Science 7: E-1 Mr Mott
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Warm-Up: Expectations for computer use during class
TODAY’S ACTIVITIES:
How to COMPILE your research
Work on your project!
Demonstrate that you understand things we’ve learned in this unit
HOMEWORK: Work on project
AND Study for Test on Wednesday – DOWNLOAD: Earth Lesson 12.pdf
Use these websites to help you do your research:
USGS – Significant Earthquakes
These are places to get you started, so feel free to find information elsewhere!
Warm-Up: Global Warming & Volcanoes
DOWNLOAD – Earth Lesson 11.pdf
Today’s Activities:
Read Aloud – Krakatau
Bill Nye – Volcanoes
Ring of Fire Project!
Homework - RESEARCH your country/region
DON’T FALL BEHIND OR LEAVE THINGS TO THE LAST MINUTE ON THIS PROJECT!!
Warm-Up: Forces of Nature Case Studies
DOWNLOAD “Earth Lesson 10″ from Moodle
TODAY’S ACTIVITIES:
Volcanoes, Magma, Eruption! Lab
Taking a Volcano’s Pulse Reading and Questions
Other Useful Websites: Oregon State University, Discovery
HOMEWORK: How Volcanic Eruptions Affect Global Climate
WARM-UP: After Waves and Earthquakes Guided Reading
DOWNLOAD Lesson from Moodle
TODAY’S ACTIVITIES:
Read-Aloud about San Francisco Quake
Earthquake WebQuest using Forces of Nature
Locating the Epicenter Activity
HOMEWORK: Tringle of Life Reading – It may save your life!!
Warm-Up: Peer Assessment of last week’s Current Events
Close your computers and be ready to draw and take notes
(USE PENCIL!)
Today’s Activities:
Drawing Plate Interactions
Tectonic Places < — this is your HOMEWORK
It was emailed to you – Be sure to turn it in by REPLYING TO THAT EMAIL
Brainpop → Plate Tectonics
DOWNLOAD – Earth Lesson 7.pdf
Warm-up – Read through the blog postings that were written for homework. — Respond intelligently to at least one posting — we will discuss
TODAY’S ACTIVITIES:
Different types of waves – Longitudinal, transverse, surface
Brainpop → Earthquakes
Waves and Earthquakes Guided Reading
Review the Structure of the Earth Quiz on Moodle
Homework – The Richter Scale Reading and Questions
Warm-Up: “Plate Interactions Map”
DOWNLOAD -Earth Lesson 6.pdf
“Earthquakes – Nature at Work”
Today’s Activities:
Mountain Age Probe on Moodle
Intro to Waves
Homework: Comment on this post about this question-
“How is it that an earthquake in Western China can be felt by people in Shanghai more than 1000 km away?”
On your map (the one with all the earthquakes and volcanoes), DRAW in the locations of the geologic features in “Mapping Geologic Structures” in Earth Lesson 5.
Once you’ve done that, draw in the BORDERS of the tectonic plates and the DIRECTION THEY ARE MOVING according to the map below:
Warm-Up: “Before Modeling Plates with Food”
DOWNLOAD – Earth Lesson 5.pdf
Today’s Activities:
Convection Currents Lab
“What Happens to Plates?” – Reading and Chart/Table
Lab: Modeling Plates with Food
Plate Tectonics BrainPop
Homework: Mapping Geological Structures
Plate Tectonics Map – DRAW the Plate Boundaries