Pangaea and Tectonic Plates April 13, 2015

DO NOW:Date: April 13, 2015 6.10C: Identify the major tectonic plates, including Eurasian, African, Indo-Australian, Pacific, North American, and South American.

1. Get out your Do Now sheet2. Put your CB on your desk3. Q?: Which major tectonic plate do you think we (residents of Austin, TX) live on?

Ms. SmithMrs. Malone

Pangaea and Tectonic Plates April 14, 2015

DO NOW:Date: April 14, 2015 6.10C: Identify the major tectonic plates, including Eurasian, African, Indo-Australian, Pacific, North American, and South American.

1. Get out your Do Now sheet2. Put your CB on your desk3. Q?: What is the name of the supercontinent that you constructed yesterday in your puzzle activity?4. Get your assigned laptop and sign in

Ms. SmithMrs. Malone

Plate Tectonics Notes – Voice Level = 1• Today’s presentation is in a different place than

usual!• Do not open a browser! • Click on the Computer icon on your desktop• Click on O Henry (S:) , Click on Shared, Click on

Students• Find A.Smith folder and open it. • There are two copies of the presentation. Open

either one! It will take a long time to load because the file is HUGE!

• Click Open if it asks you to open a read only copy. Press F5 to make it full screen

• Complete your notes using this presentation

Plate Tectonics April 15-16, 2015

Ms. SmithMrs. MaloneMs. Cedillo

DO NOW:Date: April 15 – 16, 2015 6.10C: Identify the major tectonic plates, including Eurasian, African, Indo-Australian, Pacific, North American, and South American.

1. Get out your Do Now sheet2. Put your CB on your desk3. Q?: What analogy do scientists

use to describe how Earth’s tectonic plates fit together?

Pangaea and Tectonic Plates April 14, 2015

DO NOW:Date: April 14, 2015 6.10C: Identify the major tectonic plates, including Eurasian, African, Indo-Australian, Pacific, North American, and South American.

1. Get out your Do Now sheet2. Put your CB on your desk3. Q?: What are the three types of plate boundaries, and how do the plates move at each one?4. Get your laptop and log in!

Ms. SmithMrs. Malone

Earth’s Layers and Plate Tectonics PhET Simulation

• Log in to your assigned computer• Use Internet Explorer or Chrome (NOT

Firefox!)• www.ohenryscience6.weebly.com• Click the picture to load the PhET website• Follow the directions on your paper carefully

and answer the questions as you work!