Earth’s systems http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/ManDiving.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Person_holds_lake_eir_water_snake_nerodia_sipedon_insularum.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Meteor.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/AntarcticaSummer.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Wb_deichh_drei_kuhs.jpg

Interactions: look at the image and identify physical features, living things, and explain their interactions. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Mule_Creek_Canyon.jpg

Physical features Living things Possible student responses: Physical features Living things Water Rocks Humans Grass Trees Interactions. Humans are boating in the water. Trees are growing out of the rocks. The water is pushing up against the rocks. Trees are getting water from the river. Humans are breathing the air.

Spheres Interactions Atmosphere (A) Geosphere (G) Hydrosphere (H) Biosphere (B) Humans (B) breathing air (A) Water(H) is banging against the shore (G) Humans (B) boating and fishing in the water (H) Trees (B) growing in the ground (G) Roots of the trees (B) getting water (H)

Atmosphere mixture of mostly invisible gases that surrounds Earth Exosphere http://img.docstoccdn.com/thumb/orig/129468394.png

Geosphere Mostly solid, rocky part of Earth. It extends from the center of Earth to the surface of Earth. COMPOSITIONAL LAYERS: CRUST: thin, outermost layer MANTLE: hot layer of rock between the crust and core CORE: in the center; made of iron (Fe) nickel (Ni) PHYSICAL LAYERS: LITHOSPHERE: Outermost layer ASTHENOSPHERE: solid, plastic like layer upon which the tectonic plates move MESOSPHERE: Solid layer of the mantle OUTER CORE: Liquid iron (Fe) and nickel (Ni) INNER CORE: Solid iron (Fe) and nickel (Ni)

Biosphere The biosphere is made up of living organisms and the include the areas of Earth where life can be found. http://i.images.cdn.fotopedia.com/flickr-395905383-hd/World_Heritage_Sites/America/North_America/Mexico/Monarch_Butterfly_Biosphere_Reserve/Mariposa_Monarca.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Low_palm_tree.jpg

Hydrosphere All of the water on Earth The hydrosphere is made up of water both in and on the Earth. Examples: oceans, lakes, and rivers. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Waves_on_Ocean_Coast.jpg

Cryosphere All frozen water on Earth (Ex. Glaciers)

Review: Identify the Earth’s spheres represented in the image and explain 2 interactions between spheres. https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6053/5909901664_005a9641ab_z.jpg

Spheres Interactions Atmosphere (A) Geosphere (G) Bioshpere (B) Hydrosphere (H) The jaguar (B) is interacting with: the atmosphere (A) by breathing, the biosphere (B) by standing on the tree, and the hydrosphere (H) by drinking it. The trees (B) are interacting with: the geosphere (G) by growing in Earth, and the hydrosphere (H) by getting water and the atmosphere (A) by photosynthesis.

List three ways the spheres are interacting. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Child_and_ox_ploughing,_Laos_(1).jpg

Spheres Interactions Atmosphere (A) Geosphere (G) Bioshpere (B) Possible student responses: Atmosphere (A) Geosphere (G) Bioshpere (B) Hydrosphere (H) The boy (B) is interacting with: the atmosphere (A) by breathing, the Geosphere (G) by standing on it and plowing it, the hydrosphere (H) by standing in it, and the biosphere (B) by trying to control the Ox. The Ox (B) is interacting with the hydrosphere (H) by drinking it and the hydrosphere (H) and geosphere (G) by standing on/in it, and the atmosphere (A) by breathing it.

Interactions continued The trees and plants (B) are interacting with the atmosphere (A) by photosynthesis, the hydrosphere (H) by getting water, and the geosphere (G) by growing in it.

Poster project sample