Geology
Discovery Education
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES


• Understand that the surface of
  the earth is constantly changing
OBJECTIVES


• Understand that the surface of
  the earth is constantly changing
• Describe earth’s structure
Essential Questions
Essential Questions

• What forces change the
  surface of the earth?
Essential Questions

• What forces change the
  surface of the earth?
• How do scientists explain
  things in nature that they
  cannot see?
Thinking About The Earth’s Layers
Thinking About The Earth’s Layers

   • Does the temperature get hotter or
     colder as you get closer to the
     center of the earth?
Thinking About The Earth’s Layers

   • Does the temperature get hotter or
     colder as you get closer to the
     center of the earth?
   • Why do you think the inner core is
     solid?
Thinking About The Earth’s Layers

   • Does the temperature get hotter or
     colder as you get closer to the
     center of the earth?
   • Why do you think the inner core is
     solid?
   • How do scientists know what’s
     beneath the earth’s crust? Have
     they been there?
Plate Tectonics - Discussion
Plate Tectonics - Discussion

• What do scientist think our earth’s
  crust looks like?
Plate Tectonics - Discussion

• What do scientist think our earth’s
  crust looks like?
• How does the crust move?
Plate Tectonics - Discussion

• What do scientist think our earth’s
  crust looks like?
• How does the crust move?
• What do scientist think the earth
  looked like millions of years ago?
Thinking About Folding
Thinking About Folding


• What is folding?
Thinking About Folding


• What is folding?
• Can you name some examples of
  landforms that are created by
  folding?
Volcanoes - Discussion
Volcanoes - Discussion

• What causes volcanoes?
Volcanoes - Discussion

• What causes volcanoes?
• What is the difference between lava
  and magma?
Volcanoes - Discussion

• What causes volcanoes?
• What is the difference between lava
  and magma?
• Can you name some examples of
  landforms that are created by
  folding?
Earthquakes - Discussion
Earthquakes - Discussion

• What causes earthquakes?
Earthquakes - Discussion

• What causes earthquakes?
• Can you name some famous
  earthquakes?
Earthquakes - Discussion

• What causes earthquakes?
• Can you name some famous
  earthquakes?
• Can you think of ways earthquakes
  change the surface of the earth?
Earthquakes - Discussion

• What causes earthquakes?
• Can you name some famous
  earthquakes?
• Can you think of ways earthquakes
  change the surface of the earth?
• Are these changes fast or slow?
Checking Your
Understanding
Checking Your
     Understanding

• How is the surface of the earth
  constantly changing?
Checking Your
      Understanding

• How is the surface of the earth
  constantly changing?
• Describe earth’s inner structure
Essential Questions
Essential Questions

• What forces change the
  surface of the earth?
Essential Questions

• What forces change the
  surface of the earth?
• How do scientists explain
  things in nature that they
  cannot see?
Exit Pass - Pick 2 Questions
Exit Pass - Pick 2 Questions
  • List two things you learned about the
    layers of the earth?
Exit Pass - Pick 2 Questions
  • List two things you learned about the
    layers of the earth?
  • What are some ways the surface of the
    earth changes?
Exit Pass - Pick 2 Questions
  • List two things you learned about the
    layers of the earth?
  • What are some ways the surface of the
    earth changes?
  • List one or two examples of landforms
    that are a result of our changing earth.
Exit Pass - Pick 2 Questions
  • List two things you learned about the
    layers of the earth?
  • What are some ways the surface of the
    earth changes?
  • List one or two examples of landforms
    that are a result of our changing earth.
  • Describe the theory of Plate Tectonics.
    (How the continents have changed over
    the last 250 million years.
Egg Model Activity
Egg Model Activity


• Scientists use models to
  explain features that
  cannot be directly
  observed
The Earth’s Layers


