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This website is designed to help keep students and parents informed about Earth Science class. I will post what topics we are working on, homework, upcoming tests, quizzes, and so on.
Open Tutorial is Thursday during B lunch!
Mandatory Guided Study is Friday during A lunch!
Week of August 25-28
Tuesday- In Class: Welcome! Today we went over the First Day Parent Letter (Notebook #1) and the "Everything I Need to Know" handout. We did the "Get to know each other" Activity and then the Metric Box Lab (NB#2)Homework: Get info sheet signed
Wednesday- In Class: Today we finished "Everything I Need to Know" and the "Get to know each other" activity. We went over the Metric Box Lab. We began the Scientific Method handout (NB#3) with the Intro Material PowerPoint . Then we begain the Graphs worksheet (NB#4) Homework: Get info sheet signed if needed, complete the Scientific Method handout and the Graphs handout, Intro Quiz Friday.
Thursday- In Class: We started with a review of Independent and dependent variables, Then we went over the homework on the Scientific Method handout (NB#3). Next we viewed the Graphing slides and went over the homework portion of the graphing worksheet. We created a pie graph of data on shirt colors. Lastly we practiced conversions (NB#5). Homework: Complete the Conversions handout and study for the Intro Quiz tomorrow.
Friday- In Class: Turn in Conversions hw, Take the Intro Quiz (NB#6), Go over the SI System notes and practice measuring (NB#7), Do the Four Branches of Earth Science (NB#8) Homework: Complete the Four Branches if necessary, Study for Quiz Monday on the SI System and the Four Branches of Earth Science
Week of August 31-September 4
Monday- In Class: Went over the Four Branches homework, Finish the measuring activity, Formative Assessment #1 on Intro material, Intro Quiz #2 (NB#9), work on the Density Lab (NB#10), Begin the Mapping notes (NB#11) Homework: Complete the Density Lab
Tuesday- In Class:Turn in the Density Lab, Go over the Mapping notes (NB#11) using the Mapping PowerPoint Begin the Latitude/Longitude Packet (NB#12) Homework: Complete the Latitude/Longitude handout
Wednesday- In Class: Turn in the Latitude/longitude homework, Topographic Map Lab (NB#13), Get the Time Zones worksheet (NB#14)- we didn't have time to start on it Homework: Study for the Mapping Quiz tomorrow
Thursday- In Class: Mapping Quiz (NB#15), Go over Time Zone notes and the Time Zones worksheet (NB#14), Go over Topographic map notes and symbols (NB#16), Some students began the Marion Map Activity(NB#17) Homework: Finish time zones if needed, some may begin Mapping Review, Mapping test will most likely be on Wednesday
Friday- In Class: Marion Map & Raleigh West Map Activity(NB#17), Time to begin working on Mapping review sheet (NB#18) Homework:Work on Mapping Review, Mapping test will be Wednesday
Week of September 7-11
Monday- No School- Labor Day
Tuesday- In Class:Paper Activity, Plate Map (NB#18), Begin Plate Tectonics notes (NB#19) Homework: Complete review sheet- it is due tomorrow, Study for Maps test tomorrow, Continental Drift Quiz will be on Friday, Return any more video permission forms
Wednesday- In Class:Answer review questions, Do the Mapping Assessment, Mapping Test (NB#19), Work independently on the Continental Drift section of the Plate Tectonics notes (NB#20) Homework: Continental Drift Quiz will be on Friday, Return any more video permission forms
Thursday- In Class:Go over the Continental Drift section of the Plate Tectonics notes (NB#20) with the Plate Tectonics PowerPoint, Make Pangaea (NB#21) Homework: Continental Drift Quiz tomorrow
Friday- In Class:Contintental Drift Quiz (NB#22), Finish Pangaea, Start on Section II of the Plate Tectonics notes, Begin the Plate Boundary Pictures (NB#23) Homework: none
Week of September 14-September 18
Monday- In Class: Finished the Plate Tectonics notes and pictures from Friday, Started on the Movement of Lithospheric Plates Handout (NB#24) Homework: Complete Movement of Lithospheric Plates and do the Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics Crossword/Word Scramble (NB#25)
Tuesday- In Class:Go over the homework, Plate Tectonics Video (NB#26), Start Volcanoes notes (NB#27) with the Volcanoes PowerPoint Homework:Plate Boundary Quiz tomorrow, Get the Plate Tectonics Review Sheet (NB#28), Plate Tectonics Test will be on Friday
Wednesday- In Class:Plate Boundaries Quiz (NB#29), Volcanoes Video (NB#30) Continue on Volcanoes notes Homework:Work on the Plate Tectonics Review Sheet, Plate Tectonics Test will be on Friday
Thursday- In Class:Finish Volcanoes notes, Volcanoes worksheet (NB#31) Homework:Finish the Plate Tectonics Review Sheet, Plate Tectonics Test will be tomorrow, Volcanoes quiz on Monday!
