Earth Science - Daily Log
Week 14 (4.29-5.3)
Monday, April 29
Review, turn in Mod. Cklst and Test
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
Tuesday, April 30
Begin Oceanography…
Warm Up: Water Cycle Review
Notebook Items:
Ocean Study Guide & SOL
Resources:
Presentation - History of Oceanography
Week 13 (4.22-26)
Monday, April 22
Review fossils/history and examine how we know the ages of rocks
Warm Up: Geologic Times Are Changing (teacher)
Notebook Items:
Resources:
Notes - Absolute Ages of Rocks
Tuesday, April 23
Review absolute dating, learn about relative dating
Warm Up: On Time, Every Time
Notebook Items:
Relative Dating Practice / More Relative Dating Practice
Resources:
Relative Dating Introduction (intro)
Relative Dating (the full story)
Wednesday, April 24
Review geologic history and go over Relative Dating Practice / More Relative Dating Practice
Notebook Items:
Geologic History of Virginia (copy last slide)
WS - Relative and Absolute Dating (paper only)
Resources:
Presentation: Geologic History of Virginia
Thursday, April 25
Review basics of unit
Warm Up: Review Some History
Notebook Items:
Friday, April 26
Test delayed to Monday, finish review materials, get caught up, organize and complete Module Checklist items and…
Today’s assignment is an opportunity to earn 20 points of Daily Assignment EXTRA CREDIT.
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
DDAExCr: VFT - The Dingle Peninsula in Classroom blk1/blk3 due M 4.29
Week 12 (4.15-19)
Monday, April 15
Review and Module Checklist
Warm Up: The Force of Air
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
WS - Review
Module Checklist W/E/D
DDA: Field Trip Form - please fill out if you went on the trip! due T 4.16
Tuesday, April 16
(Test delayed) Start Geologic History
Warm Up: Fossil Formation
Notebook Items:
Notes Packet - Geologic History
Copy Fossil Chart
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper):
DDA: A Visit With Brinkman’s Fossils in Classroom blk1/blk3 due R 4.18
Wednesday, April 17
Review and test
Daily Assignments:
Module Checklist W/E/D
Test in Canvas- W/E/D/ Hydro blk1/blk3
Thursday, April 18
Review fossils and explore geologic time
Warm Up: Fossil Identification (student) (teacher)
Notebook Items:
Era/Period Chart (blank) (master) (tree o life)
Resources:
Friday, April 19
Review fossils, geologic time scale
Warm Up: Holidays
Notebook Items:
Geologic Time Chart and Time Scale Images
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
PDA: Geologic Time Chart Responses due M 4.22
Resources:
Fossils, Impressions presentation
Week 11 (4.8-12)
Monday, April 8 (dentist appt)
Continue with rivers
Warm Up: James River Profile (complete with your warmups)
Notebook Items:
WS - Rivers (paper only) - put into notebook
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
DDA: Purifying the Goddess in Classroom due W 4.10
Additionally, make sure you finish WS - Weathering, Soil & Groundwater from Wednesday and the Virginia Watersheds from Thursday before break.
Tuesday, April 9
Go over/review weathering, soil, groundwater, caves, rivers
Notebook Items:
Answers for first four sections SG/SOL W/E/D
Wednesday, April 10
Gravity and start wind/glaciers
Notebook Items:
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
PDA: Wind and Glacier Vocabulary - find the definitions for the following terms and turn in on your own paper due R 4.11
Resources:
Thursday, April 11
Finish up with wind & glaciers
Warm Up: Agents of Erosion and Ice Age
Notebook Items:
WS - Wind, Glaciers
Weathering and Erosion Review (master)
Resources:
Glacier matching cards
Friday, April 12 (Fall Zone Field Trip)
Students in class must complete the Fall Zone Field Trip in Google Classroom. They also have the Wind/Glaciers worksheet from Thursday to complete and keep in their notebook
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
DDA: Field Trip/VFT - Fall Zone in Classroom blk1/blk3 due M 4.15
Week 10 (3.25-28)
Monday, March 25
Review weathering/hydrosphere. Examine groundwater and its features.
