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Earth Science Study Guide

Naica Crystal Cave Movie

Crystal Cave Movie part 1

Crystal Cave Movie part 2

Crystal Cave Movie part 3

Crystal Cave Movie part 4

Crystal Cave Movie part 5

Plate Map

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/eoc/teachers/t_tectonics/p_map_plate_layers_bath.html

Adopt an Earthquake Project

Adopt an Earthquake Project Description with Rubric

Earthquake Check-in

Earthquake Understanding

Make a Quake

Make A Quake Qs

Earthquakes: Seismic Waves

For homework tonight, read the following section and take jot notes.

Earthquakes and Seismic Waves

Volcano Under the City

Volcano Under the City Qs

Volcano Project

Volcano Project Description and Rubric

Volcanic Eruptions

Today in class you will explore different types of volcanoes and eruptions.

Click on the link below and follow the instructions within the link.

Virtual Volcano


Good link

Theory of Plate Tectonics Reading

Read this section and take jot notes.  The image at the bottom of p.34-35 should look familiar and help you with your in-class project.

Theory of Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics Visual

Today in class you will begin your Plate Tectonics Visual. Click the link to the handout and rubric

Plate Tectonics Visual

Use the visual below as a guide for the visual you will be creating

Sea Floor Spreading

Today in class you will be creating a model to represent Sea Floor Spreading.  Use the link below to guide your creation.

Sea Floor Spreading Model

Read this section and take jot notes in your own words.

Sea Floor Spreading

Drifting Continents

Section 3 Drifting Continents

Homework 9/29

Read p. 201-209
Define the vocabulary found on those pages.  Complete all active reading questions except for #10.

Convection Lab

ALERT!!!!! Someone accidentally changed the original lab.  Use this new link

NEW - Convection Lab

Today in class you will participate in your first lab of the year.  It is essential that you are careful with the lab material and that you are paying attention at all times.

Convection Lab

After every lab you will be responsible for writing a lab report to share your findings and what you learned.  Lab reports follow a very specific format.

How to Write A Lab Report

Convection Currents

For homework tonight, 9/22... read the following section on convection currents.  Write jot notes (5 bullet points to summarize your understanding.

Section 2: Convection and the Mantle

Earth Layers Final Poster

Complete a BEAUTIFUL final drawing of the Earth Layers (either by hand or with google draw).
Vocabulary, definitions, color required.

- Crust (Continental and Oceanic)
- Mantle (Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere)
- Core (Inner and Outer)

Welcome Parents!

Tonight you will be participating in a hands-on collaborative activity.  Please arrange yourselves in groups of 4.

You will be receiving 2 maps.  Look carefully at each map.

1. Determine what each map is depicting. 
2. Take a careful look at the legend. 

Once you are familiar with each map. Discuss with your group members anything that the two maps have in common.  

While in your groups discuss the following guiding questions:

• Do you think the location of the earthquakes and volcanoes are significant? Why?  Support your reasoning with evidence from the maps.
• How might seismic and volcanic activity be indicators of the driving processes that shape our Earth?

Geologic activity is often related to activity within our Earth.  Knowing this, use one of the dry erase markers provided to guess where plate boundaries are based on your seismic and volcanic observations.  Don't be afraid to make a mistake!

Earth Layers Blendspace

Check out this blendspace on the Earth Layers.  Be sure to sign in and answer all of the questions on each slide.  Try to be original and not simply copy what another person has written.

**When you are asked to sign in, click sign in with my google account***

Everyone has a school email address for this purpose.

Earth Layers Blendspace

What are Earth's layers

Today you received your new textbook in class (exciting!!!) and will use them tonight for homework.  Tonight:

• Read pages 193-196
•  Define all vocab words (they are listed on page 193 and bold and highlighted in the text)

We will be checking for completeness tomorrow. 

