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  • Earth Science Units
    • Skills Unit
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    • Fracking Project
    • Geology Unit
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    • Climate and Weather Unit
  • Daily Activities
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    • Video Guide Gheet

January 2017

February 2 and 3

Daily Activities
Record Sheet Update
Bell Sheet 2, Day 5 and Review
          TURN IN
Test Review Questions in class

#18-Geology Test
​          Binder Check.....
Missing/Late Assignments
          Complete and turn in
​#19-Astronomy Vocabulary Activity
Topic of the Day
       Review of "Earth's Interior"
Homework
      Complete missing work
Bell Question (Sheet 2, Day 5)
      List the 3 types of plate boundaries.
​      What features form at each?

Exit Question ()
Daily Links
​
19 Astronomy Vocabulary Activity 

January 31 and February 1

Daily Activities
Record Sheet Update
Bell Sheet 2, Day 4 and Review
#14-Finish and Collect
#15-Plate Boundary Practice (front and back)
​#16-Plate Boundaries PheT Simulation
#17-Geology Test Review Sheet

Topic of the Day
      Plate Boundaries and Geologic Formations
Homework
      Study for TEST!!!!
Bell Question (Sheet 2, Day 4)
      List 3 evidences for plate tectonics.
Exit Question ()
Daily Links
​​Video - Deadly Mt. St. Helens
​
​Photographing Mt. St. Helens​
#15 Plate Boundary Practice
#16 Plate Boundary PHeT Simulation
#17 Geology Test Review Sheet
​
Geology Test Review Sheet ANSWERS

January 27 and 30

Daily Activities
Record Sheet Update
Bell Sheet 2, Day 3 and Review
#13 Complete Lab and turn in
#14 Notes: Plate Boundaries and Class Participation
​#15 Plate Boundaries Practice

​
Topic of the Day
      Evidence for Plate Tectonics, and Plate Boundaries
Homework
      Complete missing work
Bell Question (Sheet 2, Day 3)
      List 2 technologies used to monitor volcanoes.
​      What is viscosity?

Exit Question ()
Daily Links
​Photographing Mt. St. Helens
​Lava Flows in Pahoa - viscous lava
#13 Lab NOVA Volcano Under the City
#15 Plate Boundary Practice
​Video-Coolest Lava On Earth
​
#14 Plate Tectonics FIB Notes
Plate Tectonics FIB Notes ANSWERS
​
Plate Tectonics PDF Notes

January 25 and 26

Daily Activities
Bell Question - Sheet 2, Day 2
#12 - NOVA "Deadliest Volcanoes"​​
      Finish, Review, and TURN IN

​#13 Lab-NOVA Volcano Under the City Viscosity Lab 
​      Finish, Review, and TURN IN

​Topic of the Day
      Viscosity of Lava
Homework
      None
Bell Question (Sheet 2, Day 2)
     What are the two main types of Volcanos?
​     Where do each type of volcano form?

Exit Question ()
Daily Links
​Video - Types of Lava and Volcanoes
​Lab NOVA Volcano Under the City
NOVA Video "Deadliest Volcanoes"
#12 Nova "Deadliest Volcanoes" Video Guide

January 23 and 24

Daily Activities
Bell Question - Sheet 2, Day 1
#10 P and S Wave Travel Time Quiz
​      Grade in Class

#11 - Volcanoes: Reading and Questions
#12 - NOVA "Deadliest Volcanoes"​
Topic of the Day
      Volcano Formation
Homework
      None      
Bell Question (Sheet 2, Day 1)
      How can you find distance a P-wave traveled, if you know the time it traveled?
      How many stations are needed to find the earthquake epicenter?

