Tuesday-Thursday, May 31-June 2, 2016

SCIENCE---


TUESDAY----

• Students reviewed the 3 types of plate boundaries-convergent, divergent and transform!!!
• They watched the following vids to review, also posted in g classroom!

• Plate Boundary Time-Mr. Butt's rap- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qsaVtPOBXM
• Mr. Comerford's rap- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkELENdZukI
• Plate Tectonics Kung Fu- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STDgv0Nsuyg
• They then took a quiz with a partner of their choice!!

WEDNESDAY----we watched and filled out notes on the video "The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens." Notes were delivered in google classroom!

THURSDAY---we erupted student made volcanoes and did a funny cool techie project using BLABBERIZE....delivered via google classroom!!!

Wednesday-Friday, May 25-27, 2016

SCIENCE---

• WEDNESDAY--- 
• We reviewed continental drift, the theory put forth by Alfred Wegener, by going through a review doc in google classroom. Students then took a short quiz on continental drift on a google form!
• THURSDAY---
• We did a simulation showing the different ways tectonic plates move. This doc has been delivered in google classroom!!! It's called SPREADING PLATES!!
• FRIDAY---
• Students plotted EQ that have happened TODAY on a doc delivered in google classroom!!!

Monday & Tuesday, May 22-23, 2016

I AM BACK!!! Thanks for your understanding as I went home in response to the loss of my dear pops!

MONDAY----We are heading down to Denver to go to Young International Towne!

TUESDAY---"Earthquake-The Terrifying Truth video"-Students will be watching a video about earthquakes and filling out a doc while we watch, delivered via g classroom!!

Tuesday-Friday, May 10-13, 2016

SCIENCE----

• TUESDAY-
• We began working on the HIST GEO REVIEW GUIDE which has been delivered via google classroom!
• TEST FRIDAY, May 13!!!!!!
• WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY- block schedule these 2 days so you have science EITHER Wednesday OR Thursday!
• First, we did the GEOLOGIC TIMELINE CONDENSED activity where students took the 4.6 billion years of Earth and shrunk it down into ONE calendar year! The assignment has been delivered via g classroom!
• We went over the answers to the HIST GEO REVIEW GUIDE, and then played a review KAHOOT GAME!!!
• FRIDAY-
• HIST GEO SOCRATIVE TEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday & Monday, May 6 & 9, 2016

SCIENCE-

• We watched part of the video below and took notes on the following sheets!! This theorizes how life, and HUMANS, evolved here on Earth! The vid link has been posted in google classroom too=)
• • http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/mankind-rising/
• Links to note sheet HERE!

Wed. & Thurs. May 4-5, 2016

SCIENCE----

WEDNESDAY----

1. Open the doc in google classroom called "Who's on First INTRO"
2. Watch the following videos and write a definition for index fossil on your google doc.

• What are Fossils?- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rkGu0BItKM
• Fossils- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNQ_gAy84UU
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     3. Watch the following video and write a definition for sedimentary rock on your google doc.

• Sedimentary rock- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NygkD8uATng
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     4. Look at the two pictures below of the Grand Canyon.

• In your group, brainstorm ideas about which layers you think are the oldest. Explain your thoughts on your google doc under the label Grand Canyon.
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5. Watch the video below and write a definition for the Law of Superposition.

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zklzOjmz7Wk

6. Watch the following videos to come up with definitions for RELATIVE AGE and ABSOLUTE AGE-

• intro to geologic dating-   http://study.com/academy/lesson/methods-of-geological-dating-numerical-and-relative-dating.html

• absolute age- http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/greatest-discoveries/videos/100-greatest-discoveries-radiometric-dating/

EXTRA-higher level if interested!!

• relative age vid-Mr. Kish- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiL8WCbhqmg

• Absolute age vid-Mr. Kish-VERY high level
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxEzF_TeUi4

• THURSDAY---

• Activity 1-  Warm-up- we discussed the 6 vocabulary words from yesterday
• index fossil---fossil of an organism, that lived a relatively SHORT TIME, but found in many locations 
• sedimentary rock---formed by sediment that is deposited over time, usually as layers at the bottom of lakes and oceans
• Grand Canyon- the oldest layer is on the bottom and the youngest layer is on the top
• Law of Superposition---stating that in any undisturbed sequence of rocks deposited in layers (sedimentary rock), the youngest layer is on top and the oldest on bottom
• relative age---a rock's age compared to the other rock's around it
• absolute age---the numerical (number) age of a rock since it formed
• Activity 2--- Who's on First
• this assignment was delivered to google classroom
• Students were working with the layering of fossils and the Law of Superposition.
• Set A (for part 1) and Set B (for part 2) cards are shown below.
• IF WE HAVE TIME!!- Activity 3- "Ice Age Death Trap"-PBS video
• Note sheet delivered in g classroom!
• Link to video -http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/ice-age-death-trap.html

Set A

 

Set B
 

Tuesday May 3, 2016

SCIENCE---

• Ms. Arrance came in and did a lesson on digital citizenship!!