We are half way through the school year, can you believe it??? We are now begining a new unit on Earth's interior layers. The key concepts for this unit are: Earth's layers are ordered according to their density, how particles are sorted by size AND density and basics of plate techtonics.
Students will be required to do an Earth model project at home worth 50 points (students will bring home a rubric), bring in a "dirt bottle" to show layering (instructions follow) and a tennis ball for an activity.
Due dates for these things:
1/12 Dirt Bottle
1/14 Tennis Ball
1/20 Earth Model due
Class Schedule (please note that topics are subject to change)
1/4 No School
1/5 Begin Earth's interior- Red book read pages 96-102; Earth's layers notes, begin DR if time
1/6 finish notes and DR; Digging through the Earth video (about 10 min)
1/7 Restless Crust pg 104-107, Denser you are notes; DR
1/8 BN Earth's Crust; Correct Earth's interior DR, Begin class activity for Earth's interior.
1/11 Finish Class Activity; Forces that Shape the Earth ***** Dirt Bottle Due tomorrow
1/12 Dirt bottle due; Sort it Out notes; Correct Restless Crust DR; Prep Earth's Density Lab
1/13 Earth's Density Lab; **** Tennis balls due tomorrow!!!
1/14 Theory of Plate Tectonics pg 108-111; DR; begin tennis ball activity
1/15 Grade tennis balls; There is no place like Earth
Instructions for dirt bottle: get a empty drink bottle with a screw on lid. Fill approximately 1/2 the way full with dirt and small rocks. The bigger the variation, the better this activity works. Fill approximately 3/4 full of water and tightly screw cap on. Bring to class to observe what happens.
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