Week 16
April 27 - May 1, 2015

Learning Goals: Describe physical and chemical weathering processes.Evaulate natural and man-made weathering of school building.

Monday - Discuss Dante’s Peak; Review for test

HW: lava in the lab due 4/28 and Dante’s Peak review due 4/30

Tuesday - Weathering ppt; Introduce my school is eroding and corroding

HW: study

Wednesday - Test: Mineral, Igneous Rocks and Volcanoes

HW:  Dante’s Peak review due 4/30

Thursday - Complete my school is eroding and corroding

HW: activity due 5/4

Friday - Begin chemical mechanical weathering of rock lab

HW: none

Week 15
April 20 -24, 2015

Learning Goals: Design and carry out an experiment to test the viscosity of various liquids. Analyze Hollywood volcanic eruption for fact and fiction.

 

 

Monday - Lava in the lab - outline procedure; Continue Dante’s Peak DVD

HW: none

Tuesday -  Lava in the lab - data collection and work on lab write-up

HW: lab due 4/27

Wednesday - Finish Dante’s Peak DVD; Work on lava in the lab report or Dante’s Peak review

HW: lava in the lab due 4/27 and Dante’s Peak review due 4/29

Thursday - Discuss Dante’s Peak; Work on lava in the lab report or Dante’s Peak review

HW: lava in the lab due 4/27 and Dante’s Peak review due 4/29

Friday - ER 5-8 No class

NOTE: Tuesday 4/28 - Test: Minerals, Igneous Rocks and Volcanoes





 

Week 14
April 13-17, 2015

Learning Goals: Describe locations where vulcanism occurs. Describe major types of pyroclastic material and volcanic cones. Identify three main types of volcanic eruptions. Design an experiment to test the viscosity of various liquids.

 

Monday - Volcanic eruptions ppt

HW: extraterrestrial volcanism research due Wed/mineral projects

Tuesday -  Present mineral project

HW: extraterrestrial volcanism research

Wednesday  -  Hot spots and formation of volcanic islands activity

HW: complete lab conclusion

Thursday - Introduce lava in the lab - deisgn experiment and Dante’s Peak video assignment

HW: lab procedure due monday

Friday -  Begin: Dante’s Peak DVD

HW: lab procedure

Week 13
April 6-10, 2015

Learning Goals: Describe locations where vulcanism occurs. Describe the formation of igneous rocks and their locations of various types on Earth.



Monday - No School

Tuesday - Work day: Mineral Project
HW: project due 4/14

Wednesday - Igneous rocks ppt; Work on mineral project

HW: mineral project due 4/14

Thursday - Locating igneous rocks on earth lab

HW: lab conclusion ?s

Friday - Work day: Mineral Project

HW: project due 4/14

Week 12
March 23-27, 2015

Learning Goals: Identify minerals using physical and chemical characteristics. Research a commercially important mineral.

Monday - Begin mineral ID lab

HW: none

Tuesday -  Continue mineral ID lab

HW: lab due 3/26

Wednesday - Prep for lab; Complete mineral lab or work on mineral project

HW: lab due 3/26

Thursday - Minerals and Mining lab

HW: lab questions

Friday -  Work day:Mineral project or Minerals and mining lab

HW: none

Week 11
March 16 - 20, 2015

Learning Goals: Research factors that contribute to earthquake damage and develop and support a plan to prepare for an earthquake. Describe properties used to identify minerals. Describe growth of crystals.



Monday - Lab: Crystal growth
HW: lab conclusions due 3/20/ earthquake project due 3/20

Tuesday - No class - Seniors and Juniors gone

Wednesday - Study hall - Seniors gone

Thursday - Work on Earthquake preparedness project or Mineral pre-lab

HW: project and lab due 3/20/Mineral ?s due 3/23

Friday - Earthquake preparedness presentations/proposal
HW: Mineral ?s

Week 10
March 9 - 13, 2015

Learning Goals: Research factors that contribute to earthquake damage and develop and support a plan to prepare for an earthquake.

 

Monday -  Continue planning for an earthquake activity – decide priority areas and prepare proposal

HW: research

Tuesday -  Review for test; Work on planning for an earthquake activity – complete research and decide priority areas

HW: proposal due 3/20

Wednesday -  Work on planning for an earthquake activity – decide priority areas and prepare proposal

HW: proposal due 3/20/ study

Thursday -  Plate Tectonics, Mountain Building and Earthquakes Unit Test

HW: none

Friday -  Work on planning for an earthquake activity – decide priority areas and prepare proposal

HW: presentation/proposal due 3/20

Week 9
March 2 - 6, 2015

Learning Goals: Describe how earthquakes are generated and the scales to how they are measured. Research factors that contribute to earthquake damage and develop and support a plan to prepare for an earthquake.

 

Monday - Earthquake waves ppt and Earthquakes in Midwest DVD; Review for quiz

HW: study

Tuesday - Crustal movements quiz; What does an earthquake feel lab data activity

HW: earthquake mapping due 3/4

Wednesday -  Compare Richter and Mercalli Scales; Begin planning for an earthquake activity – review research, consider impact and decide priority areas

HW: research

END OF 3RD QUARTER - Thursday - ER 5-8 - No class

Friday - Teacher work day - No class

Week 8
February 23-27, 2015

Learning Goals: Identify the types of plate collisions that build mountains. Describe major earthquake zones. Determine epicenter of virtual earthquake.

