June 2-6, 2008

Monday, June 2, 2008

Objective:  Unit 7:  Astronomy

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Astronomy

Main activity:  Students went over last week’s packets on the Sun and Solar System.  The class watched “Look to the Stars” video and completed the pink worksheet packet. The class received 2 Course Review Sheets for Earth Science Final Exam.

Closure:  The Astronomy concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Complete pink worksheet packet and Transparency 46 on the Solar System.  Study packets for quiz on the Solar System and stars tomorrow. 

Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Objective:  Unit 7:  Astronomy

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Astronomy

Main activity:  The class went over the “Look to the Stars” pink packet and took the (yellow) quiz on Sun, Solar System and Stars packets.  The class received the pink packet for tomorrow’s lab on the Size of the Solar system.

Closure:  The Astronomy concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Complete Chart 1 in the Lab Packet.

                     
Wednesday, June 4, 2008  

Objective:  Unit 7:  Astronomy

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Astronomy

Main activity:  The class did the lab on the Size of the Solar system.

Closure:  The Astronomy concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Complete the Lab Packet.

Thursday, June 5, 2008
Objective:  Unit 7:  Astronomy

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Astronomy

Main activity:  Students learned about the HR diagram and did transparency 47 (white).

Closure:  The Astronomy concepts will be reinforced. 
HW: Finish the trans 47.

Friday, June 6, 2008
Objective:  Unit 7:  Astronomy

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Astronomy

Main Activity: The class learned about the Evolution of Stars and worked on the green Study Guide/Reinforcement worksheet and the Evolution of Stars Worksheet and transparency 48 (white).

Closure:  Astronomy concepts will be reinforced. 

HW: Complete  Worksheets.

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May 26-30, 2008

Monday, May 26, 2008

School closed

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Objective:  Unit 7:  Astronomy

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Astronomy

Main activity:  Students took a quiz on the Seasons.  The class finished the Origins DVD.

Closure:  The Astronomy concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Vocab sheet:  define all words on side 1. 

                     
Wednesday, May 28, 2008  

Objective:  Unit 7:  Astronomy

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Astronomy

Main activity:  The class did transparency 45, the relative size of the planets and watched 15 min streaming video How the Solar System Works with blue worksheet packet.

Closure:  The Astronomy concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Complete transparency 45 and blue worksheet packet .

Thursday, May 29, 2008
Objective:  Unit 7:  Astronomy

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Astronomy

Main activity:  Students watched the 15 min streaming video, “A Spin Around the Solar System:  The Sun: Our Star Attraction” with green worksheet packet.

Closure:  The Astronomy concepts will be reinforced. 
HW: Finish the green worksheet packet.

Friday, May 30, 2008
Objective:  Unit 7:  Astronomy

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Astronomy

Main Activity: The class did the Big Bang Lab.  Students worked on the blue Study Guide “Galaxies and the Expanding Universe”

Closure:  Astronomy concepts will be reinforced. 

HW: Complete Blue Worksheet.

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May 19-24, 2008

Monday, May 19, 2008  mods 1 & 2 meet

Objective:  Unit 7:  Seasons

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand The Seasons

Main activity:  One group presented Semester II project in mod 2. The class learned about the cause of the variation in day and night and did the pink study guide/reinforcement sheet, p 86 “Planet Earth

Closure:  The seasons concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Complete worksheet.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 mod 3 only meets
Objective:  Unit 7:  Seasons

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand The Seasons

Main activity:  One group presented Semester II project in mod 2. The class learned about the cause of the variation in day and night and did the pink study guide/reinforcement sheet, p 86 “Planet Earth

Closure:  The seasons concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Complete worksheet. 

         
Wednesday, May 21, 2008   (shortened classes)

Objective:  Unit 7:  Seasons

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand The Seasons

Main activity:  One group presented Semester II project in mod 2.   The class watched the 26 min atlanticava.org video on “The Reason for the Seasons” and completed the video worksheet.  The class worked on the blue “Planet Earth” worksheet, “Determining Hours of Daylight”, p 86 only

Closure:  The seasons concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Complete side 1 of blue worksheet.

