WEEK 2
Oceanography
Week-At-A-Glance
Dr. Schomer
2013
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Essential
Question
How do the dynamic
events at plate
boundaries influence
oceans and continents?
How do the dynamic
events at plate
boundaries influence
oceans and continents?
How do the dynamic
events at plate
boundaries influence
oceans and continents?
How do the dynamic
events at plate
boundaries influence
oceans and continents?
How do the dynamic
events at plate
boundaries influence
oceans and continents?
Standard
SO1. Students will
identify characteristics,
physical features, and
boundaries of the oceans.
SO1. Students will
identify characteristics,
physical features, and
boundaries of the oceans.
SO1. Students will
identify characteristics,
physical features, and
boundaries of the oceans.
SO1. Students will
identify characteristics,
physical features, and
boundaries of the oceans.
SO1. Students will
identify characteristics,
physical features, and
boundaries of the oceans.
b. Explain how the
dynamic events at plate
boundaries influence
oceans and continents.
b. Explain how the
dynamic events at plate
boundaries influence
oceans and continents.
b. Explain how the
dynamic events at plate
boundaries influence
oceans and continents.
b. Explain how the
dynamic events at plate
boundaries influence
oceans and continents.
b. Explain how the
dynamic events at plate
boundaries influence
oceans and continents.
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Methods
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Homework
Give very general
details about each
layer and about
seismic waves;
students will need
their textbook if they
did not use the
internet from Friday
(pp. 11:4-6, 10-19)
Demonstrate the
asthenosphere with
cornstarch/water
mini-lab
Watch the videoEarth’s core
(6min)
Participate in the
Edible layers
activity
 Complete
category one
from the unit 1
objectives
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Stamp category 1
from the unit 1
objectives
Make Clock Buddies
learning partners
(colored paper)
Meet with learning
partner to
summarize key
evidence for Theory
of Continental drift
Give notes on the
major plates
Seafloor spreading
lab with 6 oclock
buddies
 Answer the “green”
questions on p 11-4
and Category #2
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Review class
syllabus
Stamp p. 11-4
Origin of ocean and
earth interior quiz
Participate in the
Plate Boundaries
activity using the lab
notebooks (1 oclock
buddy) and earth
science books
Give notes on types
of boundaries
Use textbook pp. 11:
22-29 to identify
evidence for plate
tectonics
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Category 3
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Check Category 3
Watch the video
Planet Earth –Living
Machine (media
center) and fill in the
video worksheet
 Review plate tectonic
evidence/hot spots
notes
 With their 3 oclock
buddy, make plate
tectonics timeline
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Complete time
line
Participate in
Mountain
Building activity
using lab
notebooks and
earth science
books
Plate tectonics
quiz
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 answer chp 11-22
study questions
 Test #1 on Tuesday