Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Finals Week

DoNow: Follow a clockwise pattern and say something nice to that person at your table and write what you heard.

AIM: I will show that I know Exosphere and some Lithosphere.

Activities:
- Submit Study Guide: Rock Cycle, Fossils, and Relative Dating WS

- T.E.S.T Taking Formation

Top Performers and Class Average
PeriodClass AverageTop Performer
1st68.9%Chloe
2nd76.2%Jaxon
4th70.4%Jasmine
*perfect score*

Homework:
Rest, Relax, Reflect, Rejuvenate, Rebuild and Make kindness in the world.

Coming Up:
Winter Break; Lithosphere; Atomosphere; Hydorsphere
Finals Schedule: Tu 12/19 3rd & 6th; W 12/20 4th & 5th; Th 12/21 1st & 2nd

Friday, December 15, 2017

Friends of The River Video Award

Check it out, become famous and and win some cash!

Reusable Water Bottle PSA

Finals Preparation and Review

DoNow: Identify the most awesome, interesting, surprising, amusing, fun... thing that happened in our class? Why did you choose it?

AIM:
- Submit Cassiopea Project: Rocks & Paleo Earth Video Notes & Sketch Summary WS p 79; Reading Notes Ch 11.2 Relative Age of Rocks p 78; Relative Dating WS p 77
- Quizlet Finals Review Rock Cycle & Relative Age of Rocks 10 Questions
- Study Guide: Rock Cycle, Fossils, and Relative Dating WS
- Notebook Organization
- Quizlet Live Review

Homework:
Rest, Relax and Review notebook for Comprehensive Physical Science Final. Study Tip: Share your Quizlet's with your peers.

Due: Final Semester Notebook Check; Study Guide: Rock Cycle, Fossils, and Relative Dating WS

Coming Up:
Finals Week
Finals Schedule: Tu 12/19 3rd & 6th; W 12/20 4th & 5th; Th 12/21 1st & 2nd

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Physical Science Review

DoNow: What is a fault? What causes a fault form? What can happen at a fault in the rock layer?

AIM: I can provide reasoning for the sequence of rock layers and provide or recognize valid alternative sequences.

Activities:
- Tableshare Cassiopea Project: Rocks & Paleo Earth video (10:10) Video Notes & Sketch Summary WS p 79; Reading Notes Ch 11.2 Relative Age of Rocks (CK12 Ch 11.2) (11.2 pdf link) p 78; Relative Dating Activity and Relative Dating WS (slideshow) p 77
- Review Relative Dating Activity and Relative Dating WS p 77
- Quizlet Finals Review (The Stars & Universe: nb p50-67) 15 questions
- Slideshow Review notebook pg 20, p24, p28
- Quizlet Live

Homework:
Review notebook for Comprehensive Physical Science Final

Due: Cassiopea Project: Rocks & Paleo Earth video (10:10) Video Notes & Sketch Summary WS p 79; Reading Notes Ch 11.2 Relative Age of Rocks (CK12 Ch 11.2) (11.2 pdf link) p 78; Relative Dating Activity and Relative Dating WS (slideshow) p 77

Coming Up:
More Rock Layers
Finals Schedule: Tu 12/19 3rd & 6th; W 12/20 4th & 5th; Th 12/21 1st & 2nd


Monday, December 11, 2017

Relative Age of Rocks 2

DoNow: What direction are the original strata of sedimentary rocks? What happens to the strata when a tectonic shift occurs?

AIM: I can identify and describe the principals of relative aging used to sequence the relative age of rock formations.

Activities:
- Submit Fossil WS p76
- Tableshare Reading Notes Ch 11.2 Relative Age of Rocks (CK12 Ch 11.2) (11.2 pdf link) p 78; Relative Dating WS (slideshow) p 77
- Quizlet Finals Review (The Sun: nb p37-57) 15 questions
Relative Dating Activity and Relative Dating WS (slideshow) p 77
- Cassiopea Project: Rocks & Paleo Earth video (10:10) Video Notes & Sketch Summary WS p 79

Homework:
Complete Cassiopea Project: Rocks & Paleo Earth video (10:10) Video Notes & Sketch Summary WS p 79; Reading Notes Ch 11.2 Relative Age of Rocks (CK12 Ch 11.2) (11.2 pdf link) p 78; Relative Dating Activity and Relative Dating WS (slideshow) p 77

Coming Up:
More Rock Layers

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Relative Age of Rocks

DoNow: Where are fossils found and how can we determine which organisms lived at the same time?

AIM: I can identify and describe the principals of relative aging used to sequence the relative age of rock formations.

Activities:
- Submit Annotated Rock Cycle Model p 74; Rocks and the Rock Cycle Slideshow Notes p 72-73 (slideshow); Rock Cycle T-Shirt SpA, p 75
- Present Best of Table Rock Cycle T-Shirt SpA, p 75
- Tableshare Fossil WS (slideshow) (16.1 Fossils) p76 and Quizlet Finals Review
- Quizlet Finals Review (waves, light, spectrum and astronomers: nb p26-37) 15 questions
- How the Earth Was Made video clip (5:20)
- Relative Dating Activity and Relative Dating WS (slideshow) p 77
- Reading Notes Ch 11.2 Relative Age of Rocks (CK12 Ch 11.2) (11.2 pdf link) p 78

Homework:
Complete Reading Notes Ch 11.2 Relative Age of Rocks (CK12 Ch 11.2) (11.2 pdf link) p 78; Relative Dating WS (slideshow) p 77

Due: Fossil WS p76

Coming Up:
More Rock Layers

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Fossils and Sedimentary Rocks

DoNow: What are weathering and erosion? How are weathering and erosion involved in the rock cycle?

AIM: I can describe five different fossil types and how and where they are formed.

Activities:
- Submit Types of Rocks p 70; Types of Rocks Tri-Flapper p 71
- Tableshare Annotated Rock Cycle Model p 74; Rocks and the Rock Cycle Slideshow Notes p 72-73 (slideshow)
- Quizlet Finals Review (safety, measurment, models: nb p 1-26) 15 questions
- How are Fossils Formed video
- Fossil WS (slideshow) (16.1 Fossils) p76

Homework:
Complete Fossil WS (slideshow) (16.1 Fossils) p76 and Start your Quizlet Finals Review

Due: Annotated Rock Cycle Model p 74; Rocks and the Rock Cycle Slideshow Notes p 72-73 (slideshow); Rock Cycle T-Shirt SpA, p 75

Coming Up:
Age of Rocks
Rock Cycle T-Shirt SpA, p 75 Due: 07Dec

Friday, December 1, 2017