Thursday, May 22, 2008
Objective:  Unit 7:  Seasons

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand the The Seasons

Main activity:  Students watched the Brainpop video, “The Seasons” and took the quiz.

The class did the Earth, Moon, Sun and Seasons Lab.

Closure:  The seasons concepts will be reinforced. 

HW: Complete the Lab Sheet and graph.

Friday, May 23, 2008
Objective:  Unit 7:  Astronomy

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand The Seasons

Main Activity: The class began the “Origins” Video with worksheet.

Closure:  Astronomy concepts will be reinforced. 

HW: Complete any missing assignments.

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May 12-16, 2008

Monday, May 12, 2008

Objective:  Unit 5:  Water

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Water

Main Activity:  One group presented Semester II project.  Students learned about water purification and sewage treatment and worked on the yellow worksheet: “City Water Systems”. Students began watching Part I of the Video “Water, One More Drop” with worksheet. 

HW:  Complete the yellow worksheet started in class

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Objective:  Unit 5:  Water

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Water

Main activity:  One group presented Semester II project.  The class did the study guide/reinforcement sheet, p 81 On “Water Pollution” and went over it.    The class continued watching Part I and Part II of the Video “Water, One More Drop” with worksheet.

HW:  Complete all missing assigments. 

         
Wednesday, May 14, 2008  

Objective:  Unit 5:  Water

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Water

Main activity:  One group presented Semester II project.   Students completed a Jeopardy Review on Unit 5. 

Closure:  Human Effect on Weather concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Study for Unit 5.

Thursday, May 15, 2008
Objective:  Unit 5:  Water

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand the Human Effect on Water

Main activity:  Students watched the “Understanding Oceans” Video and answered questions on the worksheet.
HW: Study for test tomorrow on Human Effect on Water.

Friday, May 16, 2008
Objective:  Unit 5:  Water

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Water

Main Activity: The class took the Unit 5 Test on Human Effect on Water.  Students received the vocab sheet for the next unit and began defining vocab.

HW: Complete any missing assignments.

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May 5-9, 2008

Monday, May 5, 2008

Objective:  Unit 4:  Water

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Water

Main Activity:  One group presented Semester II project.  Students learned about Groundwater and completed the pink worksheet on Groundwater, Study Guide, p 34, both sides

HW:  Complete the pink worksheet started in class.  Continue to take data for “Down the Drain” Lab.  All vocab from vocab sheet should be complete.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Objective:  Unit 4:  Water

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Water

Main activity:  One group presented Semester II project.  The class discussed sources of Ocean Pollution and did transparency 36 worksheet.

HW:  Continue to take data for “Down the Drain” Lab. 

         
Wednesday, May 7, 2008  

Objective:  Unit 4:  Water

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Water

Main activity:  : One group presented Semester II project.   Students completed the green worksheet on Pollution and Marine Life.

Closure:  Human Effect on Weather concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Continue to take data for “Down the Drain” Lab.  Study for Unit 5 Vocab Quiz tomorrow.

Thursday, May 8, 2008
Objective:  Unit 5:  Water

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand the Human Effect on Water

Main activity:  One group presented Semester II project.   Students brought in all their “Down the Drain” Water Usage Survey data sheets and handed them in. Students took the Unit 5 Vocab Quiz, watched the “Water Source of Life” Video and answered questions on the worksheet.
HW: Complete “Down the Drain” data sheets if not yet complete.

Friday, May 9, 2008
Objective:  Unit 5:  Water

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Water

Main Activity: One group presented Semester II project.   The class tallied up all “Down the Drain” data sheets and entered data for their entire household.  A class average water use was calculated and uploaded to the Stevens Institute of Technology Website Collaborative Project

HW: Complete any missing assignments.

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April 28-May 2, 2008

Monday, April 28, 2008

Objective:  Unit 4:  Human Effect on Weather

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Weather

Main Activity:  One group presented Semester II project.  Students worked on the Hurricanes Lab.

Closure:  Human Effect on Weather concepts will be reinforced.

HW:  Complete Hurricanes Lab.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Objective:  Unit 4:  Human Effect on Weather

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Weather

Main activity:  One group presented Semester II project.  The class did the Jeopardy review on Unit 4.