Friday- In Class:Plate Tectonics Assessment, Turn in review sheets, Plate Tectonics test (NB#32), Begin Plotting Recent Earthquakes and Volcanoes (NB#33), Go over Volcanoes worksheet from yesterday Homework: Volcanoes quiz on Monday! Finish Plotting recent earthquakes and volcanoes activity
Week of September 21-September 25
Monday- In Class: Turn in the Plotting Recent Eq. & Vol. hw, Volcanoes Quiz (NB#34), I showed my Mt. Vesuvius pictures, We looked at a map of recent earthquakes online, Begin Earthquake notes (NB#35) with the Earthquakes/Layers/Faults PowerPoint, 3rd period began the Eq. in NC Activity (NB#36) Homework:Notebook Check on Wednesday, Interims will be this week and the Quarter Project will be assigned, 4th period- do the back of the notes
Tuesday- In Class: Continued with Earthquake notes and PowerPoint, All classes completed the the Eq. in NC Activity (NB#36), Took notes on the Tsunami Video (NB#37) Homework:Notebook Check on tomorrow, Print out Interims & get them signed, the Quarter Project will be assigned later this week, 3rd period- do the back of the notes
Wednesday- In Class:Notebook Check (NB#38), Go over the Ca. eq. info on the back of the notes, Continued with Earthquake notes about seismic waves, Earthquake Waves Lab (NB#39) Homework:Earthquake worksheet (NB#40), Print out Interims & get them signed, the Quarter Project will be assigned later this week, Earthquakes Quiz will be Friday
Thursday- In Class:Go over the hw, Finish the Earthquake notes, Layers of the Earth notes (NB#41) with the Earthquakes/Layers/Faults PowerPoint, Using Earthquakes to Look inside Earth Worksheet (NB#42), Earth's Interior Worksheet (NB#43), Reading A Seismogram Worksheet (NB#44)Homework:Earthquakes Quiz tomorrow! Earthquake Info worksheet (NB#45), Any more Interims?, Get the Vol/Eq/Layers/Faults Review Sheet (NB#46)- It will be due on Tuesday & the TEST is on Tue. Also, the Quarter Project will be assigned tomorrow
Friday- In Class:Go over the hw, Earthquakes Quiz (NB#47), Movement of Earth's Crust notes(NB#48) with the Earthquakes/Layers/Faults PowerPoint, Stress & Faults Lab (NB#49) Homework: Movements of the Crust (NB#50), Finish the Vol/Eq/Layers/Faults Review Sheet- It will be due on Tuesday & the TEST is on Tue. Also, get the Quarter Project today and start on it this week end
Week of September 28- October 2
Monday- No School for students- Teacher Workday
Tuesday- In Class:Go over Movements of Earth's Crust, Answer Review Questions and turn in Review Sheets, Do the Practice Assessment, Take the Layers/Faults/ Vol/Eq Test (NB#51), Begin the States of Matter notes (NB#52) Homework: Earthly Anagrams (NB#53), Work on Quarter Project
Wednesday- In Class:Go over Earthly Anagrams hw, Review online the Samoa earthquake that happened yesterday, Go over the States of Matter notes and the back using the Earth's Chemistry PowerPoint, Do the Matter worksheet (NB#54) Homework: Work on Quarter Project
Thursday- In Class:Dry ice demonstration, Matter and Atomic Structure notes (NB#55) with the Earth's Chemistry PowerPoint, Counting Atoms Worksheet (NB#56) Homework:Atoms worksheet (NB#57), Atomic Structure/Counting Atoms Quiz tomorrow, Work on Quarter Project that is due Monday!
