Mr. Juelfs'
Science Classwork
Mr. Juelfs' Science Work
Week of May 18-21
No new ALP weather assignments will be assigned this week. All past ALP weather assignments are due by Monday, May 18. For this week, we will participate in team activities following this schedule:
Monday, May 18: Students are invited for a game of Kahoot at 11 am. See my google classroom for the Zoom meeting link and the password.
Tuesday, May 19: Students are invited to the Team Scavenger Hunt at 11 am. See my google classroom for the Zoom meeting link and the password.
Wednesday, May 20: Students will be given an opportunity to say goodbye to other students and their teachers by following the class schedule below. In order to participate you will need to join each teacher’s zoom meeting at the appropriate time by using his/her meeting links as shown in our google classrooms or on Canvas. In my google classroom, there is a new section at the top of the page called Wednesday, May 20 - Goodbyes and Zoom Links. In this section, there is a list of teachers and their zoom meeting links.
11:00 - 11:10 1st Block A Day Class (1st Hour)
11:10 - 11:20 1st Block B Day Class (2nd Hour)
11:20 - 11:30 3rd Block A Day Class (5th Hour)
11:30 - 11:40 3rd Block B Day Class (6th Hour)
11:40 - 11:50 4th Block A Day Class (7th Hour)
11:50 - 12:00 4th Block B Day Class (8th Hour)
Note: This week you may still contact me by email, but I will not be having my Tuesday or Wednesday Zoom meetings.
Week of May 11-15
Team Zoom Meeting: Monday, May 11 at 11:00 am. See the team meeting section in google classroom for the link and password.
Earth Science work for the Week
This last weather topic that we will study this year is severe weather. For this lesson, students will:
1. Complete the ALP Forecasting Tornadoes formative assessment.
2. Conduct research and complete the ALP Family Severe Weather Plan formative assessment.
3. On Monday, I will share answer keys for the ALP work of May 4-8 to those students who have completed their assignments. If your child has not turned in his/her work, please have him/her email me when they are finished.
ALP Summative Grade
Parents and Students,
I have appreciated your student’s effort in completing the ALP assignments during our time away from school. Because of this, I want to give students a chance to improve their science grade from the second progress report grade. As a result, I will be adding an ALP summative grade to infinite Campus that will be based on the ALP weather formative assessments that students have completed.
At the conclusion of our unit on May 18, 2020, I will evaluate the 10 ALP formative assignments that students have completed and convert them to a summative grade. If a student has completed all assignments on time and scored the highest on each of them, the student will be awarded the maximum value of 10 additional points added to their semester grade. If a child has not earned all of the possible points, the student will still able to earn some points based on their level of work. This ALP Summative Assessment can only improve a student’s grade and not harm their 2nd Progress Report grade. Grades will not be lower than the 2nd Progress Report.
Determination of ALP Summative Score:
Example: Student A's score on 10 ALP formative assessments = 28/40 points = 0.7
ALP Summative Assessment Score = 0.7 X 10 (maximum number of summative points) = 7 points.
Calculation of Semester grade
As of the 2nd Progress Report, student A’s grade was 102/120 points B (85%).
Adding the ALP Summative Assessment Score to the Progress 2 grade, Student A’s semester score will be 102 + 7 = 109/120 = 90.8% A-
Week of May 4-8
Team Zoom Meeting: Monday, May 4 at 11:00 am. See the team meeting section above for the link and password.
Your students have been doing a great job with the work on weather. If at any time your child has a question please email me or have your child join a Zoom meeting on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Earth Science work for the week of May 4-8
1. Students will complete the ALP Weather Data Review formative assessment. For this they will need to take weather data for two days in a row and copy a weather map for each day. They may choose whichever days work best for them. After this assignment, they will not need to collect any more weather data.
2. Students will expand their understanding of winds by studying local winds, global winds and the jet stream by completing the ALP Wind Systems formative assessment.
3. Students that have completed the work from last week will receive answer keys on Monday. These will be located under the Answer Key tab in google classroom. If your child has not completed the work, have them email me when they are finished and then I will share the answer keys with them.
Week of April 27 - May 1
Team Zoom Meeting: Monday, April 27 at 11:00 am. See the team meeting section in my google classroom for the link and password.
