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?