Get to work…1. Go to ISN page 45.2. On the first line write: My Sphere:.3. On the next line write: Description:.4. There is a handout at your table.

That is your sphere. Write it on the first line next to “My Sphere.”

5. Find your sphere in the textbook. Find a description for it (starting on page 74). Write it down.

Reminders …1.Cell phones2.Backpacks, food/drink3.Summative tests are in the

Gradebook4.You can do test corrections

during office hours5.Your homework (ISN page 42) is

due now.

Today …1. I will grade your homework.2. You will research one of earth’s spheres.3. You will work with a group to make a poster

about your sphere.

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.

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?

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?

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?

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?