NATURAL DISASTERS Feb 1-12

Students have completed the RESEARCH phase of the Natural Disasters Project. Students worked in the media center gathering information from encyclopedias, references, non fiction books, online data bases and web searches. This part is worth 25 points.

This week, students are designing a Power Point Presentation in the computer lab.

This project is a major part of the science grade this quarter and is worth 100 points.

Earth Science Quarter 3

The unit this quarter is Weather and Climate. Students are doing a project called Natural Disasters. Students choose a natural disaster topic of interest such as tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, global warming, avalanches, wildfires, lightning, blizzards, and El Nino. This project has 3 major components:

Research using the "Big Six" model in the media center

Designing a PowerPoint multimedia presentation using computers

Oral presentation to the classes.

The remainder of the quarter will be spent with the study of the atmosphere and weather. Students will learn how to use weather instruments, a weather station and how to make a weather forecast.

Week of January 4-8

Monday 1/4

Chapter 5 Section 1- Earthquakes

Outline for note taking- due Tuesday

Tuesday 1/5

Read Chapter 5 Section 2- Recording and Measuring Earthquakes

Zig-Zag Questions- Due Wednesday

Wednesday 1/6

Read Chapter 5 Sections 3/4-Earthquakes in Society/History

Outline for Sections 3/4- Due Thursday

Thursday 1/7

LAB- Dominoes Deliver

Due Friday

Friday 1/8

Lab is due

Quiz Chapter 5 Sections 1,2,3,4

Science Log Entry

Upcoming!!!

*Science To Go@ home labs due 1/12/2010

**Week of 1/1/11-1/15 Working on Model Volcanoes and Chapter 6 ERUPTIONS ON 1/15 during class

DECEMBER 1-22

Chapter 4: Plate Tectonics

Dec 1:

Assignment: Read:Section 1: Inside the Earth

Directed Reading Worksheet (DRW)

Section 1

Objective: Identify the major layers of the Earth

Dec 2:

Assignment: Read Section 2: Restless Continents

DRW section 2

Objective: Describe the Continental Drift Theory

Dec 3:

Assignment: Read Section 3: Plate Tectonics

DRW section 3

Objective: List 3 types of plate boundaries

Dec 4:

Lab: Plate tectonics through a microscope

Objective: Provide students with understanding of Earth's

history and structure by examining rock and fossil evidence.

Dec 7:

Assignment: Read Section 4: Deforming the Earth's Crust

DRW section 4

Objective: describing 3 forces that shape the Earth's crust.

Dec 8:

Lab: Stressed to the Limit:

Using "silly putty" to demonstrate the effects of stress, compression and tearing on the Earth's Crust

Dec 9: Review Chapter 4

Dec 10: Chapter 4 Test

Dec 11-22: Shake Rattle and Roll

Students design, build and test Earthquake resistent structures.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

November 16-24

Monday November 16:

Assignment: Chapter 2 "Rocks: Mineral Mixtures

Read Section 1: The Rock Cycle"

Directed Reading Worksheet Section 1

Tuesday: November 17

Video with question sheet: All About Rocks and Minerals

ScienceLog: draw and describe the Rock Cycle

Wednesday: November 18

Assignment: Sections 3 Sedimentary Rocks

Notetaking and mini lab with 5 sedimentary rocks to identify

Thursday: November 19:

Assignment: Section 4: Metamorphic Rocks

Notetaking and mini lab with 5 metamorphic rocks to identify

Friday: November 20:

Assignment: Section 2: Igneous Rocks

Notetaking and mini lab with 5 igneous rocks to identify

Monday: November 21

Review the 3 rock groups

Tuesday: November 22

HARD ROCK CAFE: Lab Assessment: identifying 15 rock samples using notes .

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Q2: Inside the Restless Earth (geology)

This week is the introduction to the next unit: Inside the Restless Earth (Geology)

November 9: Monday

New textbooks issued.

Assignment: Textbook Scavenger Hunt: Using table of contents, glossary, appendix and index to find answers.

November 10: Tuesday

Assignment: Chapter 1: Minerals of the Earth's Crust

Read Section 1: What is a Mineral? Directed Reading Worksheet (DRW) Section 1

November 11: Wednesday

Assignment: Read Section 2: Identifying Minerals

Directed Reading Worksheet Section 2

November 12: Thursday

Lab Activity: Mystery Minerals: Identification of minerals using color, streak plates, hardness and luster.

November 13: Friday

Lab Test: Mineral Identification: Using lab key to identify minerals.

Week of October 19-22

October 19: Monday

Assignment: Begin Chapter 3: The Movement of Ocean Water pp. 70-87

Read section 1: Currents pages 70-73

Directed Reading Worksheet section 1 , questions 1-13

October 20: Tuesday

Lab Activity: Sailing Saline

Purpose: What causes currents? Students layer mixtures of salt water, cold water, warm water and salt/cold water mixture in a tank of water to compare densities.

October 21: Wednesday

Assignment: Draw maps of major surface currents.

October 22: Thursday

Assignment: Section 2 "Waves"

Read pages 78-83

Directed Reading Worksheet section 2

October 23: Friday

Assignment: Section 3: Tides

Read pages 84-87

DRW section 3

DRW due Monday

LOOKING AHEAD!

Science To Go Due Monday October 26

Chapter 3 Test: Tuesday Tuesday October 27

Notebook due: Wednesday October 28

OCTOBER 30: END OF QUARTER

QUARTERLY RECOGNITION