Content Objective
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the differences in different elevations by completing an activity with their cooperative learning groups after reading in their textbooks and watching a video clip.

E.EF.07.12 Compare and contrast the composition of the atmosphere at different elevations.

Language Objective
Students will write to compare the differences in air pressure at different elevations by completing the following sentence frames.

“Characteristics of the Troposhere  include _________, ________, and ________.”

“Characteristics of the Stratoshere  include _________, ________, and ________.”

“Characteristics of the Mesoshere  include _________, ________, and ________.”

“Characteristics of the Thermoshere  include _________, ________, and ________.”

HOMEWORK – Study section one for a quiz