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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 every Wednesday!
Mandatory Guided Study is every Thursday!
Week of August 25-29
Monday- In Class: Had the 1st day Opener, Started going over the Parent Letter (Notebook #1), Filled in Student Info Sheet, Get to know each other class activity HW: Get two sheets signed and there is a Quiz on Thursday!
Tuesday- In Class: Finished going over the Parent Letter (Notebook #1), Went over the Scientific Method (Notebook #2), Went over Lab Safety (Notebook #3)HW: Finish the back of the Scientific Method and Lab Safety if needed, Signed papers, Quiz Thu. on Scientific Method, Lab Safety and Graphing
Wednesday- In Class: Went over last night's hw, Graphing PowerPoint Slides, Reading Graphs Worksheet (NB #4), Made an example of the four types of graphs (NB #5) HW: Make a Pictograph, Quiz tomorrow on Scientific Method, Lab Safety and Graphing
Thursday- In Class: Turned in the pictograph, Intro Quiz (NB#6) In Class Conversions (NB#7), Began the Metric System (NB#8) HW: Conversions, Next Quiz will be on Tuesday!
Friday- In Class: Turned in conversions, Finished the Metric System and measured at lab stations, Began Four Branches of Earth Science (NB#9), Got the SMART lunch schedule, Formative Assessment HW: Review Sheet due Tuesday (NB#10), Next Quiz will be on Tuesday on Metrics, Conversions and the Four Branches!
Week of September 1-5
Monday- NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday- In Class: Turn in review sheet, Take Intro Quiz #2 (NB#11), Finish the Four Branches of Earth Science (NB#9), Began Density Lab (NB#12), Went over Review Sheet (NB#10) HW: Study for Intro Test tomorrow! Hon- Work on Density Lab
Wednesday- In Class: Turn in late/make up work, Intro Test (NB#13), Work on Density Lab HW: Finish Density Lab, Picture Day is tomorrow!
Thursday- In Class: Turned in the labs, Worked on Latitude and Longitude notes (NB#14), Began Types of Maps notes (NB#15)HW: Latitude and Longitude worksheet, Next Quiz will be on Monday!
Friday- In Class: Turned in Latitude & Longitude, Finished Types of Maps notes, Time Zone notes (NB#17), US Time Zones (NB#16) HW: Time Zone Questions (Back of 17), Quiz Monday on Mapping Info so far
Week of September 8-12
Monday- In Class:Mapping Quiz (NB#18), Go over the Time Zones hw, Finish up Topo Map notes, Work on NC Road Map Questions (NB#19), Begin topo map symbols (#20), Formative Assessment HW: NONE
Tuesday- In Class: Topo Box Lab (NB#21), Finished up any work from yesterday needed- Road Map or Topo Symbols, Began Topo Map Activity (NB#22)HW:Mapping Review Sheet (NB#23), Honors Lab Follow Up, Test is Thursday!
Wednesday- In Class: Turn in review sheets, Work on Raleigh or Marion map (NB#22), Begin Pangaea (NB#24), went over review sheet questions HW: Late review sheets, Study for test tomorrow, Continental Drift Quiz on Monday
Thursday- In Class: Turned in late review sheets, Mapping Test (NB#25), Finish Pangaea (NB#24), Begin Plate Map (NB#26) HW: Open house tonight! Cont. Drift Quiz on Monday!
Friday- In Class: Finish Pangaea if needed, Color and label Plate Map (NB#26), Continental Drift notes (back of #26), Some began Plate Tectonics Pictures (NB#27) HW: Quiz Monday on Continental Drift!
Week of September 15-19
Monday- In Class: Continental Drift Quiz (NB#28), Do Section II of the Plate Tectonics notes, Plate Tectonics Video (NB#29) HW:None
Tuesday- In Class: Went over the last part of the notes, Did Movement of Plates Worksheet (NB#30), Common Assessment, Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics Worksheet (NB#31), Honors all completed Plate Tectonics pictures (NB#27) HW: Plate Tectonics Review Sheet (NB#32), test will be on Thursday! Progress Reports go home next week!
Wednesday- In Class: Turn in review sheets, Go over the Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics worksheet (NB#31), Lava Lovers article with questions (NB#33), Began Volcanoes worksheet (NB#34), Began showing volcanoes pictures, Answered review sheet questions HW: Study for the test tomorrow! Late review sheets!
Thursday- In Class: Turned in late review sheets, Plate Tectonics Test (NB#35), Finish & go over Volcanoes worksheet, Begin Volcanoes notes (NB#36) HW: Honors-Begin project!
