Earth+Sci_March+9-13


 * **Monday March 9th** |||| __Create PowerPoint presentation__

1. Students work on PowerPoint presentations for their plate boundary

2. Remind students of previously discussed good and bad aspects of a PowerPoint presentation

3. HW for Thursday: print out completed slides for progress check ||
 * **Tuesday March 10th** || __The Earth's Layers__

1. Model/diagram of the layers

2. Notes on the different layers

3. Make connections between plate movement and the top layers of the Earth. ||
 * **Wednesday March 11th** || __Model plate movement with graham crackers and frosting__

1. Frosting represents the asthenosphere

2. Graham cracker represents the lithosphere

3. Model movement of the crust and review plate boundaries (convergent, divergent, transform) ||
 * **Thursday March 12th** || __Take a ride on a lithospheric plate__

1. Intro to GPS and using it to identify your location on Earth

2. Use GPS data to see plate movement - both direction and speed ||
 * **Friday March 13th** |||| __Quiz on Topographic Maps and Earth's structures__ ||