Geosphere

Warm up (2-25-15) What is the geosphere and how can humans impact this?

Outline Objectives Geosphere Review plate tectonics

Objectives Students will be able to identify the geosphere and what it is composed of Students will be able to identify the different types of rocks that compose the geosphere and explain the characteristics of those types of rocks.

Review Plate Tectonics Alfred Wegener Mobile Plates floating on the mantle Convection currents Plate boundaries Landforms

Chapter 6 notes

Warm up (2-26-15) Write down what you can remember about plate motion and plate tectonics.

Outline Objectives Geosphere Video ??

Objectives Students will be able to identify the geosphere and what it is composed of Students will be able to identify the different types of rocks that compose the geosphere and explain the characteristics of those types of rocks.

Video on Geosphere

Warm up (2-27-15) How do you think scientists identify the different types of rocks and minerals in the ground?

Outline Objectives Geosphere Mineral and Rock Identification

Objectives Students will be able to identify the geosphere and what it is composed of Students will be able to identify the different types of rocks that compose the geosphere and explain the characteristics of those types of rocks. Students will be able to recognize and identify minerals and different types of rocks.

Chapter 5 notes Minerals

Mineral & Rock Identification

Warm up (3-2-15) Explain what minerals are and how they are identified.

Outline Objectives Geosphere Mineral and Rock Identification

Objectives Students will be able to identify the geosphere and what it is composed of Students will be able to identify the different types of rocks that compose the geosphere and explain the characteristics of those types of rocks. Students will be able to recognize and identify minerals and different types of rocks.

Warm up (3-3-15) Explain the different types of rocks and how they are identified.

Outline Objectives Rock observations and identifications Similarities between rock types and classifications

Objectives Students will be able to identify the major factors in the motion of the geosphere Students will explain the interactions of the plates by watching the simulations Students will identify the creation of minerals and earth’s crust Students will explain the deposition of sediments and the creation of landforms.

Warm up (3-4-15) Describe the process of the formation of each type of rock. (sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic)

Outline Objectives Bill Nye Video

Objectives Students will be able to identify the major factors in the motion of the geosphere Students will explain the interactions of the plates by watching the simulations Students will identify the creation of minerals and earth’s crust Students will explain the deposition of sediments and the creation of landforms.

Bill Nye Rocks and Minerals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vh1Uwg1ESA

Warm up (3-5-15) Describe the three different types of magma and explain the viscosity of each.

Outline Objectives Geosphere simulations Geosphere Lab??

Objectives Students will be able to identify the major factors in the motion of the geosphere Students will explain the interactions of the plates by watching the simulations Students will identify the creation of minerals and earth’s crust Students will explain the deposition of sediments and the creation of landforms.

Warm up (3-9-15) Describe the geosphere as if you were describing it to someone who had no idea what a geosphere was. Be specific. Think about plate tectonics and the types of rocks and minerals when you are explaining your answer.

Outline Objectives Crystal Creation

Crystal Creation Lab Epsom salt Construction paper Jar lid

Objectives Students will be able to identify the major factors in the motion of the geosphere Students will explain the interactions of the plates by watching the simulations Students will identify the creation of minerals and earth’s crust Students will explain the deposition of sediments and the creation of landforms.

Warm up (3-10-15) Write down anything you are still confused about regarding the geosphere. Think about types of rocks, plate tectonics, continental drift, plate boundaries, types of minerals, crystal formation, identification of rocks and minerals.

Outline Objectives Geosphere Review

Objectives Students will be able to identify the major factors in the motion of the geosphere Students will explain the interactions of the plates by watching the simulations Students will identify the creation of minerals and earth’s crust Students will explain the deposition of sediments and the creation of landforms.

Warm up (3-11-15) Write down everything you can remember about the geosphere. Be specific. Think about types of rocks, plate tectonics, continental drift, plate boundaries, types of minerals, crystal formation, identification of rocks and minerals.

Outline Objectives Geosphere Test

Objectives Students will be able to identify the major factors in the motion of the geosphere Students will explain the interactions of the plates by watching the simulations Students will identify the creation of minerals and earth’s crust Students will explain the deposition of sediments and the creation of landforms.

Warm up (3-12-15) What is the biosphere? Please be as specific as possible when answering this question.

Outline Objectives Biosphere Introduction

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