1. Homework Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Objective:
YWBAT depict and explain the break-up of Pangaea.
Drill: What is the theory of continental drift?
Homework
Study WOW
Return Northbay form

2. Answer
Continental drift is Alfred Wegner’s theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have done so in the past.

3. Did you know…?
Convection currents circulate material deep inside the Earth in a long, slow movement. The material cooks near the surface and then sinks again into the depths.

4. Today’s Activities Drill A Voyage Through Time Conclusion
Finish coloring
Cut the frames on the dotted line
Assemble with Frame 1 on top
Conclusion

5. Why wasn’t Wegener’s theory of continental drift accepted at first?
Closure
Why wasn’t Wegener’s theory of continental drift accepted at first?

6. Alfred Wegener’s theory was not initially accepted because no one knew what force could be strong enough to move continents.