Embedded Files
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
Earth as a System of Interaction Spheres
<-- Don't forget to look at the calendar
CONTEST
Earth-Science Week Contests
- Photography
- "Connections in My Community."
- Deadline October 17th at 5:00 PM
- Essay
- “Earth System Science in Today’s World.”
- Deadline October 17th at 5:00 PM
- 300 word essay
If you need to find something we did last week, scroll down for the full agenda.
MONDAY
ALL: ESS Analysis Lesson 2
Cause and Effect in the Earth Systems
TUESDAY
Human Impacts in the Earth Systems
WEDNESDAY
ALL: REVIEW
- Individually choose 3 photos
- Complete the practice quiz!
THURSDAY
ASSESSMENT
Choose on of the following events to analyze.
FRIDAY - UNIT 1a
Sea Surface Temperature
The Night Sky
Introduction to Properties of Matter
Systems Agenda and Notes: Day to Day
8/27 WEDNESDAY
Introduction
8/28 THURSDAY
Safety Overview
Seasonal Land Cover
Period 3: gyky6h
Period 5: hcl1uo7
8/29 FRIDAY
What is a system? - Your assessment!
ENGAGE:
Systems Probe --- What do you know about systems? --- In class survey!
What is a system? Where have you heard this term before?
Discussion... Come up with a working, classroom definition of a system.
EXPLORE:
Breaking Down a System --- The school as a system
Create a concept map of the school system - class activity
HOMEWORK:
Vocabulary Cards - Word, Definition, Picture on INDEX CARDS
connection --- logical relationship, being related or linked
system --- a group of parts that interact to perform a function
interaction --- an influence, one part affects another
input --- anything put in or taken in
output --- anything given off or taken out
subsystem --- a smaller system inside a larger system
function --- purpose or goal
boundary --- limit or edge of something
9/2 TUESDAY
Period 1: Complete concept map --> Share Concept MapPeriod 2: Create concept map --> Share Concept Map
Periods 3 & 5: Share Concept Map --> EiaS Video
DO NOW... GoogleClassroom
Define a system in your own words.
Give an example of a system... Include the following vocab words (interaction, input, output, subsystem, boundary, function)
EXPLORE:
Breaking Down a System --- The school as a system
Create a concept map of the school system - class activity
EXPLORE:
Earth is a System: VIDEO #1
Pre-video Vocabulary:
Earth systems
Satellite images
Remote sensing
Global monitoring
Watch this 5 minute video. The transcript is at the following link. Be prepared to answer the questions in GoogleClassroom
9/3 WEDNESDAY
Period 1: EiaS Video --> Discuss movie - review questions --> Notes
Period 2: EiaS Video --> Discuss movie - review questions --> Notes
Period 3: Discuss movie - review questions --> Notes
Period 5: Discuss movie - review questions --> Notes
DO NOW: Click on one of the images to the right. Try to explain what the image shows to your neighbor!
EXPLAIN:
Discussion about above movie - review questions above. Pair and Share.
EXPLAIN: Earth is a System
HOMEWORK:
Vocabulary Cards - Word, Definition, Picture on INDEX CARDS
- Earth Systems --- the interconnecting web of physical and biological phenomena that includes the various Earth Spheres
- Lithosphere - Geosphere --- The Earth's solid surface, includes continental and oceanic crust as well as the different layers of the Earth's interior
- Biosphere --- All life on Earth including man, the life zone on our planet distinguishes our planet from the others in the solar system
- Hydrosphere --- All of the water on Earth
- Atmosphere --- A gaseous sphere that envelopes (surrounds) the Earth consisting of a mixture of gases, primarily nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor.
- Cryosphere --- part of the hydrosphere, the portion of the Earth's surface where water is in a solid form. Snow or ice, includes glaciers, snow, icebergs, and even frozen tundra.
- Anthrosphere --- Man and his direct ancestors, hominids, the human population, its buildings, dams, and other constructions.
- Cosmosphere --- Space and all that is in space
9/4 THURSDAY
Period 1: Complete Notes
Period 2: Complete Notes --> ESS Analysis Lesson 1
Period 3: Complete Notes --> ESS Analysis Lesson 1
Period 5: ESS Analysis Lesson
HW: NONE -- P5 ESS Analysis
9/5 FRIDAY
Period 1: ESS Analysis Lesson 1
Period 2: ESS Analysis Lesson 1
Period 3: ESS Analysis Lesson 1
Lesson 1:
Engage - What is an event?
Explore - Draw and label simple ESS diagram
Explain - Investigate real event (Nutria)
Explain - Model concept map
Evaluate - Complete concept map #1
Period 5: ESS Analysis of a Specific Event
Page updated
Report abuse