• Get a computer then answer the following question.

• What is the difference between a convergent, divergent, and transform plate movements.

Sept. 17, 2013

• Science Fair Rules/ Forms• Finish Web quest and take quiz turn

into bin• Work on research for science fair while

everyone finishes• Reading Assignment & questions Due

Wednesday!!• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9j1

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This Week

• Science Fair Proposals due Friday–Working on Monday & Tuesday!!

• Notes on position, density and composition of Earth

• Convection Lab & Pangea Activity

Science Fair

• Your research plan should reflect what was actually done for your project and the details should match what is written in your abstract.

• Must include:– Question or problem being addressed– Hypothesis/Engineering Goals– Detailed description of methods or procedures– Please note that data is not to be included– Bibliography minimum of 5

• http://www.ncsciencefair.org/index.php/students-a-parents/forms

Sept. 18

• Density= Mass/Volume• Out of the four layers of the earth. Which do

you think would be the most dense? Which would be the least dense?

Today

• Interactive Notes

• Earth Layers Reading Due TOMORROW!!

What is the composition of the Earth?

• Earth composed of rock• ¾ of the earth’s surface

is covered by a thin layer of water (some frozen)• The Atmosphere (thin

layer of gas) surrounds the entire planet

• Earth is made of 4 different layers: – Inner core– Outer core– Mantle– crust

What are characteristics

of the Inner Core?

• Solid• Surrounded by a liquid

outer core• Unattached to the mantle• Iron metal- mostly the

element Nickel• The inner layer with the

rotational motion of the Earth create a force field- AKA a magnetic field

What are characteristics of the Outer

Core?

• Liquid• Layer is dense

What are characteristics of the Mantle?

• Suspended by the molten (liquid) outer core

• Almost floats on top• Thick• Hot

What are characteristics of

the Crust?• Continental and

oceanic plates that slowly move and change positions throughout geologic time.

Sept.20

• Can heat move? If it can, how does it move? When you heat a container of water, does the water move or stay still?

IDENTIFY as Convection, Conduction, Radiation

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Sept. 26

• Finish your Pangea Activity

• Get out your Dynamic Earth Packet– TONS OF PEOPLE DIDN’T TURN IN SO I NEED TO

PUT IN YOUR GRADES!!!

PROGRESS REPORTS AT THE END OF CLASS

Today

• Finish Pangea Activity • Notes• What you can play in your free times

What are characteristics

of Plates?

• Plates move constantly at rates of centimeters per year as a result of the movements in the mantle.

• This results in major geological events: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building

What are the three

movements of plates?

–Convergent= collide–Divergent= divide–Scrap alongside

each other

How do scientist know all this? • Seismologists have studied

seismic waves..• Waves have characteristics:

frequency, wavelength, amplitude, and speed.

• During an earthquake, energy is released into Earth as: Primary, Secondary, and Surface waves.