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Week 3-26 -12 to 3-30 -12
Earthquakes- Ch.11
To Understand how water systems work, how it shapes the landscape and how it can effect life through flooding and other natural events.
State Standard(s)-7a. Students know water running downhill is the dominant process in shaping the landscape, including California’s landscape.
7b. Students know rivers and streams are dynamic systems that erode, transport sediment, change course, and flood their banks in natural and recurring patterns.
Homework, Tests and quizzes- Check Edmodo
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Week 12-5-11 to 12-9-11
Earthquakes- Ch.7
To Understand earthquakes at plate boundaries and fault zones
State Standard(s)-1 d. Students know that earthquakes are sudden motions along breaks in the crust called faults and that volcanoes and fissures are locations where magma reaches the surface.
e. Students know major geologic events, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building, result from plate motions.
Homework, Tests and quizzes- Check Class calendar
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Week 11-28-11 to 12-2-11
Plate Tectonics- Ch.6, 7 & 8
Understanding tectonic plate movement through understanding the mantle
Understand actions at plate boundaries
State Standard(s)-1a. Students know Earth is composed of several layers: a cold, brittle lithosphere; a hot, convecting mantle; and a dense, metallic core.
1b. Students know lithospheric plates the size of continents and oceans move at rates of centimeters per year in response to movements in the mantle.
Homework, Tests and quizzes- Check Class calendar
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Week 11-14-11 to 11-18-11
Plate Tectonics- Ch.6, 7 & 8
Understanding tectonic plate movement through understanding the mantle
Students will understand sea floor spreading and magnetic reversals
State Standard(s)-1a. Students know Earth is composed of several layers: a cold, brittle lithosphere; a hot, convecting mantle; and a dense, metallic core.
1b. Students know lithospheric plates the size of continents and oceans move at rates of centimeters per year in response to movements in the mantle.
This week we will be having a quiz covering Earth's layers, Continental Drift, Seafloor Spreading and Magnetic Reversal. Please scroll down to the bottom and look for the quiz that can be studied.
Homework, Tests and quizzes- Check Class calendar
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Week 11-7-11 to 11-10-11
Plate Tectonics- Ch.6, 7 & 8
State Standard(s)-Plate tectonics accounts for important features of Earth’s surface and major geologic events. As a basis for understanding this concept:
a. Students know evidence of plate tectonics is derived from the fit of the continents; the location of earthquakes, volcanoes, and midocean ridges; and the distribution of fossils, rock types, and ancient climatic zones.
1. Students will understand Continental Drift
2. Students will understand evidence of the distribution of fossils, rock types and ancient climatic zones supports Continental Drift
2. Students will understand that the earth is composed of many tectonic plates that move on a highly viscous Asthenosphere
Homework, Tests and quizzes- Check Class calendar
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Week 10-10-11 to 10-14-11
Metric System cont.
State Standard(s)-7b. Select and use appropriate tools and technology (including calculators, computers, balances, spring scales, microscopes, and binoculars) to perform tests, collect data, and display data.
7f. Read a topographic map and a geologic map for evidence provided on the maps and construct and interpret a simple scale map.
1. Learn how to read common science equipment:
Mass-Triple beam balance
Gummy Bear Lab- Metric System Practice Thur. & Fri.
Homework, Tests and quizzes- Check Class calendar
Helpful Links- How to read a triple Beam Balance
Week 10-3-11 to 10-7-11
Metric System cont.
State Standard(s)-7b. Select and use appropriate tools and technology (including calculators, computers, balances, spring scales, microscopes, and binoculars) to perform tests, collect data, and display data.
7f. Read a topographic map and a geologic map for evidence provided on the maps and construct and interpret a simple scale map.
1. Learn how to read common science equipment:
Volume- Graduated cylinder
Homework, Tests and quizzes- Check Class calendar
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Week 9/26/11 to 9/30/11
Metric System cont.
Start Mapping Earth's Surface
State Standard(s)-7b. Select and use appropriate tools and technology (including calculators, computers, balances, spring scales, microscopes, and binoculars) to perform tests, collect data, and display data.
7f. Read a topographic map and a geologic map for evidence provided on the maps and construct and interpret a simple scale map.
1. Learn how to read common science equipment:
Length-Ruler & Meter stick
Mass-Triple beam balance
Volume- Graduated cylinder
3. Learn conversion between units
Homework, Tests and quizzes- Check Class calendar
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Week 9/19/11 to 9/23/11
Metric System
State Standard(s)-7b. Select and use appropriate tools and technology (including calculators, computers, balances, spring scales, microscopes, and binoculars) to perform tests, collect data, and display data.
1. Learn the Common SI units
Length
Mass
Volume
Temperature
Homework, Tests and quizzes- Check Class calendar
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