Friday- In Class: Go over the hw- Counting Atoms Worksheet, Get and go over the Isotope notes (NB#58), Counting Atoms/ Atomic Structure Quiz (NB#59), Finish the Matter and Atomic Structure notes (NB#55) with the Earth's Chemistry PowerPoint, the Smallest Parts of Matter worksheet (NB#60)Homework:Quarter Project is due Monday!
Week of October 5- October 9
Monday- In Class: Quarter Project Presentations all period- Notes taken are NB#61 Homework:none
Tuesday- In Class: Finished Presentations, Went over The Smallest Parts of Matter hw from Friday, Did the Earth's Chemistry Assessment, started the Minerals notes (NB#62) with the Minerals PowerPoint Homework:Properties Used to Identify Minerals (NB#63), Mineral Identification Quiz Thursday
Wednesday- In Class: Went over last night's hw, Finished the section of notes on Mineral Properties, watched the Minerals Video (NB#64), started the Minerals Lab (NB#65) Homework:Minerals Worksheet (NB#66), Mineral Identification Quiz Tomorrow!
Thursday- In Class: Went over last night's hw, Took the Mineral Identification Quiz (NB#67), Worked on the Minerals Lab Homework:none
Friday- In Class: Finished the Minerals Lab, Completed the Minerals notes, Minerals in Our Environment(NB#68), Begin the Chem & Minerals Review Sheet (NB#69) Homework:work on review sheet, Chem & Minerals test is on Tuesday!
Week of October 12- October 16
Monday- In Class:Go over Minerals in Our Environment from Friday, Begin the Rocks notes with the section on the Rock Cycle with the Rocks PowerPoint, Make the Rock Cycle Picture (NB#71) Homework:finish the review sheet for the Chemistry & Minerals test tomorrow
Tuesday- In Class:Turn in any more Rock Cycle pictures, go over review sheet questions and turn them in, Take the Minerals Practice Assessment, take the Intro to Chem & Minerals test (NB#72), work on the Igneous rock notes and 1/2 worksheet on the back Homework:finish Igneous rock notes and 1/2 worksheet, if needed
Wednesday- In Class:Finish going over the Igneous rock notes, go over the Igneous rock worksheet on the back, Igneous rocks Venn Diagram (NB#73), Begin the Rocks Lab (NB#74) with Igneous rocks, Go over the Sedimentary rocks notes with the Sedimentary & Metamorphic Rocks PowerPoint Homework:Work on Sedimentary Rocks info
Thursday- In Class:Fourth period finished up Sedimentary rocks info from yesterday, All did Sedimentary Rocks Lab (still part of NB#74), went over Metamorphic Rocks notes using the same PowerPoint from yesterday Homework:Rocks test will be next week, Notebook check will be next week
Friday- In Class:Metamorphic Rocks worksheet (NB#76), Do Metamorphic Rocks Lab, NC Geologic Map (NB#77), Rocks and their Uses (NB#78)Homework:Rocks worksheet (NB#79), Rock Cycle Worksheet (NB#80), Begin Rocks Review Sheet (NB#81), Rocks test will be next Tuesday, Notebook check will be next week
Week of October 19- October 23
Monday- In Class:Turned in Rock Cycle Worksheet(#80), Go over Rocks Worksheet(#79), Finish NC Geologic Map(#77), Finish Rocks and their uses(#78), Begin Penny Activity (#82), Weathering Notes(#83), Weathering Lab(#84) Homework:finish the review sheet for the Rocks test tomorrow and study! Notebook Check on Thursday!
Tuesday- In Class:Go over and turn in Review Sheet(#81), Rocks Assessment, Rocks Test(#85), Finish Weathering Lab(#84), Finish Penny Activity(#82) Homework:none
Wednesday- In Class:Finish Weathering notes (NB#83) with the Weathering PowerPoint, Start on the Rocks and Weathering worksheet(NB#88) Homework:finish the worksheet
Thursday- In Class:Turned in Rocks & Weathering Worksheet(#88), Notebook Check(#89), Weathering Quiz(#90), Did Wind Erosion Notes(#86) with the Wind Erosion Powerpoint Homework:Wind Erosion Worksheet(#87).