Friday- In Class: Finished Volcanoes notes, Layers of Earth notes (NB#37), Layers of Earth Lab (NB#38) HW: Earth's Interior Worksheet (NB#39), Notebook Check will be next week! Honors- work on Project
Week of September 22-26
Monday- In Class: Go over hw, Begin Earthquake notes (NB#40), Using earthquakes to look inside the earth worksheet (NB#41), Earthquake waves lab (NB#42) HW:Earthquake Characteristics Worksheet (NB#43), Notebook Check tomorrow!, Earthquakes quiz on Wed.! Early Release on Thu, Honors project due Thu!
Tuesday- In Class: Notebook Check (NB#44), Finish up Earthquake Notes, Seismogram/California worksheet (NB#45), Look at map of NC earth data HW: Earthquakes Quiz tomorrow!, Plot recent earthquakes & volcanoes (NB#46),Volcanoes/Earthquakes/Layers/Faults Review Sheet due Thursday(NB#47), test will be on Friday!
Wednesday- In Class: Turn in hw, Earthquakes Quiz (NB#48), Go over the Seismogram/California worksheet, Show recent earthquake maps online and go over triangulation of earthquakes, Stress/Faults notes (NB#49), Common assessment, Get interims (not 4th period) 4th period- Stress and Faults Lab (NB#50) HW: Get interims signed, Volcanoes/Earthquakes/Layers/Faults Review Sheet due tomorrow (NB#47), test will be on Friday!
Thursday- In Class: Turn in review sheets and interims, 1st & 3rd periods- Review stress/faults notes and do the Lab (NB#50), 4th period- Present Projects HW: Get interims signed, late review sheets due Friday, test is tomorrow!
Friday- In Class: Turn in interims and late review sheets, Volcanoes/Earthquakes/ Stress/Faults Test, Begin Matter and Atomic Structure notes (NB#52), Get Periodic Table (NB#54), 4th period- Present More Projects HW: Get interims signed, Elements Quiz Monday! Smallest parts of matter worksheet (NB#53)
Week of September 29- October 3
Monday- In Class: Elements Quiz (NB#55), Go over hw, Atomic Structure Chart and finish going over the notes (NB#52), States of Matter notes (NB#56) HW: Finish the back of #56, Atomic structure quiz tomorrow!
Tuesday- In Class: Atomic Structure Quiz (NB#59), Go over hw, Minerals notes (NB#58), Begin Minerals Lab (NB#59) HW: Mineral Properities worksheet (NB#60)
Wednesday- In Class: Turn in hw, Work on Mineral Lab, If finish, work on finishing up Minerals notes HW: For 1st & 3rd periods- Minerals worksheet (NB#61), Getting review sheet tomorrow for Intro to Chem/Minerals- it will be due on Friday, Test will be on Monday!
Thursday- In Class: Minerals Video (NB#62), 1st & 3rd Finish Lab, Go over hw, Finish Mineral notes, Mineral Formulas/Uses (NB#63)HW: Review sheet (NB#64) due tomorrow, Test will be on Monday!
Friday- In Class: Turn in review sheets, Go over Mineral Formulas & Groups, Review Mineral Uses & those located in NC HW: Study- Test will be on Monday!
Week of October 6- October 10
Monday- In Class: Intro to Chemistry & Minerals Test (NB#65), Reviewing for Mineral ID Quiz tomorrow, Begin Rocks notes (NB#66) HW: Be ready for Mineral ID Quiz tomorrow!
Tuesday- In Class: Minerals Common Assessment, Mineral ID Quiz(NB#67), Work on and go over Rock Cycle notes, Make a Rock Cycle Picture (NB#68) Start on Igneous rock notes HW: Rock Cycle worksheet (NB#69)
Wednesday- In Class: Turned in Homework, Finished Rock Cycle Picture, Went over Igneous rocks notes, Started Igneous Rocks Lab (NB#70)
Honors- Did Sedimentary rock notes and started Sedimentary Rocks Lab, some started NC Geologic Map (NB#72) HW: Sedimentary and Igneous rocks worksheet (NB#71)
Thursday - In Class: Rock Cycle Song (NB#73) Finished Igneous Rocks Lab (NB#70), Did Sedimentary rock notes and Sedimentary Rocks Lab, started NC Geologic Map (NB#72) Honors- Finished NC Geologic map and started on Rocks in NC (NB#74) HW: Sedimentary and Igneous rocks worksheet (NB#71)
Friday- Teacher Workday
Week of October 13-17
Monday- In Class:Open Notes Rocks Quiz (NB#75), Go over hw and Rock Cycle worksheet, Continue and finish working on NC Geologic map (NB#72), Work on Rocks in NC (NB#74) HW: Rocks Review Sheet(NB#76) due tomorrow, Rocks Test will be on Wednesday!
