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

Assignment:  Green Word Wall Words.  Weathering title page.

Review plate tectonics.

Assignment: ABC Brainstorming - Plate Tectonics.

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

Assignment:  Green Words due. Green Word Quiz.

	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. Cornell notes 190-196 (96-98).