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Teacher: Rachel Stull Class: Earth Science

Semester: Fall 2010 Date: 8/16/10 – 12/17/10

Week 1:

Date: 8/16/10 through 8/20/10 Week 2: Date: 8/23/10 through 8/27/10 Week 3: Date: 8/30/10 through 9/3/10 Week 4: Date: 9/6/10 through 9/10/10

Topics  _{Introduction To Science}  _{Rocks and Minerals}  _{Rocks and Minerals}  _{Rocks and Minerals}

 Standards  _{IE 1a,1b,1c,1d,1e,1f,1g, 1h, 1I,}

1j,1k,1l,1m,1n

 _{ES 3c,}

 _{IE 1a,1b,1c,1d,1e,1f,1g, 1h, 1I,} 1j,1k,1l,1m,1n,n

 _{ES 3c,}

 _{IE 1a,1b,1c,1d,1e,1f,1g, 1h, 1I,} 1j,1k,1l,1m,1n

 _{ES 3c,}

 _{IE 1a,1b,1c,1d,1e,1f,1g, 1h, 1I,} 1j,1k,1l,1m,1n

Lecture Notes

 _{Syllabus and Intro letter}  _{Safety quiz}

 _{People Bingo}  _{Metric Length}  _{Graphing Half Life}

 _{Mineral Composition}  _{Create a crystal}

 _{Current event introduction}

 _{Characteristics of minerals}  _{Mineral ID Lab}

 _{Rock Cycle}

 _{Computer lab work on Rock} Cycle

Readings  _{Textbook – Earth Science} McDougal Littell

 _{Internet resources}

 _{Textbook – Earth Science} McDougal Littell

 _{Internet resources} Homework Graphing results of labs

Units of Length Worksheet Density Questions

 _{Sign up for turnitin.com}  _{Graph results of Hot Salsa Lab}

 _{Current Event Due on} Turnitin.com

 _{Finish lab work}

 _{Study guides handed out}

Labs & Projects  _{M&M Lab}  _{Metric Lab}  _{Density Lab}

 _{Hot Salsa Lab}  _{Graphing M&M Lab}

 _{Rock Cycle}  _{Mineral ID Lab}

 _{Computer Lab on Rock Cycle}

AV, Internet  _{Power point Notes}  _Turnitin.com  _{Power point notes}  _{Computer Lab worksheet}

Demos  _{M&M Lab Demo}  _{Model Turnitin.com} _{Rock and Mineral Demo}  _{Rock lab demo}

Special    _{Minimum day September 2nd}  _{Labor Day Sept 6th}

Tests  _{Metric Quiz}

 _{Safety Quiz}

 _{Quiz on Minerals}  

Points  _{5 points for Calendar}  _{10 for safety Quiz}  _{8 for units of Length}

 _{Mineral Quiz 15 pts}  _{Turnitin.com assignment 15 pts}

 _{Mineral Id Lab 25pts}  _{Rock Cycle Lab poster 15pts}

 _{Rock cycle poster part of} Packet 15 pts

 _{Rock Lab 25 pts}  _{Computer Lab 15 pts}  _{Study guide 25pts}

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Class: GeoScience Date: 8/16/10 – 12/17/10

Week 5:

Topics  _{Rocks and Minerals}

 _{Plate Tectonics}

 _{Plate Tectonics}  _{Plate Boundaries}

 _{Plate Tectonics}  _{Sea Floor Spreading}

 _{Plate Tectonics}

Standards  _{ES 3b, 3f*}  _{IE 1a, 1d, 1g, 1h}

 _{ES 3eb 3f*}  _{IE 1a, 1d, 1g, 1h}

 _{ES 3b, 3f*}  _{IE 1a, 1d, 1g, 1h}

 _{ES 3b, 3f*}  _{IE 1a, 1d, 1g, 1h} Lecture

Notes

 _{Ending Rocks and Mineral Unit}  _{Introduction to Plate Tectonics}  _{Wegner’s Continental Drift}  _{Evidence for continental}

movement

 _{Jigsaw Article on Hess and} Wegner

 _{3 types of Plate Boundaries}  _{Start of convection cells.}

 _{Mechanism for Plate Movements}  _{Convection Cells}

 _{Evidence for Sea Floor Spreading}  _{Layers of the Earth}

 _{Finish unit on Plate Tectonics} Major Evidence for Plate Tectonics vs Continental Drift

 _{Articles on Hess and Wegner}

 _{Internet resources:} Classzone.com

Internet resources

Homework  _{Get Packets Together}

 _{Get Calendar Signed by} Parents

 _{Get Video Permissions}

 _{Transform Boundaries worksheet}  _{Patterns of Earthquakes and}

Volcanoes

 _{Transform Boundaries}  _{Current Events}

 _{Study Guide Due}  _{Packet completed}

Labs & Projects  _{Finish all missing labs}  _{Snack lab of plate tectonics, Fruit} rollups and Gram crackers.  _{Classzone.com animation of plate}

boundaries

 _{Contradictory evidence} computer lab.

