Earth Science Syllabus: Chapter 11 Plate Tectonics
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Monday 11/11: Goal- 1. Students will explain the theory of continental drift.
2. Students will describe seafloor spreading.
1. Syllabus
2. Go over Map Homework
3. Notes on Continental Drift & Seafloor Spreading
4. Continental Drift Lab
Homework: Answer the "Thinking Critically" question on page 301 in
textbook. (question 3 under section wrap-up)
Tuesday 11/12: Goal- Students will demonstrate and explain the theory of
continental drift
1. Continental Drift Lab
Homework: Read pages 304-313 in the textbook. Answer questions 1 & 2
under section wrap-up on page 313.
Wednesday 11/13: Goal – Students will relate the structure of the Earth to the
Continental Drift Theory.
1. Notes on plate tectonics.
2. Finish Continental Drift Lab.
3. Reading “Trapped in Time”. (if time permits)
Homework: Answer these questions on a separate piece of paper:
1. What is the lithosphere?
2. Continental drift occurs because of _____________.
3. What evidence exists that supports the idea of continental drift?
4. What is magma's cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking called?
5. Plate tectonics may affect evolution because movement of the plates causes
a change in _______________.
Thursday 11/14: Goal- Relate continental drift and plate movement to earthquakes,
volcanoes, and mountain formation.
1. Notes on Earthquakes and Faults
2. Demonstration of elastic limit and plate movement
3. Crossword
Homework: Read pages 235-240 in textbook.
Friday 11/15: Goal- Relate continental drift and plate movement to earthquakes,
volcanoes, and mountain formation.
1. Notes on Earthquake information and Earth’s structure
2. Demonstration of waves and earth’s structure
3. Demonstration of a seismograph
Homework: Read pages 241-257.
Section wrap-up on page 251 questions 1 & 2.
Section wrap-up on page 257 questions 1 & 2.