PLATE TECTONICS
Learning Intention
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Success Criteria- I can draw label a diagram of the Earth's layers.
- I can tell a friend what each layer is made up of. - I can compare the Earth to an egg. |
Activities:
Heading in book: Structure of the Earth. - Students to draw and label the image into their workbook. ---> - Use the internet to find out the following information:
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Test Yourself
Learning Intention
- Know what the theory of plate tectonics is.
- Know who Alfred Wegner is. - Be able to describe how a convection current in the magma is responsible for the movement of the continents |
Success Criteria- I can complete the test yourself questions and get 100%
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Explicit Teaching:
What are tectonic plates?
What are the different types of crust on tectonic plates?
What is the theory of plate tectonics?
Activities Part 1:
Heading in Book: The theory of Plate Tectonics.
Click here for come information about plate tectonics
Students to observe the following image and in their workbook list the evidence that shows the land on Earth was once joined.
What are tectonic plates?
What are the different types of crust on tectonic plates?
What is the theory of plate tectonics?
Activities Part 1:
Heading in Book: The theory of Plate Tectonics.
Click here for come information about plate tectonics
Students to observe the following image and in their workbook list the evidence that shows the land on Earth was once joined.
Activities Part 2 - Alfred Wegener
If land on Earth was once joined and now it isn't, what happened? It must have moved... Geologists put this land movement down to something called Plate tectonics. This is a theory put forward that says that land masses on Earth move due to tectonic plate movement below. 1 -Use the video on the right to Research Alfred Wegener.
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2 -Students to watch the following below. As you watch, answer the 3 questions below.
a - What is a tectonic plate?
b - Do these plates stay in one place? Yes/No Explain what happens.
c - What is the difference between oceanic crust and continental crust?
Activities Part 3 - Convection Currents
1 - Use the internet to define the term convection current.
2 - Watch the video below and use it to help you explain how this convection current makes the tectonic plates move?
3 - Draw a diagram of a convection current under the Earths Crust.
1 - Use the internet to define the term convection current.
2 - Watch the video below and use it to help you explain how this convection current makes the tectonic plates move?
3 - Draw a diagram of a convection current under the Earths Crust.
Test Yourself
Learning Intention- I know the difference between Convergent, Divergent and Transform boundaries.
-I am able to explain what each of them can cause. - I am able to provide an example of where each may be on Earth. |
Success Criteria- I can get 100% in the test yourself questions.
-I can help my partner/group answer any of the questions. -My diagrams a clear and are drawn with lead pencil. - I can use the map to provide examples of the different boundaries. -I have answered all questions correctly and they have been checked. |
Explicit Teaching:
- What is a plate boundary?
- What is the direction of movement at each?
- What do each look like?
- What is a plate boundary?
- What is the direction of movement at each?
- What do each look like?
Student Activities Part 1: 1. Watch the video to the right ------> 2. Click on this link 3. Summaries the information to explain what happens when Two plates meet; |
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Column 1: Divergent Boundaries.
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Column 2: Convergent Boundaries.
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Column 3: Transform Boundaries.
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Test Yourself
Learning Intention
- Know 5 pieces of evidence to support continental drift.
- Know what magnetic striping is. -Be able to explain how it is evidence for the crust moving. |
Success Criteria-I can define magnetic striping.
-I if I look at a diagram of magnetic striping i can explain which rock is newer and which is older. - I can also tell a friend how scientists know. |
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Student Activities - Part 1
- Put the heading "Proof of Continental Drift".
- Download the powerpoint presentation and record the dates and evidence down in your book.
- Put the heading "Proof of Continental Drift".
- Download the powerpoint presentation and record the dates and evidence down in your book.
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continental_drift.pptx | |
File Size: | 570 kb |
File Type: | pptx |
Student Activities - Part 2
-Heading in book: A Closer Look at Magnetic Striping. - Students to use the information below to complete the following questions and activities:
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Break up of Pangaea
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Learning Intention
- I know how volcanoes form
- I know the location of volcanoes in Australia - I can use find and use secondary sources on volcanoes. |
Success Criteria |
Activities:
This section will be done as a group research activity. Research must cover the following areas.
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mt_st_helens_video_worksheet.docx | |
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Learning IntentionI can work in a group
I can assign roles to group members I can use secondary resources to make a presentation. |
Success CriteriaI will be able to present my resource to the class and achieve a mark of C or higher.
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earthquakes_and_tsunamis.docx | |
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Click the interactive map and take notes on what you discover (Earthquakes)
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