Closure:  Human Effect on Weather concepts will be reinforced.

HW:  Study for Unit 4 Test tomorrow.

         
Wednesday, April 30, 2008  

Objective:  Unit 4:  Human Effect on Weather

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Weather

Main activity:  : One group presented Semester II project.   Students took the Unit 4 Test.  Students received the Unit 5 Vocab sheet and began defining vocab.

Closure:  Human Effect on Weather concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Complete any outstanding assignments.  Complete all Unit 4 vocab by Monday.

Thursday, May 1, 2008
Objective:  Unit 5:  Water

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand the Human Effect on Water

Main activity:  One group presented Semester II project.   Students began the “Down the Drain” Water Usage Survey Project. Students received personal water charts for each member in their family and learned how to keep the data necessary for this week-long project. Students went over the water cycle and groundwater. Students worked on the first side of the blue worksheet, p 14, Water Erosion and Deposition, locating all freshwater resources.
HW: Explain the “Down the Drain” project to family members and begin to take data for the project. Complete p 14 if not completed in class.

Friday, May 2, 2008
Objective:  Unit 5:  Water

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Water

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April 21-25, 2008

Monday, April 21, 2008

Objective:  Unit 4:  Human Effect on Weather

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Weather

Main activity:   Students met in the Library to complete their Global Warming Project presentations.  Dates were set for each group’s presentation.  Presentations will start next week.

Closure:  Human Effect on Weather concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  All vocab from vocab sheet should be complete.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Objective:  Unit 4:  Human Effect on Weather

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Weather

Main activity:  The class watched the Planet Under Pressure Video on Global Warming  & completed the video worksheet.  Students worked on the pink worksheet, ”How Can Global Warming Be Slowed” and side 2 of the blue worksheet Climate Concept Map.

Closure:  Human Effect on Weather concepts will be reinforced.

HW:  Finish ”How Can Global Warming Be Slowed” and Climate Concept Map worksheets.

         
Wednesday, April 23, 2008  

Objective:  Unit 4:  Human Effect on Weather

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Weather

Main activity:  :  Students did the Greenhouse Effect Lab.

Closure:  Human Effect on Weather concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Students Completed the Greenhouse effect Lab sheet.

Thursday, April 24, 2008
Objective:  Unit 4:  Human Effect on Weather

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand the Human Effect on Weather

Main activity:   The Students watched the Raging Planet Video on Tornadoes with video worksheet.  Students began the Hurricanes Lab

Closure:  Human Effect on Weather concepts will be reinforced.

HW:  Complete side 1 of the blue worksheet handed out on Tuesday:  “Weather Patterns” Study Guide.

Friday, April 25, 2008  Early Dismissal
Objective:  Unit 4:  Human Effect on Weather

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Weather

Main Activity:  Students worked on the Hurricanes Lab.

Closure:  Human Effect on Weather concepts will be reinforced.

HW:  Complete Hurricanes Lab.

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April 14-18, 2008

Monday, April 14, 2008

Objective:  Unit 4:  Human Effect on Weather

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Weather

Main activity:   Students received the pink vocab sheet for Unit 4.  The class went through the air pollution power point.  The class began the Planet Under Pressure Video on Ozone and filled out the blue worksheet.  Students received the pink sheet on Notes on Ozone and Ozone Study Guide.  

Closure:  Human Effect on Weather concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Complete vocab for sections 14.2 and 20.2, Ozone and Acid Rain and read pages 400, 401, 562 to 567.  Complete Ozone Study Guide.  Get Progress Reports signed that were handed out last Thursday—due this Friday.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
School Closed

         
Wednesday, April 16, 2008  

Objective:  Unit 4:  Human Effect on Weather

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Weather

Main activity:  :  Students watched the Planet Under Pressure Video on Ozone and Acid Rain with worksheet.  Students Completed the p 68 Study Guide on “How can Global Warming be Slowed”

Closure:  Human Effect on Weather concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Students Completed the p 68 Study Guide on “How can Global Warming be Slowed” if not done in class.  Bring in sunglasses and sunscreen for tomorrow’s lab. Get Progress Reports signed that were handed out last Thursday—due this Friday.