Weather Topics
We have been working on weather for several weeks. Ask your child to describe these weather terms to you.
- air temperature
- dew point
- relative humidity
- air mass (continental polar, continental tropical, maritime polar, maritime tropical)
- fronts (cold front, warm front, occluded front and stationary front)
This week, they will learn about air pressure (high pressure and low pressure) and winds.
Earth Science Work for the week
1. Students should still continue to collect weather data (See April 6th entry).
2. Students that have completed the work from last week will receive answer keys on Monday. These will be located under the Answer Key tab in google classroom. If your child has not completed the work, have them email me and then I will share the answer keys with them.
3. Students should read over my notes on Fronts. Then they will complete the ALP Review of Air Masses and Fronts worksheet. Students may use last week's resources and my notes on Fronts to help them answer the questions on this formative assessment.
4. Students should complete the ALP Air Pressure worksheet formative assessment. Students will use the websites provided and my Air Pressure notes.
As always, if your child has any questions, please email me or join me during my Zoom meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday. The information for the Zoom meetings are posted at the top of the classroom page.
Week of April 20-24
Please join us for the 7 Maroon Team meeting on Monday, April 20 at 11:00 am. The meeting link and password are posted in my google classroom near the top of the classroom page.
Earth Science work for the week
1. On Monday, I will be sending out an answer key to students who have completed last week’s assignment called “ALP Water Cycle Part 2 Condensation worksheet”. I have used the same rubric from last week to score this formative assessment. If you see that your child has an incomplete (I) marked in Infinite Campus, then your child has not completed this assignment as of Sunday when I posted the scores. Please remind your child to complete the work and email me. Then I will score it and share the answer key.
2. Students should continue to collect weather data so that they may continue to look for patterns. To collect the data, go to the April 6-10 google classroom entry and continue to use the Weather Data file. In the current conditions column, take a look outside and write what you observe. Example: Is it cloudy or clear? Is it rainy?
3. Air masses and Fronts are the topics for the week. To learn about Air Masses, students will complete the ALP Handout 1-24 Characteristics of Air Masses. To complete the chart on the first page, students should read the information on the second page. I did air mass #1 as an example.
4. To learn about Fronts, students should complete ALP What Happens When Cold and Warm Fronts Meet.
Week of April 13-17
Please join us for the 7 Maroon Team meeting on Monday, April 13 at 11:00 am. The meeting link is posted in my google classroom near the top of the classroom page.
Earth Science work for the week
1. Students should continue to collect daily weather data. Go to the April 6-10 google classroom entry and continue to use the Weather Data file. In the current conditions column, take a look outside and write what you observe. Example: Is it cloudy or clear? Is it rainy?
2. Students should complete the ALP Water Cycle Part 2 Condensation worksheet. This will be scored as a formative assessment and posted in Infinite Campus. To complete this, students will use the websites, video and my Water Cycle Notes Part 2.
Infinite Campus Note about last week's work: The ALP Water Cycle Vocabulary and Notes part 1 has been scored as a formative assessment using the rubric* shown below and posted on Infinite Campus. On Monday, I will be sending out an answer key for this assignment so your child may check his/her answers. If your child did not complete the worksheet or did only a part of it, you will see that he/she earned either an Incomplete, 1 or 2. After your child has completed this assignment and emailed me to let me know, I will then send an answer key to your child.
*Rubric
4 - All of the information is correct and the work is done well.
3- Most of the information is correct, but there are a few errors.
2 - Some of the information is correct, but improvement is needed.
1 - A little of the information is correct and much improvement is needed.
Incomplete (I) - Your child did not attempt the work.
Week of April 6 -10
Students, please join us for the 7 Maroon Team meeting on Monday, April 6 at 9:15 am. The meeting link is posted in my google classroom near the top of the classroom page.
Earth Science Assignments(Note: All work is posted in the Google Classroom)
1. Each day, students should collect weather data after 12:15 pm. The “Retrieving Data” worksheet describes how to do this. The “Weather Data” file is the document where the student will type in the daily weather conditions.
