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Unit 5: Earth Science (2)

Lesson 2: Plate Tectonics


Sticky Note Journal
The Early Earth and Plate Tectonics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDqskltCixA&feature=related
Objective
Students will be able to…

Recognize that the Earth’s crust is


broken up into plates and that those
plates are moving.

Remember: our most fundamental goal in Science is to


understand what is happening in the world around
us.
Notebook Page 22:
Plate Tectonic Notes

The Theory of Plate Tectonics


 Lithosphere = the crust and upper part of the mantle.

 The Lithosphere is broken up into pieces called plates.

 These plates move around on top of the putty-like part of the


mantle called the Asthenosphere.
Today’s Activity
Web Interactive: Plate Tectonics

Notebook: page 23

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