Earth Science

Google Classroom:

EartSciSyllabus

Test Corrections:

On the test or a separate sheet of paper do the following:

-give the correct answer

-write page number and side heading for paragraph where information on topic can be found in textbook

-turn in original test and corrections

Upcoming:

  • Test: Atmosphere and Weather(Chapter 5, 6.1, 6.2) Wednesday May 22nd
  • SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT DUE Friday 4/5
    • 1st Stage (Signature and Topic) due Thursday 3/7
    • 2nd Stage (Purpose, Hypothesis, Materials, Procedures) due Thursday 3/14
    • 3rd Stage (Research) due Thursday 3/21
    • 4th Stage (Experiment, Results, Conclusion) due Thursday 3/28

Homework:

  • 8/14: Sign Syllabus
  • 8/15: Vocabulary p4-16 (inference, science, hypothesis, experiment, data, scientific method, scientific law, scientific theory): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 8/16: Cornell Notes p4-7: 4 pages, 8 notes
  • 8/20: Review Questions p8 (4, 6, 7, 8, 9): write question, then answer
  • 8/21: Cornell Notes p9-11: 3 pages, 6 notes
  • 8/22: Review Questions p12 (2, 3, 4, 5, 8): write out question, then answer
  • 8/23: Cornell Notes p13-16: 4 pages, 8 notes
  • 8/27: Review Questions p17 (2-6): write out question, then answer
  • 8/28: Concepts p21 (1-5): write out question, then answer
  • 8/29: Concepts p21-22 (7, 9, 10, 11): write out question, then answer
  • 8/30: Vocabulary Skills p21 (1-8): write out question, fill in the blank
  • 9/4: Review Questions p8 (1, 2, Challenge): write out questions, then answer
  • 9/5: Vocabulary p24-27 (measurement, unit, meter, atom, matter, mass, weight): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 9/6: Vocabulary p28-34 (gram, liter, volume, accurate, precise): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 9/10: Review Questions p30 (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12): write question, then answer
  • 9/11: Vocabulary p36-39 (system, variable, independent variable, dependent variable, control variable, graph): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 9/12: No Homework
  • 9/13: Finish New Cornell Notes p24-26 from class
  • 9/17: Finish New Cornell Notes p27-29 from class
  • 9/18: Review Questions p35 (1-3): write out questions, then answer
  • 9/19: Finish New Cornell Notes p31-34 from class
  • 9/24: Concepts p49-50 (1-5): write question, then answer
  • 9/25: Concepts p50 (6-8): write question, then answer
  • 9/26: Review Questions p40 (2, 4, 5, 7, 8): write question, then answer
  • 9/27: Finish New Cornell Notes p36-39 from class
  • 10/1: Math and Writing Skills p51 (1-6): write out question, then answer
  • 10/2: Finish Study Guide: Unit 1
  • 10/3: Vocabulary p54-60 (energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, power plant, heat, temperature): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 10/4: Review Questions p59 (4, 5, 7, 8, 10): write question, then answer
  • 10/8: Vocabulary p62-70 (convection, conduction, radiation, density, buoyant force, fluid): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 10/9: Finish Cornell Notes p60-64: skip p61