Warm Up: Quick Check - Soil Profile
Notebook Items:
Graded Assignment:
DDA: Graphing Hydrospheric Data in Classroom blk1/blk3 due W 3.27
DDA: Survey Sp24 (Q3 to Q4) in Classroom blk1/blk3 due R 3.28
Resources:
Groundwater, Caves & Karst (notes)
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/caves/karst-landscapes.htm
Tuesday, March 26
Power outage...
Wednesday, March 27
Review groundwater, examine caves/karst, start rivers
Warm Up: Groundwater
Notebook Items:
WS - Weathering, Soil & Groundwater (paper only)
Resources:
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/caves/karst-landscapes.htm
Thursday, March 28
Running Water
Warm Up: Karst, Caves and Luray Caverns
Notebook Items:
Diagram - Stream Development and watersheds
Resources:
Streams and River Systems - Notes
Quick Check - Stages of Stream Development - for self-review, answers provided on final slide
Week 9 (3.18-22)
Monday, March 18 (activity)
Review, prepare Module Checklists and study for test
Warm Up: Virginia is For Lovers of Rocks
Notebook Items:
Module Checklist PTect
Resources:
Tuesday, March 19
Review and Test
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
PDA: Module Checklist Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics test in Canvas blk1/blk3
Wednesday, March 20
Introduction to hydrology and the weathering, erosion and deposition unit
Warm Up: Climate & Weathering
Notebook Items:
Notes Packet - Geo: Hydro & W/E/D
W/E/D Diagram (slide 2)
REVIEW for MIDTERM
Thursday, March 21
Midterm blk ⅓
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
Midterm test in Canvas blk1/blk3
Friday, March 22
Soil (Mississippi flow)
Warm Up: Break It Down
Notebook Items:
Diagrams - Weathering and Soil (paper only)
Diagram - Soil Profile
Resources:
Soil Formation (notes) (presentation with video)
Week 8 (3.11-15)
Monday, March 11
Finish Tectonic handout, go over WS and build on tectonic concepts
Notebook Items:
Chart - Boundaries, Faults and Hot Spot
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
DDA: VFT - Blue Rocks in Classroom blk1/blk3 due W 3.13 ~ requires audio
Resources:
Go over Tectonic Boundaries WS
Faults - Identifying Features Presentation
Tuesday, March 12
Faults and earthquakes
Notebook Items:
pair/group- Fault ID
Resources:
(FID explanations)
Earthquake Presentation and not awesome video Seismic Slinky
EQ China - Case Study
Wednesday, March 13
Review earthquakes and examine volcanoes
Warm Up: Seismograms
Notebook Items:
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
DDA: Volcanoes in History Research Assignment in Classroom blk1/blk3 due F 3.15
Resources:
Notes - Volcanoes - Presentation
Thursday, March 14
Review volcanoes and begin to look at the impact of Plate Tectonics on Virginia
Warm Up: Volcano Go Boom
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
DDA: Virtual Field Trip - Across the Blue Ridge (2 parts) in Classroom blk1/blk3 due M 3.18
Resources:
Quick Check? Intrusive Features - answer key follows questions for self-check
Friday, March 15
Plate tectonics and Virginia - work on VFT Blue Ridge
Notebook Items:
Geologic History of Virginia (slide 17)
Resources:
Presentation - See Like a Geologist
Presentation - Geologic History of Virginia
Presentation - Physiographic Provinces
REVIEW FOR MIDTERM
Week 7 (3.4-8)
Monday, March 4
Quick review and test
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
Module Checklist Min Rock
Minerals & Rocks Test in Canvas blk1/blk3
Tuesday, March 5
Review the earth’s and plate structure, examine the concept of continental drift and begin exploring the features of tectonic boundaries
Warm Up: Knowledge of Earth
Notebook Items:
Study Guide Plate Tectonics
Notes Packet - Geology: PT & VA
Earth’s Layers and Plate Structure(handout)
Resources:
Wednesday, March 6
Review Structure and Pangaea
Warm Up:Structure Review
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
PDA: Pangaea due F 3.8 to the substitute
Resources:
Continental Drift Presentation
Thursday, March 7 (activity)
Review structure and drift, work into Tectonic Theory
Warm Up: Stop Continental Drift
Notebook Items:
Tectonic Handout(Blank)
Resources:
Friday, March 8 (substitute)
Review plate boundaries, preparatory lessons for next week.
