A inside look @ The mantle

KWBAT Describe Heat Transfer in the Mantle and Identify convection Currents

Do Now: Read the article below and answer the short questiosn on the google form provided.

Promordial Earth

Primordial Earth Questions

The lithosphere, the rigid, strong outermost shell of Earth, is broken into ten large plates. The mantle below those plates is solid rock. However, over time — and at high temperatures and pressures — the solid rock of the mantle very slowly flows in enormous circular motions called convective currents. These currents cause the plates to move, a process geologists describe with the theory of plate tectonics. Yesterday we reviewed the Earth's layers. today we will examine one of the major process associated with the mantle, Convection Currents:

We Do: complete the Cornell Notes using the reading and Powerpoints Below

Convection Currents Cornell Notes

Convections Current Powerpoint

I Do: Complete the Convections Currents reading and worksheet in small groups at a level 2.

Convections Current Reading and Packet