1. 2/16
I can: analyze the risk of an earthquake occurring in each state in the US.
Warm-up: How many tectonic plates is the Earth’s crust broken into?
Class activities
CE p.22-25: EQ Epicenter & Mercalli Scale
Use CE p.143,
Standard- 6-8 ES2F The crust is composed of huge crustal plates on the scale of continents and oceans which move centimeters per year, pushed by convection in the upper mantle, causing earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains.
Key vocabulary: Seafloor spreading, plate tectonics, plate, lithosphere, asthenosphere, continental drift, fault, earthquake

2. MSP Booklet p.10 – ES2E Use CE p.143, 146-147 2/17
I can: analyze the risk of an earthquake occurring in each state in the US.
Warm-up: What is the difference between a focus and epicenter?
Class activities
CE p.22-25: EQ Epicenter & Mercalli Scale
Use CE p.143,
MSP Booklet p.10 – ES2E
Standard- 6-8 ES2F The crust is composed of huge crustal plates on the scale of continents and oceans which move centimeters per year, pushed by convection in the upper mantle, causing earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains.
Key vocabulary: Seafloor spreading, plate tectonics, plate, lithosphere, asthenosphere, continental drift, fault, earthquake

3. CE2 p.26: Seafloor Spreading Read/use ES p.280-282
I can: model seafloor spreading and explain why continents appear to drift.
2/18
Warm-up: What does the Mercalli scale measure, intensity or magnitude?
Class activities
CE2 p.26: Seafloor Spreading
Read/use ES p
Unit test next Wednesday
Standard- 6-8 ES2F The crust is composed of huge crustal plates on the scale of continents and oceans which move centimeters per year, pushed by convection in the upper mantle, causing earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains.
Key vocabulary: Seafloor spreading, plate tectonics, plate, lithosphere, asthenosphere, continental drift, fault, earthquake

4. Intro to Earthquake tower project
I can: Give examples of landforms that occur at each plate boundary.
2/19
Warm-up: Name the two scales earthquakes are ranked on & what they measure.
Class activities
Planner Check
MC#6
Intro to Earthquake tower project
Standard- 6-8 ES2F The crust is composed of huge crustal plates on the scale of continents and oceans which move centimeters per year, pushed by convection in the upper mantle, causing earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains.
Key vocabulary: Seafloor spreading, plate tectonics, plate, lithosphere, asthenosphere, continental drift, fault, earthquake