2. Students should complete the “Water Cycle Vocabulary and Notes Part 1" worksheet. To help the students in completing this, I have posted a copy of my “Water Cycle Notes Part 1”.
Assignments for Week of March 30 and 31 (See Google classroom)
1. To follow up last week’s assignment, each student should follow the directions on the “Class Notes on the Current Weather Conditions Worksheet”. All students have the ability to edit the page. Make sure your responses are school appropriate and that you do not delete another person’s comments.
2. We will continue to look at the factors that cause weather. Students will complete the “Weather Characteristics” worksheet. Instead of using a forecast from a local channel, you will be going to the National Weather Service website.
3. Before we went to break we discussed radiation, conduction and convection. Students should complete the “Review of Radiation, Conduction and Convection”.
Additional notes:
- At the top of each google classroom page, I have listed my office hours and the zoom meeting links. I am attaching the same information here:
Office Hours
Monday 1-2 pm: I will be responding to questions by email only.
Tuesday 9-10 am: I will be responding to questions by email and Zoom.
Wednesday 1-2 pm: I will be responding to questions by email and Zoom.
Thursday 9-10 am: I will be responding to questions by email only.
Friday 1-2 pm: I will be responding to questions by email only.
Zoom meetings
For the links to the meetings, please see my google classroom near the top of the page listed with my office hours.
To help students and parents keep track of the material that we have covered so far, I have a “Weather Topics and Google Classroom Dates" section below my “Office Hours” and above the “Weather Assignments/Actual Work to Complete”. I have copied the items that are listed at this point:
Atmosphere layers
March 9/10 Atmosphere Layers https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/layers
March 11/12 Review of Atmosphere Layers
Radiation, Conduction and Convection
March 11/12 Radiation, Conduction and Convection Notes. (Mr. Juelfs posted his notes on March 30) in google classroom.
Week of March 30 Review of Radiation, Conduction and Convection Assignment
Weather Conditions
March 26/27 Current Weather Conditions worksheet
Week of March 30 Review of Current Weather Conditions worksheet
Week of March 30 Weather Characteristics worksheet
Work for the week of March 26
1. Students please join us Thursday, March 26 at 11 am for our live team conference.
Here is the link: Zoom team meeting
2. Have you been enjoying the weather? Why does it change so much? Let's take a look at the factors that affect weather. Go to your Earth Science Google Classroom and complete the “Current Weather Conditions” worksheet. (All of your work will be posted in google classroom)
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by email. My office hours are:
Monday, Wednesday* and Friday: 1 - 2 pm
Tuesday* and Thursday: 9 -10 am.
*Starting the week of March 30, I will be holding optional Zoom meetings on Tuesdays at 9-10 am and Wednesdays at 1-2 pm in which students may ask me questions about their work. Links to these meetings will be posted in Google Classroom and on the next Team Newsletter.
Week of March 9
Monday/Tuesday
1. We will begin our Weather unit. We will discuss the characteristics of weather and what factors are used in predicting the weather.
2. We will begin to discuss the layers of our atmosphere.
Wednesday/Thursday
1. We will continue discussing the layers of the atmosphere.
2. We will discuss radiation, conduction and convection.
Have a great Spring Break!
Week of March 2
Monday
1. We will watch a short video clip about the rock cycle.
2. Students will take notes over the rock cycle.
3. Students will complete a Rock Cycle Simulation lab.
Tuesday/Wednesday
1. Students will complete their study guide for the Rock test.
2. For the remainder of the block, we will go over their study guides and review.
Note: The Rock Test is Thursday, March 5 and Friday, March 6
Thursday/Friday
1. Students will take the Rock test.
2. We will wrap up Geology. Next week, we will begin Meteorology.
Week of February 24
Parents, If you have any broken crayons at home that you do not want any more, please have your son/daughter bring them to me. We will use them later this week in our rock cycle lab activity. At the conclusion of the lab, the crayons will no longer be usable. If you are able to help with this, I appreciate it.
Monday/Tuesday
1. Students will complete a sedimentary rock vocabulary review activity.
2. Students will complete the sedimentary rock lab. This is a formative assessment.
3. At the end of class, we will begin a discussion of metamorphic rocks. To do this, students will read a metamorphic rock article.
