This week in Science we will be learning about Minerals!
Monday May 7: Mineral Notes Power Point
Homework: Mineral wkst found in packet
Tuesday May 8: Mineral ID notes Power Point
Homework: Mineral wkst pg.15 and pg.17 found it packet.
Wednesday May 9: Mineral ID lab part I
Homework: none
Thursday May 10: Mineral ID Part II and review for test.
Homework: Mineral Review found in packet and study for mineral exam tomorrow!
Friday May 11: Mineral Test and Rock pretest
Homework: Venn diagram
Monday 4/30: READING OAA (23 minute periods for classes) Today the students will begin their volcano unit. They will be taking notes on how volcanoes form as well as the three locations where volcanoes can form. To end class, the students will complete two volcano worksheets. HW – Finish the two volcano worksheets.
Tuesday 5/1: Today the students will finish their volcano notes. They will be taking notes on the three types of volcanoes and the types of lava that each of them have. To finish the class, the students will be completing a volcano lab that will have them exploring the different types of explosions for each lava type.
Wednesday 5/2: MATH OAA (23 minute periods for classes) During science today, the students completed a volcano review to help them prepare for their test tomorrow. They went over the different parts of the test and also completed a volcano chart to help them study. HW – STUDY!!
Thursday 5/3: The students will take their volcano final assessment today. Before they take the test, we will play the volcano review that we didn’t have time for yesterday. Hopefully this will help prepare the students who didn’t study last night. The students will also take their pre-assessment for their next unit on minerals.
Friday 5/4: The students will have their reward for working so hard on the OAA today. We will be traveling by foot to Fishcreek Park off of McKinney Rd. The students will be served lunch during this picnic as well.
Friday 5/4:
Monday 4/23: To start the week, the students are going to take notes on the fault lines that produce the earthquakes as well as the waves that are produced by the earthquakes. The students will get to see several demos with slinkies to get an idea of what the earthquake waves look like as they move through the ground. HW – Two earthquake worksheets if not finished in class.
Tuesday 4/24: We will be continuing our notes today on earthquakes. The students will learn about how earthquakes are measured as well as how they are located. We will also discuss how earthquake waves are used to tell what the inside of the Earth looks like. The students will end class by beginning an earthquake location activity.
Wednesday 4/25: Today the students will have a few labs to help them understand how earthquakes work. To start class, the students will finish their earthquake location activity that they started yesterday. Next, the students will play with slinkies to discover how earthquake waves move. To end class, the students will be creating structures that can withstand earthquakes. We will test these structures tomorrow using Jello.
Thursday 4/26: To begin class, the the students will have a chance to test their structure to see if it can withstand the earthquake of Jello. Next, the students will complete a review to help them prepare for their test tomorrow on earthquakes. We will end class by playing a review game based around the test tomorrow. HW – STUDY!!!
Friday 4/27: The students will be taking their final assessment on earthquakes today. They will be given some time at the beginning of class to study and ask questions before they take the test. We will also be taking a pre-assessment on volcanoes which is our next unit. The students will end class by watching a video on volcanoes to get them ready for their new unit on Monday.
Note to Parents: We will be taking the OAAs next week on Monday and Wednesday. Please make sure that your child is well rested and has had breakfast on both days.
Monday 4/16: To start the week this week, the students are going to learn about absolute age of rocks. Last week the students learned about relative age which is very similar to absolute age, so we will be making the comparison in class. Also, the students are going to end the notes learning about uniformitarianism. Lastly, the students will work on two practice worksheets with a partner. HW – Venn Diagram for relative and absolute dating if not finished in class.
Tuesday 4/17: In class today, the students are going to finish taking notes for the Earth history unit. Today’s notes will be about geologic record and how scientists use index fossils. The students will then finish class doing an activity which will help them practice these skills. HW – Archeological dig WS if not finished in class.
Wednesday 4/18: To prepare the students for their Earth history test tomorrow, the students will be completing a set of activities to help them study. We will spend some time doing the review worksheet (which is an excellent study tool because it mimics the test). We will also play a review game to help them prepare for their test. HW – STUDY!!
