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       Monday  | 
    
       
      No School!  | 
  
  
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      Tuesday | 
    
      
        - Highlight the major content of 
        science project by writing an abstract using 250 words or less. 
        
 
        - Analyze, 
        review, and practice letter writing.
 
       
      
      Assignment:  Make changes to 
      abstract.  Letter to self 
      about science fair.  | 
  
  
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      Wednesday | 
    
      
        - 
        Identify 
        the layers of the Earth by their composition. 
 
        - 
        Identify 
        the layers of the Earth by their physical properties. 
 
        - 
        Describe 
        a tectonic plate. 
 
        - 
        Explain 
        how scientists know about the structure of Earth’s interior.
        
 
       
      Assignment:  
      Plate Tectonics Quiz.  Plate Tectonics Notes.  | 
  
  
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      Thursday | 
    
      
        - 
        Identify 
        the layers of the Earth by their composition. 
 
        - 
        Identify 
        the layers of the Earth by their physical properties. 
 
        - 
        Describe 
        a tectonic plate. 
 
        - 
        Explain 
        how scientists know about the structure of Earth’s interior.
        
 
       
      Assignment:  
      Plate Tectonics Notes.  | 
  
  
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      Friday | 
    
      
        - 
        Describe 
        Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift. 
 
        - 
        Discuss 
        how sea-floor spreading provides a way for continents to move.
        
 
        - 
        Describe 
        how new oceanic lithosphere forms at mid-oceanic ridges.
        
 
        - 
        Explain 
        how magnetic reversals provide evidence for sea-floor spreading.
        
 
       
      Assignment:  
      Plate Tectonics Notes.  |