Wednesday/Thursday
1. Students will complete a metamorphic rock lab activity.
2. Students will develop a model to show how metamorphic rocks are made.
3. Students will watch a short video clip to review the three types of rocks.
4. Students will observe a diagram about the rock cycle and we will introduce this topic.
Friday/Monday
1. We will watch a short video clip about the rock cycle.
2. Students will take notes over the rock cycle.
3. Students will complete a Rock Cycle Simulation.
Note: The Rock Test is Thursday, March 5 and Friday, March 6
Week of February 17
Monday - No School
Tuesday, Feb. 18/Wednesday, Feb. 19
1. We will discuss how a sedimentary rock is made.
2. Students will set up a lab about chemical weathering and they will make their initial observations.
3. Students will complete a grain size worksheet.
4. Students will complete a sedimentary rock lab.
Thursday, Feb. 20/Friday, Feb. 21
1. We will do a self reflection as we prepare for student led conferences.
2. Students will complete the second part of the weathering lab and draw conclusions.
3. We will watch a short video relating the chemical weathering lab to caves.
4. We will review observations made during the sedimentary rock lab.
Week of February 10
Monday, February 10
1. Students will read an article written by the Department of Natural Resources about the igneous rocks in Missouri and take notes over this. We will go over this together to review.
2. They will define the igneous vocabulary terms on their Sciencesaurus vocabulary sheet.
Tuesday, February 11 and Wednesday, February 12
1. Students will complete a warm up to review the material they learned about igneous rocks.
2. Students will complete the Igneous Rock lab.
Thursday, February 13 and Friday, February 14
1. Students will complete an introductory activity on sedimentary rocks.
2. We will take notes over this group of rocks.
3. Students will complete their vocabulary words for this section.
Week of February 3
Monday, February 3 and Tuesday, February 4
1. Students will complete the Mineral Quiz study guide and we will review this information.
2. Students will use a dichotomous key to identify 8 minerals using the mineral properties that we have discussed in class.
Wednesday, February 5 and Thursday, February 6
1. Students will take the Mineral Quiz.
2. We will discuss mining and look at some other examples of minerals.
Friday, February 7 and Monday, February 10
We will begin discussing rocks and the rock cycle.
Week of January 27
Monday, January 27
1. We will discuss how to retake the Plate Tectonics test. To do a retake students will
need to complete the retake study guide that will be posted in classroom. After
completing it, they should see Mr. Juelfs in homeroom to review and to set a date
during this week to take the test.
2. We will wrap up our unit by watching a movie about the historic New Madrid earthquakes
of 1811/1812 and then we will discuss earthquake preparedness.
Tuesday, January 28 and Wednesday, January 29
1. We will begin our next unit on Minerals. For this, students will use a website to
record minerals that are used in our everyday lives. As they explore the website,
they will examine the elements that make up minerals.
2. Students will complete an activity called, “Is It A Mineral?” in which students will try to
identify which objects would be classified as a mineral.
Thursday, January 30 and Friday, January 31
1. We will discuss mineral properties and how to apply them in order to identify a
mineral.
2. We will go over lab safety and then we will practice identifying an unknown mineral.
Week of January 20
Monday - No School
Tuesday (B day)
1. Students will work on study guide and we will review the material.
2. We will watch a movie called Faces of the Earth Movie, “Shaping the Planet”.
Homework: Students should study for Thursday’s Plate Tectonics test.
Wednesday (A day)
1. Students will watch a movie called, “The Deepest Part of the Ocean”.
2. We will go over the study guide.
3. Students will work on the Earthquake and Volcano worksheet.
Homework: Students should study for Friday’s Plate Tectonics test.
Thursday (B day)
1. Students will take the Plate Tectonics test.
2. After the test, students will complete the Earthquake and Volcano worksheet.
3. If time remains, students will watch the movie “The Deepest Part of the Ocean”.
Friday (A day)
1. Students will take the Plate Tectonics test.
2. We will watch a movie about the historic New Madrid earthquakes.
Week of January 13
Monday
1. Students will be introduced to the terms: Convergent, Divergent and Transform boundaries and we will record a brief definition of each term on our vocabulary sheet from January 6 & 7.
