M 1.11- Read TB p. 306-311, finish tabbed book (include drawings/diagrams & descriptions
for each)
Absent Monday? Today we learned about Volcanic Features and filled in p.
76 of SciNB.
T 1.12- Read TB p. 313-317, do SciNB p. 78, answer TB p. 317 # 2, 3 in "SumIt"
p. 78 (FCS, RSQ)
Announcement: ch 7 test will be on Tuesday,
1/19.
Absent Tuesday? Today we learned about Volcanic Hazards, and watched part of "Krakatoa"
from the History Channel series, How the Earth was Made. The tabbed
book was collected, and we looked at a map of the plate boundaries, overlayed the
locations of volcanoes and earthquakes on the map to emphasize that most volcanoes
and earthquakes happen along (or near) plate boundaries. We also emphasized
the North American plate, the Juan de Fuca plate, and the Pacific plate (and the Ring
of Fire - see TB p. 295 and the volcanoes along the plate boundaries that are near
the edges of the Pacific Ocean). These three plates are MUST KNOWS for the next
test; we also emphasized that Iceland was formed by volcanoes on the mid-ocean ridge.
(It would be good to know about the Indo-Australian plate and Eurasian plate although
they do not come up quite as often).
W 1.13- Do SciNB p. 77, 79, answer TB p. 317 # 5, 6 in "Sum It" p. 79 (FCS,
RSQ)
Absent Wednesday? Students were assigned the "Volcano Quick Facts"
research project. You can download a sample, grading rubric, and extra copies
of the assignment at the bottom of this weeks' entry (look for the purple text).
We
were in the LRC (computer lab) learning about bibliographies and starting some research.
Check
out the links below from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) - we were looking
at them in class for about 10 minutes depending upon student interests:
Computer
Lab Assignment:
First,
check out a few of the topics below. Try using a few links to create a bibliography,
then get the research assignment from Mrs. Fischer.
1. General Information
on volcano hazards from USGS Talks about gas emissions, lahars, pyroclastic
flows, landslides, lava flows, and much more!
2. Effect of Ash on Airplanes,
USGS's
factsheet
3.
USGS
answers common questions related to volcanoes from movies (if you asked about
water being acidic enough to harm people, there is an answer here)
BibMe.Org
... you can use it to help you create your bibliography
- be sure
to use the MLA format.
R 1.14- Answer TB p. 325 # 1-15, p. 326-327 # 1-11, 13. (WOTQ or FCS, RSQ for all)
Absent Thursday? We workd on a ch 7 review sheet, corrected some of the
answers; most of the tabbed books were returned along with an orange paper which is
to be permenantly kept in your binder/folder for science. It is a Quick Reference
Guide for making bibliographies. It follows the MLA style, which the the format
you are to use for your bibliography on the "Volcano Quick Facts".
F 1.15- Finish "Volcano Quick Facts" due Wed. 1/20 and
Study for ch. 7 test on Tuesday!
Absent Friday? We (hopefully) will be using the internet on
the laptops to research our volcanoes. If that does not work out, we will do
some more review for Tuesday's test.
(note: Monday, 1/18 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, there is no school)
Volcano Quick Facts research project ... you may click
on underlined names of files to download
6.ch7VolcanoFactSheet2010.pdf
(955.16 KB) --> This file contains a completed sample, another copy of the
project showing the point value of sections (like a grading rubric would), a blank
copy if you need to print it out, and volcano classification chart from the USGS.
6ch7VolcDocument.doc
(640.5 KB) --> This file is an editable Word document if you'd like to type
your project.