  • 10/10: Review Questions p65 (3, 4, 5, 6, 8): write question, then answer
  • 10/11: Concepts p75-76 (6-9): write question, then answer
  • 10/15: Vocabulary Skills p75 (1-12): write sentence, fill in the blank
  • 10/16: Finish Cornell Notes p66-70 from class
  • 10/17: Review Questions p71 (1, ,3, 4, 6, 7): write question, then answer
  • 10/18: Concepts p76 (11, 12, 14, 15, 16): write question, then answer
  • 10/22: Vocabulary p231-232 (crust, mantle, lithosphere, asthenosphere, core): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 10/23: Review Questions p233 (1-7): write question, then answer
  • 10/24: Review Questions p233 (8-13): write question, then answer
  • 10/25: Finish Cornell Notes p234 - 236
  • 10/29: Review Questions p237 (3, 4, 6, 7, 8): write question, then answer
  • 10/30: Finish Study Guide
  • 10/31: Vocabulary p246-250 (continental drift, Pangaea, plate tectonics, mid-ocean ridge, sea-floor spreading): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 11/1: Review Questions p248 (1-4, 6): write question, then answer
  • 11/5: Vocabulary p251-253 (lithospheric plates, oceanic plates, continental plates, subduction, mantle plume): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 11/6: Cornell Notes p246-247
  • 11/7: Review Questions p254 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7): write question, then answer
  • 11/8: Review Questions p254 (8, 9, 10, 11, 12): write question, then answer
  • 11/13: Review Questions p263 (1-6): write questions, then answer
  • 11/14: Review Questions p263 (7-10): write questions, then answer
  • 11/15: Concepts p267-268 (2, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12): write questions, then answer
  • 11/26: Vocabulary p270-275 (foreshock, aftershock, earthquake, focus, fault, epicenter, seismograph, body waves, surface waves): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 11/27: Review Questions p281 (1, 2, 3, 4, 6): write questions, then answer
  • 11/28: Vocabulary p278-282 (Richter Scale, Moment Magnitude Scale, Modified Mercalli Scale, volcano, magma, magma chamber, lava): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 11/29: Review Questions p281 (9, 11, 12, 13, 14): write question, then answer
  • 12/3: Vocabulary p283-287 (caldera, resurgent dome, lava lake, active volcano, dormant volcano, extinct volcano, volcanic neck, shield volcano, cinder cone): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 12/4: Review Questions p295 (1, 2, 4, 5, 6): write question, then answer
  • 12/5: Vocabulary p288-293 (composite volcano, pyroclastic flow, lava bomb, lahar, Ring of Fire, volcanic island arc, hot spot, volcanic island chain): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 12/6: Review Questions p295 (7, 8, 9, 10, 12): write sentence, then answer
  • 12/10: Concepts p300-301 (13, 15, 21, 22, 30): write question, then answer
  • 12/11: Finish Study Guide
  • 12/12: Vocabulary p192-197 (relief, elevation, sea level, topographic map, contour lines, slope, bathymetric map): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 12/13: FINISH VOLCANO BROCHURE


