Week of: November 26, 2012 – November 30, 2012
Aim & Objectives:
Monday: Chapter 7 Lesson 1
Review
Warm Up: List the four pieces of
evidence that support Wegner’s
theory of continental drift.
Performance Objectives:
Students will be able to:
 Compare plate tectonics with
other theories of crustal motion.
 Define the terms crust, original
horizontality, continental drift,
sea-floor spreading, magma,
plate tectonics, mantle, and
subduction.
 Explore finding patterns in
coastlines of continents.
 Evaluate continental drift and
sea-floor spreading.
Instructional Strategies,
Activities, Labs and Process
Skills
The students will fill in a lesson
outline based on the facts they have
learned from Chapter 7.
Homework: Complete Outline.
Test on Wednesday
Applicable CPI
5.4.6.B.2
Examine Earth’s surface features
and identify those created on a
scale of human life or on a geologic
time scale.
5.4.6.D.1
Apply understanding of the motion
of lithospheric plates to explain why
the Pacific Rim is referred to as the
Ring of Fire.
Resources, Materials, Web Sites:
Chapter 7 Lesson Outline
Text pages D4-D15
Website:
http://education.nationalgeographic.
com/education/encyclopedia/contine
ntal-drift/?ar_a=1
Tuesday: Chapter 7 Lesson 1
Review
Warm Up: 5 minutes quiet study.
Performance Objectives:
Students will be able to:
 Compare plate tectonics with
other theories of crustal motion.
 Define the terms crust, original
horizontality, continental drift,
sea-floor spreading, magma,
plate tectonics, mantle, and
subduction.
 Explore finding patterns in
coastlines of continents.
 Evaluate continental drift and
sea-floor spreading.
The students will play a white-board
game based on questions to review
for tomorrow’s test.
Homework: Test Tomorrow
5.4.6.B.2
Examine Earth’s surface features
and identify those created on a
scale of human life or on a geologic
time scale.
Jeopardy on SmartBoard
5.4.6.D.1
Apply understanding of the motion
of lithospheric plates to explain why
the Pacific Rim is referred to as the
Ring of Fire.
Wednesday: Chapter 7 Lesson 1
Performance Objectives:
Students will be able to:
 Compare plate tectonics with
other theories of crustal motion.
 Define the terms crust, original
horizontality, continental drift,
sea-floor spreading, magma,
plate tectonics, mantle, and
subduction.
 Explore finding patterns in
coastlines of continents.
 Evaluate continental drift and
sea-floor spreading.
Students will take a test on Chapter
7 Lesson 1.
Homework: No Homework
5.4.6.B.2
Examine Earth’s surface features
and identify those created on a
scale of human life or on a geologic
time scale.
5.4.6.D.1
Apply understanding of the motion
of lithospheric plates to explain why
the Pacific Rim is referred to as the
Ring of Fire.
Text pages D4-D15
Thursday: Where do Earthquakes
Happen?
Warm Up: Earthquake video clip as
an introduction.
Performance Objectives:
Students will be able to:
 Explore patterns to the location
of earthquakes.
Friday: Why do earthquakes
happen?
Warm Up: Log onto a laptop
Performance Objectives:
Students will be able to:
 Explore patterns to the location
of earthquakes.
 Describe what earthquakes are.
Students will plot the longitude and
latitude of some past earthquakes
on a map. After all of the
earthquakes have been plotted, the
students will compare their map
they completed with the map of
Earth’s plate boundaries on page
D11.
The students will visit a variety of
web sites about earthquakes.
Along with the macbooks, the
smartboard will be running with the
websites the students will be on as
well.
5.4.6.B.2
Examine Earth’s surface features
and identify those created on a
scale of human life or on a geologic
time scale.
5.4.6.D.1
Apply understanding of the motion
of lithospheric plates to explain why
the Pacific Rim is referred to as the
Ring of Fire.
5.4.6.B.2
Examine Earth’s surface features
and identify those created on a
scale of human life or on a geologic
time scale.
5.4.6.D.1
Apply understanding of the motion
of lithospheric plates to explain why
the Pacific Rim is referred to as the
Ring of Fire.
Explore activity page D19
Atlases
Earthquake video clip United
Streaming video:
http://player.discoveryeducation.co
m/index.cfm?guidAssetId=5B6930F
D-13BC-45DE-971C718B0C1BD378&blnFromSearch=1
&productcode=US
Text pages D20-DD26
Website:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kid
s/