Earth Science Class Mrs. Moore Lesson Plans Nov. 6th - Nov. 10th

11-6 Monday Period 2,4,9

11-7 Tuesday - Period 3,5, 10

Wednesday early out 11:20

11-9 Thursday - Period 2,4,9

11-10 Friday Period 3,5, 10

Monday/Tuesday - Start with review skyward assignment. Continue our second crystal lab.  

Period 2 - If we change the solution from borax/water to alum/water  we can create  a different crystal pattern.

Period 3 -  If we change the solution from borax/water to epsom/water  we can create  a different crystal pattern.

Period 4 - Using more borax (1:1) will make more crystals than using the 2:1 solution.

Period 5 - Hypothesis– By adding food color to the water we will be able to change the color of the borax crystals.

Period 9 -  By adding food color to the water we will be able to change the color of the borax crystals.

Period 10– The borax crystals will grow larger in vinegar borax solution compared to water borax solution.

We will have a categorizing activity with the principles of geology, fossil types, common Illinois fossils, and new this week rocks and mineral names.  We will take notes on the difference between rocks and minerals, how minerals form, and the rock cycle.  Students will be expected to memorize the 15 minerals and 15 rocks by sight by November 22. We will start our practice in class today.  Homework is to read a packet on historical geology and answer the question skyward.  The assignment  will be open until Friday, Nov. 10th at 4:00.  A paper copy will be available.

Thursday/ Friday -  Review our rocks and minerals by sight.  We will take a practice test, not graded, of the rocks and minerals!!  We will create a model of the two ways minerals are formed. We will have rock cycle races both on the chalkboard and on paper.    We will partner group an activity on rock/ mineral uses.  We will construct and then deconstruct geology on a program called Visible Geology.  Homework is finished packet given earlier this week.  To end class we will collect our data from our crystal lab.  We will use the spreadsheet program and graph our results.

Earth Science Class Mrs. Moore Lesson Plans Oct. 30th - Nov 3rd

Monday Period 2,4,9

Tuesday - Period 3,5, 10

Wednesday - Period 2,4,9

Thursday - Period 3,5,10

Friday ?

Monday/Tuesday - Start with a skyward review of relative and absolute dating questions. Turn in any missing homework and or ask any questions. We will dip our sponges again, and discuss the six types of fossil types as well as the 8 common Illinois fossils.  We will go over the 7 historical geological principles. Notes will be given on fossils and the 8 common Illinois fossils.  We will then turn our attention to our experiment on crystals.  Together we will create a lab write up for our experiment with crystal growth.  If time we will start the experiment.  No  homework.

Wednesday/ Thursday - Skyward assignment on relative/absolute dating, fossil types, and the 8 common Illinois fossils.  We will finish our crystal experiment with an analysis of the data and correctly writing a conclusion sentences.  We will start our work with a spreadsheet and data analysis, we will attempt to make an absolute dating chart.  We will make a model of mold/ cast fossils with pennies. To end with we will watch a powerpoint presentation on the 8 common Illinois fossils. Homework is a worksheet packet on fossil succession to support evolution, Packet will be due early next week. You will need colored pencils or markers to complete.

Friday -  What does this all mean?  We will make visual models of what we are trying to understand in class with relative/absolute dating, fossils, and evolution.  We will start to look at the rock cycle and see how this functions and helps us tell about the past.  Bring markers or colored pencils to class

Earth Science Class Mrs. Moore Lesson Plans Oct. 23-26

Monday Period 2,4,9

Tuesday - Period 3,5, 10

Wednesday - Period 2,4,9

Thursday - Period 3,5,10

Monday / Tuesday  Turn in homework. Start with a review skyward assignment.  We will start with our geology phenomena pictures and practice our relative dating skills.  We will take a break in the middle to discuss fossils/rocks/mineral and how we might relatively date them.  Students will be instructed on how a borax crystal is formed.  Students will be asked to contribute to a shared document by posing a hypothesis on age dating crystals.  Students will make a petrified sponge for next week. Homework is a packet of relative dating problems. The worksheet is on the web page and also attached to skyward.

Wednesday/ Thursday - Turn in homework. Start with two relative dating problems on skyward. We will dip our sponges and then continue to work on our crystal experiment.  Our goal is to write the experiment to prove our hypothesis.  Students will complete a simple absolute dating demonstration with pennies and m&m’s.   We will graph results on a spreadsheet and learn how to write a simple formula for spreadsheet. Homework is 3 absolute dating problems. The worksheet is on the web page and also attached to skyward.

Earth Science Lesson Plans Mrs. Moore Oct 16th - 19th

Monday - all classes

Tuesday - periods 2, 4, and 9

Wednesday - out early - Dr. Sundberg will visit

Thursday periods 3 and 5

Period 10 on Thursday will be taught by Knox College students.

