Plate Tectonics Unit

LAYER D- helpful links:

* Click below to read & learn about CONTINENTAL DRIFT.

• WEBSITE 1 - Good info about evidence for Continental Drift.
• WEBSITE 2 - More of the above plus info about layers of the earth.
• WEBSITE 3 - A great animation & lesson on the break up of Pangaea.
• WEBSITE 4 - Video lesson about Alfred Wegener & Continental Drift.
• WEBSITE 5 - Interactive tutorial on the breakup of Pangaea.
• WEBSITE 6 - An animation that shows how the plates might move in the future.

D - QUIZ

Continental Drift Quiz

Click HERE to take the Layer D quiz over Continental Drift.

Login:  lunch code
Password:  bears

If you pass the quiz ---- start working on the C Layer
If you do not pass the quiz ----complete the Drifting Continents worksheet.

LAYER C - USEFUL LINKS

VOCABULARY:  Click HERE for the Plate Tectonics Vocabulary and games

Geology Dictionary  OR the vocabulary link at the top of the blog for lots more dictionary sites.

VOCABULARY QUIZ

     After completing the C layer vocabulary assignments: Click HERE to take the vocabulary quiz.
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     Password = bears

C-f: Click HERE for instructions for Mountain Movers lab.
or Click HERE to go straight to the Mountain Movers Lab

B Layer - Useful Resources

B-e    Scientists to Research for Plate Tectonics:

• James Hutton 
• Harry Hess
• Arthur Holmes
• Abraham Ortelius 
• Nicolaus Steno 
• Dan McKenzie 
• Alfred Wegener

B Layer - QUIZ
** After completing the B layer: Click HERE to take the quiz.
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     Password = bears

A Layer - Useful Resources


A-a: Google Earth Tour: Click HERE for a video tutorial on how to create a Google Tour using Google Earth.

To Launch Google Earth - go to Start - Program - Google Earth


Requirements:  Look in the crate for the A-a sheet to find out what landforms you have to find in your Google Tour.

Dec 3-7 & Dec 10-14

 

Topics:  Geology, Continental Drift Theory, Plate Tectonics

Monday, December 3rd, we will be begin a self-paced unit where students can choose which activities/lessons they want to explore on the topic.  They have a selection sheet that should add up to 100 points at the end of 10 days.  This will be a major grade.  Many students have thrived with this unit in past years, but others have floundered.  Please ask them each day how many points they are up to on their science work. This should help them understand that it is important to work every day in class to earn the points needed to pass. It is a great way for the students to learn and we will work hard to teach everyone throughout the unit. This unit will continue through December 14th. At that point semester finals will begin.

As soon as I get the schedule for finals, I will post it. Plus I will email it to everyone.

Nov 26–Nov 30

PRE AP PROJECT FOR THIS 6 WEEKS WAS ASSIGNED THE FRIDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING BREAK. IT IS DUE ON DECEMBER 14TH.

November 26, Monday

• Warm up- page 149
• Newtons Laws of Motion
  • watch video
  • do the card sort
  • watch set of videos
  • re-sort cards
• Take Notes using card sort for Newtons Laws
• Exit Ticket

November 27, Tuesday

• Warm up - Egg Drop Demo
• Answer Questions about the egg drop demo
• Newton’s Laws stations
• Exit Ticket

November 28, Wednesday

• Warm up - Identify the correct Newton’s Law
• complete Newton’s laws stations (if time ran out on Tuesday)
• Analyze speed graphs -
• Exit Ticket

November 29, Thursday

• Watch video for egg car demo
  • Which Law of Motion did this demonstrate?
• Review Forces and Motion for District Assessment

 

November 30, Friday

• District Assessment #2

Nov 5–Nov 16

November 5 - Monday

• Warm up- page 143
• Frayer model gallery walkNet force notes (transparencies)
• Balanced and unbalanced forces
• Sentence stems: In Jenga, the forcers were balanced/unbalanced…

