1. 9/23/11 A-DayLEQ: How do plate boundaries change the shape of our earth? (complete sentences) 1. List the four different types of plate boundaries 2. What do we call two colliding tectonic plates? 3. What do we call two tectonic plates that are spreading apart? 4. What do we call two plates that are sliding past one another? 5. What is the difference between a subduction boundary and a transform boundary?
2. Classroom Culture: -turtle video -Why is it important that we work together to reach our goal in science this year? -What is one thing you can do to help your classmates reach THEIR goals?
4. Today’s LEQ: How do plate boundaries change the shape of our earth? By the end of today, you should be able to… 1. DESCRIBE the different ways that tectonic plate boundaries create geologic change.
13. (draw picture here!) The gap between divergent plates Magma rises, cools, and creates crust (draw picture here!) Long, short, underwater mountains (draw picture here!)
23. INDEPENDENT PRACTICE Where would you expect to find mountain ranges? Where would you find a mid-ocean ridge? Where would you find an ocean trench? Where would you expect to find seafloor spreading? Where would you expect to find volcanoes? Where would you expect to find new crust being made? Which of the following areas would you expect to have the LEAST geologic activity?