1. Get to work… Go to ISN page 45. On the first line write: My Sphere:.
On the next line write: Description:.
There is a handout at your table. That is your sphere. Write it on the first line next to “My Sphere.”
Find your sphere in the textbook. Find a description for it (starting on page 74). Write it down.

2. Reminders … Cell phones Backpacks, food/drink
Summative tests are in the Gradebook
You can do test corrections during office hours
Your homework (ISN page 42) is due now.

3. Today … I will grade your homework.
You will research one of earth’s spheres.
You will work with a group to make a poster about your sphere.

4. Spheres …
You will be assigned one of these spheres: Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Atmosphere
You will find 10 facts about your sphere. Layers is just one fact.
Use the textbook (74-82), use your phone.
Your sphere’s information will go on ISN page 45.
The majority of your grade will come from what you wrote in your ISN. The minority of your grade comes from the poster.

5. Spheres …
Geosphere:
What is a definition or description for your sphere?
Vocabulary terms you need:
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Tectonic plates
Landforms
What are the “layers” of the Geosphere?
How does the Geosphere interact with the other spheres?
What other interesting facts can you find?

6. Spheres …
Atmosphere:
What is a definition or description for your sphere?
Vocabulary terms you need:
Ozone
What are the “layers” of the Atmosphere?
How does the Atmosphere interact with the other spheres?
What other interesting facts can you find?

7. Spheres … Hydrosphere:
What is a definition or description for your sphere?
Vocabulary terms you need:
Cryosphere
What are the “layers” of the Ocean?
How much of the Hydrosphere is available for us to drink (how much is freshwater we can use)?
How does the Hydrosphere interact with the other spheres?
What other interesting facts can you find?

8. Spheres …
Biosphere:
What is a definition or description for your sphere?
How far up into the atmosphere does your biosphere go (what is the highest that birds and insects can fly)?
How deep into the hydrosphere does your biosphere go (what is the deepest place in the ocean life has been found … what was that life)?
How many different species are there?
How does the Biosphere interact with the other spheres?
What other interesting facts can you find?