1. Title: Earth’s Atmosphere Foldable
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Title: Earth’s Atmosphere Foldable
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2. Lesson Target
Students will be able to identify and describe characteristics of the atmosphere

3. THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE: ATMOSPHERIC LAYERS

4. Engage: What’s in our atmosphere?

5. THESE LAYERS ARE… TROPOSPHERE, STRATOSPHERE, MESOSPHERE, THERMOSPHERE
EXOSPHERE.

6. FILL IN THE BLANKS ON YOUR FOLDABLE.

7. TROPOSPHERE
LOWEST LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE

8. TROPOSPHERE
ALL WEATHER TAKES PLACE HERE.
AIRPLANES FLY HERE

9. STRATOSPHERE
ABOVE THE TROPOSPHERE

10. STRATOSPHERE
AS YOU MOVE UP THE AIR TEMPERATURE INCREASES.

11. STRATOSPHERE
THE OZONE LAYER IS LOCATED HERE

13. MESOSPHERE
THE MESOSPHERE IS ABOVE THE STRATOSPHERE

14. MESOSPHERE
AS YOU MOVE UP THE AIR TEMPERATURE DECREASES.

15. MESOSPHERE
METEOROIDS ENTERING EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE BURN UP HERE

16. THERMOSPHERE
THE THERMOSPHERE IS ABOVE THE MESOSPHERE

17. THERMOSPHERE EXTENDS OUTWARD INTO SPACE.
SOMETIMES THE THERMOSPHERE AND EXOSPHERE ARE LISTED AS SEPARATE LAYERS.

18. THERMOSPHERE
THE HIGHER YOU MOVE UP, THE HIGHER THE TEMPERATURE.

19. THERMOSPHERE
WHERE THE SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITS THE EARTH!

22. THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE: ATMOSPHERIC LAYERS
SOL 6.6

23. WHICH LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE CONTAINS THE OZONE LAYER?
TROPOSPHERE
STRATOSPHERE
MESOSPHERE
THERMOSPHERE

24. WHICH LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE DOES ALL WEATHER TAKE PLACE?
TROPOSPHERE
STRATOSPHERE
MESOSPHERE
THERMOSPHERE

25. WHICH LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE HAS THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE?
TROPOSPHERE
STRATOSPHERE
MESOSPHERE
THERMOSPHERE

26. WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS SO HOT?

28. GO TO THE CORNER THAT YOU AGREE WITH MOST.
--DEBATE--
EXPLAIN WHICH LAYER(S) OF THE ATMOSPHERE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND WHY.
GO TO THE CORNER THAT YOU AGREE WITH MOST.

29. EXIT TICKET
IN 4-6 COMPLETE SENTENCES, EXPLAIN WHICH LAYER(S) OF THE ATMOSPHERE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND WHY.