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10 school days unil Spring Break

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No School

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No School

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Guiding questions: What does the rock cycle look like? What are the PROCESSES that cause one rock type to change to another rock type?

In class, students will...

students not prepared will work on test corrections from Unit 4

Follow the directions to complete the Rock Cycle lab

record results as they go through the lab

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

Resources:

Unit 5 Rocks and Minerals Lessons and Links

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: What does the rock cycle look like? What are the PROCESSES that cause one rock type to change to another rock type?

In class, students will...

examine their 'igneous rock' and complete their data and analysis of the Rock cycle lab (turn in the paper)

work on test corrections - turn in today unless you know you are going to finish them later

those missing vocabulary will now be assigned the paper version of the assignment

In class, the teacher will...

Introduce Reflection on projects and work reflection

extra credit article assignment

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

Resources:

Unit 5 Rocks and Minerals Lessons and Links

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: How is a mineral different from a rock? What does the rock cycle look like? What are the PROCESSES that cause one rock type to change to another rock type?

In class, students will...

take notes using note guide while teacher go through presentation on introduction to minerals Lesson 5.5 Minerals (N)

complete Q3 grade reflection and turn-in

work on other material as needed

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

Resources:

Unit 5 Rocks and Minerals Lessons and Links

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: How can you tell Minerals apart?

In class, students will...

take notes using note guide while the teacher go through presentation on mineral properties

Unit 5 Vocab 2 Minerals due next Tues Blooket and paper copies also available

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments: Unit 5 Vocab 2 Minerals due next Tues Blooket and paper copies also available

Resources:

Unit 5 Rocks and Minerals Lessons and Links

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: What do you know about Geological time and relative vs absolute dating?

In class, students will...

Binder check for this unit - First 10 minutes Binder organization self-check

Take or retake any of the Mastery checks if necessary

OR Mastery check corrections

Unit 4 vocab 2 Geolgical dating (Quizlet) OR Vocab 2 Blooket due today

Start Study guide due tomorrow

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as needed

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders: ALL assignments and make-up work MUST be completed BEFORE you take the exam!

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Guiding questions: What are some significant events in your life? How can we visualize these events?

Learning goals:

A clearer understanding of a timeline and why they are used.

In class, students will...

use significant events from their lives to create a personal timeline

if time allows, compare and contrast their timeline to someone else's in class

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

If you did not have a complete table of significant events, complete as homework (discuss with siblings, parents, or guardians)

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders:

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Mon Jan 26- e-learning due to extreme temperatures

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Mon Jan 26- e-learning due to extreme temperatures

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Guiding questions:  How do fossils form? Does everything fossilize?

Goals: Students can define what a fossil is and distinguish between different types, such as body fossils (like insects in amber) and trace fossils (like footprints or burrows)- ES.5. Students can explain why most living things do not become fossils and describe the "perfect" conditions needed - ES.6. Students can think like a paleontologist by using fossil evidence to predict what the environment was like millions of years ago - HS-ESS1-6.

In class, students will...

Log-in to the google meeting see e-learning info

if you did NOT complete the exit check in Schoology on Friday after completing the notes, do so NOW

Join the Blooket and play the game with the class

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments: Connection problems? Missed the time to log in to the Google Meet? Here is the alternative Blooket.

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: What are the two types of geological dating? What is the difference between the two?

In class, students will...

Take notes using Geological dating pt 1 note guide

start Rock Layers practice

In class, the teacher will...

use the Geological dating pt 1 Presentation to explain geological dating

assist student as needed on the Clues Rock Layers practice (using activity to help)

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time Lesson Plans and Links

Reminders: ALL assignments and make-up work MUST be completed BEFORE you take the exam!

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Guiding questions: What have you learned about minerals?

Goals: successfully complete the Mastery Check

In class, students will...

2nd Mastery Check

if the time allows, finish the Mineral lab OR start the CER for the mineral lab

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments: Unit 5 Vocab 2 Minerals due tomorrow Blooket and paper copies also available

Resources:

Mineral identification website

Teacher’s example

Unit 5 Rocks and Minerals Lessons and Links

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: What are the different types of weathering? What makes weathering happen?

