind, and temperature can hammer the Earth s surface, breaking it down. Slam your fist into your other hand. breaking it down. Plants and animals can also weather the Earth s surface. Humans have also helped by chopping down trees and building cities. (Pretend to chop down a tree.) TIMBER!! TIMBER!! Weathering doesn t work alone. It needs its sidekick, erosion, to come and carry sediment away. Go over to the pile of paper on the student s desk and pick it up. Carry it to your desk. carry it away. Like weathering, erosion can happen by ice, water, wind, or gravity. (Drop a pencil then point to it.) Look Gravity! pencil

8 Look Gravity! When sediment is dropped it is called deposition. This force of erosion is good for the Earth because it creates landforms! (Pretend to look through binoculars. Then Say:) Land HO! New land! Land ho! New land. In summary, changes to the Earth s surface can be constructive because they create new land. Take a piece of clay and shape it into a mountain. Piece of clay creates new land. But changes to the Earth s surface can be destructive because they destroy land over a long time. Go over to the previous student and smash the clay mountain slowly. a long time. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the Earth Changes. Bow to the class.

9 Starting Card The Earth is always changing! Sometimes it changes by building new land and other times land is destroyed. land is destroyed. The earth contains three layers - the crust, the mantle, and the core! It s a lot like this apple. (Take a bite.) Yum! Juicy! apple Yum! Juicy! The crust is made up of plates that float around on top of the mantle. These plates can slide past one another or collide. (Slam hands together.) Boom! Boom! When the plates collide, they can create mountains. Go to the board and draw a mountain.

10 create mountains. Earthquakes are also caused by the plates moving. It can destroy cities and create a lot of damage. Carefully knock over a chair and act like an earthquake occurred. lot of damage. Some earthquakes can cause huge waves of water called tsunamis. One tsunami had waves as high as 131 feet! (Do the wave like at a ball game.) Wow! That s a lot of water! chair lot of water! Sometimes the plates in the Earth s crust have openings that let ash, gas, and hot magma escape. This is called a volcano. Go to the board and erase the top of the mountain. Change the top to a volcano opening. called a volcano. Jump and say: Up comes the magma! KABOOM!

11 KABOOM! Volcanoes can be very destructive. Lava and ash rained on Pompeii in 79 AD when Mount Vesuvius blew its top. Many people died. Fall down and play dead. people died. Some volcanoes are under water. Swim toward the board and erase the volcano. are under water. Volcanoes can be constructive too though. For instance, volcanoes can form islands. Go to the board and draw an island with a palm tree. can form islands. Hawaii is an island formed from volcanoes. Go to the board and add smaller islands in a row next to the larger one.

12 from volcanoes! Landslides can also destroy the surface of the Earth. Landslides are when the Earth s soil and rocks slide down a slope together. (Pretend to slide down a hill. Put your hands in the air.) Weeeeeee! Weeeeeee! A flood is when land that is normally dry is overflowing with water. Floods can be important for farming but they can also damage land and property. Pretend to be in a rowing boat and sing, row, row, row your boat. land and property. The Earth s surface also changes from weathering and erosion. This team works together to create and destroy! (Fly around like Superman.) It s a bird, it s a plane, it s Team Weathering and Erosion! weathering and erosion! Weathering is the breaking down of the Earth s surface. Tear up a piece of p aper and create a pile. Do not remove it. piece of paper

13 the Earth s surface. Water, ice, wind, and temperature can hammer the Earth s surface, breaking it down. Slam your fist into your other hand. breaking it down. Plants and animals can also weather the Earth s surface. Humans have also helped by chopping down trees and building cities. (Pretend to chop down a tree.) TIMBER!! TIMBER!! Weathering doesn t work alone. It needs its sidekick, erosion, to come and carry sediment away. Go over to the pile of paper on the student s desk and pick it up. Carry it to your desk. carry it away. Like weathering, erosion can happen by ice, water, wind, or gravity. (Drop a pencil then point to it.) Look Gravity! pencil

14 Look Gravity! When sediment is dropped it is called deposition. This force of erosion is good for the Earth because it creates landforms! (Pretend to look through binoculars. Then Say:) Land HO! New land! Land ho! New land. In summary, changes to the Earth s surface can be constructive because they create new land. Take a piece of cl ay and shape it into a mountain. Piece of clay creates new land. But changes to the Earth s surface can be destructive because they destroy land over a long time. Go over to the previous student and smash the clay mountain slowly. a long time. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the Earth Changes. Bow to the class.

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