Earth Systems Model Builder

Name:

Date:

Side One: Plan Your Earth Systems Model

1. Choose the event your team will model.

Volcanic activity

Flooding

Climate change

2. Write the event and list the four Earth spheres involved.

Event:

Geosphere (land and rock):

Hydrosphere (water):

Atmosphere (air and gases):

Biosphere (living things):

3. What is one energy source involved in this event?

Sentence frame: The main energy source is __________ because it causes __________.

4. Plan at least three cause-and-effect interactions. Identify the spheres, what moves or changes, and the result.

Interaction 1: From ____________________ to ____________________

Cause and effect: ____________________________________________________________

Matter or energy? ____________________

Interaction 2: From ____________________ to ____________________

Cause and effect: ____________________________________________________________

Matter or energy? ____________________

Interaction 3: From ____________________ to ____________________

Cause and effect: ____________________________________________________________

Matter or energy? ____________________

Build, Annotate, and Use Evidence

5. Draw your model below. Include the event, all four sphere labels, arrows, and annotations.

6. Construction checklist: Check each step when it is complete.

I wrote a clear title for the event.

I labeled the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.

I drew at least three arrows with clear directions.

I identified whether each arrow shows matter or energy.

I added a cause-and-effect annotation for each arrow.

I checked that my labels and annotations are readable.

7. Technical-text evidence: Record two details from the text that support your model.

Detail 1:

Detail 2:

Use a sentence starter:

Energy from __________________ causes __________________ to __________________.

Matter moves from the __________________ to the __________________ when __________________.

This interaction affects __________________ because __________________.

Side Two: Review and Exit Response

8. Peer-review checklist: Look at another team’s model.

I can find the event title.

I can find all four sphere labels.

The arrows show clear directions.

The model identifies matter or energy.

The annotations explain cause and effect.

9. Notice and question: Write one strength and one question about the model.

One strength I notice:

One question I have:

10. Independent exit response: Summarize how the event changed at least two Earth spheres. Cite one detail from the text and explain what one arrow represents.

The event changed the __________________ and __________________ by __________________.

One detail from the text is __________________.

One arrow in my model represents __________________ moving or transferring from __________________ to __________________ because __________________.