Earth Science
Essential Questions:
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Lesson 1 - Earth's Interior
Lesson 2 - Drifting Continents
Lesson 3 - SeaFloor Spreading Lesson 4 - Theory of Plate Tectonics
Lesson 5 - Convection in the Mantle
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Standards (Next Generation Science Standards)
MS-ESS2-1. Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the processes of melting, crystallization, weathering, deformation, and sedimentation, which act together to form minerals and rocks through the cycling of Earth’s materials.]
MS-ESS2-2. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on how processes change Earth’s surface at time and spatial scales that can be large (such as slow plate motions or the uplift of large mountain ranges) or small (such as rapid landslides or microscopic geochemical reactions), and how many geoscience processes (such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and meteor impacts) usually behave gradually but are punctuated by catastrophic events. Examples of geoscience processes include surface weathering and deposition by the movements of water, ice, and wind. Emphasis is on geoscience processes that shape local geographic features, where appropriate.]
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- What are "layers" of Earth?
- What is the composition, thickness, and state of matter for each layer?
- Who is Alfred Wegener?
- How does the movement of tectonic plates impact the surface of Earth?
- Why do we call it the "Rock Cycle?"
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Lesson 1 - Earth's Interior
Lesson 2 - Drifting Continents
Lesson 3 - SeaFloor Spreading Lesson 4 - Theory of Plate Tectonics
Lesson 5 - Convection in the Mantle
- Reading 5
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Standards (Next Generation Science Standards)
MS-ESS2-1. Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the processes of melting, crystallization, weathering, deformation, and sedimentation, which act together to form minerals and rocks through the cycling of Earth’s materials.]
MS-ESS2-2. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on how processes change Earth’s surface at time and spatial scales that can be large (such as slow plate motions or the uplift of large mountain ranges) or small (such as rapid landslides or microscopic geochemical reactions), and how many geoscience processes (such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and meteor impacts) usually behave gradually but are punctuated by catastrophic events. Examples of geoscience processes include surface weathering and deposition by the movements of water, ice, and wind. Emphasis is on geoscience processes that shape local geographic features, where appropriate.]
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