2. Students will read about Plate boundaries as they complete the Plate Boundaries Worksheet.
3. We will review this information by Mr. Juelfs presenting a series of notes and then doing review activities.
Tuesday/Wednesday
Students will complete a review activity about Plate Tectonics.
Thursday/Friday (Early Release Day)
1. Students will work on their study guide. This will be checked as a formative assessment that will be due on the next block.
2. We will watch a movie called "Shaping the Planet”.
Note: The Plate Tectonics test will be Thursday, January 23 and Friday, January 24.
Week of January 6
Monday, January 6 and Tuesday, January 7
1. Students will complete a vocabulary sheet to review the material that we covered before the break. To help them with this, I have posted several notes and answer keys about the topics.
2. Students will make a paper model showing sea floor spreading and answer questions about this process.
3. We will compare our model to our discussion before the break regarding the age of the sea floor.
Wednesday, January 8 and Thursday, January 9
1. We will review Sea floor spreading and convection.
2. As a class we will examine a website to illustrate plate movement and compare oceanic-oceanic, continental-oceanic and continental-continental lithosphere interactions.
3. We will use the short video clip posted in the classroom to take notes on oceanic vs. continental lithosphere.
4. Students will read in a book about the boundary types and they will add these terms to their vocabulary sheet.
Friday, January 10 and Monday, January 11
Students will research and take notes over the plate boundaries.
Weeks of December 9 and December 16
Monday, December 9 and Tuesday, December 10
1. We will discuss test results and test retakes.
2. We will continue working on our next unit that covers Plate Tectonics. Last week we started
discussing Earth layers. Today we will review this information.
3. Students will use a 3 D map to make observations about the physical features they
see on the map. We will review their findings.
Wednesday, December 11 and Thursday, December 12
1. We will introduce the word convection and discuss how this might impact our Earth.
2. Students will complete a lab over convection.
3. If we have time at the end of class, we will begin discussing Continental Drift.
Friday, December 13 and Monday, December 16
1. We will complete our discussion of continental drift.
2. We will review for the Earth layers and Continental Drift quiz for next block.
Tuesday, December 17 and Wednesday, December 18
1. Students will take the quiz.
2. Students will use a map showing the ages of the sea floor and they will compare
their observations from this map to the physical features we discussed the previous
week.
3. We will begin discussing sea floor spreading.
Thursday. December 19 and Friday, December 20
We will continue discussing sea floor spreading.
Enjoy your break!
Week of December 2
Monday
1. Students will complete the Review of Relative Dating, Absolute Dating and Geologic Time worksheet.
2. We will watch a movie about dinosaurs.
Tuesday/Wednesday
Students will be given a study guide for the test. We will take the entire block to review.
Homework: Study for the Geologic Time test.
Thursday/Friday
1. Take the Geologic Time test.
2. Begin Plate Tectonics.
Week of November 25
Monday
1. We will review Absolute Age dating.
2. Students will take more notes over Relative Age Dating.
3. Students will complete the Introduction of Relative Dating worksheet.
4. Students will analyze diagrams to determine the order of the layers and the geologic events.
Tuesday
1. Students will complete the Review of Relative Dating, Absolute Dating and Geologic Time worksheet.
2. We will watch a movie about dinosaurs.
Thanksgiving Break: November 27-Dec. 1
Week of November 18
Monday/Tuesday
1. Students will take notes over absolute dating.
2. They will complete Absolute dating calculations.
Wednesday/Thursday
1. Students will begin taking notes over the principles of relative dating that allow geologists to determine the order of events and fossils in rock layers.
2. Students will complete a worksheet called, “Who’s On First”.
Thursday/Friday
1. We will finish up our relative dating notes.
2. Students will determine the order of rock layers in several diagrams based on the Relative Dating principles.
Week of Nov. 11
Monday and Tuesday
1. Students will work on a fossil lab.
2. Students will work on the Geologic Time Quiz study guide. This is the study guide to help
them prepare for the Geologic Time Quiz.
Homework: Study for the Geologic Time quiz
Wednesday and Thursday
1. Students will take the Geologic Time Quiz.
2. Students will complete the K-T boundary activity about the extinction of dinosaurs..
Friday/Monday.
