FREE Layers and Spheres of the Earth Notebooking Journal
Published:
April 4, 2019
Contributor:
Bonnie Rose Hudson
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How many spheres make up the earth? How many layers are there? You’ve heard about the mantle and the atmosphere, but what about the moho, turbopause, and mesopause?
The world we live on is incredibly complex, so let’s help students break it down layer by layer and sphere by sphere to find out what it all means and how the pieces are all connected with this Layers and Spheres of the Earth Notebooking Research Journal.
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This notebooking research journal looks at 26 layers or spheres of the earth and gives students room to record:
- the depth or altitude of each
- what layers or spheres come above and beneath it
- special characteristics of the layer or sphere
- if the layer or sphere supports life
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Students have the opportunity to do independent research and record facts about the:
- inner core
- outer core
- mantle
- moho
- asthenosphere
- oceanic crust
- continental crust
- lithosphere
- hydrosphere
- biosphere
- atmosphere
- homosphere
- trubopause
- heterosphere
- troposphere
- tropopause
- stratosphere
- stratopause
- ozone layer
- mesosphere
- mesopause
- thermosphere
- ionosphere
- exosphere
- magnetosphere
- protonosphere
Help your students discover more about God’s incredible design of this planet with this free Layers and Spheres of the Earth Notebooking Research Journal!
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Bonnie Rose Hudson
Bonnie Rose Hudson’s heart’s desire is for every child to feel the love of God and know how special they are to Him. She would love for you to stop by her website WriteBonnieRose.com for homeschool and history curriculum, resources to help teach your children about missions and the persecuted Church, free history and writing printables, and to check out her newest release from JourneyForth, The Hidden Village, an early reader set in India.
