Earth Science Class Mrs. Moore Lesson Plans Feb. 5th - Feb. 9th

Monday - Thursday Periods 2, 4, and 9

Wednesday - Booster short day!

Tuesday - Friday Period 3, 5, and 10

Feb, 11th - Feb. 15th

Monday, Wednesday Period 2, 4, and 9

Tuesday, Thursday Period 3, 5, and 10

Feb. 20th - Feb.23rd

Tuesday, Thursday Period 2, 4, and 9

Wednesday, Friday Period 3, 5, and 10

Monday/ Tuesday  Feb 5th/6th - Day 1

Skyward review assignment.  Review plate tectonics with clay. Notes on earthquakes, We will look at our seismic safe structures and make a list of what needs to be present to make a seismic safe structure. We will look at some new technology. https://www.digitaltrends.com/home/this-earthquake-proof-bed-drops-you-out-of-harms-way/

We will go back to the interactive on my web page. http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES09/ES09.html

We will end with an activity where students will have to use current data from USGS to create a seismic zone map. Assignment is due by Friday.

Wednesday - Super Volcano with question. Booster movie with pop and popcorn

Thursday Friday Feb. 8th/9th - Day 2 We will start with an activity on liquefaction and then a short demo on tsunami.  Students will watch a video about both concepts.  We will have time to ask questions about our seismic zone maps.  We will look again at usgs to see the current data on earthquakes and volcanoes.  Students will start a presentation on volcanoes around the world.  The assignment will be on Hapara - mystudentdashboard.com

Hopefully we will not have any snow days to off set our plans. If we do then as always I will be flexible with our work.

Earth Science Class Mrs. Moore 1-22 to 2-2 2018

Earth Science Class

Mrs. Moore

Lesson Plans

Jan. 22nd to 26th

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

Periods 2,4,9

Tuesday, Thursday Periods 3,5,10

Jan. 29th to Feb. 2nd

Monday Wednesday, and Friday

Periods 3,5, and 10

Tuesday, Thursday

Periods 2, 4, and 9

Feb 5th and 6th

Monday - Thursday Periods 2, 4, and 9

Wednesday - Booster short day!

Tuesday - Friday Period 3, 5, and 10

Day 1 Jan. 22nd and 23rd  

Start with a short skyward review assignment.  Review missing work and pass back corrected materials. Review Continental to Plate Tectonics slide assignment, 15 minutes in class time to work on project. Project will be due Monday Jan 26th by 3:00- No exceptions. Students will complete a convection current demonstration in partnered groups. A picture drawing will be required as evidence of completion.  Students will watch a group demo on the largest force that is moving the plates.  As a group we will watch a short video on plate tectonics and earthquakes. Homework is to complete the Locating Earthquakes and Volcanoes on Planet Earth activity - due by the end of the week. This homework requires understanding how to plot latitude and longitude on a map.  It does not need to be precise but in the general area.  The point is to see a pattern of the earthquakes and volcanoes on our planet Earth.

Day 2 Jan. 24th and 25th -

Start by reading a few skyward questions, then watch a short video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=316&v=QDqskltCixA), followed by answering the questions. Second today we will spend time looking at USGS.gov and current earthquakes. Third together graph earthquake foci information and figure out what it is telling us about the Earth’s crust. Notes will be given on terminology with plate tectonics and earthquakes. Any remaining time will  be used as quiet homework time for the location Earthquakes and Volcanoes on Planet Earth activity or the Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics slide presentation.

Day 1  Jan. 26th and 29th

Virtual Earthquakes Day -  Students will read seismograph readouts and identify the location of the earthquake epicenter. http://www.sciencecourseware.com/VirtualEarthquake/VQuakeExecute.html  

We will work through two simulations.  Students will be asked to complete a simulation on their own and screenshot the results to stallman@galesburg205.org  Homework is to complete article 2 and 3 by next Friday.  Any extra time can be used to complete past homework.  If time we will watch an earthquake video.

Day 2  Jan 30th and Jan. 31st

Start with a short skyward review assignment. Students will look at our homework assignment on mapping volcanoes and earthquakes.  We will discuss who where and what should be done with this information.  Students will have 15 minutes to build card houses.  Student will then be asked to research what makes a building safer in an earthquake.  Students will be asked to design a toothpick building that meets particular criteria that will withstand primary, secondary, and surface waves.  Homework will be to learn from mistakes and redesign the building for our next class. Partner groups or individuals will be allowed.