In class, students will...

complete test reflection paper

if necessary start test corrections

work individually or with a collaborative partner to find information about the different types of weathering - using the Weathering and Erosion Readings (see handouts) that is part of Lesson 6.3 Weathering and Erosion

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

depending on time, go over the longer (matching and fill-in-the-blank) questions from Unit 5 exam

Assignments:

Resources:

Directions for exam corrections

Spanish copy for exam corrections

Weathering and Erosion Readings

Spanish copy for Weathering and Erosion Readings

Unit 6 The Forces of Weathering Lesson Plans and Links

Reminders:

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Teacher work day

No Classes

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Objectives: Students will be able to use critical thinking skills to reflect on what went well and not so well in 2025. Students will explore different resources and come up with an affirmation to focus on in 2026.

In class, students will...

pick-up New Year thoughts, the Unit 4 map, and the Q3 passes

find seat on seating chart and put cell phones in device holder OR put up and out of site.

complete seating preferences poll

Welcome to semester 2 - go over class expectations

Start New Year thoughts

extra credit

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

1. New Year thoughts due by Friday, Jan 9

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time

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Objectives: Students will be able to review how Earth has changed since its formation ~4.6 billion years ago. Students will gather important points of information and create a timeline (over the course of this week).

In class, students will...

Pick up video guide

Start watching video - The story of the Earth

Last 10 minutes finish New Year Thoughts assignment if necessary

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

1. New Year Thoughts due by Friday, Jan 9

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time

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Guiding questions: Can you find similarities and differences between dig sites? What can you learn by comparing sites?

In class, students will...

Finish More Clues in Rock Layers

Finish taking the 2nd Mastery Check Clues in Rock Layers and Mass Extinctions Mastery Check 2026

OR retake the 1st Mastery Check, IF you can demonstrate that you have completed ALL the necessary work

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as needed

Assignments:

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time Lesson Plans and Links

Reminders: ALL assignments and make-up work MUST be completed BEFORE you take the exam!

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Guiding questions: How is your timeline similar to others? How are they different? What are the important changes in Earth over time?

Learning goals:

A clearer understanding of a timeline and why they are used.

In class, students will...

complete personal posters, compare and contrast their timeline to someone else's in class

discuss deep time

start thinking about working collaboratively to make a poster over their portion of the timeline Lesson 4.4 Timeline   project (be ready to print by Friday)

decide who you want to work with

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

If you did not finish the lesson 4.3 Personal timeline, you need to complete it on your own as homework, in your study hall, Resource room, or SRT

Resources:

Timeline of Earth Project

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders: if you are NOT done with your timeline activity, it is YOUR responsibility to get it finished during your study hall, SRT, or resource time

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Tues Jan 27 - 2 hour delay due to road conditions

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Tues Jan 27 - 2 hour delay due to road conditions

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Guiding questions: What are the important changes in Earth over time?

Goal: to build a physical timeline that shows the full 4.54 billion years of Earth's history. I will use math to make sure the spacing is accurate, so I can see exactly where the major time periods belong. I’ll also mark significant events in Earth's past to show just how much happened before humans ever showed up.

In class, students will...

continue their Earth's timeline

answer the analysis question over the Earth's story Spanish version also available

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

Earth Timelines are now homework, due by Thursday, Jan 29

Resources:

Help for Your Earth's Timeline

Unit 4 Change Over Time

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Guiding questions: What do you know about Geological time and relative vs absolute dating?

In class, students will...

play Kahoot review game to help get us started, if you are caught up or you were not in the classroom here is the Kahoot complete BEFORE you take the exam tomorrow

Complete Study guide (homework if not completed in class)

OR take/retake Mastery checks if needed!

In class, the teacher will...

be doing binder checks

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time Lesson Plans and Links

Improve your Kahoot score BEFORE you take the exam tomorrow

Reminders: ALL assignments and make-up work MUST be completed BEFORE you take the exam!

