Week 3: Introduction and Weekly Schedule

Week 3:  Introduction and Weekly Schedule

• Summarize Wegener's theory of continental drift
  
• Know what Pangaea, Gondwanaland, and Laurasia are, and the modern-day continents they each included
  
• Know approximately when the supercontinent of Pangaea split 
  
• Describe why Wegener's theory of continental drift was not accepted during his lifetime
  
• Explain the evidence used to support the theory of continental driftSummarize the theory of seafloor spreading -- how it works and why it's important to the theory of plate tectonics
  
• Explain the theory of Plate Tectonics
  
• Describe the evidence used to support the theory of plate tectonics
  
• Submit 3.1 ASSIGNMENT Quiz on Continental Drift
• Submit 3.2: ASSIGNMENT: Quiz on Theory of Plate Tectonics
  
• Submit 3.3:  ASSIGNMENT:  Science Journal