Big Idea: The theory of plate tectonics is the unifying theory that explains Earth's geological processes. 

By the end of this unit you will learn:
- types of plate movements plate boundaries earthquakes and volcanoes  
- layers of Earth
- major geological events of local significance
- First Peoples knowledge of: local geological formations significant local geological events

Nov 6
Share Microscope project
Continental Drift Theory
Pangea Activity
Bill Nye - Earth's Crust
HW: Pangea Questions due Monday
HW: Study for Eye Test Monday. Here's a study guide.
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Nov 9
Eye Test
Mapping Activity
Plate Movement PPT Notes
Layers WS

Nov 10
Plate Boundaries PPT NOTES
Snack Tectonics 
WS
Virtual Remembrance Day Ceremony - 45 min
Start Earthquakes if time
Bill Nye

Nov 11 - Remembrance Day - No School

Nov 12
Earthquakes PPT NOTES
Earthquake WS
Great Shaking Reading
School Heath Assessment from school website
Plate Tectonic Study Guide

Nov 13 
Review,
Plate Tectonic Test - Evidence of Continental Drift, Layers of Earth, How plates move, Plate Boundaries, Earthquakes.
Locating the Epicenter activity​
School Heath Assessment from school website
Textbook return 

























Suggested Notes: CONTINENTAL DRIFT
READ: p274-276, 278-281 of New Textbook online (see email for login)
Practice: #1,2,3,5,6 on page 283
Pangaea Puzzle
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Suggested Notes:  LAYERS OF THE EARTH EXPLAIN PLATE MOVEMENT
Suggested Reading: p277, 290, 293-4 of new textbook online (see email for login)


Suggested Notes:  PLATE INTERACTIONS
Suggested Reading: p291-292 of new text online
PRACTICE: #2,3,4,6,7 p295
***ASSIGNMENT TO TURN IN: PLATE INTERACTION TAKE HOME LAB. due June 1

Suggested Notes:  VOLCANOES, Frog Girl
Suggested Reading: p274-276 online textbook online
***ASSIGNMENT TO TURN IN: Volcano WS due June 8

Suggested Notes:  EARTHQUAKE Seismic Waves
Suggested Reading: p300-304, p302-303 online textbook
Start working on Earthquake WS, finish after next set of notes due Jun 15

Suggested Notes:  MEASURING EARTHQUAKES
Suggest Reading: p304 online textbook

 Complete Earthquake WS due Jun 15











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Mapping
Research Assignment














EVENTS CAUSED BY PLATE INTERACTIONS: VOLCANOES
Volcanoes, First People's Perspective: Frog Girl Reading, 

Jun 3/4
EARTHQUAKES
Types of Seismic Waves

Jun 8/9
The Great Shaking and the Great Drowning - Reading and Questions

Jun 10/11

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READ: "The Big One" 
Check out: Earthquake preparedness