Warm Up: Plate Boundary Diagrams compete to the best of your ability
Notebook Items:
Finish the handout from yesterday - use Modern Plate Theory presentation, slides 23 & 25
Complete the Tectonic Boundaries WS (you may need to search these places with Google Maps to find them) - keep in your notebook
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
Reminder: PDA: Pangaea due today, F 3.8 to the substitute- include title “Pangaea” and your name!
PDA: Earthquake Vocabulary due M 3.11 can be turned in to the substitute today if completed
*Make sure you search for GEOLOGY definitions, as some words have multiple meanings
Week 6 (2.26-3.1)
Monday, February 26
Review Minerals
Warm Up: Mineral Review
Notebook Items:
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
PDA: Minerals.net due W 2.28
DDA: Mineral Review Questions in Classroom blk1/blk3 due W 2.28
Resources:
Tuesday, February 27
Review minerals and start examining the more advanced rock cycle
Notebook Items:
Advanced Rock Cycle & Rock Vocabulary
Daily Assignments reminders: (digital/paper)
PDA: Minerals.net due W 2.28
DDA: Mineral Review Questions in Classroom blk1/blk3 due W 2.28
Wednesday, February 28
Continue with the rock cycle
Warm Up: Advanced Rock Cycle Questions
Notebook Items:
Resources:
Thursday, February 29 (asynch.)
Work on materials and get caught up.
Warm Up: Ig Sed Met
This includes completing the Rock Vocabulary on the back of the Advanced Rock Cycle, Classifying Rocks on Study Guide
Complete these assignments, too, if you have not already:
PDA: Minerals.net due W 2.28
DDA: Mineral Review Questions in Classroom blk1/blk3 due W 2.28
Friday, March 1
Review Study Guide objectives, go over classifying rocks, vocabulary, Pet Rock Picture Day!
Warm Up: Alternate Rock Cycle Diagrams
Notebook Items:
Module Checklist Geo: Min/Rock
Resources:
Week 5 (2.20-23)
Tuesday, February 20
Review and prepare for Astronomy test
Warm Up: Astronomy Review
Notebook Items:
Module Checklist Astronomy
Wednesday, February 21
Review, turn in Mod. Cklst, Astronomy test
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
Module Checklist Astronomy
Astronomy Test in Canvas blk1/blk3
Thursday, February 22
An introduction to geology (especially minerals)
Warm Up: Six Items (Mineral Intro)
Notebook Items:
Notes Packet - Geology: Minerals & Rocks
(minerals)
SG objectives #1-13 on your own paper
Friday, February 23
Cartoon- How do you identify minerals? What are their unique properties?
Warm Up: I am Mineral!
Notebook Items:
Resources:
Quick Check: Mineral Properties
Week 4 (2.12-16)
Monday, February 12
Galaxies and into the solar system
Warm Up: Evidence for the Theory, Telescopes
Notebook Items:
Diagrams - Solar System
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper):
DDA: Meet Your Neighbors in Classroom blk1/blk3 due R 2.15 (22pt Quiz Grade)
Tuesday, February 13
Space Exploration, the earth and sun - work on projects
Warm Up: To Boldly Go Where No Man Has (Zero Gravity Video)
Notebook Items:
Resources:
Sun Presentation
Wednesday, February 14
Review the sun, learn the moon
Warm Up: Amarillo Sol, Gelb Sonne, Moon Phases +
Notebook Items:
Resources:
Video - Moon Phases and Eclipses
Revised presentation - The Moon (and Tides)
Thursday, February 15
Wrap up and start reviewing astronomy
Warm Up: Moon Basics
Resources:
The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas
The Sun is a Miasma of Incandescent Plasma
Friday, February 16 (Asynchronous)
General review
Warm Up: Solar System Review
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper):
DDA: HR Diagrams and Stellar Evolution and in Classroom blk1/blk3 due T 2.20
DDA: Stars and Solar System and in Classroom blk1/blk3 due T 2.20
Week 3 (2.5-9)
Monday, February 5
Review and prepare for test
Warm Up: Unit Review (teacher)
Notebook Items:
Review WS Parts: Sci 1 & Topo2
Module Checklist Sci. Invest.