Tuesday- In Class: Turn in review sheets, Finish working on NC Geologic map (NB#72), Finish Rocks in NC (NB#74), Answer review sheet questions, Honors- Review Jeopardy HW: Study tonight -Rocks Test will be tomorrow!
Wednesday- In Class: Turn in late review sheets, Rocks Test (NB#77), Begin Weathering & Erosion notes (NB#78) HW: Make sure 1-20 on the notes are complete! Thursday is Open Tutorial at Lunch (come to do make up work) and Thursday is an early release day!
Thursday- In Class: Go over Weathering notes hw and view Weathering PowerPoint slides, Begin Chemical Weathering Demo HW: Weathering Worksheet (NB#79) and Erosion notes
Friday- In Class: Go over Weathering hw, Finish Weathering Demo, Pop Quz on Weathering (NB#80), Weathering Lab (NBN#81) HW: None
Week of October 20-24
Monday- In Class:Turn in Weathering Lab if needed, Weathering Class Review (NB#82), Go over Erosion notes, Video clip of weathering and Erosion, Work on Soils notes (NB#83), Soil video clip, Soils Worksheet (NB#84), Honors- Soil Map (NB#85) HW: Soils notes& Worksheet, Test will be on Thu., Notebook Check will be on Friday because the end of the quarter is next week!
Tuesday- In Class:Go over Weathering Class Review from yesterday (NB#82), Go over Soil notes (NB#83), Soil Movie (#86), Go over Soils Worksheet (NB#84), Soil Map (NB#85), Honors-Weathering, Erosion, and Soil Dominoes (NB#85H) HW: Review Sheet (NB#87) due tomorrow!, Test will be on Thu., Notebook Check will be on Friday because the end of the quarter is next week!
Wednesday- In Class:Went over Mass Movement material (NB#88), Went over Wind material (NB#89), Went over Glacier material (NB#90), Mass movement movie (#91) HW: Do Review Sheet if it was not completed today, TEST IS TOMORROW!, Notebook Check will be on Friday because the end of the quarter is next week!
Thursday- In Class:Took assessment and reviewed, Weathering and Erosion Review Movie (NB#92), Weathering, Erosion, and Soil Test (NB#93), My Life Timeline (NB#94) HW: My Life timeline, Notebook Check will be TOMORROW because the end of the quarter is next week!
Friday- In Class:Turn in timeline, Notebook Check (NB#95), Rock Layer notes (NB#96), Rock Layer Pictures (NB#97) HW: Any make up work is due on Monday!
Week of October 27-31
Monday- In Class: Reviewed Rock Layers, Went over Dating Fossil Notes, Radioactive Decay Lab, Radioactivity Worksheet, Went over Fossil Notes, The Rock Record Worksheet (NB#98); Honors-Geologic Time Notes(NB#99)HW: Finish Lab, Radioactivity Worksheet, Rock Record Worksheet, Fossil QUIZ tomorrow!
Tuesday- In Class: Turned in Lab and Rock Record Worksheet, Fossils Quiz (NB#100), Work on Geologic Time Notes(NB#99), Honors- National Geographic Article (NB#101H) HW: Finish First Four Sections of Geologic Time notes (NB#99), Geologic Time/Dinosaur Adaptations Worksheet (NB#101)
Wednesday- In Class: Checked HW, Geologic Time Movie (NB#102), Finished going over Geologic Time Notes (NB#101) HW: Fossils and Geologic Time Review Sheet (NB#103) due tomorrow; Remember to turn in all make up work, Friday is the end of 1st Quarter!
Thursday- In Class: Checked Review Sheets, Begin Geologic Time Calendar Lab (NB#104), Formative Assessment, Answer Review Sheet Questions, Honors- work on Article Outline if needed HW: Finish Calendar Lab, Late Review Sheets, Study for Fossils/Geologic Time test tomorrow!
Friday- In Class: Turn in late Review Sheets and the Claendar Labs, Fossils/Geologic Time test (NB#105), Watch Dinosaur DVD HW: None
Week of November 3-7
Monday- Teacher Workday
Tuesday- Teacher Workday
Wednesday- In Class:Water Cycle Video, Water Cycle Stations (NB#106), Freshwater Notes (NB#107)HW: Freshwater Notes, section 9.1 (Front and back of first sheet)
Thursday-In Class:Check homework and go over the 9.1 notes on Freshwater, NC River Basins worksheet (NB#108), Work on Surface Water worksheet (Back of NB#106) HW: Finish Surface water worksheet, study for 9.1 Quiz tomorrow!
