Week of Dec. 17th

Hurricane Sandy, New York

Our Week

Mon: 1.) pg 19-26 due today 2.)  Landform activity due Wed.  3.) Sandy visual due Thurs.

Tues: 1) Finish/start landform activity- due tomorrow. 2) Post Sandy visual on schoology dropbox- due Thurs. 3) pg 29-40 due today. 4) pg 27 & pg 40 due Wed. (for a grade) 5) Pg 44-54; #1-2; 5-12; 16-25; due Thurs.

Wed: 1) pg 27 & 41 due today. 

Thurs: 1) pg 44-54 due today. You will have a little time to finish. 2) Sandy visual due today.

Fri: 1) "Surprise" Christmas Ornaments

Hurricane Sandy hits the town!

Hurricane Sandy effects

After Hurricane Sandy

Week of Dec. 10th

The Earth at Night

 Our Week

Monday:   1.  Check and go over Radiometric Dating Lab 

 2.  Complete p. 117 1-12 - due Tuesday  3.  Fossil Explore due Tuesday

Tuesday:  1.  Check and go over p. 117  2.  Fossil Explore discussion  3.  Intro. new topic - "Weathering" 4.  Explore interactive site - link is below - complete answer sheet as you work through the site - due Thursday

Weathering 

Observe Mechanical Weathering 

Observe landscapes caused by erosion 

Observe animation of cave forming 

Wednesday: 1.  Quiz on Radiometric Dating 2.  p. 19-26; 1-3, 5-9, 11-12, and 14-16 - due Friday

3.  Use the link below to observe images of how weathering and erosion change the Earth - write an inference about each picture after p. 41 in your workbooks - due Thursday

Radiometric Dating Quiz 

Weathering and Erosion Picture Gallery 

Thursday:  1.  "Erosion and Deposition by Water"  - p. 29-40; 1- 2, 5-6, 11-13, 14-16, 19-20, and 24-27 - due Monday

Friday:  1.  Weathering and Erosion Lab due Tuesday

Question of the Week

Pictured above is an example of erosion in our very own Anderson Township!  What exactly happened here?

Week of Nov. 26th

What Stories Do Rocks Tell?

Our Week

Monday: 1.  Check Ring of Fire video notes  2.  p. 92-102 Read; answer questions 1-3, 6-15, 17-24 - Due Friday

Tuesday:  Unit 4 Test

Wednesday-Friday:  Relative Dating Activities due Monday (end of class): Vocabulary Packet, Interactive Questions, and Model

Link for the interactive below: 

What Stories Do Rocks Tell?  

Who's on first?

Okay, you guys - here is a tough one!   Order these layers from youngest to oldest!

Week of Nov. 19th

Pictured above is a total solar eclipse from last Wednesday.  It took place in the southern hemisphere over Queensland, Australia.  Eclipses will be a topic in our next unit of study - do you know what exactly happens to cause a solar eclipse?

Our Week

Monday: 1.  Check Earthquake Interactives and Slinky Lab 

2.  Finish p. 269-274 - due Tuesday 3.  Top Ten Deadliest Earthquakes - finish up Tuesday

Top Ten Earthquakes

Earthquake Data 

Super Storm Sandy Timelapse 

Tuesday:  1.  Check and go over p. 269-274   2.  Finish Top 10 Earthquakes

Wednesday-Friday: Thanksgiving Break

Upcoming: Plate Tectonics Unit Test Tuesday, Nov. 27th
 

Here is another topic in our next unit of study - meteors!  Pictured above is last week's Leonid Meteor Shower over Arizona.  What exactly causes meteor showers?

 

Week of Nov. 12th

Pictured above is the Transamerica Pyramid building in San Francisco, CA.  This building was designed to withstand earthquakes; what do you see in its design that would help it stay upright during an earthquake?

Our Week

Monday:  Live Oaks Trip

Tuesday:  1.  Check p. 248-264 in WB  2.  Finish Deadliest Earthquakes video 3. p. 265 1-10 due Thursday

Wednesday-Thursday: 1.  Check Video Notes' Sheet  

2.  Earthquake Interactive - "Where was that earthquake?" - due Friday 2.  Seismic Wave Lab due Monday

Where Was That Earthquake? 