Resources:
Tuesday, February 6
Review, Module Checklist and Test 1
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
Module Checklist Sci. Invest.
DDA: Test in Canvas blk1/blk3 due T 2.6
Resources:
Wednesday, February 7
Introduction to astronomy
Warm Up: SCHS Location & Motion
Notebook Items:
Diagram - EM Spectrum & Analysis (cutouts)
Resources:
Advanced Views of the Sun (w/vid links)
Demonstrate Sky Guide/Starry Night apps
Thursday, February 8
Great Moments in Studying Space
Warm Up: Astronomy Basics
Notebook Items:
Handout - Telescopes (Great Moments)
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
DDA: Magnitude Reading - blk1/blk3 in Classroom due F 2.9
Resources:
Presentation - Nuclear Fusion (Slideshow Audio)
Presentation - Great Moments in Studying Space
Friday, February 9
Finish Great Moments and HR/Life of a Star
Notebook Items:
Diagram - H-R and Life of a Star
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
PDA: WS - HR Diagram (paper only) due M 2.12
Resources:
H-R & Stellar Evolution Lecture Video
Week 2 (1.29-2.2)
Monday, January 29
Intro to maps and Scientific investigation
Notebook Items:
Diagrams - Lines on a Map(blank lines/tilt) (master lines/tilt)
Resources:
Presentation - Provinces and Landforms of VA (audio file to go with presentation)
Tuesday, January 30
Review lab and examine density
Warm Up: Pendulum Lab Review
Notebook Items:
Diagrams - Maps
Density Demo & Quick Check - Will it Float?
Resources:
Determining Density (Presentation)(Video)
Wednesday, January 31
Finish/review density and more maps
Warm Up: Information on a Map
Notebook Items:
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
PDA: WS - Maps Review & Virginia And World Maps due R 2.1
Resources:
Thursday, February 1
Mapping and Contour Mapping
Warm Up: Seasons Change
Notebook Items:
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
WS due tomorrow
Resources:
Contour Profiles, Maps of Surry High
Google Earth w/topo overlays
Friday, February 2
Continue with topographic maps
Warm Up: Topo Practice 1 , Two VA Topo Maps
Notebook Items:
Semester 2, Week 1 (1.22-26)
Monday, January 22
Welcome to Earth Science!
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
PDA: Signatures on Course Syllabus & Classroom Policies due F 1.26
DDA: Join (+) Google Classroom Sp24 due F 1.26
Blk 1 ( v22o764 )
Blk 3 (4bq7vmm )
DDA: Complete the Survey in Classroom blk 1/blk 3 due F 1.26
Resources
Daily Announcements / Daily Log / Website / Canvas/ Can. Modules / Can. Syllabus / Google Classroom
Earth Science Syllabus & Classroom Policies
Mt Everest Presentation (Mt Everest video) and two cartoons #1, #2 - and This one about depth
Tuesday, January 23
We begin to explore the methods of examining nature and the language used by scientists.
Warm Up: Data Tells a Story
Notebook Items:
Group Assignment - Daily Announcements
Diagram - Scientific Method (slide 1) & prefix/suffix list
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
PDA: Prefix-Suffix Worksheet due R 1.25
Wednesday, January 24
Work on group assignment, start intro lessons.
Warm Up: Prefix/Suffix Terms
Notebook Items:
Lesson- Rock cycle, Waves & Stars (blank) (completed)
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
Prefix/Suffix due R 1.25, Survey and Syllabus due F 1.26
Thursday, January 25 (Pretest 1/3)
Pretest, intro lessons continued
Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)
DDA: Pretest in Canvas blk1/blk3 due R 1.25
Friday, January 26 (Pretest 2/4)
Wrap up week one Intro lessons
Warm Up: Science Vocab Applications / Identifying Variables
Notebook Items:
(pg2) Physiographic Region & Water Cycle (copy page 2)
Resources:
Presentation - Provinces and Landforms of VA (audio file to go with presentation)