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Guiding questions: How are different types of rock formed? What are the different types of each rock?

Goals:

Review rock cycle

Explain the 3 different classes of Rocks

In class, students will...

First 15 minutes (NO Chromebook time) Work individually or collaboratively to complete the Rock Cycle review

Work on test corrections or finish the Rock Cycle review

In class, the teacher will...

Pass back the video notes they took on Friday

Assist students as necessary

Assignments: Vocab 1 Rocks due Wednesday

Resources:

Recommended readings:

igneous rocks

sedimentary rocks

metamorphic rocks

How do sediments form

Unit 5 Rocks and Minerals Lessons and Links

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: How do we use the properties to identify a mineral?

Goals:

identify a mineral using the properties of minerals

use evidence from the lab to complete a CER

In class, students will...

If necessary, complete mineral lab

Complete the CER for the Mineral lab

binder check/ start study guide

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments: Unit 5 Vocab 2 Minerals due today Blooket and paper copies also available

Resources:

Unit 5 Rocks and Minerals Lessons and Links

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: What are the different types of weathering? What makes weathering happen?

In class, students will...

finish test corrections; TURN IN

work individually or with a collaborative partner to find information about the different types of weathering - using the Weathering and Erosion Readings (see handouts) that is part of Lesson 6.3 Weathering and Erosion

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

go over the longer (matching and fill-in-the-blank) questions from Unit 5 exam

Assignments:

Resources:

Weathering and Erosion Readings

Spanish copy for Weathering and Erosion Readings

National geographic

Virtual Cave exploration

Weathering and erosion game

Unit 6 The Forces of Weathering Lesson Plans and Links

Reminders:

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Objectives: Students will be able to review how Earth has changed since its formation ~4.6 billion years ago. Students will gather important points of information and create a timeline (over the course of this week).

In class, students will...

Continue watching video - The story of the Earth

Last 10 minutes talk about part 1 of the Personal Timelines lesson 4.3

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

Zeros are in the grade book for New Year's thoughts, if you were working in class, it was done on Tuesday

Reminders:

If you need help, you are always welcome to come down during SRT. I will write you a pass if you ask.

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time

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Wed Jan 28 - 2 hour delay due to extreme temperatures WORK DAY

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Wed Jan 28 - 2 hour delay due to extreme temperatures WORK DAY

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Guiding questions: What are the important changes in Earth over time? What have I learned from the Timeline Project and Earth's Timeline

Goals: answer questions pertaining to deep time

In class, students will...

Answer questions over the Earth's Timeline project

Spanish version

Finish analysis question over the Earth's story (Spanish version also available) from yesterday if necessary

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

Earth Timelines are now homework, due by Thursday, Jan 29

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders: Let me know in class or in Schoology if you complete a missing assignment

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Guiding questions: Can you find similarities and differences between dig sites? What can you learn by comparing sites?

In class, students will...

Finish the 2nd Mastery Check Clues in Rock Layers and Mass Extinctions Mastery Check 2026

OR retake the 1st or 2nd Mastery Check, IF you can demonstrate that you have completed ALL the necessary work

Missing work help:

Vocabulary 1 Unit 4 Geological Time on Quizlet

Help for Your Earth's Timeline

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as needed

Assignments:

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time Lesson Plans and Links

Reminders: ALL assignments and make-up work MUST be completed BEFORE you take the exam!

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Guiding questions: What do you know about Geological time and relative vs absolute dating?

In class, students will...

play Kahoot review game to help get us started, if you are caught up or you were not in the classroom here is the Kahoot complete BEFORE you take the exam tomorrow

Complete Study guide (homework if not completed in class)

OR take/retake Mastery checks if needed!

In class, the teacher will...

be doing binder checks

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time Lesson Plans and Links

Improve your Kahoot score BEFORE you take the exam tomorrow

Reminders: ALL assignments and make-up work MUST be completed BEFORE you take the exam!