  • 1/8: Review Questions p196 (1-5): write question, then answer
  • 1/9: Finish Topographic Map WorkSheet #1
  • 1/10: Finish Cornell Notes p192-195
  • 1/14: Cornell Notes p197-198
  • 1/15: Review Questions p199 (1-3): write question, then answer
  • 1/16: Concepts p204 (9, 11, 14): write question, then answer
  • 1/17: Topographic Map Practice Worksheet
  • 1/22: Answer Student Made Topographic Map
  • 1/23: Vocabulary p326-333 (weathering, mechanical weathering, chemical weathering, frost wedging, erosion, river, stream, channel): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 1/24: Review Questions p332 (2, 5, 7, 9, 11): write question, then answer
  • 1/28: Finish Cornell Notes p326-331
  • 1/29: Vocabulary p334-339 (deposition, graded bedding, direction of younging, cross bedding, mass wasting, landslide, rockfall): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 1/30: Concepts p351 (1, 2, 4, 5, 6): write question, then answer
  • 1/31: Concepts p352 (7, 9, 10, 11): write question, then answer
  • 2/4: Vocabulary p340-345 (mudflow, slumping, floodplain, meanders, braided stream): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 2/5: Review Questions p342 (1, 2, 3, 4, 10): write question, then answer
  • 2/6: Cornell Notes p333-335
  • 2/7: Cornell Notes p336-338
  • 2/11: Review Questions p342 (5, 9, 13): write question, then answer
  • 2/12: Cornell Notes p339-341
  • 2/13: No Homework (Snow Day)
  • 2/14: No Homework (Snow Day)
  • 2/25: Concepts p352 (12, 16, 17): write question, then answer
  • 2/26: Math and Writing Skills p352-353 (2, 3, 4, 5): write question, then answer
  • 2/27: Cornell Notes p343-345
  • 2/28: Review Questions p347 (1-5): write question, then answer
  • 3/4: Review Questions p347 (6, 7, 9, 10): write question, then answer
  • 3/5: Concepts p352 (19, 20, 21): write question, then answer
  • 3/6: GET SCIENCE FAIR PAPER SIGNED; TOPIC DECIDED (10 points); start Study Guide: Erosion and Weathering
  • 3/7: Finish Study Guide: Erosion and Weathering
  • 3/11: Vocabulary p80-85 (hydrosphere, atmosphere, surface water, reservoir, glacier, groundwater, water table, water cycle): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 3/12: Review Questions p84 (5, 6, 7, 10, 11): write question, then answer
  • 3/13: SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT: QUESTION, HYPOTHESIS, MATERIALS, PROCEDURE (20 points)
  • 3/14: Vocabulary p86-89 (evaporation, water vapor, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, surface runoff, percolation, aquifer, watershed): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 3/18: Review Questions p91 (1, 3, 4, 5, 6): write question, then answer
  • 3/19: Cornell Notes p364-365
  • 3/20: SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT: RESEARCH RESOURCES x3 (15 points)
  • 3/21: Cornell Notes p366-368
  • 3/25: Water Use Worksheet
  • 3/26: Work on Science Fair Data Table, Graph, and Conclusion (due 3/28)
  • 3/27: SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT: EXPERIMENT, RESULTS, CONCLUSION (15 points) (this includes data table and graphs)
  • 3/28: Review Questions p369 (5, 7, 8): write question, then answer
  • 4/1: Vocabulary p376-387 (natural resource, petroleum, nonrenewable resource, fossil fuels, renewable resource, solar energy, resource conservation, pollution, emissions): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 4/2: Cornell Notes p376-377
  • 4/3: Review Questions p378 (3-7): write question, then answer
  • 4/4: SCIENCE FAIR BOARDS DUE (45 points)
  • 4/8: Review Questions p386 (2-6): write question, then answer
  • 4/9: Cornell Notes p387-390
  • 4/10: Review Questions p391 (1, 3, 4, 5, 12): write question, then answer
  • 4/11: Finish Study Guide: Natural Resources
  • 4/22: Cornell Notes p307-308
  • 4/23: Review Questions p313 (1, 4, 5, 6, 9): write question, then answer
  • 4/24: Review Questions p319 (1, 3, 4, 11, 12): write question, then answer
  • 4/25: Review Questions p319 (5, 6, 7, 8, 9): write question, then answer
  • 4/29: Vocabulary p98-105 (atmosphere, air, altitude, atmospheric pressure, barometer, troposphere): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 4/30: Cornell Notes p98-100
  • 5/1: Cornell Notes p101-103
  • 5/2: Review Questions p104 (1, 5, 6, 7, 9): write question, then answer
  • 5/6: Vocabulary p106 (stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere, ionosphere): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 5/7: Review Questions p109 (1-6): write question, then answer
  • 5/8: Cornell Notes p111 - 114
  • 5/9: Review Questions p115 (2, 4, 6, 7, 9): write question, then answer
  • 5/13: Vocabulary p122-129 (weather, air mass, wind, thermal, convection cells, Coriolis effect, meteorologist, dew point): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 5/14: Review Questions p127 (3, 6, 7, 8, 9): write question, then answer
  • 5/15: Vocabulary p130-135 (cloud, front, cold front, warm front, jet streams, low-pressure center, high-pressure center, isobar): word, full textbook definition, sentence, picture
  • 5/16: Review Questions p140 (3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12): write question, then answer
  • 5/20: Return Textbooks
  • 5/21: Finish Study Guide; Return Textbooks