Earth & Life Under The Microscope

Monday-

6th- Finish illustrating the mass wasting thinking map from class .... absent today? 6.8.2ErosionMassWastingTM.pdf (64.09 KB)
7th- Finish ch 7 lesson 1 outline ....  absent today?  7.7.1Stenos4PrinciplesRelativeAgeDating.pdf (293.83 KB)
Need to review the Rock Cycle?  Click here for neat interactive review

Tuesday-

6th- Finish classwork on shoreline erosion     water erosion/rivers/floods
7th- Relative Age worksheet    to be announced

Wednesday-

6th- Finish classwork on water erosion/rivers/floods (forgot the colors to use for shading?  click here to see the list!  shoreline erosion
7th- ch 7 lesson 1 Reinforcement (workshet distributed towards the end of class) to be announced
      Need help visualizing how the rock layers can form & move?  Click here to link to a video clip.

Thursday-

6th- Finish classwork on erosion from glaciers & wind
7th- WIGWAP for quiz from last Friday & Coloring page showing various periods of geologic time to be announced

Friday- Enjoy the week off!

River Channel with large meanders, erosion and deposition along river curves (inside the curve vs. outside the curve), formation of oxbow lake & floodplain...
     http://serc.carleton.edu/details/files/19077.html

Grand River - photo sequence from 1939-1996 showing the re-formation of a meander in the Grand River....
     http://serc.carleton.edu/details/files/19164.html

Has animations showing the movement of volcanic ash after a volcano puffs out the ash.  (Has Mt. St. Helen's half way down the page)

http://puff.images.alaska.edu/Google_Earth2.shtml

Information on the Redoudt 1989 eruption - an airplane flew into the ash cloud in/near Alaska; all  4 engines stopped.  Had to descend, where engines restarted, and made an emergency landing in Alaska.    http://puff.images.alaska.edu/Redoubt_webpage/Puff_redoubt_ash.shtml

Monday-

6th grade- RE p, 77-81 - Read, highlight main ideas, answer questions.
7th grade- Answer TB p. 217 # 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9.  (use Full Complete Sentences and Restate the Question and/or create Thinking Maps)
         imprtant for 7th graders: be sure to finish answering the 7 questions from Friday's computer activity!  (can click here for links and questions)

Tuesday-

6th grade- Finish pages 1 through 3 of Volcano tab booklet
7th grade- RE p. 64-68 - (these pages are in the packet we stapled together on Friday)   Read, highlight main ideas, answer questions.

Wednesday-

6th grade- RE p, 82-84 - Read, highlight main ideas, answer questions.
7th grade- Read TB p. 221-223, answer TB p. 227 # 1, 3, 4, 5, 7.  (use Full Complete Sentences and Restate the Question and/or create Thinking Maps)

Thursday-

6th grade- Finish tab booklet & study for tomorrow's chapter 7 quiz.   Click for Volcano Tab Booklet directions page by page.
      click here to watch short video clip of a lahar shown in 6th grade classes
7th grade- Finish definitions & study for tomorrow's chapter 5 quiz.

Friday - all classes ..... There will be no school on Monday due to Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday - Enjoy your 3 day weekend!

M 1.31- Read TB p. 334-341, do SciNB p. 82, add "oxidation", "humus", "soil horizon", and "soil profile"
Forms were distributed to update your student's health information through their 5th period teacher.  Please fill out, sign and have your student return it to their 5° teacher immediately.  Thank you!

T 2.01- Finish SciNB p. 83, 84 and answer these Q's in SumIt boxes... on p. 83: Why are plants important in preventing erosion?  on p. 84: p. 341 # 7 AND Reading Check p. 337.  (FCS, RSQ).

W 2.03- Read TB p. 342-353, do SciNB p. 85, add: "meanders", "delta", "alluvial fan", "oxbow lake", "aqueduct", "levee"  (6 additional terms total)

R 2.04- Finish SciNB p. 86, 88, and study for open SciNB quiz on ch. 8 lessons 1 and 2 tomorow.