Thursday 4/19: The students will take their final assessment for Earth’s history today. They will also be taking a pre-assessment for Earthquakes which is our next unit. To end class, the students will watch a short video on Earthquakes to help them prepare for their next section.
Friday 4/20: Today the students have a guidance lesson with Mrs. Knuth. Make sure to ask your students what they learned today from their guidance lesson.
Monday 4/9: No School!
Tuesday 4/10: During science class today, the students are going to begin to learn about the different time periods of the Earth. Once we take our notes, the students will create a timeline so they can actually compare the different time periods and all the things that happened in them.
Wednesday 4/11: Today the students will be completing a partner read on superpositioning with a partner. This reading will help them to get ready for their notes tomorrow. They will also complete some questions as they read. They will need to highlight in the reading where they found their answers. At the end of the reading is a worksheet that will help them practice their new information. HW – Finish reading and questions
Thursday 4/12: To start class, the students are going to finish their timeline activity from yesterday. The students will be given a chance to compare and share their timelines with their classmates. Next, the students will take notes on superpositioning and relative dating of rocks.
Friday 4/13: The students will be continuing their work on superpostioning today. They will start the class by doing a warm-up worksheet with a partner that will have them review superpostioning. Next, the students will complete two labs (rocks you can eat as well as layer shuffle). Both of these labs will help them to understand how the law of superpositioning works.
Monday 4/2: Today the students are going to be completing a couple different labs. The first lab they will complete is based around sea floor spreading. Through this lab, the students will see how a divergent plate boundary can create new sea floor and when the plates move, it creates a convergent plate boundary on the other end by the continents. The next lab we will look at deals with continental drift. We will use a hard boiled egg to model the Earth. By breaking the shell, we can see that the shell of the egg is like the crust of the Earth. The last lab we will do will look at transform plate boundaries. This lab will use to blocks that have sand paper. By pushing the blocks past each other, the students will be able to see how the crust can get stuck on each other. When they slip, this is how earthquakes are formed.
Tuesday 4/3: Today during class, the students will complete a couple different review sheets to help them prepare for their test tomorrow. We will make sure to go over the answers to the review worksheet so the students are sure they are studying the correct answers. The students will also play a review game to help them get ready for their test as well. The questions on the review game will be similar to the questions from their test. HW – STUDY!!!
Wednesday 4/4: The students will be taking their final assessment on continental drift, sea floor spreading, and plate tectonics today. They will begin class by having a few minutes to study with a partner. From there, the students will take a pre-test on their next unit, Earth’s history. To end c lass, the students will complete their word of the week and show what you know for this week. HW – Finish SWYK and WOW if not finished in class.
Thursday 4/5: Early Release Day! Students will be released from school today at 12:15. Today the students will be rewarded with a grading period party for all their hard work in the third grading period. We will be playing Minute to Win It where the students will have to work as teams (team building strategies) to accomplish various tasks. Ask your student about the games and how their team did.
Friday 4/6: NO SCHOOL!! Have a great long weekend and Happy Easter!
Monday 3/26: During class today, the students will be working on a partner read on continental drift. While reading, they will have to complete some questions related to the topic. They will also have to highlight text support to show where in the reading they found their answers. To end class, the students will complete a concept map for continental drift which will be used to begin class tomorrow.
Tuesday 3/27: Continuing with what the students started yesterday, we will begin class by discussing our concept maps. The students will also do a walk-talk-tap to share out what they know about continental drift so far. From there, the students will take their offical notes on continental drift. The students will also recreate Pangea and see if their super continent matches their classmates. HW – Page 101 questions in your book (make sure to answer with complete sentences)
Wednesday 3/28: Today, the students are going to take notes on plate tectonics. They will learn about the three types of plate boundaries and how they move. They will also learn about the landforms that are associated with these landforms. HW – Plate tectonics activity sheet (2 ws)
Thursday 3/29: The students will begin class by creating illustrations of the three different types of plate boundaries. They will need to know these illustrations for their test. They will then end class by working on two plate tectonics worksheets with a partner. These worksheets will help the students to fine tune the information that they have learned the last two days in their notes. HW – Finish anything not done in class.