1. Students will take notes over the principles of relative dating that allow geologists to determine the order of events and fossils in rock layers.
2. Students will examine diagrams and apply the principles that they learned about relative dating.
Week of November 4
Monday
1. Students will complete the Meter Stick Geologic Time Analogy.
2. Student will watch a short video on Geologic time.
3. They will take notes over the Eras.
Tuesday/Wednesday
1. We will finish up the Geologic Time notes.
2. We will watch a movie that shows what life would have been like during the Paleozoic Era.
3. We will begin a fossil correlation activity.
Thursday/Friday
1. We will finish the fossil activity.
2. We will do a lab on fossils.
For week of October 28
Monday
1. Students will do an activity in which they will look at several locations in the U.S. and they will try to put them in order based on when they were formed. Students will then reflect on the activity and answer questions about our changing Earth.
2. Students will begin working on a timeline of their life.
Tuesday/Wednesday
1. Students will finish the timeline of their life activity.
2. We will compare their timeline to a geologic timeline.
3. We will then begin to try to understand the organization and information contained on a geological timeline.
Thursday and Monday (No school on Friday)
1. Students will learn about the Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic Eras.
2. Students will complete the Meter Stick Geologic Time activity and review.
3. We will watch a video called “Brief History of Geologic Time”.
Week of October 21
Monday/Tuesday
1. Students will be allowed to ask questions about the test material at the start of class.
2. Students will then take their Space test.
3. We will discuss test retake criteria.
4. Students will complete their work in preparing for Student led conferences.
5. We will watch a video called Meteor Strike.
Wednesday/Thursday
We are going to discuss stars and the Milky Way galaxy to conclude our Space Unit.
Friday/Monday
We will do a couple of introductory activities as we begin our next unit on Geologic Time.
Week of October 14
Note: The test originally scheduled for Tuesday, October 15 and Wednesday, October 16 has been changed to Monday, October 21 and Tuesday, October 22.
Monday
1. Students will practice the vocabulary terms.
2. Students will make their object to scale for our hallway activity.
3. We will review the Planet information and then students will work on their Class Notes from Thursday.
Tuesday/Wednesday
1. We will set up our solar system in the hallway and students will record their observations.
2. Students will complete their class notes over student projects and we will review comets, asteroids, meteoroids, meteors and meteorites.
3. Students will do a reflection on their progress so far this year as we start preparing for student led conferences.
Thursday/Friday - Review Day
1. We will watch a video to review the objects in the solar system.
2. Students will work on a study guide to review for the test and we will go over the answers at the end of class.
Homework: Study for the Space test. This will be on Monday, October 21 and Tuesday, October 22.
Week of October 7
Monday and Tuesday
1. Students will complete their google slide presentations and share it with Mr. Juelfs.
2. We will begin discussing the scale of the solar system. Then students will calculate the scale distances in AU and the scale diameters in km for their object based on the scale we are using for our hallway activity.. Students will record their data on the Scale Model Chart and determine how to make their object to scale.
Wednesday and Thursday
1. Students will answer questions regarding the information shared by their classmates about the objects in the solar system.
2. Students will also make their object for our hallway activity.
3. Students will be given a study guide to help prepare for their Space Test.
Friday and Monday
1. We will set up our activity in the hallway and students will answer questions about their observations.
2. We will review for the Space test. Students will take this on Tuesday, October 15 and Wednesday, October 16.
Week of September 30
Monday
Students will complete handout 3-4 on gravity and inertia as well as a study guide for their quiz. We will spend the rest of the block reviewing for the Gravity and Inertia quiz.
Tuesday and Wednesday
Students will take the Gravity and Inertia quiz. After the quiz, we will begin our last section in our Space Unit which covers the Scale and Distance of objects in our Solar System. For this, students will be working on a multi step process in which we will be making a scale model of the solar system in the hallway. The first step will be to pick a topic and then begin researching their topic based on the directions covered on the Period X Planet Research Hallway Astronomy Activity” that will be posted in the Google classroom.
