Do Now:
Explain how mountains can often be the reason why some places have a desert climate.
Day 2:
Describe how the process of "convection" works.
How far are we from the sun?
Of what does the solar system consist?
What is the lithosphere?
What are the layers inside the earth?
How do continents move?
What are tectonic plates?
How do plates move?
What happens when plates meet each other?
Where do earthquakes occur?
What is a seismograph?
How is earthquake damage caused?
What happens during a volcanic eruption?
What is the Ring of Fire?
Combined lesson (two parts) on both Internal forces and external forces that shape the earth. This lesson creates a foldable product.
describe the physical forces that shape the earth, both internal and external, using class discussion, foldable graphic organizer, guided notes.
Guiding Question in this lesson is to constantly relate how the physical processes both on and in the earth affect the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and (especially) lithosphere.
A Billion Years in 40 seconds