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Guiding questions: What does the rock cycle look like? What are the PROCESSES that cause one rock type to change to another rock type?

In class, students will...

First 15 minutes (NO Chromebook time) FINISH Rock cycle review Work individually OR

work collaboratively to complete pre-lab Lesson 5.4 Rock Cycle Activity (Rock Cycle Lab Directions here)

Lesson 5.3 Vocab 1 - Rocks Quizlet, Blooket, OR paper assignment available in class due tomorrow

In class, the teacher will...

Check 5.1 video noteguide

Check 5.2 Rock Cycle review for completion

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

Resources:

Rock Cycle Lab Directions

Unit 5 Rocks and Minerals Lessons and Links

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: Do you know your material about Rocks and Minerals?

In class, students will...

Play review Blooket

work on completing study guide

re-take 2nd Mastery Check

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

Unit 5 Vocab 2 Minerals paper copies also available (currently a zero in the gradebook)

study guides due tomorrow

Resources:

Blooket for Unit 5

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders:

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Objectives: Students will be able to review how Earth has changed since its formation ~4.6 billion years ago. Students will gather important points of information and create a timeline (over the course of this week).

In class, students will...

Continue watching video - The story of the Earth

If time allows, continue working on lesson 4.3, Personal Timelines

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: What are the important changes in Earth over time?

Goals: Students will create a poster showing a snapshot of what their time period was like and what major events took place. How is their time period unique?

In class, students will...

decide who is responsible for which slides (Group of 2 each student does 3 slides, Group of 3 each student does 2 slides)

Work collaboratively to make a poster over their portion of the timeline Lesson 4.4 Timeline   project

In class, the teacher will...

assign specific time to each group for Earth's timeline project and assist students as needed

Assignments: Students should have their slides and pictures ready to print by the end of class today.

Resources:

Earth timeline project directions

Template for Earth timeline project

Bibme

APA help page

Hadean Eon - Teacher example

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders: if you are NOT done with your timeline activity, it is YOUR responsibility to get it finished during your study hall, SRT, or resource time

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Guiding questions: What are the important changes in Earth over time?

Goal: to build a physical timeline that shows the full 4.54 billion years of Earth's history. I will use math to make sure the spacing is accurate, so I can see exactly where the major time periods belong. I’ll also mark significant events in Earth's past to show just how much happened before humans ever showed up.

In class, students will...

Work collaboratively to make a poster over their portion of the timeline Lesson 4.4 Timeline   project

Vocabulary 1 Unit 4 Geological Time on Quizlet OR play the Geological Time Blooket (remember to use your name - remember I have 3 Michael's) due tomorrow

Start their Earth's timeline if time allows

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

Vocabulary Geological Time on Quizlet OR play the Geological Time Blooket due Wednesday

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: What are the important changes in Earth over time?

Goal: to build a physical timeline that shows the full 4.54 billion years of Earth's history. I will use math to make sure the spacing is accurate, so I can see exactly where the major time periods belong. I’ll also mark significant events in Earth's past to show just how much happened before humans ever showed up.

In class, students will...

continue their Earth's timeline

answer the analysis question over the Earth's story Spanish version also available

Vocabulary Geological Time on Quizlet OR play the Geological Time Blooket (remember to use your name - remember I have 3 Michael's) due TODAY

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

Vocabulary Geological Time on Quizlet OR play the Geological Time Blooket due today

Resources:

Help for Your Earth's Timeline

Ayuda con la línea de tiempo

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders:

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Thurs Jan 15 - 2 hour delay due to potential weather; work day timeline project

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Thurs Jan 15 - 2 hour delay due to potential weather; work day timeline project

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Guiding questions: What are the important changes in Earth over time?

Goals: Students will create a poster showing a snapshot of what their time period was like and what major events took place. How is their time period unique?

In class, students will...

Work collaboratively to make a poster over their portion of the timeline Lesson 4.4 Timeline   project

In class, the teacher will...

