Earth Science Unit 2 Day 1

Learning: Students will learn about causes of plate tectonics and will describe and analyze them in writing using the language of science (fault, plate boundary, transform, convergent, divergent), foldable, check up partners, notes.


Questions:

1. What is plate tectonics? (brain or book)
2. What causes plates to move? (brian or book)
3. What is the effect of plate movement? (book or brain)

Links for Class Today

• http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysFlr/plates1.html
• http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html