Science

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Link to the movie that explains the modern evidence for Wegener's theory [|click here for movie]

Layers of the Earth Games: 1) [|Identify the layers (Speed Challenge)] 2) [|Layers of the Earth Millionaire!]

Model of the Earth's Layers, instructions:

You will be marked on: 1) Proper sizes of the layers in relation to one another 2) Proper labels 3) Attention to detail (did you do a neat and careful job or is it rushed and sloppy) 4) Your focus and effort during class work time

Steps to Creating you Layers of the Earth Model.

1) Print your name on the top side of your plate 2) Open your bag, take out the Styrofoam half-ball. 3) Use a fine tip, marker or sharpie to mark the inner core (use textbook page 219 to figure out the right size) 4) Take a small piece of brown clay and make a thin circle the same size as the inner core you just drew, place it on the Styrofoam covering the outline you had drawn. 5) Use a fine tip, marker or sharpie to mark the outer core (use textbook page 219 to figure out the right size) 6) Take a small piece of orange clay and make small “snake” loop it around the inner core and cover the sapce you had drawn for the outer core. 7) To make the mantle roll a small piece of red clay into a snake, loop it around the outer core and cover all the way to the edge of the model. 8) To make crust take a small piece of brown clay and make a slightly longer but very thin snake. Place it around the rim of the model (sticking it to the rounded part of the model not the flat part which has the mantle on it) 9) Take some green clay and make some continents placing them on the rounded side of your model. (Use the map at the front for reference) 10) Take brown clay and cover the rest of the Styrofoam in a very thin layer. 11) Fold each of the 4 pieces of masking tape over the tip of a tooth-pick. 12) Label one piece of tape inner core. 13) Label on piece of tape outer core. 14) Label on piece of tape mantle. 15) Label on piece of tape crust. 16) Place toothpicks into your model in the right place. __﻿ __ WHEN READING NEW INFORMATION The KWL strategy is a useful one for reading informational sources like textbooks. The Meanings: K: What do I already KNOW about the topic   W: What do I WANT learn about this topic / What do I WONDER still about the topic   L: What have I LEARNED about the topic

Steps to follow :
Copy the KWL chart found in this link [|KWL sample chart link] on to a lined piece of paper. Look at the title for the chapter. What is the topic? What do you already know about that topic without reading the textbook ? Write down what you know in the “K” column. Before you read the textbook ask yourself what you have learned about rocks. Write down your questions in the “W” column. Read your pages. After reading the pages write down things that you have learned about rocks in the “L” column. Did all your questions from the “W” column get answered? Did any of the things you wrote in your “K” column turn out to be wrong?