Earth & Life Under The Microscope

Monday-

6th- WIGWAP ch 8 lesson 1 quiz (we took the quiz about 2 weeks ago)
7th- Textbook p. 307 - recopy & fill in answers (skip # 6, 9)

Tuesday-

6th- finish stream development
7th- finish ch 7 lesson 2 outline

Wednesday-

6th- study for ch 8 quiz Thursday (lessons 1 and 2)
7th- review sheet & lab safety signatures

Thursday-

6th- type of energy worksheet
7th- study for ch 7 quiz on Friday (ch 7 lessons 1 and 2)

Friday- Enjoy your weekend!
      6th grade reminder - you may retake the chapter 8 quiz on Monday, March 5 afterschool!  (This is a ONE time offer; use the weekend to study.  Keep in mind, whatever you score on the retake, it will replace your score .... regardless if it is higher or lower than the original quiz score....)

1. Use the link below to learn about Dendochronology:

-Take notes on the formation of tree rings in your composition book from the following site, then
-Complete the online Tree Study, and once cempleted, "submit report" and show Mrs. Fischer your "Forest of Fame Certificate" & Mrs. Fischer will stamp your homework page to show credit for finishing the activity.

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/treerings/index.cfm

if there is time, you may attempt the following Radioactive Dating Game (I think this requires a download so it might not work on the school laptops; may check it out at home) otherwise may start on homework.

2. Radioactive Dating Game

 

Click to Run

 

 

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!

1. Evolution of Homologus & Analogous Structures

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/similarity_ms_01

2. Geologic Time

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/geotime/gtpage1.html

3. Guess the Embroyo - (must click launch interactive once you open the link) .... match the embryo to the animal it will develop into

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/guess-embryo.html 

 4. Remember Continental Drift?  Quick review from last year ....

http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/lsps07_int_biogeography/

5. Advanced Learners also check out:

Classifying Life - (must click launch interactive once you open the link)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/classifying-life.html

Our Family Tree - (must click launch interactive once you open the link)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/our-family-tree.html

Monday-

6th grade- ch 2 lesson 2 WIGWAP & finish answering Visual Checks and Reading Checks from TB p. 334-337 in composition book
7th grade- finish classwork (fill in thinking map, recopy thinking map, illustrate the examples & for moceular biology - add definition and example using TB p. 254-256) - do on a piece of binder/printer paper

Tuesday-

6th grade- finish classwork
7th grade- fanswer Standards check questions #1-6 from textbook p. 256 - full complete sentences, restate the question.

Wednesday-

6th grade- finish classwork
7th grade- finish classwork

Thursday- 

6th grade- study for tomorrow's quiz on ch 8 lesson 1   .... Today's computer activity - 6th graders click here!
7th grade- study for tomorrow's quiz on ch 6 lessons 2 and 3. ..... Today's computer activity - 7th graders click here!

Friday - Enjoy weekend!

http://www.growingthenextgeneration.com/just-for-kids-games.html

Build a Soil Profile Game Like Tetris

http://www.growingthenextgeneration.com/agrium-games/SoilTris/index.htm

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

Link to explanations of the various types of land use, colors to shade & map symbols:

Habitat Slides (can click on each habitat to find out more)

List of all the symbols and land uses.

1. Shape it Up - events that shape our landforms

http://www.kineticcity.com/mindgames/warper/

2. Weathering Animation

https://www.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/elearning/module07swf.swf

3. Erosion - Effects of Slump

https://www.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/elearning/module11swf.swf

4. Erosion & Deposition along the coast

https://www.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/elearning/module14swf.swf

5. Soil Horizons

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/309/deploy/interface.html

6. How Caves Form

http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ess05_int_caveform-fla/

7. Weathering Brain Bop

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0078741831/164213/00050754.html