November 6 - Tuesday

• Warm up- page
• Hair dryer demo
• Net force cards –
• Sentence stems: Forces acting on the ping pong ball were…

November 7 - Wednesday

• Warm up- page 145
• Resultant vectors worksheet
• Tug-a-war
• Sentence stems: The net force is…

November 8 - Thursday (substitute for CAST)

• Video - October Sky with worksheet

November 9 - Friday (substitute for CAST)

• Video - October Sky with worksheet

November 12 - Monday

• Warm up- page 137
• Speed formula notes
• Determining speed worksheet
• Sentence stems:

November 13 - Tuesday

• Warm up- page 141
• Page Keely Force Probe
• Speed problems worksheet with manipulations*

November 14 - Wednesday

• Warm up- page 147
• Complete Speed problems with manipulations
• Prep for walk this way lab

November 15 - Thursday

• Warm up- page 121

• Walk this way lab

November 16 - Friday

• Warm up- page 123
• Walk this way lab graphing & conclusion questions
• Complete walk this way conclusion questions
• Sentence stems:

October 29-November 2

October 29 –Monday

• Staff Development Day

October 30 –Tuesday

• Warm up:
• Reteach and review material from test last week
• Forces Checklist (pg 55) and Wordle Glued (page 57)
• Forces Notes

October 31 –Wednesday

• Warm up: Answer Question #4 from Forces Checklist
• Assign Test Corrections as homework due on Friday
• CSR Reading on Forces

November 1 - Thursday

• Warm up
• Complete the CSR Reading
• Finish the Forces Notes on page 58 & 59
• Frayer Models with the vocabulary

November 2 -  Friday

• Warm up
• Collect Test Corrections
• Brainpop
• Frayer model gallery walk

October 22-26

Pre AP Students – Part 3 of the six weeks project is due on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25TH. 

October 22 - Monday

• Warm up: Manipulative with formulas & Graphics (Gateways)
• Demo- Endothermic
• Elephants Toothpaste Video
• Define the Law of the Conservation of Mass
• Chemical Equation Notes
• Balancing Act Practice

October 23 - Tuesday

• Whoosh bottle demo
• Large chemical equation manipulative
• Balanced vs. unbalanced

October 24 - Wednesday

• Check balanced vs. unbalanced
• Chemical Equation Hunt
• Sentence Stem: From the chemical equation hunt…

October 25 - Thursday

• Density Warm-up
• Review Atoms, Periodic Table, Chemical Reactions
• PRE AP STUDENTS – PART 3 OF THE PROJECT IS DUE TODAY!

October 26 – Friday
District Assessment

Week Oct 15-19

October 15 – Monday SUBSTITUTE (Out for training)

• Bill Nye Chemical Reactions Video with Worksheet
• Analyzing Chemical Formulas worksheet

October 16 – Tuesday

• Brainpop: Compounds & Mixtures
• Chemistry Notes (from Gateways book and our notes)

• Paperclip Chemistry

October 17 – Wednesday

• Chemistry language cards (Cscope)- with partner
• Elephant Toothpaste Demo
• KWL for Chemical Reactions, fill in K and W (think about the evidence for them)
• Summarizer: Report back and create class KWL

October 18 – Thursday

• Warm up: Identify Chemical Reactions
• Endo/Exo lab
• Summarizer: Was the chemical reaction in the lab exothermic or endothermic? Why?
• Homework: Frayer Model with the words Physical Change and Chemical Change (reaction)

October 19 – Friday

• Warm up: Answer question 2 on checklist
• Whoosh bottle demo
  • Write down prediction, observations, and inference
• How do we organize elements that are combining?
• Reread “Writing Chemical Equations”
• Chemical Equation Notes
• Balancing Act Practice

October 8 - 12

October 8 –Monday

• Warm up: Periodic Table Review
• Complete Performance Indicator (Periodic Table Want Ad)

October 9 –Tuesday

• Warm up: Periodic Table & Atom
• Reteach and review material from test last week (Retest for those that failed test on Wednesday)
• Individual Element research