Thursday, April 17, 2008
Objective:  Unit 4:  Human Effect on Weather

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand the effects of UV light from the sun

Main activity:   The Students will did the UV bead Lab

HW:  Read pp 430-1, section 15.1, precipitation and define vocab and read pp 332-39, section 15.2, weather patterns and define vocab. Get Progress Reports signed that were handed out last Thursday—due tomorrow

Friday, April 18, 2008 
Objective:  Unit 4:  Human Effect on Weather

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Human Effect on Weather

Main Activity:  3^rd Quarter Progress Reports were collected.  Vocab was checked.  Students watched a Raging Planet video on Lightning.

Closure:  Human Effect on Weather concepts will be reinforced.

HW:  Complete any missing assignments.

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Monday, April 7, 2008

Objective:  Plate Tectonics, Unit 3

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Plate Tectonics.

Main activity:  Students took the vocab quiz on Unit 3, Plate Tectonics.  The class began the lab, “Earth’s Origins and Geologic Time:.  Students began with Part I, making the timeline of their lives.

Closure:  Plate Tectonics concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Complete timeline of your life.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Objective:  Plate Tectonics, Unit 3

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Plate Tectonics.

Main activity:  Students worked on the lab, “Earth’s Origins and Geologic Time:  Students made their geologic timelines for Part 2

Closure:  Plate Tectonics concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Complete any missing assignments.  Timelines completed for HW if not done in class.

         
Wednesday, April 9, 2008  

Objective:  Plate Tectonics, Unit 3

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Plate Tectonics.

Main activity:  :  Students watched the Standard Deviants Geology Video on Plate Tectonics.

Closure:  Plate Tectonics concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Study Unit 3 vocab and worksheets for test on Friday.

Thursday, April 10, 2008
Objective:  Plate Tectonics, Unit 3

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Plate Tectonics

Main activity:   The class did a Jeopardy Review of Unit 3 for test tomorrow.

HW:  Study for Unit 3 test tomorrow.

Friday, April 11, 2008 
Objective:  Plate Tectonics, Unit 3

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Plate tectonics

Main Activity:  The class took the Unit 3 Test.

Closure:  Plate Tectonics concepts will be reinforced.

HW:  Complete any missing assignments.

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March 31-  April 4, 2008

Monday, March 31, 2008

Objective:  Plate Tectonics, Unit 3

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Plate Tectonics.

Main activity:  Students finished watching the video on Plate Tectonics, “Earth’s Catastrophic Past” with worksheet.

Closure:  Plate Tectonics concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Read and study vocab for section 9.1, Earthquakes, pp 236-240 (skip compression and tension)

Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Objective:  Plate Tectonics, Unit 3

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Earthquakes.

Main activity:  Students handed in their project papers on Global Warming.  Students worked on Transparency 17, Types of Faults and Earthquakes Concept Map, p 23 and Chap 9 Forces Inside Earth Study Guide and Reinforcement Sheet, p 37

Closure:  Earthquakes concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Complete worksheets from class.

         
Wednesday, April 2, 2008  

Objective:  Plate Tectonics, Unit 3

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Earthquakes.

Main activity:  Students did the 6-2 Earthquakes Everywhere! Lab

Closure:  Earthquakes concepts will be reinforced. 

HW:  Read and define vocab for 9.2, Earthquake Info, pp 241-247. 

Thursday, April 3, 2008
Objective:  Plate Tectonics, Unit 3

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Plate Tectonics

Main activity:  Students watched the Scott Video on “Faulting and Folding” with worksheet.  Students completed the section 9.1 Earthquakes, Concept Map of Tectonic Stresses worksheet.

Closure:  Plate Tectonics concepts will be reinforced.

HW:  Complete final page of vocab sheet.

Friday, April 4, 2008 
Objective:  Plate Tectonics, Unit 3

Standards:  5.8.12A, 5.8.12B, 5.8.12C, 5.8.12D

Learning Goal:  Students will understand Earthquakes

Main Activity:  Students watched the Scott Videos on Earthquakes and volcanoes.

Closure:  Plate Tectonics concepts will be reinforced.

HW:  Study Vocab Sheet for quiz on Monday.

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