 _{Continue Snack lab for even} days.

 _{No Lab, Test Week}

AV, Internet  _{Power Point notes}  _{Animation of Pangaea}

Breaking apart

“Amazing Planet” with Worksheet  _{Sea Floor}

animation:Classzone.com  _{Contradictory Evidence}

Computer Lab

 _{PC - PowerPoint Projection}  _{Use Internet as Research Tool}  _{Video on Hot spots and Plate}

movements: “Earth Revealed” WGBH

 _{http://www.learningdemo.com/} noaa/

Demos   _{Food lab Demo}  _{Plate Tectonic Brochures Demo}  _{Magnetic strips models of sea}

floor spreading showing Plate movements

Special  _{Minimum Day 15th}  _{Sub for Hirst 23}rd_{and 24th}  _{Sea Floor spreading Demo}  _None Tests  _{Rocks and Minerals Science}

Method Test

   _{Plate Tectonics Test}

Points  _{Unit Packets Due 85 points}  _{New Unit Calendar}  _{Test 45 pts}

 _{Amazing Planet 5 pts}  _{Patterns of EQ, 8pts}

 _{Boundaries worksheet, part of} packet 10 pts

 _{Current Event 20pts}  _{Transform Boundaries 10pts}

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Teacher: Rachel Stull Class: Earth Science

Semester: Fall 2010 Date: 8/16/10 – 12/17/10

Week 9:

Topics  _Earthquakes

 _{Layers of the Earth}

 _Earthquakes  _{P and S Waves}

 _Earthquakes  _Earthquakes

 _Volcanoes

Standards  _{ES 3a 9b, d}  _{I E 1a 1d 1g 1m 1l}

 _{ES 3a 9b, d}  _{I E 1a 1d 1g 1m 1l}

 _{ES 3a 9b, d}  _{I E 1a 1d 1g 1m 1l} ES 3a, 7c 5d, 7b, 7d*  _{IE 1d, 1m} Lecture

Notes

 _{How do we know the layers of} the Earth?

 _{Mohr Scale}

 _{Astenosphere, Lithosphere}

 _{Richter VS Mercalli Scales}  _{Vocab of Seismology}  _{Intensity VS Magnitude}  _{Earth Quake Hazards}  _{Richter and Mercalli scale}  _{Comparison of Earthquake}

damage

 _{Why Earthquakes Happen}  _{Studying Earthquakes}  _{Earthquakes of California}  _{USGS Earthquake Maps}

 _{Locating Epicenter}

 _{Triangulate Seismographic} locations

 _{Difference between Focus and} Epicenter

 _{Surface vs Deep Quakes}  _{Start of Volcanoes} Readings  _{Textbook – Earth Science}

McDougal Littell  _{Internet resources}

 _{Internet Resources}

 _{Internet resources} Homework Foldable Questions

10.3 Textbook review Questions

 _{Seismograph Lab}  _{Earthquake search, enter in}

Google maps

 _{Locating Epicenter}  _{Study guide}  _{Current Events Due} Labs & Projects  _{Layers of the Earth foldable}

 _{Ultimate Earthquake}  _{EQ waves: Walk and Run}

Earthquake Search

Northridge Quake Computer Lab

 _{Find the Epicenter lab sheet}  _{USGS recent Earthquake map}

 _{Locating Epicenter}  _{Virtual Earthquake}

AV, Internet  _{Animation of Earth Core}  _{Anatomy of an Earth Quake}

 _{PC - PowerPoint Projection}  _{YouTube video of Northridge}

Earthquake effects 1994

 _{News reports of Haiti Earthquake} 2010

 _{USGS recent Earthquake Maps}  _{Google Map activity}

 _{American Tsunami}

 _{Student led current events and} careers in Earth Science

Demos  _{Elastic Rebound}

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 _{Slinky P and S waves}

 _{USGS Recent Earthquake Maps}

 _{USGS Recent Earthquake Maps}  _{Volcanic Materials}

Special  _{Parent Shadow Day 14}th

 _{Minimum Day 14th}

 _{Minimum day 21st}  _{Reminder: Long Term Semester}

Project of Star Mapping Due4/28 During Space Unit

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Tests   _{Chapter 12 Quiz}  _{Chapter 12 Quiz}  _{Earthquake quiz}

Points  _{Homework 10 pts}  _{Foldable 15 pts}  _{Mohr worksheet 10 pts}

 _{Homework 20 points}  _{Quiz chapter 12 50 points}  _{Lab sheet 20 points}  _{Notes 10 points}

