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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)