Day 1- Feb 1st and Feb. 2nd Student presentations of our designs.  When completed students will have a short skyward assignment to complete about the seismic safe structures.  Homework will be to color our Earth plate tectonic boundary map again!!  There will be four questions to go with it this time.

***  The flu is all around us.  If I have to miss school because of illness I will leave Super Volcano to watch.  There is a worksheet packet that will go with the video.  

I will revamp the lessons when I return.  Hopefully I will not need to use this alternative plan.

Earth Science Class Mrs. Moore Lesson Plans Jan 3rd to Jan. 19th

Wednesday- Period 2,4,and 9

Thursday Period 3,5, and 10

Friday - Google Day Everyone!!!!

Monday, Thursday Period 2,4,and 9

Wednesday ½ day - Science Everyone

Tuesday, Friday Period 3,5, and 10

Monday no school

Tuesday/ Thursday Period 2,4,and 9

Wednesday/ Friday Period 3,5, and 10

New Unit - Earth Systems - Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Day 1- (Wed/Thurs Jan 3rd,and 4th)

Skyward assignment pre test.  Pangaea interactivity (2). Phenomena demonstration with
water of different colors mixing and not mixing. Start notes on Plate tectonics using the
continental drift PowerPoint presentation with note sheet.  We will start this presentation and
finish next week.  The presentation and the notes can be found on my web page.  We will
stop with 10 minutes left and work through a winter experiment; Does hot water or cold
water freeze faster.  Students will set up a spreadsheet table to collect data.  The data table
will be due next week. Requirements will be a title, x and y axis labels, a key, and the
data correctly displayed. A homework worksheet on Earth’s internal structure will be
given and will be due on the first day students have class next week. Homework is
attached to skyward plus a paper copy will be given.  Students will need markers, crayons,
colored pencils or markers to complete homework.

Friday Jan. 5th - special Google VR presentation!!!

Day 1- (Mon/Tues Jan 8th and 9th)

Skyward assignment start and collect homework worksheet on Earth’s internal structure.
We will discuss our phenomena demonstration from last week.Continue our continental drift
presentation with notes. We will work on our winter experiment and complete our data
tables.  We will analyze our data and write conclusion statements. Students will turn in
notes from the continental drift presentation for a participation grade and the graph will be
given 5 point in the grade book. If we need more time we can continue next class.

½ day all classes  Jan 10th- Pie plate activity - all students will get a paper plate
and must create a model of the Earth’s internal structure.  If time allows students
can use class time to read and complete questions from our first article reading for
the quarter.

Day 2-  (Thurs/Fri Jan 11th and 12th)

Review or finish continental drift PowerPoint presentation with notes.  Students will be
partnered up in groups and we will again talk about our phenomena.  Students will be asked
to diagram and present what they understand is taking place in the phenomena.  Students
will be able to question one another on their diagrams and explanations.  Following all
explanations students will revise their work to turn in as a grade. Rubric will be given out in
class.  Homework is a convection current worksheet.

Day 1- (Tues/Wed Jan 16th and 17th) Turn in convection current worksheet. In class
work day on slide presentation of continental drift to plate tectonics. We will start our
second winter experiment - does the increase concentration of salt in water decrease the
freezing point in a linear pattern. Basically does putting out more salt reduce ice
development more?  Is there a point where more salt is not improving the ice melting?  
We will research - make a hypothesis - and develop an experiment to prove our
hypothesis.  Homework is to prepare our data table to collect record our data.  

Day 2- (Thurs/Fri Jan 18th and 19th)

We will put our data in our spreadsheets and graph our results from our 2nd winter
experiment.  Students will have to complete a skyward assignment identifying constants,
controls,and independent/dependent manipulated variables.  Students will have the
remaining time in class to complete the slide presentation of continental drift to plate
tectonics. The presentation is due no later than 8 pm on Saturday Jan 20th.  I am not
grading this projects for the rest of the quarter, No Late projects.  

