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About this Product

This differentiated unit is composed of interactive notebook lessons organized into chapters. Each chapter includes:

• An overview with photos of the completed INB activity

• One page of input notes (differentiated when necessary)

• At least one INB activity (key included)

• A 4-5 question mini assessment (key included)

• A 2-part reflection exercise

Important Notes:

• Download a FREE Interactive Notebook Unit to learn more about my INB units

• Save $$$ with the Earth Science Complete Curriculum

• Save $$$$ with the Integrated Science Complete Curriculum

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EDITABLE INPUT NOTES

• 100% one-page EDITABLE copies of input notes are included

• Notes are saved as a single .docx file that opens with Microsoft Word & Google Docs

• Editable notes are written in font compatible with Microsoft Word & Google Docs

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Topics Covered:

Chapter 1: Plate Tectonics

Chapter 2: Types of Plate Boundaries

Chapter 3: Plate Boundary Landforms

Chapter 4: Seafloor Spreading

Chapter 5: Convection in the Mantle

Chapter 6: Continental Drift Theory

Chapter 7: Evidence for Pangaea

Chapter 8: Volcanoes

Chapter 9: Volcanic Island Formation

Chapter 10: Earthquakes

Chapter 11: Types of Faults

Chapter 12: Earthquake & Volcano Mapping

Chapter 13: Seismology

Additional Info:

-Topics are differentiated for upper elementary and intermediate grades.

-Topics are differentiated with a color and shape code.

-Two pages of generic and self-assessment reflection prompts are included.

NGSS Alignment

• This resource supports NGSS 4-ESS2-2, 4-ESS3-2, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-3 and MS-ESS3-2.

• Refer to my Free Curriculum Support Materials to help incorporate INB lessons into a NGSS aligned curriculum.

TERMS OF USE

• All rights reserved by Stephanie Elkowitz.

• This product is to be used by the original purchaser only.

• Intended for classroom and personal use only.

• Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited.

• This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view.

• Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

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Plate Tectonics Interactive Notebook Unit | Editable Notes

Stephanie Elkowitz
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Description

About this Product

This differentiated unit is composed of interactive notebook lessons organized into chapters. Each chapter includes:

• An overview with photos of the completed INB activity

• One page of input notes (differentiated when necessary)

• At least one INB activity (key included)

• A 4-5 question mini assessment (key included)

• A 2-part reflection exercise

Important Notes:

• Download a FREE Interactive Notebook Unit to learn more about my INB units

• Save $$$ with the Earth Science Complete Curriculum

• Save $$$$ with the Integrated Science Complete Curriculum

*********************************************************************************************************

EDITABLE INPUT NOTES

• 100% one-page EDITABLE copies of input notes are included

• Notes are saved as a single .docx file that opens with Microsoft Word & Google Docs

• Editable notes are written in font compatible with Microsoft Word & Google Docs

*********************************************************************************************************

Topics Covered:

Chapter 1: Plate Tectonics

Chapter 2: Types of Plate Boundaries

Chapter 3: Plate Boundary Landforms

Chapter 4: Seafloor Spreading

Chapter 5: Convection in the Mantle

Chapter 6: Continental Drift Theory

Chapter 7: Evidence for Pangaea

Chapter 8: Volcanoes

Chapter 9: Volcanic Island Formation

Chapter 10: Earthquakes

Chapter 11: Types of Faults

Chapter 12: Earthquake & Volcano Mapping

Chapter 13: Seismology

Additional Info:

-Topics are differentiated for upper elementary and intermediate grades.

-Topics are differentiated with a color and shape code.

-Two pages of generic and self-assessment reflection prompts are included.

NGSS Alignment

• This resource supports NGSS 4-ESS2-2, 4-ESS3-2, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-3 and MS-ESS3-2.

• Refer to my Free Curriculum Support Materials to help incorporate INB lessons into a NGSS aligned curriculum.

TERMS OF USE

• All rights reserved by Stephanie Elkowitz.

• This product is to be used by the original purchaser only.

• Intended for classroom and personal use only.

• Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited.

• This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view.

• Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Report this resource to TPT
Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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NGSSMS-ESS2-3
Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions. Examples of data include similarities of rock and fossil types on different continents, the shapes of the continents (including continental shelves), and the locations of ocean structures (such as ridges, fracture zones, and trenches). Paleomagnetic anomalies in oceanic and continental crust are not assessed.
NGSSMS-ESS3-2
Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects. Emphasis is on how some natural hazards, such as volcanic eruptions and severe weather, are preceded by phenomena that allow for reliable predictions, but others, such as earthquakes, occur suddenly and with no notice, and thus are not yet predictable. Examples of natural hazards can be taken from interior processes (such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions), surface processes (such as mass wasting and tsunamis), or severe weather events (such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods). Examples of data can include the locations, magnitudes, and frequencies of the natural hazards. Examples of technologies can be global (such as satellite systems to monitor hurricanes or forest fires) or local (such as building basements in tornado-prone regions or reservoirs to mitigate droughts).
NGSSMS-ESS2-2
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales. Emphasis is on how processes change Earth’s surface at time and spatial scales that can be large (such as slow plate motions or the uplift of large mountain ranges) or small (such as rapid landslides or microscopic geochemical reactions), and how many geoscience processes (such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and meteor impacts) usually behave gradually but are punctuated by catastrophic events. Examples of geoscience processes include surface weathering and deposition by the movements of water, ice, and wind. Emphasis is on geoscience processes that shape local geographic features, where appropriate.
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