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  • #7 Earth’s Layers - (4:41) The Earth is made of three rock layers. The outermost layer is called the crust. The mantle is the thickest layer. The core is the innermost layer. The earth is broken into pieces called “plates” that push together , pull apart, and slide past each other.\n\n
  • #8 The crust is mostly rock approx. 25 miles thick. Under the ocean it’s 3-6 miles thick. No one has yet drilled to the bottom of the crust.\nBecause gravity pulls things to the center of the earth and the increased pressure makes the center of the earth solid.\nThe mantle is very hot. Scientist think the top and bottom parts are rigid rock but are so hot they flow like thick syrup. The mantle is 1,789 miles thick.\n\n
  • #9 The crust is mostly rock approx. 25 miles thick. Under the ocean it’s 3-6 miles thick. No one has yet drilled to the bottom of the crust.\nBecause gravity pulls things to the center of the earth and the increased pressure makes the center of the earth solid.\nThe mantle is very hot. Scientist think the top and bottom parts are rigid rock but are so hot they flow like thick syrup. The mantle is 1,789 miles thick.\n\n
  • #10 The crust is mostly rock approx. 25 miles thick. Under the ocean it’s 3-6 miles thick. No one has yet drilled to the bottom of the crust.\nBecause gravity pulls things to the center of the earth and the increased pressure makes the center of the earth solid.\nThe mantle is very hot. Scientist think the top and bottom parts are rigid rock but are so hot they flow like thick syrup. The mantle is 1,789 miles thick.\n\n
  • #11 Plate Tectonics - 2 minutes\n\n
  • #12  Our crust rest on a hot mushy layer of rock called the mantle.\nThe liquid in the mantle moves around causing the crust to break and slide\nThe crust is made of of many different pieces called plates - there are many different plates. Geologists think 250 million years ago the earth was made up of a supercontinent called Pangea. The study of the plates is called “Plate Tectonics”\n
  • #13  Our crust rest on a hot mushy layer of rock called the mantle.\nThe liquid in the mantle moves around causing the crust to break and slide\nThe crust is made of of many different pieces called plates - there are many different plates. Geologists think 250 million years ago the earth was made up of a supercontinent called Pangea. The study of the plates is called “Plate Tectonics”\n
  • #14  Our crust rest on a hot mushy layer of rock called the mantle.\nThe liquid in the mantle moves around causing the crust to break and slide\nThe crust is made of of many different pieces called plates - there are many different plates. Geologists think 250 million years ago the earth was made up of a supercontinent called Pangea. The study of the plates is called “Plate Tectonics”\n
  • #15 Folding - 1 minutes “How does land build up?”\nLand builds up when the plates push against each other to bend and rise\n\n
  • #16 When plates push up against each other it creates pressure causing the land to fold and buckle. The surface begins to rise creating a mountain.\n
  • #17 When plates push up against each other it creates pressure causing the land to fold and buckle. The surface begins to rise creating a mountain.\n
  • #18 Volcanoes - 1 minutes “Other forces that cause the earth \nAs the earth’s crustal plates push against each other, the friction from the pressure can be so great it heats up the land creating magma. If the magma reaches the surface of the earth and breaks through, it creates a volcano. When the hot magma reaches the surface of the earth we call it lava.\nAn erupting volcano can form more land. Over millions of years, the land built by lava builds creating new land masses.\n
  • #19 As the earth’s crustal plates push against each other, the friction from the pressure can be so great it heats up the land creating magma. If the magma reaches the surface of the earth and breaks through, it creates a volcano. When the hot magma reaches the surface of the earth we call it lava.\nAn erupting volcano can form more land. Over millions of years, the land built by lava builds creating new land masses.\n