October 10 –Wednesday

• Warm up:  Introduce chemical formulas and label the elements in the formula
• Retest for some students
• Read “Writing Chemical Reactions”
• Highlight words you recognize in wordle and define from reading
• Chemical formula notes
• Station practice of finding the number of atoms vs. elements
• Summarizer: Trade labeled items with another table. On a piece of chart paper, draw and label the item, write the chemical formula, and find the number of elements and atoms, list the elements.
• Sentence Stems: The difference between atoms and elements are…

October 11 – Thursday

• Warm up: Warm up to Science
• Brainpop: Compounds & Mixtures
• Practice Counting Atoms
• Complete Counting Atoms
• Summarizer: Write out a procedure that you would share with a 5^th grader on how to determine the number of atoms and elements in the chemical formula: C₆H₈O_4. Remember that they have never used a periodic table!!
• Homework: (Regular) Finish Counting Atoms
• Sentence Stems: If I was to teach a 5^th grader how to read a chemical formula, I would…

October 12 – Friday

• Warm up: Pg. 93
• Paperclip Chemistry
• Summarizer: Answer question 1 on your checklist
• Sentence Stems:
• The individual paperclips represent…
• A molecule is represented by…
• The limit of this model is…

October 1–5 WOW! It’s October???

Monday, October 1, 2012

Objective: Today I will interpret the arrangement of the periodic table.

1. Warm up: Periodic table manipulative

2. Alkali Metals Video

3. Review Valence Electrons

4. Periodic Table Activity (PT and card sort at stations from Gateways)

5. Periodic table Practice WS

 

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Objective: Today I will interpret the arrangement of the periodic table.

1. Warm up: PT practice

2. Lewis structures notes and practice

 

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Objective: Today I will interpret the arrangement of the periodic table.

1. Warm up: PT  practice

2. Interpreting the periodic table WS

3. Review  for QUIZ TOMORROW

 

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Objective: Today I will interpret the arrangement of the periodic table.

1. Warm up: Large PT Manipulative

2. Review

3. QUIZ

Friday, October 5, 2012

Objective: Today I will interpret the arrangement of the periodic table.

1. Warm up:

2. Periodic table Want Ad

Week of Sept 24-28

Monday, September 24, 2012

Pre-AP:

1. Warm up: Answer question 3 Checklist

2. Describe APE MAN

3. Complete Atomic Math

4. Bohr Model Practice

5. Ticket out: Performance indicator

Sentence Stems: Most of an atom is empty space…this means____

Academics:

1. Warm Up: Answer question 4 on Checklist

2. Discuss atomic masses

3. Complete Atomic Math

4. Bohr Model Practice

5. Ticket out: Performance indicator

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Pre-AP:

1. Warm Up: Answer question 4 on Checklist

2. Atom Quiz

 

Academics:

1. Warm Up: Answer question 4 on Checklist

2. Atom Quiz

 

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Pre AP & Academics:

1. Warm up: Atomic model/periodic table match from new book page 62

2. Glue in Periodic Table Checklist

3. “How is it arranged?” probe

4. Read “Organization of the Periodic Table” from textbook pages 80-83

a. define vocabulary words

 

Thursday, September 27^th, 2012

Pre-AP & Academics:

1. Warm up: Label the atom model (little sheet)

2. Brain pop – Periodic Table

3. Label the periodic table

4. Interpreting the Periodic Table worksheet

 

Friday, September 28, 2012

Pre-AP:

1. Warm up: Label the atom model (little sheet)

2. Brain pop – Periodic Table

3. Label the periodic table

4. Interpreting the Periodic table

 

Academics:

1. Warm up: Region 4 sheet page 109

2. Coloring the Periodic table families ppt and notes

3. Reactivity video clip

Sept 17–Sept 21

Monday, September 17, 2012

Pre-AP

Objective: Today I will recognize that atoms make up all matter.