Plate Group Presentations

Below is a link to the powerpoint presentation for your group.  Today you should:
1. Discuss roles for the presentation
2. Rehearse your presentation that your group will be giving on Monday

African Plate
Australian Plate
Indian Plate
North American Plate
Pacific Plate

Goals for Today's Class

Today while in your groups you need to:

1. Complete your maps.
• Each boundary labeled 
• Each boundary color coded to worksheet
• Worksheets completed
• When map is complete read rubric and presentation guidelines with group

HW - Complete map if yours is not complete by end of class. 

Homework 9/10- Blendspace Intro

In this class we will be using an online resource called blendspace.  Today, you will get an introduction to using this resource by clicking the link below and pressing play.

You must comment on each video you watch: what did it make you think of?  What did you learn?  What do you want to know more about?

**If you are asked to sign in, click sign in with my google account***

Everyone has a school email address for this purpose.

Introduction to Blendspace

Moon Journal Cover

Vote for the cover of your moon journal... click the link below.

Moon Journal Cover options

Oceanographer's Journal

You are an oceanographer diving into the deep ocean.  Imagine that you are able to blog from your submergent vessel.  Create a blog and design 3 posts to describe what you see at 3 different zones.  Your description should describe the light, temperature, pressure, and life that you see.  Insert images, video, or a link to another site to make your posts engaging and interactive.

Project Due: Friday, May 16th

Nate's Blog
Nathan's Blog
Connor's Blog
Landers' Blog
Jackson's Blog
Charlotte's Blog
Josie's Blog
Caitlyn's Blog
Carter's Blog
Lauren's Blog
Sam's Blog
Juliana's Blog
Fiona's Blog
Nellie's Blog
Andy's Blog

Gearing up for the final...

For those of you looking ahead, here is the final study guide.  We will have time in class to complete and discuss the concepts within this guide, however, I am posting it now in case you would like to pace yourself. Our first review class will be Thursday, May 15th.

Earth Science Final Study Guide

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Normal Schedule, Review Classes	Normal Schedule, Review Classes	21 6/7 8:30 - 10:00 Math	22 6/7 FL 2nd&5th	23 6th English 1st & 3rd 7th History 1st & 4th
Memorial Day     26	27 6/7 Science 2nd & 5th	28 6th History 1st & 3rd 7th English 1st & 4th	29 Regatta	30 Graduation

World Without Fish

Reading Log

Discussion Questions

Ocean Cross Section Project

Ocean Cross Section Project Description
- this project will be completed in class and is not homework tonight
- you will need to bring in a poster board by Monday, April 14th

Features of the Ocean Floor

Ocean Light Zones       Light Zones w/ examples of life - thanks Jackson!

Ocean Life Zones

Moon Journal

Moon Journal Calendar

Moon Journal Descriptions for Play Week

Cheese

Light

Stars

Night

Moon

Glow

Lunar

Bright

Eclipse

Crescent

Red

Blue

Dark

Water For Life

Water for Life Qs - open this link and answer the questions, then share it with me for a participation grade.

Water for life part 1

Water for life part 2

Water for life part 3

Chasing Water

This video will be homework for Tuesday night.  In another Pete McBride video documentary about the Colorado, he explores how water is used throughout the Colorado River watershed and if a drop of water in his backyard will reach the ocean.

Endangered River Outline

You guessed it!  Next phase is to complete an outline in preparation for a 5 Paragraph Essay!!
Remember the details, details, details...

Endangered River Outline

Endangered River Project

To begin your exploration of one of America's Most Endangered Rivers open the three links below:

1) First you'll need to know: What river do I have?
2) Then you'll have to begin researching by going to this familiar site and clicking on the link for your river.
America's Most Endangered Rivers
3) Use these questions to guide your reading.  Make a copy and fill out your own, then share it with me.
Endangered River Reading Qs

America's Most Endangered Rivers Project

Look at the rivers included on America's Most Endangered Rivers list.  Decide on your top two choices for a river to research.  Email me with your choices that will be assigned tomorrow.

America's Most Endangered Rivers

Columbia River Outline

For homework tonight, use the link to the outline below.  Decide on a side (either the changes to the Columbia River are positive or they are negative).  Cut and paste any research that will help your claim into the body portion of the outline.

