Warm up activity From the cart by the whiteboard, grab 1 bingo card and a handful or rocks Expectations: 1. do not throw rocks or leave them on the floor 2. return all materials after bingo

Scientific methods review Take this quiz online: cimeth/ cimeth/ It is on my links Show Mrs. Chapel how you did Then take this quiz: It is on my links Show Mrs. Chapel how you did

Earth's spheres Earth has ____________ spheres. These spheres can interact with each other

Spheres practice Go to this site and play the game ne1.html ne1.html

Sphere interactions in this picture? With a partner, practice describing interactions in this scene page05.cfm?chapter_no=investigation

Dice, Dice Baby Materials: for each partner= 1 dice, 1 pencil, student notebooks Directions: Clear your desks except for your notebooks. Open to a new page for notes. Between you and your table partner you have 1 dice and 1 pencil. Decide who will start. They get the pencil. Mrs. Chapel will show you the next slide. When the music starts, the person with the pencil can write. Write down each problem and the answer completely in your notebook. Do not just write question number and answer letters. Write everything out! This is a matching activity, so you will also need to be trying to match (think) while writing. While one partner is writing, the other partner is rolling the dice. When the dice roller gets a 6, he/she may use the pencil. Grab it from your partner and begin to write. The partner should grab the dice and try to roll a 6. Good luck!!!

Match the following 1. Wind blowing topsoil off a farmer's field 2. A construction crew blasting rock to make a tunnel through a mountain ridge 3. Rain falling on a farm field and making mud 4. a volcano sending ash and gases into the air 5. wind creating waves on a lake 6. Rain falling on the crowd at Bank of America Stadium (a). hydrosphere and atmosphere (b) atmosphere and geosphere (c) Geosphere and hydrosphere (d) biosphere and hydrosphere (e) Biosphere and Geosphere

Closure 1. List at least 2 Earth sphere interactions that result from your own daily activities. 2. The oil spill off the coast of Louisiana provides an example of how a catastrophic event can effect the different Earth spheres. For each example, list which sphere was affected: A. The oil reached land and became mixed in with the soils and sediment along the coast. B. Coastal ecosystems were damaged by oil. D. The initial explosion caused gases and smoke that made it difficult to breathe.