1. Warm up: IV and DV practice
2. K and W of the class KWL
3. Glue in atomic checklist, wordle, and atoms family
4. Atoms reading, pair share as read
5. View newspaper pictures with microscope.
   1. What do you observe about the photograph when you use the microscope?
   2. How does your observation model the concept that atoms make up matter?
6. Powers of 10

Academics:

Objective: Today I will explore the timeline of the atomic model.

1. Warm up:
2. Finish Atom Foldable (burrito)
3. The Most Astounding Fact movie clip
   1. This makes me feel….
   2. Atoms make up…
4. Atomic Model timeline using Brain pop

Sentence Stems: The atomic model has changed over time because ______

Atomic models are made based on ________

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Pre-AP:

Objective: Today I will explore the timeline of the atomic model.

1. Warm Up: Subatomic Particles and their Charge

2. Atom Concept Map (page 18 – journal)

3. Atomic Model timeline using Brain pop

Sentence Stems: The atomic model has changed over time because ______

Atomic models are made based on ________

Academics:

Objective: Today I will describe the structure of atoms.

1. Warm up: Subatomic Particles and their Charge
2. Atomic Model timeline using Brain pop

Sentence Stems: The atomic model has changed over time because ______

Atomic models are made based on ________

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Pre-AP:

Objective: Today I will describe the structure of atoms.

1. Warm up: Atom Probe
2. Finish Atomic Model Timeline using Brain pop
3. Atom Stations using petri-dish atoms
4. I have…who has atom vocabulary

Sentence stems: The nucleus contains _____

Electrons are _______

Academics:

Objective: Today I will describe the structure of atoms.

1. Warm Up: Atom Probe

2. Atom Stations using petri-dish atoms

3. Large Atom - labeling

Sentence Stems: The atom consists of ___

To explain the way an atom looks I would ___

Thursday, September 19, 2012

Pre-AP:

1. Atomic Attire Fashion Show

Homework: Atom Probe

Academics:

1. Warm up: Quiz over atom parts/charges

2. Keely Probe

3. Use Station Lab (petri-dishes) & Periodic Table to determine the element

4. Ticket out: Pick an element from the periodic table, draw a Bohr Model

Sentence Stems: Most of an atom is empty space…this means____

Friday, September 20, 2012

Pre-AP:

1. Warm up: Answer #1,2 on checklist

2. Use Station Lab (petri-dishes) & Periodic Table to determine the element

3. Atomic Math (Atom Family WS)

4. Ticket out: draw a Bohr Model of Boron

Academics:

1. Warm up: Answer #1,2 on checklist

2. Describe APE MAN

3. Atomic Math (Atom Family WS)

4. Ticket out: draw a Bohr Model of Boron

Sentence Stems: Most of an atom is empty space…this means____

Week of Sept 10-14

Monday

• Warm Up: Denisty
• Read Defining Density
• Complete Concept map using reading
• Summarizer: Discuss answers to the concept map

Sentence Stems: I observed the raisins _____

One similarity/difference between the 2 soda cans is _____

I believe the cans floated differently because ____

Density depends on _____ and _____

Tuesday

• Warm Up: density column
• Density Blocks Lab
• Summarizer: Discuss lab results

Sentence Stems: One thing I know about density is _____

*****ATOMS******

Wednesday

• Warm Up: Reg 4 pg 37 density tools
• Mystery box activity
• KWL chart on atoms
• Powers of 10 Video…when can you not see with your eyes? What instruments magnify?
• Homework: Calculating Density
• Summarizer: Why is learning about the atom important to an 8^th grader?