Make a Quake Interactive 

The Restless Earth Eval. 4 - Earthquakes 

Friday:  1.  Earthquake Eval. (Quia)  2. Check Interactive

UPCOMING: Chapter/Unit 4 Exam - Tuesday, Nov. 20; Study Guide is on p. 269-274 - 1-21 

Question of the Week

Pictured above is a lunar seismometer checking for moonquakes!  Buzz Aldrin from the first 1969 moon landing is standing next to the seismometer.  So, if the Moon does not have a molten core and real tectonic activity, what could be the cause of the moon quakes that have been detected?  Keep your "creativity" in check!  Also, do you see any similarities between your seismometer and the one in the picture?

 

Week of Nov. 5th

Are alien ships hovering over Mount Rainier in Washington?  No, these clouds formations are called lenticular clouds.  How do you think they form? Also, Mount Rainier is located in the Cascade Range - what type of volcanic system is it part of?

 Our Week

Monday:  1.  Must have Volcano Evaluation on Quia submitted today!  Here is the link again:

Volcano Evaluation - Earth Science Eval. 3 

2. p. 247 1-10 - due Thuesday.  3.  Continue work on Seismometer design  4. p. 248-251 due with final prototype - Tuesday or Wednesday?? 5.  p. 253-264; 1-3, 5-13, 15-24 - due Tuesday

Tuesday:   Election Day 

Wednesday:    Seismometer Design and Building Continues
 Video of earthquakes
Model of earthquake waves 

Thursday:  Seismometer Design and Building Continues - Groups begin to share their prototype - rework if needed

USGS Real-time Earthquake Data 

Friday:  Seismometer Prototype Share 

Question of the Week 

Indonesian Megathrust Earthquake

In December of 2004, a massive earthquake - 9.0 - occurred in the Indian Ocean causing a tsunami that killed close to 300,000 people.  The megaquake shortened our day by about three microseconds, and may also have tweaked the Earth's rotational wobble.  The earthquake occurred as the Indian tectonic plate slid further beneath the Burma tectonic plate.What does this megaquake have in common with the megaquake that happened in Japan last year?  

Can you answer these questions:  Why do earthquakes happen?  How are seismic waves used to measure earthquakes?

Week of Oct. 29th-Earthquake!!!!!!

The devastating results of the 2011 Japan Earthquake

 On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 mega-thrust earthquake hit the east coast of Japan, which was followed by major tsunami.

• 15,870 confirmed deaths
• 6,114 injured
• 2,814 people missing
• 129,225 buildings totally collapsed
• 254,204 buildings half-way collaped
• 691,766 building were partially damaged  

Here are more images

Our Week and Beyond!

 Monday: 1.  Volcano/Topo Project Presentations begin
2.  p. 237 1-10 DUE TUESDAY!  
3.  Read p. 238-246; do questions - 1-3, 5-10, 12-20 - DUE Friday! 
4.  Volcano Film Canister Lab DUE WEDNESDAY!

Tuesday:  1.  Volcano Topo Review  2. Volcano/Topo Presentations Continue

Wednesday:  1.  Turn in Volcano Lab  2.  Finish Presentations  3.  "EARTHQUAKE!" Seismometer Building Project
 p. 248-251 due WED. Nov. 7th  4.  Online (Quia) Volcano Quiz - DUE FRIDAY! 

Volcano Evaluation Due Friday 

Yellowstone Interactive 

Thursday:  Seismometer Building Project

Friday:  Seismometer Building Project - DUE WED., NOV. 7th  

Question of the Week

In terms of plate tectonics, what caused so much death and destruction in Japan?

Week of Oct. 22

Our Our Earth is covered by volcanoes. Volcanoes are breaks in the Earth's cool surface where hot liquid rock from the interior comes out.  Pictured above are 4 volcanoes that are part of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.  Every day over 20 volcanoes are erupting on our amazing planet!

