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Unit 2 Spheres of the Earth System

Unit 2 Activities

Your Task for Unit 2 ...

 
Team Work
Click to see your collaboration team:
[   Green Team ]
[   Blue Team ]
[   Purple Team ]
  Unit 2 Question Set 
 Content questions for Activities 2.1 to 2.8
Answer the questions as you work
through the activities. 

Check your work here (the key will 
be available later). 
At the end of Unit 2, take a quiz.
  Activity 2.0a  Do
Review Facts about the Earth
Activity 2.0b  Do
              The Sun and the Earth		   Make a classroom Bulletin Board
Write a paragraph 
  Join Class Discussion
Activity 2.1  Do
   What are the components of the Earth System?		   Gather information and 
Summarize 
http://sci.gallaudet.edu/Mary/spheres.html
Activity 2.2  Do
a. Read the biography of Rachel Carson:
      Rachel Carson: Pioneer of Ecology
b.Read a book by Rachel Carson:
    ;              Silent Spring 		Read the book
Answer questions
Join Class Discussion
Activity 2.3  Do
The water cycle: Interactions of the spheres		 Do a Teamwave collaboration
with your partners
Activity 2.4  Do
  Investigate the Earth System Spheres		 Gather information
Create a web page
Share what you found
Evaluate peer work
  Join Class Discussion

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