Friday- In Class:Turn in Wind Erosion Sheet(#87), Go over Quiz and Weathering Lab, Finish Wind Erosion Notes(#86), Weathering/Erosion Movie(#91), Start Glacier Notes Glacier Erosion Powerpoint Homework:Glaciers Worksheet(#92)
Week of October 26-30
Monday- In Class:Turn in Glacier Worksheet(#92), Finish Glacier Notes(#86), Glacier Movie(#93), Glacier Activity (#94), Mass Movement Notes (#95) Mass Movement Notes Homework:Finish Glacier Activity(#94)
Tuesday- In Class:Turn in Glacier Activity(#94), Review Quiz(#96), Mass Movement Notes(#93), Mass Movement Videos, Soil Notes(#97) Soil Powerpoint Homework:Soil Composition Worksheet(#98)
Wednesday- In Class: Go over Soil Worksheet(#98), Soil pH and Texture Lab(#99), U.S. Soils Activity(#100) Homework: Finish U.S. Soil Activity (#100), Soil pH and Texture Lab Questions (#99), Review Sheet (#101) due Monday, Weathering/Erosion/Soil Test on Monday
Thursday- In Class:Keep and study your U.S. Soils Activity(#100) and your Soils Lab(#99), Earth Science Journal, Finish Soil Notes, Go over soil lab, Dinosaur Video, Dinosaur ArticleHomework:Review Sheet due on Monday(#101), Weathering/Erosion/Soils Test on Monday.
Friday- No School for students- Teacher Workday
Week of November 2-6
Monday- In Class: Turn in U.S. Soils Activity(#100) and Soils Lab(#99) and Weathering/Erosion/Soils Review Sheet(#101), Weathering Test Homework:None
Tuesday- In Class: Weathering Assessment, Time Activity, Fossil & Geo Time Notes GeoTime&Fossils Intro Powerpoint (#103), Radioactive Dating Lab (#104)Homework: Finish Radioactive Dating Lab, Relative & Absolute Dating Wksht (#104)
Wednesday- In Class: Turn in Radioactive Dating Lab(#104), Go over Relative & Absolute Dating Worksheet(#106), Relative Dating Activity(#105), Fossil Notes(#107) Fossils Powerpoint , Ancient Animals Presentation Homework: Choose three possible animals for your ancient animals presentation, 1 can be dinosaur but two must be non-dinosaurs
Thursday- In Class: Quiz(#108), Finish Fossil Notes(#107), Geologic Time Calendar(#109), Geologic Time Notes(#110) Geologic Time Notes pt.2 Homework: Finish Geologic Time Calendar
Friday- Journal- Skulls, Finish Geo Time Notes pt.2 (#110), Geo Time Notes pt.3(#111) Geo Time Notes pt.3 Powerpoint , Homework: Past Life & Events Worksheet (#112), Anceint Animals Presentation on Monday (#113), Test and Review Sheet Due on Tuesday(#114)
SEMESTER SCHEDULE
August 25- First Day of 1st Semester
September 4- Picture Day
September 7- Labor Day Holiday
September 15 @ 6pm- Open House
Week of September 21-25- Progress Reports sent home
September 23- Early Release
September 28- Teacher Workday
October 21- Early Release
October 29- End of 1st Quarter
October 30- Teacher Workday
November 5- Report cards go home
November 11- Holiday for Veteran's Day
November 25- Teacher Workday
November 26 & 27- Holiday for Thanksgiving
December 2- Early Release
Week of December 7-11- Progress Reports sent home
December 21- Teacher Workday
December 22-January 1- Winter Break
January 15, & 19-22- FINAL EXAMS!
January 18- Holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
January 22- End of 2nd Quarter and 1st semester
January 25- Teacher Workday
January 29- Report Cards sent home
Grading Scale for Honors Earth Science:
Tests- 40%
Classwork/Homework- 20%
Labs- 20%
Quizzes-15 %
Projects- 5%
Grading Scale for Academic Earth Science:
Tests- 40%
Classwork/Homework- 25%
Labs- 20%
Quizzes- 15%
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