Mr. Stephens
Oceanography
Week 4 Lessons (10/9-10/13)
Unit 3-Plate Tectonics and Ocean Basins
Due:
Day in Year
Day in Week
Reading p. 65-70
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1
∙Read p.70-73
22
2
∙Continental Drift Output
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3
Learning
Target
(Objective)
3.a.a. Describe and
diagram the theory of
plate tectonics.
3.a.b. Describe features of the
ocean floor (magnetic patterns,
age, and sea topography).
3.a.b. Describe features of the
ocean floor (magnetic patterns,
age, and sea topography).
California
Standard
Students know features of the ocean floor
(magnetic patterns, age, and sea-floor
topography) provide evidence of plate
tectonics
Students know features of the ocean floor
(magnetic patterns, age, and sea-floor
topography) provide evidence of plate
tectonics
Assessment
Continental Drift Output Notes
Warm-up
(APK)
What is the only ten letter word that
you can spell using the qwerty row?
TOTD-Earth’s surface is covered by
70+% water. We know less about
what lies at the bottom of the ocean
than the moon.
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4
3.a.a. Describe and diagram
the theory of plate tectonics.
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5
3.b.b. Identify the three
types of plate interactions
(convergent, divergent, and
transform).
Students know features of the ocean floor
(magnetic patterns, age, and sea-floor
topography) provide evidence of plate
tectonics
Students know features of the ocean floor
(magnetic patterns, age, and sea-floor
topography) provide evidence of plate
tectonics
Students know the principal structures that
form at the three different kinds of plate
boundaries
Ridges, Isochrons, Sea Floor
Activity
Rotating Lab
Isostatic Adjustment Lab
Week 4 Quiz
There are 2 ducks in front of 2 other
ducks. There are 2 ducks behind 2
other ducks. There are 2 ducks beside
2 other ducks. How many ducks are
there?
I am a three digit number. My tens
digit is five more than my ones digit.
My hundreds digit is eight less than
my tens digit. What number am I?
The point has been made. You say I
have a big head, And you're right, I'm
afraid. So put me in my place, And
then leave me alone. What I need
most, Is someone to drive me home.
Draw a house with a roof and an x
through the middle without picking up
your pen or retracing any lines.
TOTD-Science is durable but tentative.
TOTD-Big Rocks, little rocks, sand,
and water story.
TOTD-The oldest, largest, and tallest
living things in the world are all in
California.
TOTD-The average high school
dropout makes 1 million dollars, the
average hs grad makes 1.2 million
dollars, the average college grad
makes 2.1 million dollars, the average
professional degree/doctorate makes
3.4-4.4 million dollars.
Agenda
(EPK)
∙Check Reading
∙Rejoin Brainstorm groups/one
vocabulary for word wall
∙Review website
Continental Drift Notes (11)
∙5 Groups Read: Intro, Fit of
Continents, Matching
Sequences…., Glacial
Ages…,Distribution…,and
Objections.
∙Group Presentations
(continental drift notes)
∙Pangaea Activity 1 and 2
∙Check Output
∙Review Pangaea activity and
notes
∙Pangaea Animation
∙Unit III PPT Slides 8-14
∙Ridges Isochrons Sea Floor
Spreading Lab
∙Directions and Lab on link
above
∙Complete Ridges Isochrons Sea
Floor Spreading Lab
∙Answer question #4 and #5
(page 109)
∙Announcements
∙Correct Ridges Isochrons Sea
Floor Spreading Lab
∙Review questions #3-6
∙Week 4 Quiz
Homework
∙Finish preparing for group
presentations
∙Read p. 70-73
∙Finish Continental Drift output
∙Finish Reading Through page
79
∙Output on week 4 quiz
Materials
Scissors, Pangaea Cutouts,
Pangaea Activity
Paper, markers, paper clips
∙Read 74-76
∙Earth and Magnetism Output
(Answer #3,4)
Hot plate, water, food coloring
KeyAPK-Accessing Prior Knowledge
Paper, markers, paper clips
EPK-Extending Prior Knowledge
Hyperlinks to documents only work on the school server
Hyperlinks to internet work anywhere
Differentiation -Laptops enable students to work at their own pace