1. DATE:9/13/11LEQ: What evidence did Alfred Wagner use to explain his idea of continental drift?
REMINDER: COMPLETE SENTENCES!!!
1. What is the densest layer of the Earth?
2. How do you know?
3. What is the coolest layer of the earth?
4. What is the layer of earth with LESS pressure than the mantle?
5. List the layers of the earth in order, from the inside out! (does not need to be in a complete sentence!)

2. Agenda
Mini Lesson
Review
Activating Strategy
Notes
Independent Work
Summarizer
3. MINI-LESSON
What to do if you are absent
When do you check my notebook?
What happens if my notebook isnt in my folder when you check it?
4. DAILY MOTIVATION!!!!!
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. Martin Luther King, Jr.
5. LETS REVIEW
MOST DENSE LAYER = ___________
LAYER WITH THE LEAST PRESSURE =____
LAYER WITH THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE = ___________
LAYER BELOW THE MANTLE = ________
LEAST DENSE LAYER = ___________
6. NAME THAT LAYER!
7. Todays LEQ:What evidence did Alfred Wagner use to explain his idea of continental drift?
By the end of today, you should be able to
Identify the three types of evidence used to support the concept of Pangaea andcontinental drift
8. Focus Vocabulary
6. Continental Drift
7. Pangaea
9. Activating Strategy:
Partner Puzzles
What clues did you use to put together the pieces of the puzzle?
DOTS, HEARTS, etc.
OUTLINES
SHAPE
10. Notice anything?
11. READING: ALFRED WAGNER
12. What evidence do scientists use to justify the theory that the continents were once connected like this picture?(HINT: THINK ABOUT THE PUZZLE!)
13. 14. CONTINENTAL DRIFT: the idea that the continents are slowly drifting apart
Evidence:
FOSSILS
CLIMATE
GEOLOGY (ROCKS)
15. FOSSILS:
SAME TYPES OF FOSSILS FOUND
16. HOT Q: Which fossil do you think is the strongest evidence for the theory of continental drift?
17. Tropical fossils in the arctic
Glacier/Ice Evidence in the Sahara
CLIMATE:
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18. Equator??
HOT Q: If the continents had never drifted apart from Pangaea, how would our world be different today?
Think about: Cultures and climate
19. GEOLOGY/ROCKS

Similar rock types found at the edges of continents