-Video showing Coastal Eroosion seen in class http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChEHQUMEkXw
(Note: to go to the link above requires parent supervision & permission because it is from YouTube)
-Longer original versions of the video: http://www.ifever.org.uk/camera/  (includes background information & is of a much higher quality; lacks the catchy music though)

F 2.05- chapter 2 lesson 2 WIGWAP

M 1.17- Martin Luther King Jr. Day  -- No School    (reminder, be sure to complete the activity titled "Volcanoes and Plate Boundaries" since it is due Tuesday the 18th)

T 1.18- Research for Bookmark project.  Project due Thursday at the beginning of class.  (Project requirements are listed at the end of last week's homework.)

W 1.19- Finish last part of Bookmark project & do SciNB p. 76 (should be the vocabulary page that goes with reading ch 7 lesson 3, page numbers to be double checked and typed in on the 18th when we return to school)

R 1.20- Study for tomorrow's quiz on chapter 7  - be sure to complete SciNB p. 77, 78, and 79 to assist you with tomorrow's quiz which will be open SciNB (meaning you can use your SciNB during the quiz). 
Absent today?  Completed SciNB p. 77, and should have SciNB p. 78 and 79 done for tomorrow's quiz.  We started filling them in class during the presentations. 

F 1.21- ch 2 lesson 1 WIGWAP (required if scored 80% or lower ... this means if total was 16 OR fewer, WIGWAP is required).  Can be done on binder paper in the usual format, or you may download and print the form by clicking link: QuizWIGWAP.pdf (40.62 KB)

Interesting link about a volcano that formed in a field on a farm in Mexico over a very short period of time....   http://www.mnh.si.edu/onehundredyears/expeditions/Paricutin.html

M 1.10- Read TB p. 294-299, do SciNB p. 70, and answer TB p. 299 # 3, 6 in SciNB p. 71.
    Absent today?  Wrote HW for the week, took & corrected ch 2 lesson 1 quiz, short introduction to volcanoes (vocabulary:  magma, lava, viscosity, types of eruptions)

T 1.11- Finish SciNB p. 71, 72 and answer TB p. 299 # 1, 2 in SciNB SumIt box p. 72
    Absent today? Watched beginning of "How the Earth Was Made - Iceland" (stopped at 19 minutes and 17 seconds).  Can be viewed online, click here for link to view on SchoolTube also started notes for SciNB p. 71, 72 to be completed at home.

W 1.12- Read TB p. 301-311, do SciNB p. 73, add "composition"
    Absent today?  Started Lab Activity titled Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics.  Students are to complete # 1 - 3 on the worksheet before leaving, and complete the remaining questions as their homework Friday night.  Copy of activity may be downloaded by opening attached file: VolcanoesPlateBoundActBAESImod.pdf (440.76 KB)

Announcement: Thursday night from 7 to 8:30 p.m. the Almaden Valley Library will have David Aguilar, an astronomer & author talk about outer space.  Click here to see link with more info.

R 1.13- Finish SciNB p. 74, 75 and answer Q's in SumIt Boxes:  TB p. 311 # 1, 6, and Reading Checks on p. 304 (both)
    Absent today?  Students took outline style notes (to be completed & filled in at home) and viewed some of How the Earth Was Made - Krakatoa" (first 10 to 15  minutes depending upon the class).  Can be viewed online, click here for link to view on School Tube.

F 1.14- Finish lab activity (questions # 4-8, we started this activity on Wed. 1.12 in class)
   Absent today?  We started the Bookmark Project.  Pairs of students were assigned a topic to research based on chapter 7 lessons 2 or 3. Requirements of the project are below; the majority of class time was given today in class to begin, additional time will be provided on both Tuesday & Wednesday.

Watching weather video clip ... http://bcove.me/wstw30j7

Mineral Information Link 

To help you study for Friday's test, here are some links that we will be watching in class about the rock cycle and types of rocks......

How Sediments are Deposited

Formation of Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
Formation of Metamorphic Rocks

Rock Cycle

Enjoy!