 _{Study guide 25 pts}  _{Earthquake quiz 20 pts}

Teacher: Rachel Stull Class: Earth Science

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Week 13:

Date: 11/8/10 through 11/12/10 Week 14: Date: 11/15/10 through 11/19/10 Week 15: Date: 11/22/10 through 11/26/10 Week16: Date: 11/29/10 through 12/3/10

Topics  _Volcanoes  _Volcanoes  _{Topographic Maps}  _{Earth’s Resources}

Standards ES 3a, 7c 5d, 7b, 7d*

 _{IE 1d, 1m} ES 3a, 7c 5d, 7b, 7d* _{IE 1d, 1m}

 _{IE a, IEb, IEh}  _{ES 9a 9c 9d}

Lecture Notes

 _{Volcanic types}

 _{Composite, cedar cone and} shields

 _{Hawaii vs Mt St Helens}

 _{Volcanism and chemical} composition of Lava Tree map  _{Types of Volcanoes Tree Map}  _{Lava Flows}

 _{Venn Diagram of Hotspots vs.} plate boundaries

 _{Lines to landscapes}

 _{What topographic maps tell us}  _{How to read maps}

 _{How to use Google Earth}

 _{Renewable vs limited} resources

 _{California’s resources}  _{Future resources and careers}

in resource management  _{Water and importance in CA}  _{Tree map of CA resources}

Readings  _{Chapter 9.1}

 _{Chapter 9.2Textbook – Earth} Science McDougal Littell  _{Internet Resources}

 _{Internet Resources}  _{Earth Resource workbook}

Homework  _{Vocab Chapter 9}  _{Worksheet for Super Volcano}  _{What do Maps Show?}  _{Bring Headphones to class}

 _{7.2 organizer}

Labs & Projects  _{Viscosity Lab}  _{Volcano Book}  _{Escape From Nightmare Land}

 _{Google Earth Activity}

 _{Human Footprint lab}

AV, Internet  _{PC - PowerPoint Projection}  _{Use Internet as Research Tool}  _{Video on Hawaiian Lava flows:}

“Earth Revealed” WGBH  _{DVD Clip: How the Earth Was}

Made: Super Eruption (Discovery Channel)

 _{Super Volcano}  _{USGS topographic maps of Santa}

Clarita

 _{http://www.classzone.com/} books/earth_science/terc/ content/investigations/es0307/ es0307page02.cfm?

chapter_no=investigation

 _{www.Earthsciweek.com}

 _{Human Footprint computer lab}

Demos  _{Viscosity Demo (Mud Pies)}  _{Hot spot Demo}   _{Demo heat loss and}

conservation of burning carbon vs gas

Special  _{No school 11}th_{and 12th}  _{Progress Report 15th}  _{Thanks Giving Break 24}th_{, 25th}  _{Mrs Hirst On Maternity Leave}

Tests  _{Earthquake and Volcano test}  _{Last Homework Club}  _{Topographic quiz}  _{Quiz on resources}

Points  _{Earthquake and Volcano test} 50 pts

 _{Packets due 85 pts}

 _{Volcano Book Due 50 pts}  _{Escape Lab 25 pts}

 _{What do Maps Show 15pts}  _{Topographic quiz 20 pts}

 _{Earth resource workbook 20} pts

 _{Human Footprint 25 pts}  _{Quiz on resources 10 pts}

Teacher: Rachel Stull Class: Earth Science

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Week 17:

Date: 12/6/10 through 12/10/10 Week 18: Date: 12/12/10 through 12/17/10

Topics  _{Carbon Footprint}

 _{Renewable Energy Resources}

 _{Final Exam “Chapters 8,9 12,} 13,19-30

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Standards  _{IE m, IEn}  _{ES 9b, 9c, 9d}

All Standards 

Lecture Notes

 _{Graphic organizer}  _{Calculate Carbon footprint}  _{Effect of CO2 rise}

 _{Mauna Loa CO2 study}  _{Global warming debate}  _{Ore Minerals: Future of CA-}

H2o Or Oil?

 _{Jeopardy Games for Review}  _{Bingo Games for Review}  _{Fly Swatter}

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Homework  _{7.3 Organizer}  _{Study Guide for Final}  

Labs & Projects  _{Sciatic seminar on Global} resources Exxon vs Greenpeace

 _N/A  

AV, Internet  _{Great Energy Gamble}  _{“Earth Story” BBC Video}  

Demos  _{Monetary values of minerals} vs water

 _N/A  

Special   _{Final Schedule}  

Tests  _{Earth Resources Exam}  _{Final Exam}  

Points  _{Current events 25 pts}  _{Exam 50 pts}

 _{Global warming debate 25 pts}

 _{Final Exam 200 Points}  _{Study Guide 50 points}

www.Earthsciweek.com