Read Chapter 22.1 pg 660-663. Outline the reading in your Science Notebook & include major points and diagrams/tables.
You should focus on the following essential questions:
- What is the science of geology
- What are the characteristics of Earth's main layers
Source: prentice hall Physical Science - Concepts in Action
Follow the instructions to guide you on a Virtual Field Trip. Complete the handout and a "Site Souvenir".
Watch the video and take notes in your science notebook. Be sure to think about the following questions:
- Why are theses layers called "compositional" layers
- What determines the order of these layers' formation
Save blasting off to outer space. It's time to rocket down. Using computer imagery, travel from just below the earth's crust, with its earthquakes and volcanoes, through breathtaking caverns filled with giant crystals and into giant molten metal tornadoes before reaching the earth's core.
Source: National Geographic Channel
Watch the video and take notes in your science notebook. Be sure to think about the following questions:
- Why are these layers called "structural" layers
- Compare and contrast to "compositional" layers