 Our Week

Monday:  Finish Volcano/Topo Project - due Wed. (Digital Document in the dropbox)

Tuesday:  Finish Volcano/Topo Project

Wednesday:   Present Projects!

Thursday:  Volcano Lab - we will be outside - dress for moving around !

Friday:  Finish Presenting Projects 

A Space Shuttle in LA Video 

Question of the Week

Sometimes both heaven and Earth erupt!  Pictured above is White Dome Geyser in Yellowstone National park.  Of course you are also looking at red and green auroras above it.  So, what would a geyser have to do with our study of geologic forces that change the surface of the Earth? 

Week of Oct. 15th

Volcano Tungurahua erupting in 2006

Our Week

Monday: 1.  Volcano Mapping checked  2.  Volcano Project Begins!

Here are some useful links to help locate the info you need:

Individual Volcano Information 

Peak Bagger - Info and Topo

Google Maps and Earth

Gizmo Topographic Map Activity 

Volcano World 

Homework:  Workbook p. 227-236: 1-5, 7-14, 18-22 - Due Thursday

Tuesday: 1.   Volcano Project Continues  2.  Gizmo Topo

Wednesday:  2.  Volcano Project Continues  2.  Gizmo Topo

Thursday:  1.   Homework /WB Checked   2.  Volcano Project Continues   3.  Gizmo Topo

Friday:  1.  Volcano Project Continues 2.  Gizmo Topo

Volcano Project - both digital presentation and 3-D Topo Map and Gizmo Topo Activity - DUE Wednesday, Oct. 24th - subject to change

I am sure you recognize the Midwest of the United States as seen from space!  Look how close radiation from the Sun is to us creating auroras to the north! 

 Questions of the Week

Pictured above is the tallest volcano in the solar system - Olympus Mons - it is 3 times the height of Mt. Everest!  This volcano is located on Mars, and it is dormant.  Actually, there are no active volcanoes on Mars - why not? Ideas?

Can you match each land form to its topo map? (Topos are seen from above - land forms from the side)

Week of Oct. 8th

I could not resist this picture of auroras in Norway, but what is that streak of light pummeling its way through the mesosphere?

 Our Week

Monday:  1.  Lava Flow Challenge Continues - due end of class Tuesday

Homework:  p. 164- 20-23; p. 165 - 4-12; p. 225- 1-12 - all due Wed.

Tuesday:  1.  Wrap up Lava Flow Challenge

Wednesday:  1.  Review for Eval. 2  2.  Volcano Mapping

Thursday:  1. The Restless Earth Eval. 2 - Rock Cycle and Mountain Building - study your plate tectonics cheat sheet!

Friday:  1.  Finish Volcano Mapping   - due Monday

Question of the Week - Curiosity on Mars

Busy Curiosity on Mars explored this special area - what type of rock did Curiosity find?  Look closely - what type of geologic forces occurred here?  What substance helped create this rock? How do you know?  How important is this find?

 

 

  

 

 

Week of Oct. 1

Space Shuttle Endeavour flies through LA? Last week Endeavour made its final flight - it will be displayed in the Intrepid Air and Space Museum in Los Angeles

 Our Week

Monday:  1.  Finish Rock Cycle Activities - p. 158-162; 12,14,15,and 16 in workbooks, Rock Cycle Lab, and Questions in part 3 of the link below - questions should be in notes pages after p.165 - right across from board notes - All 3 parts due Wednesday

 Rock Cycle Interactive

Tuesday: 1.  "Mountain Building" 2.  p.217-224; 1,2,3,5,6,8,9,10,12,13,14,and 15-19 - due Thursday 3.  Plate Tectonics Cheat Sheet due Thursday

Wednesday:  Wrap up Mountain Building Activities

Thursday: 1.  Lava Flow Experiment begins

Friday: Lave Flow Continues

Lava fountain and lava flows on Pu`u `O`o, Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i

Question of the Week - Explain the hot spot volcanic system going on in Hawaii.   Why is Hawaii a chain of islands, each with a dormant volcano on it - except for the big island of Hawaii pictured above?  What do plate movements have to do with this system?