Thursday and Friday
Students will continue to research. Then each student will make a google slide presentation. that will be shared with Mr. Juelfs. The google slides will be placed in a diagram of the solar system to be utilized by members of each class.
Week of September 23
Monday and Tuesday
Students will continue to work on Handout 3-2 Gravity. For this, we will collect data, graph and make conclusions. We will also watch a short video about Newton.
Wednesday and Thursday
Students will conduct research on Newton’s laws to learn about how these principles help explain why an object in space may orbit another object. In addition, students will work on Handout 3-4 Gravity Force Simulator.
Friday and Monday
We will review this section. Students will be given a study guide to prepare for a quiz over this section that they will take the quiz on Tuesday, October 1 and Wednesday, October 2.
Week of September 16
We will continue to work with moon phases and eclipses. On Monday, students will complete the Moon Phase worksheet and do the Moon Phase lab. On Tuesday and Wednesday, students will work on eclipses and then they will receive a study guide to prepare for their Moon quiz that will be given on Thursday and Friday. After the quiz, we will begin our third section of our Space unit that will focus on gravity and inertia and the role they play in keeping objects in orbit.
If you would like to see the specific details for the week, please ask your child to show you our google classroom. In addition, please continue to check your child’s progress on Infinite Campus.
Week of September 9
Monday/Tuesday
1. Students will take the Rotation, Revolution and Seasons Quiz.
2. Students will watch an introductory movie on the Moon.
3. Students will begin to conduct research that answers the question, “What causes the appearance and position of the moon in the Earth’s sky to change in a predictable pattern?”
Wednesday/Thursday
1. Student will complete their moon research.
2. Students will complete a lab to model moon phases and then we will review their findings.
Friday/Monday
1. We will explore the question, “What causes lunar and solar eclipses?” Earth Science students will complete Handout 2-15 Eclipses and Challenge Earth Science will complete handout 2-16 Eclipse Webquest.
2. Students will then complete a study guide for the Moon quiz that will take place during the next block.
Week of September 2
How does the relationship between the tilt of Earth’s axis and its yearly orbit around the sun produce the seasons? This is the question that we will be trying to answer this week as we conduct lab activities.
Monday - No School
Tuesday/Wednesday
1. We will review our findings from the Sunrise and Sunset yearly Patterns Around the World by completing handout 1-4 evaluation. This is a formative assessment.
2. Students will then complete Handout 1-6 Reasons for the Seasons.
3. Students will then take time to think about what they have learned up to this point by completing a reflection page.
Homework: Complete the study guide for quiz.
Thursday/Friday
1. Students will work on Handout 1-7 to review seasons.
2. We will go over the study guide to help prepare for the Rotation, Revolution and Seasons quiz. (Students will take their quiz on Monday, September 9 or Tuesday, September 10).
3. For the last half of the block, Ms. Garavaglia, 7th grade counselor will be sharing a guidance lesson with the students.
Week of August 26
Monday/Tuesday
1. Students will turn in their "What is Earth Science worksheet?" and we will review this information.
2. Students will learn how to use Google Sheets for making graphs.
3. Students will work on the graphs for the assignment called "Sunrise and Sunset Yearly Patterns Around the World" and answer the questions.
Wednesday/Thursday
1. Students will finish the "Sunrise and Sunset Yearly Patterns Around the World". We will review this information.
2. Students will complete Handout 1-4 Evaluation
Friday
1. Students will conduct a Handout 1:6 "Reasons for the Seasons" to help answer the question, “How does the relationship between the tilt of Earth’s axis and its yearly orbit around the sun produce the seasons.
2. Students will conduct research to further explain seasons.
Week of August 19
We had a great start to the school year. During the first week of school, we completed an introductory activity to get to know one another. Then students practiced lab safety.
During this week, students will review lab safety. Then we will begin our Space unit in which students will make a model to determine how the position and movement of the Earth affects day and night. After the lab activity, students will write up their findings by completing a Claims, Evidence and Reasoning assignment.
For the remainder of the week, students will graph yearly daylight hours for cities at different locations to determine the pattern for sunrise and sunset across the globe. Students will then analyze their graphs and draw conclusions based on the patterns that they have observed.
If you would like to see the actual plans for each day, please have your child show you our google classroom.