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7th Grade Lessons

Plate Tectonics

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  • Essential Questions

    To better understand Plate Tectonics

  • How can we explain the various landforms we see on the Earth's surface?

  • How and why does Earth's surface change over time?

  • How can I use a CER structure to construct a convincing explanation?

  • How can observations and data help us understand the past and predict the future?

Priority Standards & Supporting Standards

ESS1-4: Geologic Time

ESS2-2: Earth's Changing Surface

ESS2-3: Evidence for Plate Tectonics

ESS3-2: Natural Hazard Mitigation

Priority SEPs and Supporting SEPs

  • Construct an evidence-based explanation (EVI)

  • Construct an evidence-based explanation (EVI)

  • Analyze and interpret data (INV)

  • Analyze and interpret data (INV)

Priority CCCs and Supporting CCCs

  • Scale, proportion, and quantity

  • Scale, proportion, and quantity

  • Patterns Patterns