Earth Science Class Mrs. Moore Lesson Plans 12-11 to 12-20

Monday Wednesday- period 2, 4, and 9

Tuesday Thursday 3, 5, and 10   

Friday - All classes

Monday - period 2, 4, and 9

Tuesday - period 3, 5, and  10

Monday/ Tuesday

Start with a skyward assignment (10 minutes). 20 minutes - practice mineral identification characterics. Time to ask questions about any of the tests.  20 minutes - identify an unknown minerals characteristics. 20 minutes - review safety skills and lighting burners.  We will review procedures for our flame test lab.  Students will have a safety skyward assignment to complete before they can participate in the lab. Students will be given alternate assignments if not prepared or there are any concerns with safety,  

Wednesday Thursday

Flame test in class.  Student will take notes on the colors of the flames for 20 minutes.  Students will have to match chemical names with the on a lab sheet.  Safety will be the number one focus of this class.  Any misbehavior or talk of misbehavior will not be tolerated.  Safety in the classroom will be the most important issue today.  Please dress with close toe shoes and refrain from excessively loose clothing.  Students will be required to wear safety goggles the entire class period.  Long hair must be tied up.  Please reduce the amount of perfumes or hairspray for the day.  Students not considered dressed safely for the class will be given an alternate assignment.  Again safety is our number one concern.

Friday - Mystery minerals day.  We will try to identify rocks and minerals that we have not already talked about in class.  We will identify the rock/mineral and lean the many uses of the items.  

Monday/ Tuesday  Start with a skyward assignment.  Continue with an interactive on the computer https://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/   The interactive has an assessment that will be graded.  It can be taken more than once.  Students must screenshot the results or show me the screen for the score.  This will be our last score in the grade book for the quarter - 15 points.

Earth Science Class Mrs. Moore Lesson Plans 12-4 to 12-8

Monday- period 2, 4, and 9

Tuesday 3, 5, and 10  Mrs. Moore is gone!!

Wed. Thurs Friday - All classes

Monday/Tuesday  Start with a skyward assignment.  We will complete a walking demo of evolution on our planet earth (26 pieces). Students will work quietly and independently on a geologic history worksheet.  We will conclude with a few videos on human evolution past and future. Students will be asked to take notes on the videos and write questions they might have after watching the material. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEiYrYAu3Ec

Wednesday - Prepare for our mineral/rock id lab.  We will walk through the process of identification looking at color, mass, density, volume, HCl, magnetism, diaphaneity, tenacity, smell, luster, cleavage/fracture, hardness, crystal pattern, formula, streak, and the flame test. Students will complete one mineral/ rock id test.  Students will be asked to complete a homework worksheet, due at the beginning of class tomorrow. Students will not continue on the mineral/rock identification testing until the worksheet is completed.

Thursday Complete at least 7 mineral/rock identification tests. A homework rock cycle worksheet will be given, due at the beginning of class tomorrow.

Friday-  Students will be asked to complete at least 5 more mineral/rock identification tests. Students will be instructed on our flame test. A demonstration of the flame test will be shown and students will need to complete a safety worksheet about the demonstration and return it on Monday to participate in the flame test lab.

Earth Science Class Mrs. Moore Lesson Plan Nov. 27th to Dec. 1st

Monday/ Wednesday periods 2, 4, and 9

Tuesday/ Thursday periods 3, 5, 10

Friday all classes

Monday/Tuesday

Students will start with http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/geotime/index.html  We will continue on our evidence for evolution packet - our goal today will be to color comparative anatomy and look at the evidence it gives us for evolution.  We will complete a standing geologic time line.  Students will be given a short paper worksheet on geologic time divisions with organic and inorganic changes.  We will start our projects on creating a geologic time.  Students will be required to place 25 different items on the timeline correctly. Students will be placed in groups of 4 and 5 students to complete the project.  A paper listing the 25 dates must accompany the project and is required by each student. Due at the end of class on Friday.   

Wednesday/ Thursday

We will start with the standing geologic time line.  We will review relative/absolute dating, fossil types, and common Illinois fossils.  We will finish our evidence of evolution packet looking at DNA. Homework worksheet on geologic time divisions will be collected.  Remaining time will be used to complete geologic timeline project. Project is due at the end of class on Friday. What is completed at the end of class Friday will be graded. See scoring rubric.

Friday - Continue to work on Geologic timeline project- everyone must be done at the end of the class.  When finished students may use this web site to play games https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/paleontology#http://www.amnh.org/ology/features/fightingdinos/matchinggame/index.php

Short week of plans 11-20 to 11-23

Monday - Everyone will study for American History test!!  We will review the colonies and then play quizlet live.  Study!!!!!
Tuesday - Start with a skyward assignment.  Review mineral and rock identification.  We may take the final quiz!! Start a video on the mesozoic era!!
Wednesday - Finish any history test and or the rocks and minerals quiz. Coloring comparative anatomy sheet in class from our evidence of evolution packet. We will finish watching the Mesozoic era video and move to the Cenozoic video.  Students