Thursday, November 14, 2013

Earth Science 2 Unit 2 Day 4

Day Starter
Objective: Students will analyze and interpret glacial landforms by completing the TST using the words horn peak, terminal moraine, kettle, drumlin, esker glacial valley, cirque, u-shaped valley, physical weathering.

Question:
1) What is physical weathering?
2) What is a u-shaped valley? How do they form?
3) What is a kettle lake? Give an example of a kettle lake in the U.S.

Exit Ticket:
How do glaciers shape the landscape? Use the following topic sentence starter, "Horn peaks, moraines, and cirques are all..." and the following vocabulary in your perfect 3 sentence paragraph physical weathering.