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Essential Question(s)	a. How do gravity, density, and convection move Earth’s plates? b. How does this movement cause the plates to impact other Earth systems?

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Please check the classroom for due dates as late work is not generally accepted I will collect some individual assignments to put in the grade book, including ALL homework. Save all work to turn in when the unit is due.

Sections I - Basics write down your scores when you find them out.

Pts	#	Assignment Title	Type	Due
/20	1	Vocabulary cards (big ones) (quiz) (cards)	^CLS
/18	2	*Read 4.2. 1-5 p.117 Read 4.3. 1-4 page 122 (quiz)	HMK
/18	3	*Read 4.4 1-5 p. 129 Read 4.5 1-4 page137 (quiz)	HMK
/10	4	Pangea Model - Drawings quiz	^ACT
/16	5	*Read 5.1 page 151 1-4, Read 6.1 page181 1-4 (quiz)	HMK
/20	6	Website review worksheet (w)	^CLS
/20	7	Heat transfer notes (w)	ACT
/20	8	Video notes / Video notes (2 sets)	VID
/20	9	*Focus on faults p 206-209	^ACT
/ 150.		Section I points (Max 162)

*Assignments are found in your textbook. 4.2 means chapter 4 section 2 and so on. You must write the questions to get full credit. You may paraphrase. ^Work that does not get finished in class becomes homework and is expected to get completed.

Pre-Test score (w)________ Post-Test Score (w) HMK ______ dif. (post – pre) ________
Be sure to write your scores down..

Section II - Labs or other work. These assignments are a little bit harder or longer.

Pts	#	Assignment title	Due Date
/ 20	1	Fault Block Set
/ 40	2	Fault Block Set questions
/ 50.		Section II points (Max 60 pts)

Totals ADD IT UP (leave the assessment spot blank)

Your Totals	Points Possible	Grading scale for unit A 180 – 200 / B 160 – 179 / C 140 – 159 / D 120 - 139	Unit due date
	200	Unit score (Section I + II) (Max 222)
	100	Assessment* (Landscape model) (w) or (Report) (w)

*The assessment will either be a test, essay, project or other assessment tool that either the student or teacher chooses.

Late Unit sheets will lose 25 points each day late. If you do not add up your scores correctly or lie about scores you may receive 1/2 credit on the whole unit. It must be signed before you turn it in. This is REQUIRED or I will not accept your work.

Parent signature. __________________________________________ date __________________

Vocabulary words. * These words will be on your quiz and so will 6 other words! You must make flashcards. *Words also need to have the special cards made (w).

climate	*convection current	convergent	*divergent	fault
geosphere	*hot spot	hydrosphere	hypothesis	*seafloor spreading
plate	plate tectonics	theory	volcanic	eruption
transform	weather

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State Science Core (what you will be tested on during CRT’s at the end of the year)

STANDARD III: Students will understand that gravity, density, and convection move Earth’s plates and this movement causes the plates to impact other Earth systems.

Objective 1: Explain the evidence that supports the theory of plate tectonics.

a. Define and describe the location of the major plates and plate boundaries.

b. Compare the movement and results of movement along convergent, divergent, and transform plate boundaries.

c. Relate the location of earthquakes and volcanoes to plate boundaries.

d. Explain Alfred Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis, his evidence, and why it was not accepted in his time.

e. Evaluate the evidence for the current theory of plate tectonics.

Objective 2: Describe the processes within Earth that result in plate motion and relate it to changes in other Earth systems.

a. Identify the energy sources that cause material to move within Earth.

b. Model the movement of materials within Earth.

c. Model the movement and interaction of plates.

d. Relate the movement and interaction of plates to volcanic eruptions, mountain building, and climate changes.

e. Predict the effects of plate movement on other Earth systems (e.g., volcanic eruptions affect weather, mountain building diverts waterways, uplift changes elevation that alters plant and animal diversity, upwelling from ocean vents results in changes in biomass).