 

Monday - Introduce Comparison two mountain ranges assignment; Complete Mountain Building Activity

HW: research due 2/26

Tuesday -Types of Mountains study chart; Work on two mountain ranges assignment

HW: two mountains assignment due 2/26

Wednesday - Mapping Earthquakes assignment

HW: map Real Time Earthquake for next 5 days

Thursday - Virtual Earthquake lab

HW: complete lab/continue to map Real Time Earthquake

Friday - Teacher Inservice - No Class 

Week 7
February 16-20, 2015

Learning Goals: Predict how isostatic adjustments will affect Earth’s crust and identify sources of stress in crustal rock. Compare folding and faulting as a response to stress and the four types of faults.

 

Monday - Continental drift/plate tectonics quiz; Complete isostasy lab

HW: isostasy lab due 2/18

Tuesday - Results of Stresses ppt; Begin Investigating Shape Activity: examine mountain photos, classify by shape, hypothesize about formation

HW: isostasy lab

Wednesday - Continue with Mountain Building Activity

HW: none

Thursday -  Introduce Comparison two mountain ranges assignment; Complete Mountain Building Activity

 HW: research due 2/25

Friday - Teacher Inservice-No Class

Week 6
February 9-13, 2015

Learning Goals: Research, construct and present 3D models of plate boundaries. Describe major events in the formation of Earth.

 

Monday -Begin DVD: How the Earth Was Made

HW: project

Tuesday - Continue DVD: How the Earth Was Made

HW: project

Wednesday -Complete/discuss  DVD: How the Earth Was Made; Plate Boundaries Project Work time

HW: plate boundary project presentation

Thursday - Present Plate Boundary projects; Begin Seafloor spreading rates

HW: crustal deformation questions/study

Friday - Continental drift/plate tectonics quiz; Complete seafloor spreading rates; Begin Isostasy Lab

HW: none

Week 5
February 2-6, 2015

Learning Goals: Describe the evidence for continental drift. Describe the theory of plate tectonics. Model convection currents and relate to plate tectonics. Prepare 3-D model of a plate boundary.

 

Monday - Complete plate tectonics puzzle; Plate Tectonics of North America

HW: plate tectonics of NA due 2/4

Tuesday - Modeling convection currents lab - introduce, pre-lab, hypothesis & procedure

HW: lab procedure

Wednesday - Modeling convection currents lab - test hypothesis & collect data

HW: lab due 2/6

Thursday - Introduce plate boundaries project-Begin research

HW: project research

Friday -  Work day: plate boundaries project

HW: project due 2/11

Week 4 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
January 26 - 30, 2015

Learning Goals:Describe the continental drift and the evidence for the theory.Research and construct 3D models of plate boundaries for presentation.

 

Monday - Review for quiz; Evidence for continental drift ppt

HW: study

Tuesday -  Seasons & zones of earth quiz; Begin activity: Where in the world was Lystrosaurus?

HW: none

Wednesday - Review for test; Complete Where in the world was Lystrosaurus?

HW: study

Thursday -  Earth characteristics and origins test

HW: none 

Friday - Plate tectonics - Introduce plate boundaries project

HW: project research

Week 3
January 19-23, 2015

Learning goals: Explain earth’s effects of earth’s rotation & revolution. Use latitude and longitude to locate places on Earth. Explain difference between magnetic north & true north. Describe the zones of the earth.

 

Monday - Movements of the earth ppt 

HW: seasons wksht

Tuesday - Seasons Lab - work through procedure

HW: study

Wednesday - Characteristics of earth quiz; Seasons Lab - complete procedure

HW: lab handout due 1/23

Thursday - Finding locations on Earth

HW: complete wksht

Friday - Layers of earth ppt; Zones of earth wksht

HW: Earth’s magnetic field article and ?s & study

1/26 - Seasons & zones of earth quiz

Either 1/28 0r 29 - Unit 1 test

Week 2
January 12 - 16, 2015

Learning goals: Explain why the earth can be considered a system. Describe unique features of Earth for sustaining life. Provide evidence to support the big bang theory. Model the expansion of the universe.



Monday - Earth’s spheres web sheet - complete in groups and discuss
HW: presentations due 1/14

Tuesday - Research/discuss Earth features that sustain life
HW: Big Bang Theory article due 1/15

Wednesday - Present geologic formations
HW: none

Thursday - Discuss big bang theory evidence, Begin the Expanding Universe lab
HW: none

Friday - Complete expanding universe lab

HW: lab due 1/20

SECOND SEMESTER
Week 1
January 5 -9, 2015

Learning goals: Describe different areas of geologic study. Explain why the earth can be considered a system. Describe unique features of Earth for sustaining life. Provide evidence to support the big bang theory.




Monday - No class

Tuesday - Go over syllabus Intro Geology ppt, Introduce famous geologic formation presentation
HW: get syllabus signed by 1/12


Wednesday - No school - weather

Thursday - No school - weather

Friday - Work day: Famous geologic presentation
HW: presentations due 1/14