Friday 3/30: The last concept that has not yet been covered in this unit is sea floor spreading. Today, the students will complete a sea floor spreading partner read that will help introduce them to the concept of sea floor spreading. Sea floor spreading happens at a divergent plate boundary with the students learned about earlier this week. This reading will be a great aide to a lab that we are going to be completing on Monday. The students will also complete two more continental drift worksheets with their partners as well. HW – Finish anything not done in class.
Monday 3/12/12: During class today, the students completed and went over their test review to prepare for their test tomorrow on landforms and topography maps.. Also, we played bingo to practice to practice identifying our terms that will be used on the assessment. Finally, we also took our pre-assessment on the Earth’s layers which is the next unit we will cover. HW -Study last page of packet (front and back) to prepare for the test.
Tuesday 3/13/12: Today in class, the students will begin by taking their final assessment for landforms and topography maps. Also, we will begin our notes for our next unit on the Earth’s layers. If you would like to see the PowerPoint or notes for this unit, please click the links above. To end class, the students completed a foldable to help them practice their new Earth’s layers terms. HW – Finish Foldable
Wednesday 3/14/12: Today the students are going to create a circle layer book about the Earth’s three main layers. When the students finished this book, they began a short reading about the Earth’s layers. They will also complete questions that are connected to this reading.
Thursday 3/15/12: To begin class, the students will finish their reading and questions about the Earth’s layers. Next, the students will work on their study guide. To end class, the students will go over the review as a whole class to make sure their have the correct answers to study. HW – Study last page of the packet to prepare for the test tomorrow.
Friday 3/16/12: During class today, the students will take a final assessment on the Earth’s layers. They will also take a pre-test on the next unit which is about plate tectonics, sea floor spreading, and continental drift. We will end class by watching a video about plate tectonics. ENJOY YOUR SPRING BREAK!!
Monday 3/5: During class today, the students will begin by talking about the soil labs that we did on Friday. It was a very busy class on Friday and we are going to take some time and reflect on what we learned through our labs. From there the students will complete their soil review with a partner to prepare for our review game and quiz tomorrow. To end class, if we have time, the students are going to play a review game where they compete against their classmates for an extra point on their test (it will be a basketball review game). HW – Study for quiz tomorrow on soil.
Tuesday 3/6: The students will take a final assessment on soil today. They will also take a pre-test on landforms and topography. Due to having extra time after the assessments, we will probably begin our landforms notes. If you would like to see the notes or PowerPoint for this unit, please see the tabs above.
Wednesday 3/7: Today, the students are going to finish their landforms notes from yesterday and begin the topography map notes. The students will complete a couple practices to help them understand the features on a topography map. To end class, the students will complete a mountain building worksheet as well as a few topography map feature practice worksheets. HW – Finish any practice worksheets that were not finished in class.
Thursday 3/8: Today, the students will take a look at a topography map of Kent. Using their notes, they will find different features we learned about yesterday in class to find various topography map features on their map. Next, the students will begin a contour map lab. In this lab, the students have a pre-shaped landform in a tub. By adding water to the tub, the students can see how a topography map is made of a landform. By the time the students have filled the tub completely, they will have a tracing of a topography map of the landform they have in their tub. By the end of class, the students should have a tracing of the wax tracings they did on their landform tubs.
Friday 3/9: To begin class today, the students will finish their contour map lab that they started yesterday. At this time, the students will finish labeling their maps that they created from their landform yesterday. Next, we will begin a topography map shape creation project. In this project, the students will create their own landform shape with construction paper and then create various layers to their landform shape. From there, the students will then do a crayon rubbing of their landform shape and create a topography map from their crayon rubbing that includes the features we looked for on the Kent topography map. HW – Finish making topography map of your created landform.