Exit Question ()
Daily Links
​​​#11 Volcanoes: Reading and Questions
NOVA Video "Deadliest Volcanoes"
#12 Nova "Deadliest Volcanoes" Video Guide
​
Worldwide Earthquakes - Last 5 years
​Recent Worldwide Earthquakes
​

January 19 and 20

Daily Activities
Bell Question - Sheet 1, Day 4
      TURN IN
Binders - Organize #1-8
#9 Virtual Earthquake Activity
Investigate Recent worldwide Earthquakes
​
#10 P and S Wave Travel Time Quiz
#11 - Volcanoes: Reading and Questions
#12 - NOVA "Deadliest Volcanoes"

​
Topic of the Day
      How to Locate Earthquake Epicenters
Homework
      None
Bell Question (Sheet 1, Day 4)
     Where might the Mercalli Scale not be good to use, and why?
Exit Question ()
Daily Links
​#11 Volcanoes: Reading and Questions
NOVA Video "Deadliest Volcanoes"
#12 Nova "Deadliest Volcanoes" Video Guide
#9 Virtual Earthquake Activity
#10 P and S Wave Travel Time QUIZ
​
Worldwide Earthquakes - Last 5 years
​Recent Worldwide Earthquakes

January 17 and 18

Daily Activities
Bell Question - Sheet 1, Day 3
Finish EQ wave Travel Time Tutorial
Earthquake Videos - BBC Link
#8 Mercalli Activity
#9 Virtual Earth Quake Simulation
​

Topic of the Day
      Earthquake Rating and Location
Homework
      None
Bell Question (Sheet 1, Day 3)
      In which Earth layer does Convection Occur?
      Why is the Inner Core solid?

Exit Question ()
      None
Daily Links
BBC Link Earthquakes
​#9 Virtual Earthquake Activity
​#8 Mercalli Scale Activity
​#7 WS Activity EQ P and S-wave Travel time Tutorial
PPT EarthQuake P-wave and S-wave ​Travel Time tutorial
​

January 16

No School - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
No School - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
​No School - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 12 and 13

Daily Activities
Bell Work, Sheet 1, Day 2
#5 P and S Wave Walking Lab - Day 2
          TURN IN
#6 Notes: Earthquakes
#7 Activity: Earthquake P and S wave Travel Time Tutorial
Topic of the Day
      Earthquakes, and Earthquake waves
Homework
      Place all papers in your Science "Binder"
Bell Question (Sheet 1, Day 2)
     What can we learn from earthquake waves?
Exit Question ()
      None
Daily Links
1989 Earthquake Videos​​
#5 P and S Wave Walking Lab
#7 WS Activity EQ P and S-wave Travel time Tutorial
PPT EarthQuake P-wave and S-wave ​Travel Time tutorial
​#6 Earthquake Notes - Fill-In-The-Blank
Earthquake Notes PDF
Earthquake Notes FIB Answers


January 10 and 11

Daily Activities
Bell Question -Sheet 1, Day 1
#3 Notes - Layers of the Earth and Plate
          Boundaries
#4 Reading Activity - Is the Failure to Predict
          an Earthquake a Crime?
#5 Lab - P and S Wave Walking Lab, Day 1
Topic of the Day
      Can we predict earthquakes?
       What are the types of EQ Boundaries, and      
            what forms at each?

Homework
      Organize Binder
Bell Question (Sheet 1, Day 1)
      Do you think we can predict earthquakes?
​        Why or why Not?

Exit Question ()
Daily Links
​Liquifaction Demonstrated
Liquifaction Video
#5 P and S Wave Walking Lab
​Failure to Predict - Follow Up!
#4 Is the Failure to Predict an Earthquake a Crime? Discussion
​Layers of the Earth Notes Answers
#3 Layers of the Earth Notes FIB
Layers of the Earth Notes
​
Kola Bore Hole

January 9 - All Blocks Today

Daily Activities
1. Welcome Back - New Seats
2. Binder Organization
    -clean out
    -organization procedure
​    -Planner???
#1 Spring Syllabus Review
#2 Geology Essential Questions Activity
    -Review

Earthquake Predictions Reading

Topic of the Day
      Welcome Back / Geology Essential Questions
Homework
      Organize Binder / Planner?
Bell Question ()
    None
Exit Question ()
      None
Daily Links
Failure to Predict - Follow Up!
Is the Failure to Predict an Earthquake a Crime? Discussion
​#2 Geology Unit Essential Questions
​#1 Spring 2017 Earth Science Syllabus
​Spring 2017 Binder Record Sheet
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