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Plate Motion Checklist
Chapter 1: Introducing Earth’s Outer Layer
Lesson 1.1: Pre-Unit AssessmentDate Assigned______
1 Multiple Choice
2 Written Response
3 Written Response
Lesson 1.2: Using Fossils to Understand EarthDate Assigned______
1 Warm Up
2Introducing Mesosaurus
Lesson 1.3: Exploring Earth’s PlatesDate Assigned______
4 Homework
Lesson 1.4: Analyzing Patterns at Plate BoundariesDate Assigned______
1 Warm Up
2 Simulating Earthquakes
5 Homework
Chapter 2: Understanding Plate Boundaries
Lesson 2.1: Considering What’s Underneath Earth’s PlatesDate Assigned______
1 Warm up
2 Considering the Mantle
3 Exploring Characteristics of the Mantle
5 Homework
Lesson 2.2: Listening to EarthDate Assigned______
1 Warm Up
3 Discussing Annotations
4 Homework
Lesson 2.3: Explaining Plate-Mantle InteractionsDate Assigned______
1 Warm Up
2 Second Read of “Listening to Earth”
3 Creating Physical Models of Plate Motion
4 Homework
Lesson 2.4: Modeling Plate-Mantle InteractionsDate Assigned______
1 Warm Up
3 Exploring Plate Boundaries in the Sim
Lesson 2.5: Identifying Plate Motion at a Plate BoundaryDate Assigned ______
1 Warm Up
4 Homework
Lesson 2.6: Critical JunctureDate Assigned ______
1 Multiple Choice Questions
2 Written Response Question #1
3 Written Response Question #2
Lesson 2.7: Exploring Iceland’s Plate Boundary
1 Warm Up
2 Learning About Iceland
3 Homework
Chapter 3: Investigation the Rate of Plate Movement
Lesson 3.1: Considering Rates of Plate Movement Date Assigned______
1 Warm Up
2 Observing How Plates Move
4 Homework
Lesson 3.2 “A Continental Puzzle”Date Assigned______
1 Warm Up
4 Discussing Annotations
5 Homework
Lesson 3.3 Reconstructing GondwanalandDate Assigned______
2 Second Read of “A Continental Puzzle”
4 Homework
Lesson 3.4 Writing AboutMesosaurus
1 Warm Up
2 Examining Evidence About Plate Motion
3 Reasoning About Plate Motion
4 Homework
Chapter 4: Science Seminar
Lesson 4.1: Plate Motion Near Jalisco, Mexico Date Assigned______
1 Warm Up
3 Analyzing Evidence
5 Homework
Lesson 4.2: Participating in a Science SeminarDate Assigned______
1 Warm Up
4 Homework
Lesson 4.3: Writing a Scientific ArgumentDate Assigned______
1 Warm Up
4 Writing a Scientific Argument
5 Homework
Lesson 4.4: End of Unit AssessmentDate Assigned______
1 Multiple-Choice Questions (Must be completed in class)
2 Written-Response Question #1 (Must be completed in class)
3 Written-Response Question #1 (Must be completed in class)