Dynamic+Earth+Unit+Planner

=**Dynamic Earth Unit Planner**= Interactive activity on interactive dating. __Oldest Rock on Earth__ [|Differences in oceanic and continental crust] || Gather information from secondary sources to identify the major world plates, their positions and boundaries, on a map. __Activity__: Where are the worlds volcanoes? Where are the worlds Earthquakes [|Plate Tectonic Map] Powerpoint: || [|Tectonic activity - Divergent convergent and conservative plate boundaries]- interactive activity [|Where are the worlds plates ?]Interactive activity on plates and plate boundaries || Homework Due Tues 3rd September || Beyond Discovery [|Magnetic Clues] [|Developing the theory of continental drift] [|Mid Ocean Ridges] [|How Old Is the Atlantic Ocean?] internet investigation || || **[|This Dynamic Earth]** - from United States Geological Survey. Online book of 77 pages [|Interactive site] on plate tectonics and collision zones [|Recent earthquakes near Australia]- Geoscience Australia [|How Are Earthquakes Related to Plate Tectonics?] internet investigation || [|Evidence of the theory of plate tectonics] - Khan acadamy (you tube) ||
 * **Syllabus Content** || **What Students learn** || **How students learn** || **Resources** ||
 * **Evidence that the Australian continental land mass began developing 4.1 thousand million years ago.** || * Outline the process of radioactive decay of atomic nuclei
 * Explain how the relative percentage of remnant radio-isotopes can be used to measure absolute ages of materials, including rocks.
 * Identify evidence for the age of the oldest rocks in Australia || Web quest [[file:Radiometric Dating.doc]]on isotopes and radiometric dating.
 * [|Earlier Water on Earth? Oldest Rock Suggests Hospitable Young Planet]** - from National Science Foundation
 * [|News Photos]** - microscopic view of a zircon crystal determined to be 4.4 billion years old, from University of Wisconsin-Madison || [|Interactive radiometric dating site] ||
 * **Crustal plates move and their edges are marked by tectonic activity** || * Describe similarities and differences between oceanic and continental crust
 * **Magnetic patterns and volcanic activity provide further evidence of plate divergence** || * Explain how the alignment of magnetic fields of minerals in cooling igneous rocks provides an indication of the rocks’ position relative to the magnetic poles.
 * Assess the significance of apparent polar wandering paths as evidence of continental mobility.
 * Explain the significance of the discovery of magnetic field reversals on the development of a time scale
 * Explain how the palaeomagnetic time scale provides evidence for sea floor spreading.
 * Identify regions where sea floor spreading is now occurring and describe the composition of igneous rocks formed at mid-ocean ridges
 * Describe the characteristics of volcanic activity associated with sea floor spreading || Activity Tues 7th August
 * [|Anomalies hint at magnetic pole flip]** - a short article from New Scientist, April 2002
 * [|Plate Tectonics: The Evidence]** - tutorial from Geology Rocks, University of Edinburgh
 * [|Magnetic stripes and isotopic clocks]** - from This Dynamic Earth, United States Geological Survey
 * **The interaction of plates during subduction, collision and breakup** || * Describe the processes that may occur when two plates collide
 * Define the term 'subduction zone' and identify the geological features that are charracteristic of a subduction zone
 * Describe the charracteristics of igneous rocks and volcanic activity associated with subduction zones
 * Analyse the inferences about processes occuring at subduction zones using data collected from earthquakes
 * Explain how granites and andesites are formed || [|Plate Tectonics skill tester]
 * Homework 27/8 **
 * **Australia has been separated from other continents by plate tectonic motion** || * Describe the plate tectonic model and use it to explain the distribution and age of continents and oceans
 * Summarise the evidence found on the Australian-Indian plate that support the hypotheses of crustal movements (plate tectonics and seafloor spreading)
 * Identify continents and subcontinents that formed part of Gondwana and describe evidence infering their origins in Gondwana || [[image:Gondwana.gif width="360" height="267"]] || [|Separation of Australia from gondwana]- Video