Making the Earth Part 1

DoNow: What are the three sources of energy that heat the Earth? Why might the energy be important?

AIM: I can describe the changing conditions of early Earth.

Activities:
- Submit 11.13 Reading Notes: Formation of the Earth Notetaker p 101
- Tableshare Formation of the Solar System Activity p104; 11.13 Formation of the Earth Slideshow Notetaker p 102-103 (slideshow)
- How The Earth Was Made Drawing Notetaker p 105 (video)

Homework:
Complete How The Earth Was Made Drawing Notetaker p 105 (video); View the Lunar Eclipse and marvel that physics really happens.

Due: Formation of the Solar System Activity p104; 11.13 Formation of the Earth Slideshow Notetaker p 102-103 (slideshow)

Coming Up:
Lifeforms on Earth
Evolution of the Earth and Earth Systems Test: TBA

Formation of Earth

DoNow: Create DoNow/Organizer Grid on pages 98-99. Identify something you notice about your table partners and share your response with them.

AIM: I can describe how the earth formed and the three sources of residual heat.

Activities:
- Submit I Notice I Wonder I Draw 11.13-15 p 100
- Tableshare 11.13 Reading Notes: Formation of the Earth Notetaker p 101
- Formation of the Solar System Activity p 104 (ISS Agglomeration video)
- 11.13 Formation of the Earth Slideshow Notetaker p 102-103 (slideshow) (Earth Formation BBC video)

Homework:
Complete Formation of the Solar System Activity p104 ; 11.13 Formation of the Earth Slideshow Notetaker p 102-103 (slideshow)

Due: 11.13 Reading Notes: Formation of the Earth Notetaker p 101

Coming Up:
Early Earth
Evolution of the Earth and Earth Systems Test: TBA

Age of Earth Quiz

DoNow: Share your riddle cards and record the best one from your table.

AIM: I will show that I know relative and absolute dating

Activities:
- Submit Notebook w/ Dating Rocks and Fossils Activity p 96; Riddle Cards SpA (slideshow) p 97
- Tableshare 11.9 Study Guide Age of Earth

- T.E.S.T Taking Formation

Top Performers and Class Average

Period	Class Average	Top Performer
1st	63.0%	Ashley
2nd	69.8%	Alicia
4th	67.1%	Tyler, Vincent & Ziad

*perfect score*

- I Notice I Wonder I Draw 11.13-15 p 100 (images)
- 11.13 Reading Notes: Formation of the Earth Notetaker p 101 (weblink) (pdf)

Homework:
Complete I Notice I Wonder I Draw 11.13-15 p 100 (images); 11.13 Reading Notes: Formation of the Earth Notetaker p 101 (weblink) (pdf)

Due: I Notice I Wonder I Draw 11.13-15 p 100 (images)

Coming Up:
Early Earth and Earth's Developement
Early Earth and Earth's Developement Test: TBA

Age of Earth Review

DoNow: What percent of the parent nucleotide remains after three half-lives? What fraction? What ratio?

AIM: I can describe how to use relative and absolute dating techniques to determine the age of rocks.

Activites:
- Submit  Half-Life of Licorice Worksheet p 90; 11.10 Radiometric Dating Slideshow Notetaker (slideshow) p 94-95
- Tableshare Dating Rocks and Fossils Activity p 96; Review 11.9 Study Guide Age of Earth
- Review Dating Rocks and Fossils Activity p 96
- 11.9 Study Guide Age of Earth
- Riddle Cards SpA (slideshow) p 97

Homework:
Complete Riddle Cards SpA p 97; Dating Rocks and Fossils Activity p 96; 11.9 Study Guide Age of Earth; Assemble Notebook w/ Table of Contents

Due: Riddle Cards SpA p 97; Dating Rocks and Fossils Activity p 96; 11.9 Study Guide Age of Earth; Assemble Notebook w/ Table of Contents

Coming Up:
Dating Rocks and Earth TEST
Relative and Absolute Dating Test: 24-25 Jan2017

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Half-Life Graphing

DoNow: A sample is measured to have a ratio of 1 part daughter isotope and 3 parts parent isotope. How many half-lives have passed? One half-life of the parent isotope is 5730 years. How old is the sample? (video)

AIM: I can describe how to use relative and absolute dating techniques to more clearly determine the age of rock layers and fossils.