Week of September 24th

(You are looking at the view from Mt. Everest above)

Our Week

Monday:  1. Plate  Tectonics continues  2.  Finish Friday's computer simulation from Friday  3.  2011 Japan Earthquake Video

Homework: p. 206-212 - questions 11-22 - due Tuesday

Tuesday:  1.  Check p. 206-212  2.  Finish Japan Video 
 3.  Japan Earthquake "Moving Plates" checked Friday

Homework:  p. 213; 1-10 due Wed. 

Wednesday:   1.  Check p. 213  2.  Review for Unit 4 Sections 1 and 2 Evaluation (Thursday)  3.  Finish Japan "Moving Plates" - checked Friday

Homework:  STUDY!!!  p. 193-213 and handouts

Thursday:  Unit 4 Section 1 and 2 Evaluation

Friday: 

 1.  Check Japan Article 2.  Rock Cycle: p.158-162; 10, 12, 14, 16; Rock Cycle Lab; Rock Cycle Interactive Investigation - link below - answer questions in workbooks after p. 165. (Will finish all of this up on Monday).

Rocky Cycle Investigation 

Questions of the Week

Pictured above is the Sakurajima Volcano in Japan erupting in 2010.  What do you see inside the eruption?  Why do you think it occurs?  Japan is located right in the middle of the "Ring of Fire" - which 2 tectonic plates caused the 2011 earthquake and resulting tsunami?

Take a look at this aurora borealis in Norway that occurred this month!  What exactly causes this phenomena?

Week of September 17th

Our Earth! This picture was taken by the Apollo 17 astronauts -  the last mission to the Moon!

Our Week

Monday:  1.  Earth Layers due Tuesday 2.  Complete p. 198-199 due Wed.  3.  Complete Atmospheric Layers - due Wed. 

Tuesday:  1.  p. 205-206 1-9 - due Thursday

Wednesday: 1.  Gondwana Puzzle due Friday

Links to the Visualizations for Plate Tectonics:

Breakup of Pangaea

Movements along plate boundaries

Convection in the Mantle

Magnetic striping in sea floor rock

Thursday: 1.   Continue Gondwana Puzzle 2.  Check/Go Over p. 201-205  3.  p. 206-212 - 12-22.  due Monday

Friday:  1.  Earth Forces Activity  2.  There will be a quiz on Tuesday over p. 192-211 in Workbooks

Questions of the Week

Pictured above is what scientists think our continents will look like 250 million years from now.  Scientists call this Pangaea Ultima!  How is this future Pangaea different and the same as the Pangaea of 250 million years ago?  What do you think would be forming between North America, South America, and Africa?

Week of September 4th

Pictured above is the ISS flying over the Earth at night last April.  The astronauts captured on film a rare phenomena - a red sprite.  Look closely at the white light blast which is regular lightning - right next to it is a red flash.  This red flash is a unique type of lightning that not too much is known about.

Our Week

Tuesday:   1.  Science Equipment Overview  2.  Measuring in metric review - Length  3. Read p. R37-R40 in back of workbooks 4. Nature of Science continues - "Lava Flow Experiment" begins - Problem

Wednesday:  1.  Measuring in metric review - Mass 2.  Lava Flow continues - Design

Thursday:  1.  Measuring in metric review - Volume 2.  Lava Flow continues - first trials

Friday: 1.  Measuring in metric review - Density  2. Density Lab: Mystery Colors due at end of class Monday, 9/10 2. All Measuring Activities due at the end of class on Monday, 9/10
 2.  Lava Flow Lab Report due Thursday, 9/13  3.  Nature of Science Evaluation Friday, 9/14

Cape Cod, MA beach closures due to Great White Shark sightings!  Jaws returns!  What do you think is bringing these amazing predators so close to the beaches?  

Here is Curiosity's first color panorama picture of Mars!  Mars looks like a desert on the Earth; what type of geologic forces would have created this dry, barren landscape?