  • #20 As the earth’s crustal plates push against each other, the friction from the pressure can be so great it heats up the land creating magma. If the magma reaches the surface of the earth and breaks through, it creates a volcano. When the hot magma reaches the surface of the earth we call it lava.\nAn erupting volcano can form more land. Over millions of years, the land built by lava builds creating new land masses.\n
  • #21 As the earth’s crustal plates push against each other, the friction from the pressure can be so great it heats up the land creating magma. If the magma reaches the surface of the earth and breaks through, it creates a volcano. When the hot magma reaches the surface of the earth we call it lava.\nAn erupting volcano can form more land. Over millions of years, the land built by lava builds creating new land masses.\n
  • #22 Earthquakes - 1 minutes “Sudden changes in the shape of the land”\nAs the plates move, parts of the land begins to bend. If the force becomes too great the land can slip or break. This break in the land is called a “fault” and the shaking of the land is called an earthquake.\nIf the land breaks and is pushed upward often enough it can create enormous mountain ranges.\n
  • #23 As the plates move, parts of the land begins to bend. If the force becomes too great the land can slip or break. This break in the land is called a “fault” and the shaking of the land is called an earthquake.\nFamous earthquakes: 2011 Sendai, Japan, 2010 Haiti, 2005 Kashmir, Pakistan, 2004 Sumatra, Indonesia, 2003 Bam Iran, 1995 Kobe, Japan, 2001 Olympia, Washington\nIf the land breaks and is pushed upward often enough it can create enormous mountain ranges.\n
  • #24 As the plates move, parts of the land begins to bend. If the force becomes too great the land can slip or break. This break in the land is called a “fault” and the shaking of the land is called an earthquake.\nFamous earthquakes: 2011 Sendai, Japan, 2010 Haiti, 2005 Kashmir, Pakistan, 2004 Sumatra, Indonesia, 2003 Bam Iran, 1995 Kobe, Japan, 2001 Olympia, Washington\nIf the land breaks and is pushed upward often enough it can create enormous mountain ranges.\n
  • #25 As the plates move, parts of the land begins to bend. If the force becomes too great the land can slip or break. This break in the land is called a “fault” and the shaking of the land is called an earthquake.\nFamous earthquakes: 2011 Sendai, Japan, 2010 Haiti, 2005 Kashmir, Pakistan, 2004 Sumatra, Indonesia, 2003 Bam Iran, 1995 Kobe, Japan, 2001 Olympia, Washington\nIf the land breaks and is pushed upward often enough it can create enormous mountain ranges.\n
  • #26 As the plates move, parts of the land begins to bend. If the force becomes too great the land can slip or break. This break in the land is called a “fault” and the shaking of the land is called an earthquake.\nFamous earthquakes: 2011 Sendai, Japan, 2010 Haiti, 2005 Kashmir, Pakistan, 2004 Sumatra, Indonesia, 2003 Bam Iran, 1995 Kobe, Japan, 2001 Olympia, Washington\nIf the land breaks and is pushed upward often enough it can create enormous mountain ranges.\n
  • #27 There are both slow and fast processes\n Slow processes include: plate tectonics (changes at plate boundaries), erosion (wind, water, ice)\n Fast processes include: effects of plate tectonic interaction (earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis), hurricanes\n
  • #28 There are both slow and fast processes\n Slow processes include: plate tectonics (changes at plate boundaries), erosion (wind, water, ice)\n Fast processes include: effects of plate tectonic interaction (earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis), hurricanes\n
  • #29 Forces that change the surface - plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes\nScientists use observations and technological tools to learn about nature and come up with theories and hypothesis based on their observations\n\n\n\n\n\n
  • #30 Forces that change the surface - plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes\nScientists use observations and technological tools to learn about nature and come up with theories and hypothesis based on their observations\n\n\n\n\n\n
  • #31 Students write on a notecard, folder paper, or science log\n
  • #32 Students write on a notecard, folder paper, or science log\n
  • #33 Students write on a notecard, folder paper, or science log\n
  • #34 Students write on a notecard, folder paper, or science log\n
  • #35 Use a hard boiled egg to model the structure of the earth.\n
  • #36 See accompanying teacher guide and student handouts\n