Go through the Hadean Eon - Teacher example at the beginning of class

assist students as needed

Assignments: Students should have their slides and pictures ready to print by the end of class today.

Resources:

Earth timeline project directions

Template for Earth timeline project

Bibme

APA help page

Hadean Eon - Teacher example

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders: if you are NOT done with your timeline activity, it is YOUR responsibility to get it finished during your study hall, SRT, or resource time

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Guiding questions: What are the important changes in Earth over time?

Goal: to build a physical timeline that shows the full 4.54 billion years of Earth's history. I will use math to make sure the spacing is accurate, so I can see exactly where the major time periods belong. I’ll also mark significant events in Earth's past to show just how much happened before humans ever showed up.

In class, students will...

pick-up note page for tomorrow (JIC)

continue their Earth's timeline

answer the analysis question over the Earth's story Spanish version also available

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Resources:

Help for Your Earth's Timeline

Unit 4 Change Over Time

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Thurs Jan 29 - 2 hour delay due to extreme temperatures

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Thurs Jan 29 - 2 hour delay due to extreme temperatures

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Guiding questions: Have you learned how the Earth has changed over time? What causes these changes? What happens to the organisms on the land as the planet changes?

Goals: to demonstrate that I have learned how the Earth has changed over time, why it changed over time, and what happens to the organisms as the land changes.

In class, students will...

complete 1st Mastery Check Change Over Time in Schoology

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments: turn in all necessary work related to timelines if completed (finish and turn in as homework)

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders: To retake the Mastery Check, you must have all work related to the timeline completed

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Guiding questions: How does absolute dating work? How do we calculate how much time has past?

In class, students will...

Take notes using Geological dating note guide pt 2 -Lesson 4.9 Geological Dating pt 2

If time allows start Super sleuth Radiometric Practice

In class, the teacher will...

Teacher will go through Geological dating pt 2 Presentation and help students through the radiometric practice problems
Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders: ALL assignments and make-up work MUST be completed BEFORE you take the exam!

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Guiding questions:
Guiding questions: What do you know about Geological time and relative vs absolute dating?

In class, students will...

complete the Unit 4 exam in Schoology

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as necessary

be doing binder checks

Assignments:

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders: ALL assignments and make-up work MUST be completed BEFORE you take the exam!

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Guiding questions: What have you learned about the Rock Cycle?

In class, students will...

Go over 5.2 Rock Cycle Review in class

complete the 1st Mastery Check - Rock Cycle in Schoology (if necessary on paper for some students)

Lesson 5.3 Vocab 1 - Rocks Quizlet, Blooket, OR paper assignment available in class due today

work collaboratively to complete pre-lab Lesson 5.4 Rock Cycle Activity (Rock Cycle Lab Directions here)

If the teacher has not seen/approved your pre-lab, get that done today!

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

Resources:

Unit 5 Rocks and Minerals Lessons and Links

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: What have you learned about Rocks and Minerals?

In class, students will...

go over any questions on the study guide

play review game

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders:

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School cancelled due to the storm damage

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Fri Jan 16 - Meet in Print lab - by Gillger, and Mathley

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Fri Jan 16 - Meet in Print lab - by Gillger, and Mathley

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Guiding questions: What are the important changes in Earth over time?

Goals: to create a 'Time Traveler’s Guide' poster for my assigned time period. I will show what the Earth looked like (its climate and continents) and what was living there. I will also identify one specific piece of evidence—like a certain fossil or rock layer—that proves this period was different from the ones before and after it.

In class, students will...

Use the RUBRIC to make sure they have everything they need!

Work collaboratively to print the needed components for their poster over their portion of the timeline Lesson 4.4 Timeline project

Vocabulary Geological Time on Quizlet OR play the Geological Time Blooket (remember to use your name) due Wednesday

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as needed

Assignments: Students should have their slides and pictures ready to print today.

