1. Pick a science word and write the definition.
Bell Work
Pick a science word and write the definition.
Chapter 6 or glossary
Goal for lesson (write on self assessment wrksht): I can demonstrate how it a trench is formed.

2. Title of Notes: Rift valley
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3. Goal for lesson: (Learning target) I’ll know I’ve got it when…
I can explain the difference between a rift valley and a trench.
Today I am…
Learning about how tectonic plates movement leads to geological features.
So that I’ll be able to…
understand how our geological features formed on Earth.
I’ll know I’ve got it when…
I can write the differences between rift valley, mountains, and trenches

4. NEXT STOP AFRICA
Japan
Africa

5. Rift valley
a lowland region that forms where Earth’s tectonic plates move apart, or rift. Rift valleys are found both on land and at the bottom of the ocean
Rift valleys differ from river valleys and glacial valleys in that they are created by tectonic activity and not the process of erosion
Valles Marineris The largest and deepest rift valley yet discovered is not on Earth—it’s on Mars.

6. The Red Sea is a Rift Valley that filled with water.

7. The great rift valley The most well known rift valley on Earth
stretches from the Middle East in the north to Mozambique in the south
The area is geologically active, and features volcanoes, hot springs, geysers, and frequent earthquakes
The Red Sea is a geological feature created by plate tectonics

8. The Red Sea How was it created?
Seafloor spreading caused the Arabian and African plates to rift apart (divergent boundary)
The Indian Ocean then flooded the rift creating the Red Sea
Eventually, the Red Sea Rift will separate Africa and Asia entirely and connect the Mediterranean and Red Seas

9. Video: rift valley (lava lake)
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10. foldable Description of the geological feature Draw a picture
Rift valley, trench, and mountains
Description of the geological feature
Draw a picture
Name the boundary
Types of crust involved