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Inside Earth
Plate Tectonics
Benchmark
• Explain how rocks are formed…(v1ms2)
– Plate Tectonics
– Earthquakes
– Volcanoes
– Minerals
– Rocks
Plate Tectonics
• Earth’s Interior Layers
• Convection Currents in the Mantle
• Sea-Floor Spreading/Magnetism
• Plate Tectonics Theory
Student at Home Project
• Cut Away Earth Project
– Introduce (p. 15 from Inside Earth text)
– Due October 31, 2006.
– Provide examples/non examples
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Mantle
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Inner core
Outer core
Basalt
granite
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Sea Floor Spreading Activity
• Refer to page 40-41 of your book.
• Construct sea floor spreading model and
label.
• Answer the “Analyze & Conclude”
questions (#1-6).
Mystery of the Far Flung
Continents
• Group Activity (see envelope)
• Day 1 - Groups analyze continent maps
(by color) in groups and complete analysis
sheet (questions 1-3). Time for review,
and sharing of observations.
• Day 2 through Day 4 - Groups complete
pages 9-15
• Day 5 – Review all information, collect and
grade group projects.