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Friday, April 12th, 2019
Do Now: 1. Turn in your Relative Dating Lab into the class inbox. 3. Turn to a neighbor and share one fast change to Earth and one slow change to Earth. Try to collectively list as many as you can from memory. Today's Goals: Earth Science- Day 8: Fun Friday/Guided Reading Review (Slides #13,32,34,35)) Guided Reading Trivia Game! What do you know? How fast can you find the answers? Homework: Have an AMAZING spring break! Upcoming Assessment: Earth Science Quiz Wed 4/24 Study Guide HERE |
Thursday, April 11th, 2019
Do Now: 1. You will get your Earth Science HW #1 at the door- keep it out for review! 2. If you find a seashell fossil a few rock layers deeper than a lizard fossil, what things can you infer about that area or those organisms? Today's Goals: Earth Science- Day 7: Fast & Slow Changes to Earth (Slides #25-29) How can Earth's crust be changed in slow and fast ways? What can the history of Earth tell us about the present and future? Homework: Relative Dating Lab due Friday HONORS version HERE Earth Science Guided Reading due Friday 4/12. Textbook Pages linked HERE |
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019
Do Now: 2. It may not have been obvious before scientists identified continental drift, but what is one EFFECT we can SEE from the plates moving on the crust's surface? Today's Goals: Earth Science- Day 6: Evidence From Earth's Past (Slides #21-24) How can fossil evidence help us tell the story of what Earth was like long ago? What can the history of Earth tell us about the present and future? Homework: Relative Dating Lab due Friday HONORS version HERE Earth Science Guided Reading due Friday 4/12. Textbook Pages linked HERE |
Tuesday, April 9th, 2019
Do Now: Character Education Schedule Today 1. Turn to a friend and model the three types of plate boundaries with your two hands acting as the plates. What effects will occur on Earth's crust at each one? What effects can we see from Earth's moving tectonic plates? How have these shaped Earth features? What can the history of Earth tell us about the present and future? Homework: Earth Science HW #1 worksheet Earth Science Guided Reading due Friday 4/12. Textbook Pages linked HERE |
Monday, April 8th, 2019
Do Now: 1. If you didn't Friday, turn in your Paleogeographic Mapping Activity in. 2. On your Do Now page, write today's date and respond: How can an OREO act as a model of Earth's shifting tectonic plates? What effects can we see from Earth's moving tectonic plates? Why do we study the history of Earth? What can it tell us about the present? Homework: Earth Science Guided Reading due Friday 4/12. Textbook Pages linked HERE |
Friday, April 5th, 2019
Do Now: 1. Turn in your Paleogeographic Mapping Activity into the class inbox. 2. On your Do Now page, write today's date and respond: The core is hot. The crust is not. How could heat energy move from one to the other? (Take a guess.) How does plate tectonics work? What powers the movement of the plates? Why do we study the history of Earth? What can it tell us about the present? Homework: none! |
Thursday, April 4th, 2019
Do Now: DELAYED OPENING SCHEDULE 1. Your teacher will return your Earth Sci Pre-test. Keep it out on your desk! 2. On your Do Now page, write today's date and respond: Yesterday, we determined that the continents were once touching and not separated by oceans like they are today. How do you think they were able to move over time? How does plate tectonics work? What powers the movement of the plates? Why do we study the history of Earth? What can it tell us about the present? Homework: Paleogeographic Mapping Activity due Friday HONORS version HERE |
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019
Do Now: 1. Tape a Unit 7 tab into your notebook. 2. Set up the index, table of contents, Do Now and vocab pages. 3. Put your Earth Science Pre-Test/Formatives into the class inbox. We will review it tomorrow. Why do we study the history of Earth? What can it tell us about the present? Homework: Paleogeographic Mapping Activity due Friday HONORS version HERE All "MIS" missing assignments are due by Thursday. |
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019
Do Now: Character Education Schedule Today! It's test day- show what you know about Waves, Light and Sound! After: what do you already know about EARTH SCIENCE? Homework: All "MIS" missing assignments are due by Thursday. |
Monday, April 1st, 2019
Do Now: 2. Circle/highlight the questions on which you are unsure/need more help! Review Day! What do you need help on? Homework: STUDY! Our test on WAVES is tomorrow! Analog vs. Digital CER (Claim-Evidence-Reasoning) due Tuesday 4/2 |
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