Chemistry in the Earth System · Week 9 · Heat and Energy in the Earth System
Hot Springs of the Desert
Explaining the geothermal heating of local hot springs and learning how the Agua Caliente people have valued them for generations.
- Students will
- Students construct an explanation for how geothermal heat and faults create hot springs in Palm Springs and explain, from a tribal source, how the springs have shaped the lives of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and the value they hold.
- SEL skill
- Learn why a place matters to the people whose homeland includes it and respond respectfully
- What it looks like
- Students practice empathy by learning why a place matters deeply to people whose homeland includes it.
- Content focus
- Geothermal heating and local hot springs
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness is the skill of seeing a situation through someone else's eyes and caring about how it affects them, especially when their life is different from yours. More social awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-ESS3-1: High School Earth and Space Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP6 Constructing explanations and designing solutions
- Crosscutting concept: CCC2 Cause and effect
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle I: People depend on natural systems
- Literacy in science: RST.9-10.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
- Traditional course: Chemistry
Fits these textbook chapters
- Experience Chemistry, Investigation 10: Weather and Climate
- California HMH Science Dimensions: Chemistry in the Earth System, Unit 2: Heat and Energy in the Earth System
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More social awareness activities for Chemistry in the Earth System
- Clean Air Questions Social awarenessEvaluating information about combustion pollution and considering how air quality affects families differently across the valley.
- Attractions Between Particles Social awarenessInvestigating how intermolecular forces explain boiling points and how small signals shape relationships.
- Salt in the Sea Social awarenessExplaining why ionic salts concentrate as water evaporates from the Salton Sea and considering how nearby residents experience the change.
- Reactions All Around Us Social awarenessExplaining reaction patterns in everyday life and noticing how our own reactions affect others.
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