Resources:

Earth timeline project directions

Template for Earth timeline project

Bibme

APA help page

Hadean Eon - Teacher example

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders: if you are NOT done with your timeline activity, it is YOUR responsibility to get it finished during your study hall, SRT, or resource time

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Fri Jan 23 - e-learning due to the extreme cold

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Fri Jan 23 - e-learning due to the extreme cold

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Guiding questions:  How do fossils form? Does everything fossilize?

Goals: Students can define what a fossil is and distinguish between different types, such as body fossils (like insects in amber) and trace fossils (like footprints or burrows)- ES.5. Students can explain why most living things do not become fossils and describe the "perfect" conditions needed - ES.6. Students can think like a paleontologist by using fossil evidence to predict what the environment was like millions of years ago - HS-ESS1-6.

In class, students will...

Log-in to the google meeting see e-learning info

take notes over presentation using Note guide   OR Spanish Noteguide for Lesson 4.7 , What are Fossils (students picked up the paper copy of this on Thursday)

complete the exit check in Schoology

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Resources:

Presentation

Spanish Presentation

Video presentation

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders: Vocab 1 was due earlier this week, have you completed it yet?

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Guiding questions: What do extinctions have in common? How are they different?

Goals: Students will be able to use evidence from the past to explain how Earth’s systems (like the air, water, and land) and living things interact to cause major events like mass extinctions (ESS.2.7)

In class, students will...

read Mass extinction article in groups of 2-3

answer the questions over the article

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments: turn in all necessary work related to timelines if completed (finish and turn in as homework)

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders: To retake the Mastery Check, you must have all work related to the timeline completed

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Guiding questions: How does absolute dating work? How do we calculate how much time has past?

In class, students will...

receive their Mid-term (approximately) progress reports - how is Q3 going for you so far? Are you really mastering the material?

finish Super sleuth Radiometric Practice

take 3rd Mastery Check Radiometric problems

Unit 4 vocab 2 Geolgical dating (Quizlet) OR Vocab 2 Blooket due Monday

Study guide available Guía de estudio de la Unidad 4

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as needed

Assignments: Unit 4 vocab 2 Geolgical dating due tomorrow

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time

Reminders: ALL assignments and make-up work MUST be completed BEFORE you take the exam!

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Guiding questions: How does the movement of Earth's plates act like a giant recycling machine for rocks? If the Earth's interior cooled down and plates stopped moving, what would happen to the rock cycle?

Goals:

explain how plate tectonics acts as the "engine" that drives the rock cycle

identify the first rock type on Earth and explain how it forms

describe how plates sliding under each other (subduction) creates different rocks and magma

In class, students will...

watch video "The Rock Cycle" (BioEd Online) and answer questions over it.

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

Resources:

Unit 5 Rocks and Minerals Lessons and Links

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: Are you caught up in Earth Space? Where are you struggling?

In class, students will...

complete Q3 grade reflection

pre-lab - MUST be checked by teacher work (Rock Cycle Lab Directions here)

test corrections

retake 1st Mastery Check - Rocks

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

Resources:

Unit 5 Rocks and Minerals Lessons and Links

Reminders: Did you complete Vocab 1 yesterday?

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Mineral lab workday

Guiding questions: How do we use the properties to identify a mineral?

Goal: identify a mineral using the properties of minerals

In class, students will...

choose a mineral

follow the website's protocol Mineral identification website

record their protocol as they are using the website

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments: Unit 5 Vocab 2 Minerals due next Tues Blooket and paper copies also available

Resources:

Unit 5 Rocks and Minerals Lessons and Links

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: What have you learned about Rocks and Minerals?

In class, students will...

Unit 5 Exam

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as necessary

Assignments:

Resources:

Unit 4 Change Over Time

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Guiding questions: Why do landslides happen? Can they be predicted? Can they be prevented?

In class, students will...

Will watch video and use video follow-along - lesson 6.1

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as needed

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h-MBrHPWJs

Unit 6 The Forces of Weathering Lesson Plans and Links

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Best Documentary Films PBS Documentary - Killer Landslides HD

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Author: Larisa Koshkina

Spring Break March 21-29

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