MONDAY - Mark Twain

We discuss light

NO HW

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY
Seasons Lab - No HW

THURSDAY
Discuss lab results
Size of the universe

No HW

FRIDAY
Read in your book about the Sun!
Complete the WS that goes with it.
I provided some P/S wave review

Enjoy your weekend

MONDAY
Read pp. 630 - 634 (ch 22 section 3)
Make two foldables that show the important information from this section.
Your first foldable will be four layered notebook version.
Your pages should be labeled with the four subheadings in sections three.
(BLUE subheadings)
For instance, the first one will read "craters", and on the back you will include all of the facts needed to understand the concept.
Your second foldable should summarize the final two pages of the section.

Still not sure what to do?
Ask someone who was in class.
Here are some examples:





TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY

Ch 22 overview -



THURSDAY

MONDAY

The moon and Armstrong - why didn't he take part int he Shadow of the Moon movie?
Newton's three Laws of Motion
Explore rockets - make a pencil rocket and see if you can get it to go - by using your air, through a straw.
3 question quiz on the moon

HW - Have any empty 2 liter bottles? BRING THEM IN!

TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY

Plan our Alka Seltzer rockets and head out to launch them
Prepare our air rocket designs and get them ready for launch on THURSDAY

THURSDAY
Stomp rocket launching

FRIDAY
We reflected on our week of rocketry - filling out a self-evaluation and answering some questions





We wrote out our Alka Seltzer rocket lab in a formal format.
This was done in class, but some will need to finish it at home.

MONDAY/TUESDAY (block days)

We shared our Jig Saw learning (4 group questions) with other at our table.
We looked over a list of astronomers - and placed them on a timeline.

Aristotle
Copernicus
Brahe
Ptolemy
Aristarchus
Newton
Galilei
Kepler

We then faced an engineering challenge:
How to make a moon lander that would be able to cushion a fall.

HW - preview 22.2 and define the vocabulary on the first page of the section


WEDNESDAY
Discuss the highlights of 22.2
Go over moon phases - can you recall them?
Oreo MOONS

THURSDAY
22.3
More about the moon
What size is it?
How does it compare to the other planets?

Ron Howard: IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON video (first 30 minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQl2e2rySUc


FRIDAY
Newton - and all of his accomplishments!
Getting ready for rockets!

Don't forget to work on those boats!!!!

MONDAY
- go over Geologic Time - read 12.4 and go over questions from classwork Friday
- recap 12.1 - 12.3
- crossword

HW - STUDY!

TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY

explore!
HW - STUDY

Know what rocks can tell us about the past
Give a brief overview of the changes that have occurred over time in regards to finding out about the past
What is evolution and why is it important to a species?
Give an example, either real or otherwise, of how something has adapted to a change in their environment or abilities.
What are some of the geological "disruptions" that throw off the normal rock record?
Be able to read your geologic timeline
What causes fossils to form?


THURSDAY
test CH 12

MONDAY - today we got back into the school routine.
We played a version of Pictionary meets Cherades. Terms from the upcoming chapter were included in the pile, and small groups worked on guessing them with their peers.

We also read 12.1

HW - 12.2: read and complete WS

TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Correct 12.2 together
Do a Half Life activity - this goes along with a challenging topic found in section 3
We read 347 - 351 together
HW - depends on what is covered in class...

THURSDAY
Video clips on the history of the Earth
NO HW

FRIDAY
Geologic Time Scale - 12.4
Along with WS and personal copy of scale
(another challenging diagram - take your time)
NO HW

MONDAY
Current Events - reading in library - magazines from 2012

No HW

TUESDAY
11.3 (p. 320 - 325)

WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
Create your own chapter 11 test
YOU choose the format.
You must include an answer key
DUE end of class FRIDAY -
RUBRIC
Test
Covers important Ch. 11 material 5 pts
Typed - neat, easy to read 5 pts
Grade level appropriate 5 pts
Answer Key 5 pts


FRIDAY
Complete tests -
NO HW

MONDAY

- Tests returned
- Clean out binders for third trimester - get organized!

