Entry Task
Monday, December 1st
Schedule:
• Read/RSG 6.1
• Earth’s Structure Visual
1. Get a book. Turn to page 182.
2. Write down the Big Idea of
Objective: I can
chapter 6.
understand that Earth has
3. Write down the Key concepts several layers
for all 4 sections in chapter 6.
Homework:
• Complete 6.1 RSG
• Complete Earth’s
Structure Visual
Visual Instruction
• You need to make some type of “visual” to represent
Earth’s structure
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Foldable
Poster
Brochure
Book
• You must include all of Earth’s layers (including the
asthenosphere and lithosphere)
• You must include important information about each layer
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Picture
Temperature
Pressure
Density
Any other additional facts from notes, book or RSG
Tuesday, December 2nd
Schedule:
Earth’s Layers Notes
Decide if the following statements are
true. If they are true, write them down Objective: I can
as is. If they are false correct them
understand important
and write out the true statement.
information about
Earth’s layers
1. The rock cycle describes the natural
processes that form, change, break down,
Homework:
and form rocks again.
• 6.1 Vocabulary
Entry Task
2. The most common types of rocks in Earth’s
crust are sedimentary and igneous.
3. Heat or pressure can change a rock into
another type of rock.
Review: Answer the question using full
sentences, IQIA.
1. Which soil horizon do weathered rock
particles and organic matter mostly make up?
Please Have on
Desk:
• Earth Structure
Visual
A Journey from the Inside Out:
Introduction: The
Earth’s layered
structure is the result
of three factors:
temperature,
pressure, and
density - affecting
different Earth
substances.
A Journey from the Inside Out:
Inner Core: Solid
but hot (7500oC)
metals (Nickel and
Iron); intense
pressure (13 g/cm3);
2400 km diameter.
A Journey from the Inside Out:
Outer Core: Hot but
cooler (44006100oC) metals; less
pressure so a liquid;
2300 km thick;
creates magnetic
field.
A Journey from the Inside Out:
Mantle: Hot rock
(rich in iron,
magnesium and
calcium), less dense
than core (3.4
g/cm3); 2900 km
thick.
A Journey from the Inside Out:
Asthenosphere:
Layer of hot soft rock
in the upper mantle
that can move like
thick paste.
A Journey from the Inside Out:
Crust: Thin layer of
cool rock; 6-70 km
thick. Two types continental (2.7
g/cm3); granite) and
oceanic (3.0 g/cm3);
basalt).
A Journey from the Inside Out:
Lithosphere: Most
rigid earth layer;
crust + upper
mantle; sits on
asthenosphere.
Wednesday, December 3rd
Entry Task
Draw a diagram showing and
labeling Earth’s four layers.
Identify the lithosphere and
the asthenosphere on your
diagram.
Schedule:
• Chapter 6 Vocabulary
Objective: I can
understand vocabulary
terms associated with
plate tectonics
Homework
• Finish Chapter 6
vocabulary
Please have on desk:
• 6.1 Vocabulary
Chapter 6 Vocabulary
• Do every single word from all 4 sections of
chapter 6.
• There are 23 words!
• Find a list of words on page 214
• Will turn in as a packet- do NOT glue into
notebook
• This is due Tomorrow, December 4th.
Thursday, December 4th
Entry Task
Looking at your vocabulary
from yesterday:
1. Identify 5 words from
chapter 6 that you
think you may struggle
with.
2. Identify 5 words from
chapter 6 that you
feel comfortable with
Schedule:
• Read 6.2
• 6.2 Worksheet
Objective: I can understand the
tectonic plates change position
over time
Homework
• Finish 6.2 RSG
Please have on desk:
• Chapter 6 vocabulary packet
To do today
• Read 6.2 with your partner
• Work on the 6.2 Questions Worksheet with
your partner
• Once worksheet is complete, bring it up to
Mrs. Guttormsen so that you can get the
6.2 RSG
• Complete the 6.2 RSG
• If done with everything for 6.2 re-read both
6.1 and 6.2 to gain additional
understanding
Entry Task
Friday, December 5th
Write out each definition and
match it with the correct term.
1. Huge landmass in which all
continents were once joined
2. Hypothesis that Earth’s
continents were once joined in a
single landmass and gradually
moved apart
3. Theory that Earth’s lithosphere
is made up of huge, moving plates
that are carried around the
planet by motions in the mantle.
Terms:
Pangaea, sea-floor spreading, plate
tectonics, continental drift
DO NOT TOUCH THE
LAB SUPPLIES
Schedule:
• Convection Currents Lab
Objective: I can
understand how convection
currents move Earth’s plates
Homework
• Complete Lab Packet
• 6.1 and 6.2 Quiz Monday
Please Have on Desk:
• 6.2 RSG