Activities:
- Submit 11.10 Radiometric Dating of Rocks Notetaker (weblink) (pdf) p 93; 11.9 Radioactive Decay as a Measure of Age Notetaker (weblink) (pdf) p 92; Radioactive Decay as a Measure of Age Slidehow Notetaker (slideshow) p 91; Half-Life of Licorice Nice Bar Graph Activity p 90
- Tableshare Half-Life of Licorice Worksheet p 90; 11.10 Radiometric Dating Slideshow Notetaker (slideshow) p 94-95
- Dating Rocks and Fossils Activity p 96
- 11.9 Study Guide Age of Earth

Homework:
Complete Dating Rocks and Fossils Activity p 96; Review 11.9 Study Guide Age of Earth

Due: Half-Life of Licorice Worksheet p 90; 11.10 Radiometric Dating Slideshow Notetaker (slideshow) p 94-95

Coming Up:
Dating Rocks and Earth Review
Relative and Absolute Dating Test: 24-25 Jan2017

Half-Life

DoNow: The half-life of a radioactive isotope is 1 day. If there is 25% remaining from the last measurement, how many days have passed since the amount of the isotope was last measured?

AIM: I can describe how to use radioactive half-life decay to determine the age of a substance.

Activities:
- Submit The Geologic Timescale slideshow Notetaker (slideshow) p 86-87;  Using Fossils to Sequence Geologic Events Activity p 88; Exploring Geologic Time (ucmp weblink) p 89
- Tableshare 11.10 Radiometric Dating of Rocks Notetaker (weblink) (pdf) p 93; 11.9 Radioactive Decay as a Measure of Age Notetaker (weblink) (pdf) p 92; Radioactive Decay as a Measure of Age Slidehow Notetaker (slideshow) p 91; Half-Life of Licorice Nice Bar Graph Activity p 90
- Bozeman Science Radiocarbon Dating video
- 11.10 Radiometric Dating Slideshow Notetaker (slideshow) p 94-95
- Half-Life of Licorice Worksheet p 90

Homework:
Complete Half-Life of Licorice Worksheet p 90; 11.10 Radiometric Dating Slideshow Notetaker (slideshow) p 94-95

Due: The Geologic Timescale slideshow Notetaker (slideshow) p 86-87; Using Fossils to Sequence Geologic Events Activity p 88; Exploring Geologic Time (ucmp weblink) p 89

Coming Up:
Half-Life
Relative and Absolute Dating Test: possibly 22-23 Jan2017

Absolute Dating

DoNow: How is the age of a sedimentary rock strata layer related to the age of fossil it is discovered within?

AIM: I can describe radioactive decay of atomic isotopes.

Activities:
- Tableshare The Geologic Timescale slideshow Notetaker (slideshow) p 86-87;  Using Fossils to Sequence Geologic Events Activity p 88; Exploring Geologic Time (ucmp weblink) p 89
- Half-Life of Licorice Nice Bar Graph Activity p 90
- Radioactive Decay as a Measure of Age Slidehow Notetaker (slideshow) p 91
- 11.9 Radioactive Decay as a Measure of Age Notetaker (weblink) (pdf) p 92
- 11.10 Radiometric Dating of Rocks Notetaker (weblink) (pdf) p 93

Homework:
Complete 11.10 Radiometric Dating of Rocks Notetaker (weblink) (pdf) p 93; 11.9 Radioactive Decay as a Measure of Age Notetaker (weblink) (pdf) p 92; Radioactive Decay as a Measure of Age Slidehow Notetaker (slideshow) p 91; Half-Life of Licorice Nice Bar Graph Activity p 90

Due: The Geologic Timescale slideshow Notetaker (slideshow) p 86-87;  Using Fossils to Sequence Geologic Events Activity p 88; Exploring Geologic Time (ucmp weblink) p 89

Coming Up:
Half-Life
Relative and Absolute Dating Test: possibly 22-23 Jan2017

Fossil Evidence

DoNow: How are superposition and original horizontality similar and different? In academic language we call this comparing and contrasting.

AIM: I can describe how to use fossil evidence and the Law of Superposition to determine the relative age of rocks.

Activities:
- The Geologic Timescale slideshow Notetaker (slideshow) p 86-87
- Using Fossils to Sequence Geologic Events Activity p 88
- Exploring Geologic Time w/ your iPad (ucmp weblink) p 89

Homework:
Complete The Geologic Timescale slideshow Notetaker (slideshow) p 86-87;  Using Fossils to Sequence Geologic Events Activity p 88; Exploring Geologic Time (ucmp weblink) p 89

Due: A positive class attitude.

Coming Up:
Absolute Dating

Welcome Back!

DoNow: Affix green semester tab to pages 81-82. Create DoNow/Organizer Grid on pages 84-85. Identify something you believe you are awesome at.

AIM: I can create a successful notebook this semester and describe the principals of relative age for rock strata.

Activities:
- Notebook Assembly: Table of Contents p 82 & 83
- Relative Dating Challenge
- The Geologic Timescale Slideshow Notetaker (slideshow) p 86-87 
- Using Fossils to Sequence Geologic Events Activity p 88

Homework:
Verify your notebook is correctly assembled for Semester 2, p 81- 85.

Due: A positive class attitude and bring your iPad.

Coming Up:
Index Fossils