Read 11.1 and make a page of notes.
Your homework is to hand in your notes from this section.
That may be sentences, bullet-ed list, diagrams, etc.
If you are unsure where to start, preview the questions on p. 311 to help pick out important topics.

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY

Exploring stress and deformation
- in class exploration/lab
No HW

THURSDAY
Look over lab results
11.2

No HW

FRIDAY

Revisit 11.1 - 11.2
HW - get outside!!

MONDAY - re-write your tests in correct format
No HW

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY
Physical science

THURSDAY
More exploration

No school Friday
No HW this week

Students,

I am home sick today - and was not available to monitor your test.
My husband brought me the first three classes around lunch time, and it was then that I realized the formatting was completely wrong.
I had sent a document in WORD format that was opened and printed in Google Docs. Where there should have been lines there were not.
Where there shouldn't have been spaces, there were.
I'm so sorry if this brought any undue stress to your day.
I will not be grading these until we can look them over together on Monday.

Have a wonderful weekend.
Get outside and enjoy the sunshine!

Mrs. Parker

TEST on Friday - study all week!!
(was originally planned for Thursday)

Know the factors that influence the formation of magma.
What are some examples or explanations for each?

What are the differences between the main types of volcanoes?

Why/How do volcanoes occur away from plate boundaries?

What determines the way a volcano erupts?

What is viscosity?

How do volcanoes form?


MONDAY
Recap section II - students shared notes on board

TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY

We are looking at video clips and doing some hands on work with volcanoes

THURSDAY
review

FRIDAY
Test

Happy Valentine's Day

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY
- tests are returned - were you absent? Be sure to see me for a make up
- Video Clip - first 30 minutes of the following:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5R0e6_0xqo

- Begin THICK and Thin lab - part ONE
(we will continue this lab on Thursday)


THURSDAY
- complete THICK and Thin lab
Finish last part(10min.) of video (see TUES/WED)
Read 10.1 - finish worksheet and lab for HW

FRIDAY
10.2
NO Homework

Monday/Tuesday (block days this week)

** TEST THURSDAY! **

We took another P/S wave quiz
(still questions?? come see me!)

Convection Currents demo

Candy Bar Lab



HW - finish tectonics map (BELOW)



WEDNESDAY
9.4 (short section!)

THURSDAY
TEST (ch 9)

FRIDAY - no school!

Monday: We read and discussed 9.1

Tests were handed back - corrections due next class

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY

- corrections turned in

- 8 min clip: BILL NYE on 9.2

- Sea Floor spreading activity sheets:

THURSDAY

- go over 9.2
QUIZ on P/S waves

HW - none

FRIDAY (red/white day)

Consider Plate tectonics/sea floor spreading

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjCPJd9f9sY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqb6yd4Anro&feature=related

HW - none

MONDAY we will have another P/S wave quiz.

Be sure you understand!!

Monday: We looked at chocolate pudding and animal crackers - and how they represent the lithosphere and asthenosphere.

HW - finish up the Earthquake practice WS below - the second attachment is the graph you will need to answer questions
It's challenging - do your best.







You need to complete 8.4 as well.




TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY
-Review for test
- Discuss graph, HW, etc.


THURSDAY - test day: no HW CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:



Friday - look over next unit: no HW

This week we did a hands on lab using wood and sandpaper.
We will re-visit this data on Friday.

There are no academic class on Thursday.

Friday we will be covering 8.3, and on Monday, 8.4

Your chapter 8 test will be given next THURSDAY.

Have a great weekend...

A little snow? Love it!

We actively read 8.2 today, and work on earthquake depth.

The document is not one I can attach to the site, so you will have to get a copy from me.

HW is to complete it.

Friday we will watch a PBS special on the large quake that hit Japan.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/japan-killer-quake.html





Next week we will do a hands on earthquake lab, and talk about the dangers that accompany earthquakes.