Sentence Stems: One thing I know about atoms is _____

To calculate density I _____

It is difficult to study atoms because _______

Thursday

• Warm Up: Glue in Atomic Structure Unit Checklist
• Create 4 page folded book foldable with the names of 8 atomic scientists
• Review Game (board game, Frisbees)
• Summarizer: Put a rope on the floor and have students represent matter. They will demonstrate how to make the “object” more/less/same dense.
• Sentence Stems: One difference between the three states of matter is___

Friday

• Warm Up: Reg 4 pg 33 (conclusions)
• Common Assessment (safety, hypotheses, conclusions, observations, matter, density) may have to bump this to next week
• Begin atomic theory research in small groups using computers
• Summarizer: small groups report back to class about their findings

Sentence Stems: It is difficult to study atoms because ___

To study atoms scientists must ____

One thing I could have studied more was ____

Week of Sept 4-7

Tuesday (need: balances, shaving cream, pennies, petri dishes, laser disk)

• Warm Up: Finding mass
• Shaving cream lab day 1
• Lesson 5 Worksheet (homework if not finished in class)
• Summarizer: Review daily objective

Sentence Stems:

The correct way to use a balance is _________

To find the mass of the shaving cream I _______

Solids and gases are different/alike because ________

A hypothesis is _______

To make an observation you use ________

Wednesday

• Warm Up: Collect Homework Lesson 5 worksheet
• Matter Notes
• Shaving cream lab day 2
• Summarizer: Review daily objective and discuss lab results

Sentence Stems: I rejected/did not reject my hypothesis because _______

I observed ________

Matter is in its solid/liquid/gas phase when_______

Thursday

• Warm Up: color pictures according to phase
• Shaving cream lab day 3 – complete graphs and discuss conclusions.
• Summarizer: Review daily objective and discuss lab results

Sentence Stems: My conclusion is ___________

******* DENSITY *****

Friday

• Warm Up: Denisty
• Read Defining Density
• Complete Concept map using reading
• Summarizer: Discuss answers to the concept map

Sentence Stems: I observed the raisins _____

One similarity/difference between the 2 soda cans is _____

I believe the cans floated differently because ____

Density depends on _____ and _____

Week of August 27-31

Monday - August 27

• Welcome to my class
• Talk about Supply List (NEED COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK ASAP)
• Name Tent
• Assign Scientific Summer (homework due Friday) & In a Million Words or Less (homework for parents)

Tuesday - August 28

• Class Procedures
• Remind students of supply list (COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK.…need ASAP)
• Make Popsicle Sticks and explain the process
• Personal T-shirt

Wednesday - August 29

• Warmup: C-Scope lesson: Give 1 Get 1 (10 min)
• C-Scope lesson: Scavenger Hunt
• Go over the Safety Checklist
• Summarizer:  review daily obj & discuss one thing they learned/vocab words.
• Sentence Stems

Thursday - August 30

• Warmup:  Highlight 3 most important safety rules & illustrate them in ISN
• Scenario card matching at stations (whole class check)
• C-Scope lesson: Using Emergency Safety Equipment (bubble map)
• Summarizer:  review daily obj & discuss one thing they learned/vocab words
• Sentence Stems

Friday - August 31

• Collect HW (scientific summer)
• Warmup:  Define, draw or use the vocab words in a sentence in ISN
• Discuss HW (Scientific Summer)
• Answer the 2 guiding questions in ISN
• Safety Quiz
• Summarizer: review guiding questions
• Sentence Stems

Welcome to the 2012-2013 School Year!

Test Post

Test

Cycles

Cycles Poster Project

You will be learning about the carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles.  Each team will be assigned one cycle to research.  After the research is completed each team will create one poster that will be used to teach the rest of the class about your cycle.  All research will be completed in your journals.

• If you have the carbon cycle, please CLICK HERE to complete #1-15 in your notebook.

More helpful resources are HERE for carboon cycle.

• If you have the nitrogen cycle, please CLICK HERE to complete #16-25 in your notebook.

More helpful resources are HERE for nitrogen cycle.

• If you have the phosphorus cycle, please CLICK HERE.  Scroll down to #4 and answer the 8 questions that follow that section.

More helpful resources are HERE for phosphorus cycle.


Poster Requirements:    To be determined later...

February 3rd Warm-up

Click here to do today's warm-up.  Do this with your poster partner and be sure to put everyone's name on the form.