Columbia River Outline

Timeline:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Five-Paragraph Essay Format	* Develop outline * Write thesis and 3 topic sentences	Writer’s workshop	Writer’s workshop	Peer Edit: Essay due Monday 3/3/2014

Columbia River Research

Use the links below to begin researching the effect of human activities on the Columbia River.  You will be writing an essay which states your claim regarding the health of the Columbia River.  This site provides both benefits and disadvantages of human activity so you may choose your side and defend it through a persuasive essay.  To get started, fill out the research guide as you navigate through the interactive site.

Columbia River Interactive

Columbia River Research Guide

Colorado River - homework 2/13

View this blendspace to get a more thorough background of the Colorado River.  You will need to open each slide in a new tab, but go back to blendspace to add your comments.  Enjoy!

Colorado River Blendspace

Watershed Creation

Learn about the parts of every watershed by creating your own.  You may create a 3D model, draw a picture, or use Google Draw to demonstrate your knowledge.

This is not homework, we will continue working on it in class on Monday.

Watershed Creation

Porosity Lab

In class on Tuesday we will complete a lab to determine the effect of sediment size on porosity.  Make a copy of the lab to complete on your own.  Use the Lab Rubric to help guide your completion.

Porosity Lab

Lab Rubric

Roaring Fork River Flows

Use the link below to graph river flows on the Roaring Fork River for the years 2008 and 2012.  After you have completed a graph, answer the data analysis questions at the bottom of this document.

Roaring Fork River Data

Pet Rock Project Essay Format

Here is a link to how you may choose to organize your outline for the Pet Rock Project.  You will be completing a more detailed outline in preparation of your essay.

Visual for Essay Format

Project Timeline:

                             

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
In class: Introduction to essay format Deadline: All guiding questions answered	In class: Write a detailed outline Deadline: outline completed and shared with me	In class: Writers workshop, writing and revising Pet Rock Project Essay	In class: Writers workshop, writing and revising Pet Rock Project Essay	Deadline: Essay complete

Pet Rock Project

Here it the description of the Pet Rock Project.

Pet Rock Project

Rock Cycle

Watch the following videos on the Rock Cycle.  Make a drawing of your rock cycle interpretation.  You may draw this by hand or using Google Draw.

NASA Our World Rock Cycle

The Rock Cycle - Answer the questions the video asks you on a scrap piece of paper.

Metamorphic Rocks

Read the following section on metamorphic rocks and take notes.  Finish your poster/drawing of the three types of rocks.

Section 5 Metamorphic Rocks

Sedimentary Rocks

For homework tonight, please read and take notes for the next section on Sedimentary Rocks.  Be sure to include a detailed description of the process of sedimentation as well as the 3 ways sedimentary rocks form.

Sedimentary Rocks

Igneous Rocks

Read the following section on igneous rocks.  Take notes in the same place as the notes from class. Also, find a rock for your pet rock project!

Section 2 Igneous Rocks

Crystal Cave continued...

Watch the final part of the 5 part series on the Naica Cave in Mexico.  Please write a reflection. A reflection is different from a summary.  A summary simply tells what the video was about, a reflection tells us how it affected you.  What did it make you wonder?  What did it make you consider?  What is your reaction to knowing that there is a place like Naica?

Naica Crystal Cave Part 5

Naica Crystal Cave, Mexico continued ...

I'm glad you were so excited about the first 2 parts.  Here are installments 3 and 4 with questions to complete and share.
Crystal Cave part 3
Crystal Cave part 4

Naica Crystal Cave Qs part 3/4  * complete and share with me

Mexico's Crystal Cave

For homework tonight, watch part 1 and 2 of the Naica Crystal Cave.
While watching the movie, fill out questions on the attached document and share your document with me.

Crystal Cave Part 1 of 5

Crystal Cave Part 2 of 5

Naica Crystal Cave Questions * to complete and share