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Student Learning Map for Unit: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (4.1)
Key Learning(s):
The Earth is made up of different layers that are dynamic. There is a connection between the features of the Earth and the rock
cycle. Phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes result from tectonic activity. The current location of the continents is the result
of past plate movement and is continually changing. Sand forms in many different ways. There are differences between
active/passive and primary/secondary coasts. Humans make modifications to the coastline for many reasons.
Unit Essential Question(s):
How is Earth’s inside different from its outside?
What is Continental Drift and Seafloor Spreading?
What can sediments tell you about biological productivity and ecological concerns?
How do we classify sediment?
How do sedimentation processes differ based on their location?
How are coasts classified and how do they change over time?
Concept:
Concept:
Concept:
Concept:
The Earth
Inside and Out
The Theory of
Continental Drift
The Theory of
Seafloor Spreading
The Unifying Theory:
Plate Tectonics
Lesson Essential Question(s):
Lesson Essential Question(s):
Lesson Essential Question(s):
Lesson Essential Question(s):
How do scientists classify
Earth’s internal layers? (A)
What is the Rock Cycle? (A)
How does Archimedes’
Principle relate to the structure
of the Earth? (A)
What is isostatic equilibrium?
(ET)
What are Pangaea and
Panthalasa? (A)
What is the Theory of
Continental Drift? (A)
What evidence did Wegener use
to support the Theory of
Continental Drift? (ET)
Why didn’t scientists originally
accept the Theory of
Continental Drift? (ET)
How did the invention of
SONAR contribute to
information about the ocean
bottom? (A)
What is the Theory of Seafloor
Spreading? (A)
What evidence supports the
Theory of Seafloor Spreading?
(ET)
What 2 theories does the
Theory of Plate Tectonics
unite? (A)
According to the Theory of
Plate Tectonics, what does the
lithosphere consist of? (A)
According to the Theory of
Plate Tectonics, what happens
at a boundary (divergent,
convergent, and transform)?
KEY:
(A) – Acquisition Lesson
(ET) – Extended Thinking
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Asthenosphere
Earthquake
Erosion
Fault
Igneous
Internal layer
Isostatic equilibrium
Isostatic rebound
Lithosphere
Lava
Metamorphic
Rock cycle
Sediment
Sedimentary
Thermal plumes
Weathering
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Drift
Gondwanaland
Laurasia
Pangaea
Panthalassa
Theory of continental
drift
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Hydrothermal vent
Magnetometer
Mid-ocean ridges
Radiometric dating
Rift valley
Theory of seafloor
spreading
Trenches
(ET)
What is the Hot Spot Theory?
(A)
What forces cause tectonic
plates to move? (A)
What changes will occur in the
oceans and the continents over
the next millions of years? (A)
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Model from Learning-Focused Strategies. Thompson, M., Thompson, J. (2008)
Convection current
Convergent boundary
Core
Crust
Divergent boundary
Fault
Hot spot
Island arc
Magma
Mantle
Principle of
uniformitarianism
“Ring of Fire”
San Andreas Fault
Subduction zone
Theory of plate
tectonics
Transform boundary
volcano