http upload wikimedia orgwikipediacommons77 cPersonholds lakeeirwatersnakenerodiasipedoninsularum jpg http

http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/7/7 c/Person_holds _lake_eir_water_snake_nerodia_sipedon_insularum. jpg http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/2/2 a/Antarctica. Summer. jpg http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/1/1 b/Man. Diving. jpg http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Meteor. jpg Earth’s systems (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved www. cpalms. org http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Wb_deichh_drei_kuhs. jpg

Bell ringer: look at the image and identify physical features, living things, and explain their interactions. (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved www. cpalms. org http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/e/e 1/Mule_Creek_Canyon. jpg

Possible student responses: Physical features • Water • Rocks Living things • Humans • Grass • Trees Interactions. Humans are boating in the water. Trees are growing out of the rocks. The water is pushing up against the rocks. Trees are getting water from the river. Humans are breathing the air. (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved www. cpalms. org

Spheres • • Interactions Atmosphere (A) • Humans (B) breathing air from the atmosphere (A) Geosphere (G) Hydrosphere (H) • Hydrosphere (H), water is banging against the geosphere, shore (G) Biosphere (B) • Humans (B) boating and fishing in the water, Hydrosphere (H) • Trees (B) growing in the ground, geosphere (G) • Roots of the trees (B) getting water from the hydrosphere (H) (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved www. cpalms. org

How to make an Earth’s systems foldable (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved www. cpalms. org

Make a 4 door foldable. Cut one of the doors in half and label the doors like the picture. (click on the picture for a youtube video link and expand video to view “How to make a 4 door foldable. ”) (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved www. cpalms. org

Write the definition of the sphere on the back of the tab, and draw an image of the sphere on the bottom as shown. (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved www. cpalms. org

Atmosphere http: //img. docstoccdn. com/thumb/orig/129468394. png mixture of mostly invisible gases that surrounds Earth (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved www. cpalms. org

Geosphere • the mostly solid, rocky part of Earth. It extends from the center of Earth to the surface of Earth. (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved www. cpalms. org http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Pena_de_bernal_2006. jpg

Biosphere • All living things http: //i. images. cdn. fotopedia. com/flickr-395905383 hd/World_Heritage_Sites/America/North_America/Mexico/Monarch_Butterfly_Biosphere_Reserv e/Mariposa_Monarca. jpg http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/6/6 b/Low_palm_tree. jpg (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved www. cpalms. org

The part of Earth that is liquid water. Hydrosphere https: //c 2. staticflickr. com/8/7331/8755334930_5 dd 845 a 1 de_z. jpg (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved www. cpalms. org http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Waves_on_Ocean_Coast. jpg

Cryosphere All frozen water on Earth. http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/1/1 e/153_-_Glacier_Perito_Moreno__Grotte_glaciaire_-_Janvier_2010. jpg http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/2/2 a/Antarctica. Summer. jpg (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved www. cpalms. org

Review: Identify the Earth’s spheres represented in the image and explain 2 interactions between spheres. https: //c 1. staticflickr. com/7/6053/5909901664_005 a 9641 ab_z. jpg (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved www. cpalms. org

Possible student responses: Spheres • • Interactions Atmosphere (A) • The jaguar (B) is interacting with: the atmosphere (A) by breathing, the Geosphere (G) biosphere (B) by standing on the tree, Bioshpere (B) and the hydrosphere (H) by drinking it. Hydrosphere (H) • The trees (B) are interacting with: the geosphere (G) by growing in Earth, and the hydrosphere (H) by getting water and the atmosphere (A) by photosynthesis. Possible misconception: tree is not part of the biosphere because it is dead. (Biosphere (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved includes things that were once living. www. cpalms. org

Exit slip: On a sheet of paper list the Earth’s spheres represented in this image and list three way the spheres are interacting. Turn it in on the way out. (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Child_and_ox_ploughing, _Laos_( www. cpalms. org 1). jpg

Possible student responses: Spheres • • Interactions Atmosphere (A) • The boy (B) is interacting with: the atmosphere (A) by breathing, the Geosphere (G) by standing on it and Bioshpere (B) plowing it, the hydrosphere (H) by Hydrosphere (H) standing in it, and the biosphere (B) by trying to control the Ox. • The Ox (B) is interacting with the hydrosphere (H) by drinking it and the hydrosphere (H) and geosphere (G) by standing on/in it, and the atmosphere (A) by breathing it. (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved www. cpalms. org

Interactions continued • The trees and plants (B) are interacting with the atmosphere (A) by photosynthesis, the hydrosphere (H) by getting water, and the geosphere (G) by growing in it. (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved www. cpalms. org

Poster project sample (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved www. cpalms. org

Rubric for poster project Category 4 3 2 1 Graphics-Originality Several of the graphics used on the poster reflect an exceptional degree of student creativity in their creation and/or display. One or two of the graphics used on the poster reflect student creativity in their creation and/or display, The graphics are made or found by the students, but are based on the designs or ideas of others. No graphics are original. Required Elements The poster includes all required elements as well as additional information. All required elements are included on the poster. All by 1 of the required elements are included on the poster. Several required elements are missing from the poster. Attractiveness The poster is exceptionally attractive in terms of design, layout, and neatness. The poster is attractive in terms The poster is acceptably of design, layout and neatness. attractive though it may be a bit messy. The poster is distractingly messy or very poorly designed. It is not attractive. Grammar There are no grammatical mistakes on the poster. There are 1 -3 grammatical mistakes on the poster. There are 4 -6 grammatical mistakes on the poster. There are more than 6 grammatical mistakes on the poster. Content- Accuracy At least 14 interactions are accurately displayed on the poster. 11 -13 interactions are accurately displayed on the poster. 6 -10 interactions are accurately displayed on the poster. Less than 6 interactions are accurately displayed on the poster. (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved www. cpalms. org

Gallery walk set up (C) Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved www. cpalms. org