7th Grade Science Notebook
(pgs. 86-most current available)
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Title
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How to Get a Detention
in 10 Ways…
Unit Title Page
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Clock of Eras
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Circle of Eras
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Bell Work + Chemical
Layers of Earth diagram
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Chemical Layers of the
Earth
Physical Layers of the
Earth Diagram
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Physical Layers of Earth
Bell Work
95
Theory of Continental
Drift
Pangaea Lab Puzzle
96
Description
Notes- available online.
Use the whole page to create our unit title page. Title is
“Plate Tectonics.”
-Must have at least 3 pictures
-Must be completely colored.
Glue in and complete the worksheet “Clock of Eras.”
Worksheet is available online. See me for the key.
Organize the pieces into the “Circle of Eras” according to
the era in which they occurred. See me for the key.
Bell Work 1/11
1. How might what is on the inside of the earth affect what
happens on the outside? (Write what you think).
2. We recently compared the history of the earth to a 12
hour clock. If the 12 hours represents the entire length of
time the earth has existed, humans would only be on the
clock for the last 7 seconds. If we instead compared the
timeline of the earth to a football field, about what
distance of the field do you think would represent the
amount of time humans have been on earth?
3. What does this mean about the earth?
Chemical Layers of the Earth Diagram: draw a diagram
of the Earth that shows the 3 chemical layers.
Notes- available online.
Draw a diagram of the Earth that shows the 5 Physical
Layers compared to the 3 Chemical Layers. See me for
details.
Notes- available online.
Bell Work 1/16
Please copy the question1. Which physical layers of the Earth are liquid(-ish)?
2. Which physical layers are solid?
3. What evidence did Alfred Wegener use to support his
Theory of Continental Drift?
Notes- available online.
Use the pieces and clues to attempt to recreate Pangaea.
Check key before gluing into notebook (available online).
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Pangaea Lab Questions
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Sea Floor Spreading Lab
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Theory of Sea Floor
Spreading
Bell Work
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101
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Theory of Plate Tectonics
Convection Currents
Lava Lamp
Convection Currents in
the Mantle
Bell Work
Tectonic Plate
Boundaries
Pangaea Lab Questions- Copy question in notebook, then
answer.
1. What did you do to reconstruct Pangaea?
2. How accurately were you able to reconstruct
Pangaea?
3. How is this lab similar to what Alfred Wegener
might have done to show evidence of his theory?
“Plate Tectonics Timeline-” see me for details.
Complete the lab then answer the questions on the back.
When finished, glue into notebook, (available online).
Notes- available online.
Bell Work
Please copy the questions, (underlined portion only).
1/22
1. Where does sea floor spreading occur, specifically?
(From where does the mantle material emerge?)
2. What happens to old sea floor as new sea floor is
made?
3. How is new sea floor made?
1/23
1. What is a tectonic plate?
2. There is now an ocean between Africa and South
America, though they used to be connected during
the time of Pangaea. Where did the oceanic
lithosphere separating the two continents come from?
Notes- available online.
Diagram- available online.
Diagram- see me for details.
Bell Work- Please copy the questions.
1/24
1. What causes the Earth’s massive tectonic plates to
move?
2. Where does the heat come from that creates
convection currents?
3. Who developed the theory of sea floor spreading?
Notes- available online.
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Bell Work
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Plate Boundaries Lab
Plate Boundaries:
Diagrams and Results
110
Bell Work
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112
Causes of Volcanoes
Cornstarch and Water
Lab Questions
Bell Work- please copy the question into science notebook.
1/29
1. Which is more dense, continental or oceanic
lithosphere?
2. What is it called when one plate goes under another?
3. In which type of boundary does the answer to #2
occur?
1/30
1. What landform results from two pieces of continental
crust colliding?
2. What happens when oceanic crust is subducted under
continental crust?
Tape in and complete Lab Paper- available online.
Use PowerPoint presentation (available online), to draw the
5 diagrams of the different types of plate boundaries.
(Remember there are technically three types of convergent
boundaries…) Be sure to include the landforms that result
and examples of where this can be observed.
Bell Work- please copy the question into science notebook.
1/31
1. Where do trenches form?
2. When do volcanoes form?
2/1
1. What are three ways to get the solid mantle to melt?
2. What happens at convergent boundaries that allows
the mantle to melt?
3. What happens at divergent boundaries that allows the
mantle to melt?
2/4
1. On which layer of the earth do the tectonic plates
move?
2. Who developed the theory of Sea Floor Spreading?
3. Fossils of the same species found on different
continents provide evidence used to support what
theory?
Cornell Notes- available online.
Lab Questions- please copy the question and respond in
your notebook.
1. What happens to the mixture when you stir it or press
it?
2. What did you increase by stirring or poking?
3. What happens to the mixture when you add watertry stirring it now. What happens?
4. How is this mixture like the mantle?
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Types of Volcanoes
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Bell Work
Divide your page into 3 equal spaces by drawing 2
horizontal lines. Use page 163 of the textbook “Inside the
Restless Earth” to draw a diagram of each type of volcanoone per space. Then read the corresponding text to find the
following information about each:
 Type of eruption
 What it is made of
 Description of shape
 Examples
Must be colored!
Bell Work- please copy the question
2/5
1. What are the three main types of volcanoes?
2. Why does the crust float on top of the mantle?
3. Where do we find the oldest oceanic crust?