Lesson 549th Grade

Mr. Petersen

Science

Pass Out “Self Starter Paper”Lesson 53 * Date: 12/1/2014

• Monday’s Self Starter

• Today’s Learning Objective: Glaciers help shape the surface of Earth.

• Essential Question: What is the force that holds everything together?

• Gravity

• Today’s Homework: Nothing.

Self Starter * Lesson 54Date: 11/30/2014

• Learning Objective: The students will learn about Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics.

• Essential Question: Be able to list 3 examples of evidence that explain the Theory of Continental Drift.

• Answer: fossil record, ancient climates and geometric fit of continents.

• Homework: Nothing

Glossary Portfolio 4 [ 1]Make sure you number and underline each Glossary word and write out the whole definition. Students who don’t write the whole definition will lose 10 points off the top of their Portfolio Score.

1. Convection-2. Conduction-3. Alfred Wegener-4. Continental Drift-5. Plate Tectonics-

Assignment Log Portfolio 4Assignment

Number Assignment TitleLesson Number

1 Glossary List 49

2 Earth Layer Information Table 48

3 Constructive Response Questions 49 & 50

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Glossary List [ 1]

1. Terrestrial Planet-2. Jovian Planet-3. Inference-4. Chromosphere-5. Heat-6. Atmosphere-7. Light Year-8. Superposition (Law of)-

9. system-10. Chemosynthesis-11. Heliocentric-12. H-R Diagram-13. Core-14. Radiometric dating-

15. Mantle-16. Lithosphere-17. Crust-18. Asthenosphere-19. Inner core-20. Outer Core-21. Pluton-22. Convection-23. Conduction-24. Alfred Wegner-25. Continental Drift-26. Plate tectonics-

There will be a quiz at the end of this Lesson

• So, concentrate and learn what we are learning about today.

• There will be five questions.

Seven Step Process

• Tectonics• Word in context of the textbook:Tectonics (, meaning "building") is a field of study within geology concerned generally with the structures within the lithosphere of the Earth (or other planets) and particularly with the forces and movements that have operated in a region to create these structures. Tectonics is concerned with the and tectonic development and tectonic terranes as well as the earthquake and volcanic belts which directly affect much of the global population. Tectonic studies are also important for understanding erosion patterns in geomorphology and as guides for the economic geologist searching for petroleumand metallic ores.

Dictionary Definition of Tectonics

• Geology Relating to, causing, or resulting from structural deformation of the earth's crust.

Teacher/Student Friendly Definition

• Building of structures within the lithosphere or crust of the earth like mountains, volcanoes, trenches, new ocean floor etc.

Please repeat the word 3 times softly

• Tectonics

• Tectonics

• Tectonics

Why Learn Earth Science? 6 min 34 sec

Do activity with Wood Blocks

• Demonstrate with your Blocks a Divergent Fault boundary

• Demonstrate with your Blocks a Convergent Fault Boundary

• Demonstrate with your Blocks a transform fault boundary

Convection Currents

• Hot air rises and cool air falls.

• Hot water rises cool water falls.

• Hot magma rises and cool magma falls

• The driving force or mechanism of movement in plate tectonics is convection currents.

Watch This Video On Convection Currents

Formative Assessment * 25 points

• Take out a half sheet of lined paper.

• Put your first and last names and class period on your paper.

• Number the paper from 1 to 5. Leave a space between each number.

• Keep your eyes on your own papers.

• The students that say the answer aloud will be given a “0” on the quiz.

Quiz * 25 Points

1. What type of boundary is this?

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2. What type of boundary is this?

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3. What type of boundary is this?

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4. Write as much as you can remember about the word tectonics.

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5. What type of current is responsible for plate movement?

Answers * 25 points possibleEach question is worth 5 points

• 1. divergent fault boundary

• 2. convergent fault boundary

• 3. transform fault boundary

• 4. If they wrote something about tectonics give them 5 points.

• 5. Convection Currents

Take the Test Again

• Take the test again on the back of the ½ sheet of paper.

• Write the words “Back Side” on the back of the test paper.

• Mr. Petersen will correct and record scores for the back side.

• The back side counts on your grade.

Quiz

1. What type of boundary is this?

Quiz * 25 Points

2. What type of boundary is this?

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3. Write as much as you can remember about the word tectonics.

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4. What type of boundary is this?

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5. What type of current is responsible for plate movement?

Do Check of quiz and record scores

• Gather up and staple quiz to correct later.

Correct and Record Quiz

Show Bill Nye Video * Tape 15

• Earthquake “Plate Tectonics” 1:40:00

• Pass out Cornell Note Paper. The students must take 20 important points (sentences) about the video.