Friday-In Class:Freshwater Quiz (NB#109), Read Water Erosion Handout, 9.2 Notes, Water Erosion Worksheet (NB#110), City Water Worksheet (NB#111), 9.3 and 10 Notes (NB#112). HW: Finish 9.2 notes, Water Erosion Worksheet, and City Water worksheet. Be prepared to do review sheet Monday night. Fresh Water TEST is WEDNESDAY!
Week of November 10-14
Monday- In Class:Turn in River Basins worksheet; Turn in City Water Worksheet; Review 9.2, 9.3 and chapter 10 notes; Went over Water Erosion Worksheet; Review Sheet (NB#113) HW: Finish Review Sheet; Test is on Wednesday!
Tuesday- Holiday - No School
Wednesday- Turned in review sheet; took assessment; took Freshwater Test (NB#114); World Map Activity (NB#115) HW: Make up work!
Thursday- Went over 15.1, 15.2, 15.3 (NB#116) notes; World Map Activity; Wave Worksheet; Began currents notes and Ocean currents worksheet (NB#117) HW: Wave Worksheet; Quiz on 15.1, 15.2, and #1-14 on 15.3 Tomorrow!
Friday- turned in wave worksheet and world map activity; Physical Oceanography Quiz (NB#118); Reviewed Currents Notes; Finished currents worksheet; Chapter 16 notes (NB#119) Honors: Shoes & Toys at drift article (NB#115H) HW: Finish current worksheet; Chapter 16 notes
Week of November 17-21
Monday- In Class: Went over 16.2 notes; Bathymetic Map (NB#120); 3-5 Waves worksheet (NB#121) HW: 3-5 Waves worksheet
Tuesday- In Class: Open Notes Quiz; Review video; went over seafloor features worksheet; physical oceanography movie (NB#123); My Beach is Shrinking Worksheet (NB#124) HW: My Beach is Shrinking Worksheet; Review Sheet (NB#125); Test is Thursday!
Wednesday- In Class: Turned in Review Sheet and My Beach is Shrinking worksheet; Took assessment; "The Beaches are Moving" Movie (NB#126); NC Coastal Map (NB#127) HW: Late review sheets; STUDY!! OCEANOGRAPHY TEST IS TOMORROW!!!!!
Thursday- In Class: Oceanography Test (NB#128); NC Coastal Map HW: Make-up work: MGS is tomorrow during A Lunch!
Friday- In Class: History of Meteorology Video (NB#129); Chapter 11 Notes; Ozone Article; Begin Air Quality Lab (NB#131) HW: Finish Chapter 11 Notes; Finish Part 1 of Air Quality Lab
Week of November 24-28
Monday- In Class: Part 2 of the Air Quality lab, Reviewed Atmosphere notes from Friday, Air Pressure demonstration and Lab (NB#132), Began 11.1 Atmosphere worksheet (NB#133) HW: Finish 11.1 worksheet
Tuesday- In Class: Went over 11.2 Notes; Dew Point and Relative Humidity Lab (NB#135); Finished Ozone Article; Did Worksheet 11.2 (NB#134); Did Cloud Worksheet (NB#136); HONORS- talked about quarter project HW: 11.1 Worksheet; 11.2 Worksheet; Cloud Worksheet; Dew Point lab conclusion questions; All make-up work; HONORS- pick a topic for quarter project
Wednesday- NO SCHOOL
Thursday- Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday>- NO SCHOOL
Week of December 1-5
Monday- In Class: Went over: 11.1 worksheet, 11.2 worksheet, Ozone Article, 11.3 notes; Did cloud in a bottle demonstration; Cloud Drawings (NB#137) HW: 11.3 worksheet (NB#138)
Important Dates for 1st Semester:
August 25- First Day of School
September 1- Holiday- Labor Day
September 11 @ 6:00pm- Open House
Week of September 22- Progress Reports sent home
September 25- Early Release
October 10- Teacher Workday
October 16- Early Release
October 31- End of 1st Quarter
November 3 & 4- Teacher Workdays
November 11- Holiday- Veterans Day
November 26, 27 & 28- Thanksgiving
Week of December 8- Progress Reports sent home
December 22- January 1- Winter Break
January 2- Teacher Workday
January 19- Holiday- Martin Luther King Jr.
January 20-23- FINAL EXAMS
January 23- End of 2nd Quarter & 1st Semester
January 26- Teacher Workday
January 30- Report Cards are sent home
Grading Scale for Academic Earth Science:
Tests- 40%
Classwork/Homework- 25%
Quizzes- 15%
Labs- 15%
Notebook- 5%
Grading Scale for Honors Earth Science:
Tests- 40%
Classwork/Homework- 20%
Quizzes- 15%
Labs- 15%
Notebook- 5%
Projects- 5%
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