Seasons Webquest

Reasons for the Seasons WebQuest

You've Been Hired!!

An educational publishing company has hired YOU to produce posters for middle school science classrooms.  Your first poster is to be one that shows the causes of seasons on Earth.  Since many students have wrong ideas (misconceptions) about what causes seasons it is very important that your poster be very accurate. Your poster will answer the question "What causes the seasons?".  
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Before you can start your poster, you must do some research on student ideas as well as the science behind the seasons.

Part 1:  Misconceptions about the Seasons

A misconception is an incorrect idea about something. Research the websites provided below to view common misconceptions students may have about the seasons. 
.. 
List four misconceptions in your notebook on page 118. Title the page "Misconceptions about the Season"
Skip lines between each one.

• Phil Plait’s Bad Astronomy - Misconceptions (read question & answer)
• Seasons Misconceptions (read Seasons Misconceptions paragraph)
• Common Misconceptions
• Some Common Misconceptions
• The Seasons

Misconceptions  (complete sentences)

1.

2.
3.
4.

PART 2:    TILT OF THE EARTH

How does the Earth's tilt affect the seasons? Research the websites below.
On page 119 (title the page "Tilt of the Earth"), Draw 4 pictures showing how Earth's tilt affects each season. 

Include the following on all 4 drawings:  Earth, its tilt, the sun, name of the season. 

• Earth’s Revolution and Sun Angle
• Earth’s Tilt and the Seasons
• What Causes the Seasons?
• Seasons and the Tilt
• Seasons and the Tilt Interactive
• Why is the Earth Tilted? (podcast)

PART 3:  THE SEASONS POSTER

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Now you are ready to make your poster!!  The Earth is at four different points in its orbit around the Sun when we have each season. Where is the Earth when it is summer (or winter, fall, and spring)? Does the Earth tilt towards or away from the Sun? Draw a picture of the Earth revolving around the Sun throughout the year. Show the Earth at its location during winter, spring, summer, and fall/autumn. There are additional websites below to continue your research.  Your paycheck will depend on how many accurate items are included in your poster.

• Earth’s Appearance Different Times During the Year
• Seasons Interactive
• Seasons Interactive II
• Observe Seasonal Changes

You must Include the following on your poster to get your full paycheck:

• Title of poster ($2)
• Neatness and color  ($2)
• Sun ($2) 
• Earth in four different locations ($2) 
• Labels for winter, spring, summer, and fall ($2) 
• Tilt ($2) 
• Color in day and night on all 4 Earths ($2) 
• Short paragraph explaining the reason for the seasons ($2)  
• PUT EVERYONE'S NAME ON BACK OF POSTER!!

Fine Print:  Your paycheck will be the paid in points added to your science average : )

This WebQuest is modified from WebQuests found at Science-Class.net and http://mrscienceut.net/SeasonsWebQuest.html.       

Week January 30 through February 3

Monday:
Hurricane Poster and Gallery Walk
Hurricane Info Graphing


Tuesday:
Finish Graphing 
Review Weather


Wednesday:
TEST OVER WEATHER
Seasons Introduction


Thursday:
Seasons Poster


Friday:
Lunar Cycle

Reading a Weather Map Activity

Click here for the google form. This is a form that you will fill in while reading the information from the weather map.  Click here for the weather map link.

Weather Tic-Tac-Toe Homework

Here are some helpful resources to complete your Tic-Tac-Toe Weather Homework.

• Remember that all assignments are due Monday, January 23rd.
• You must choose any 3 assignments in an up and down column or diagonal.  (You may NOT choose everything from the same ROW.
• Each block is worth 8 points and there are 24 total points available.
• If you need materials please let me know before it is too late.
• You are welcome to work on these in my classroom before or after school.(except Tuesday afternoon)

ALL Vocabulary words are located on the blue checklist on page 101 of your science notebook.
You can also look on our Weather Vocabulary site for the definitions and vocabulary games.

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