Monday - New seating chart. Check grades, turn in any last minute work.   Phenomena day! We will look at a slide presentation of 12 different landforms.  Students will be asked to generate questions that they want answered so that they can explain how the landform was created.  We will organize our questions and look for a pattern and possible an essential question.  Homework is a simple worksheet, due in the next class.

Tuesday / Thursday  - Turn in homework. Look at our organization of all the questions asked on Monday.  We will make sure our organization of the questions is OK with each class.  Each class will then attempt to reconstruct geologic history on practice problems using the seven historical geologic principles.  Homework is a two sided worksheet on the first four principles, due Monday, Oct 23rd.

Both Homework assignments can be found on my web page for Earth Systems.

Earth Science Mrs. Moore Lesson Plans Oct. 10-13th

Tuesday - All classes

Wednesday - 2,4, and 9

Thursday 3,5, and 10

Friday is a crazy day - I am waiting for the schedule.

Tuesday - Kahoot 15 questions. Individual practice test.  Students will cover test preparation skills, organization for learning, destressors for taking a test.

Test will be Wednesday and Thursday. The test is open notes. There are two parts to the test. Part 1 is a repeat of the astronomy pretest, part 2 is the NGSS version of the astronomy test, and part 3 is an extra credit extended response question.

Wednesday/ Thursday  Test on astronomy.  Followed by rocket to the ceiling activity if time.

Friday?  Geology Principles - sequencing the order of rock layers from oldest to youngest. We will clean up the room from astronomy displays to geology information.

Earth Science Class Mrs. Moore Lesson Plans Oct. 2nd - 6th

Period 2,4, and 9  Mon., Wed.,

Period 3,5, and 10 Tues., Thurs.

Friday - working on field trip to Carl Sandburg College

Monday/Tuesday- Review material completed from last week. Students will start with looking at their grades and turning in any missing work.  Those all caught up can play the game of the week.  Second we will review the concepts of scale and proportion. We will relook at making a scale of the 8 planets in our solar system. Students will take notes that will be collected.  The remaining time will be to complete our project on our solar system to scale.

Wednesday/ Thursday - Start with a skyward short review quiz. Make a star finder. Student will choose a month to create a map of the stars in the night sky.  We will discuss why there are different charts and what causes the changes in the night sky. Plus we will look at telescope technology both refractors and reflectors.

Friday - planning on going to Carl Sandburg College for a college visit. We will learn about the programs they offer and what it takes to make it in college.

Earth Science Class Mrs. Moore Lesson Plans Sept. 25th-29th

Period 2,4, and 9  Mon., Wed., Thursday

Period 3,5, and 10 Tues.,Wed.,  Friday

Monday/ Tuesday

Review our location in the universe, the origins of our universe, life cycle of a star, gravity, and moon cycles with a short skyward assignment. Our lesson today will focus on the scale of our planets in our solar system.  We will practice a few math scale problems.  Students will be given a solar system to scale art project.  Rubric is as followed. Total 10 points

Scale is accurate and created by student- scale is present on project	5 points	Group worked well together and product is easy to understand
Scale is accurate using scale on the board or not quite accurate using scale created by students -scale is present on project	4 points	Group worked together and the product is understandable
Scale is not accurate using scale on the board	3 points	Group did not work together and the product is understandable
No scale is present that can be understood	2	Group did not work together and the product is not understandable.

** Project - Solar system to scale.

Students must represent the 8 planets in our solar system on one sheet of paper( I have large paper.) or computer image to scale with each other.  This must be a student created project. You cannot find pictures on the Internet and copy and paste.  This must be a partner project.  Students can choose their own partners.  Choose wisely!!  Students need to research and find the different data points that they could use to create this scale project, diameter, density, mass, etc. Students that have difficulty are allowed use the scale done by Mrs. Moore on the chalkboard.  Note the rubric and the score if you use my scale.

Timeline - class time will be given Monday or Tuesday and Wednesday. The project should be done by Monday Oct. 2nd.  Projects will be hung on the wall in the classroom and in the hallway.

Wed- continue work on our solar system to scale project. We will stop 20 minutes before the bell and discuss our work for the rest of the week.  Students will see a hapara assignment  that reviews all our astronomy’s main points.  Students will review behavior expectation with a substitute.

Mrs.Moore will be gone. Higher Expectations for behavior is expected!

Thurs/Friday  Students will start with a short skyward assignment, no redos. Students will work on the skyward assignment in class.  When finished students will fill in information on a slide presentation; both pictures and facts. This should be completed before the end of the class and the student needs to turn it in through the program.  When complete students can work on finishing up their  solar system to scale project. If that is completed then the student is to work on the game of the week.  If that is complete there will be extra credit material on the front counter that students are to work on in class.  

Next Generation Science Standards

MS-ESS1-1 Earth’s Place in the Universe - Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun -moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.

MS-ESS1-2 Earth’s Place in the Universe - Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.

MS-ESS1-3 Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system