October 14
How about the Cenozoic ice age, mammal bones (not fossils) of 10,000 years ago
October 12th
Enjoy Columbus Day. To help inspire you check out the following video.
October 9
Plate tectonics and evidence for change, fossils, continental drift, magnetic anomalies
October 8
Tomorrow's test asks you to compare volcanoes presented by your peers
1. Compare your volcano to another in class, make sure that they are different (for example if you are a composite or strato volcano they should be a cinder cone or shield volcano)
a. give examples of different animals that live in the area
b. give examples of different activities
c. give examples of plants from the area
2. Now find two volcanoes that are similar that your peers researched.
a. give examples of similar plants
b. give examples of similar animals
c. give examples of similar human impact
3. Which presentation made you want to visit, give a reason
4. What happens at a hotspot? explain
5. How does drinking water for people become influenced by the presence of a volcano?
6. What is the significance of an elevation above 10,000 feet?
7. Explain a pyroclastic flow?
8. Why is basalt a significant rock?
9. Do past eruptions predict future events?
10. bonus, explain volcanic lightning, lahar, black sand beaches or any other concept that you learned from studying volcanoes.
Read page 45 to 61
view the following rock cycle video
check out the following to inspire your independent research
October 7
Test on Friday uses your notes on presentations. Compare and contrast volcanoes from research on your peers.
Read page 32 to 45 in book, minerals
October 6
Now that the hurricane has passed look at the results of the damage, especially to South Carolina- flooding
How have the minerals near the surface of the Earth become exposed to the surface after relentless waterfall?
October 5
After presentations, video, notes and volcanoes will be used for a test over the following concepts.
Check out the affects from flooding over South Carolina
October 3
We went over grades in class, observed the reheat liquid and finished projects. We present on Monday
Look to the following random list for your order
Block #1 choice
Block #3 m,a,l,m,a,rs,d,d
Block #4 z,j,g,a,d,a,t,d,m,m
Also look at the following rubric for grading
October 2
Research projects due next week!
October 1st I may be out due to a death in my family.
My cousin age 38 passed away due to a 9 month struggle with leukemia, since he lives in California, I may be out for a day or two. Please complete any book work with the substitute.
September 29-30
Research project includes but not limited to the following: eruptive history (do you see a pattern), plate boundaries (tectonic plates),unique mineral deposits in that area, areas of fertile soil (examples include crop fields), types of plants and animals that are native to that area(for example, Mt. Kilimanjaro has lions and zebra, Mt. St Helenshas salmon and longpole pine trees), fun activities that you would participate in when you go (I would go white water rafting), connect how people have appreciated their local volcano, sources of water(drinkable), any other important points that you want to explain to the class.
We will be in the computer lab researching volcanoes and completing some study islands. Try a Google Earth research using the bottom left options of gallery for Earthquakes and volcanoes.
September 29 All students research project above is due October 5th, expect a major grade powerpoint, movie maker, utilize your google tools, poster or any other means to present to the class your past week worth of research! Make your project fun!
Block #3 special assignment, for parents, so children from this class have had difficulty following my 10 minutes of homework a night, they were assigned to review the concepts from the study guide page 22 and asked to highlight those ideas in the past three weeks of labs that we completed as a class! Very important to see this finished for classtime Tuesday.
September 28
This is the PowerPoint from class today
Earth's interior
After observing the rocks you made, are you curious about how we added the same ingredients (minerals)yet each rock is looking so different! Just like Earth.
Check out this WMS student, creating experiments on her own. I know it is just water, but as we study volcanoes, can you "see" how little energy is needed to hold Earth's interior solid (liquid) in place!!
volcanic explosion
September 25
Wow block 3, had volcanoes erupting in class, I can't wait for next week! Have a great weekend.
We began to make rocks in class today, we will continue on Monday. Begin to study volcanoes from around the world, the following link may help you to begin your research. You and your group will be responsible for your volcano and 1. rock type most common 2. unique minerals 3. plants and animals able to live near by 4. the culture of the people 5. potable water sources 6. fun activities that you would do when visiting.
A student shared this link, I hope it helps you better understand, states of matter
The following link is for the video from class on the 24th, check it out.
Check out the following link to design types of volcanic eruptions, next week we use computer lab to research.
September 24
Build some rocks in class tomorrow. Find the study island segment on states of matter, answer 10 questions in 10 minutes. If you test well you are finished with that section. If you get questions wrong, look at the explanation. If you do not pass 7 of 10, try 10 more! We will be at the computer lab on Tuesday or Wednesday, have study island finished before then. So we can begin to study design and yes erupt volcanoes in class or online!