1. DATE:9/13/11LEQ: What evidence did Alfred Wagner use to explain his idea of continental drift? REMINDER: COMPLETE SENTENCES!!! 1. What is the densest layer of the Earth? 2. How do you know? 3. What is the coolest layer of the earth? 4. What is the layer of earth with LESS pressure than the mantle? 5. List the layers of the earth in order, from the inside out! (does not need to be in a complete sentence!)

2. Agenda Mini Lesson Review Activating Strategy Notes Independent Work Summarizer

3. MINI-LESSON What to do if you are absent When do you check my notebook? What happens if my notebook isn’t in my folder when you check it?

4. DAILY MOTIVATION!!!!! Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. Martin Luther King, Jr.

5. LET’S REVIEW MOST DENSE LAYER = ___________ LAYER WITH THE LEAST PRESSURE =____ LAYER WITH THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE = ___________ LAYER BELOW THE MANTLE = ________ LEAST DENSE LAYER = ___________

6. NAME THAT LAYER!

7. Today’s LEQ: What evidence did Alfred Wagner use to explain his idea of continental drift? By the end of today, you should be able to… Identify the three types of evidence used to support the concept of Pangaea and continental drift

8. Focus Vocabulary 6. Continental Drift 7. Pangaea

9. Activating Strategy: Partner Puzzles What clues did you use to put together the pieces of the puzzle? DOTS, HEARTS, etc. OUTLINES SHAPE

10. Notice anything?

11. READING: ALFRED WAGNER

12. What evidence do scientists use to justify the theory that the continents were once connected like this picture? (HINT: THINK ABOUT THE PUZZLE!)

14. CONTINENTAL DRIFT: the idea that the continents are slowly drifting apart Evidence: FOSSILS CLIMATE GEOLOGY (ROCKS)

15. FOSSILS: SAME TYPES OF FOSSILS FOUND

16. HOT Q: Which fossil do you think is the strongest evidence for the theory of continental drift?

17. Tropical fossils in the arctic Glacier/Ice Evidence in the Sahara CLIMATE: ?

18. Equator?? HOT Q: If the continents had never drifted apart from Pangaea, how would our world be different today? Think about: Cultures and climate

20. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaUk94AdXPA&feature=related

21. HOT Q: DO YOU THINK THAT THE CONTINENTS ARE STILL MOVING TODAY? WHY OR WHY NOT? The continents are still moving! They move about 5 cm each year!!

22. CREATE-YOUR-OWN CONTINENTS! PART ONE/PART TWO CLASS SET HAND-OUT SCISSOR/GLUE PROCEDURES

23. ROCK TYPE FOSSIL TYPE SHALE T - triceratops S - stegosaurus LIMESTONE V - velociraptor BASALT X - tyrannosaurus GRANITE CLIMATE EVIDENCE GNEISS ICE/GLACIER EVIDENCE TROPICAL PLANT EVIDENCE QUARTZ OBSIDIAN

24. Scientists found coconut fossils in Antarctica where it is very cold. Describe how this is possible in at least 2 sentences. SUMMARIZER