Increase understanding and retention of vocabulary words.
	Learn the vocabulary that corresponds with weathering, erosion, rocks, and minerals.

Assignment: Green Words on class wiki.

	Increase understanding and retention of vocabulary words.
	Learn the vocabulary that corresponds with weathering, erosion, rocks, and minerals.
	Review plate tectonics.

Assignment: Notebook due.  Green Words Quiz. 

Review plate tectonics.

Assignment: Review corrected notebook. ABC Brainstorming - Plate Tectonics.

	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:  Cutaway scale model of the Earth based on dimensions pg. 191. 

	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:  Read/Outline pgs. 190-196 and 198-201.