Earth Science
Draw a picture of what
you believe represents the process of science. Be prepared to show your picture to the class.

ESC: Write a test question about what science is or is not. Please make it multiple choice, with four possible answers.
a. make 1 answer funny b. make one the real answer c. make one answer that is possible d. make one answer on topic, but incorrect

ESC: Critique the test question (from yesterday’s warm up) of another person at your table. On your warm up paper, write whose question you are evaluating, and whether it is understandable, fair, and on topic.

ESC: Create a T chart. The topic is writing hypotheses.
On one side of the chart, write what you know, and on the other write what you would like to know about hypotheses.

ESC: Write a question or problem that could be solved using the scientific method.

ESC: Draw a picture that shows what you most want to learn about in
Earth Science.

Write a test question using your notes as a guide. Use the multiple choice format of:
1. a funny answer
2. the right answer
3. an answer that could be right
4. an answer on topic, yet wrong.

Create a T chart. On the left side write what you know about Earth’s spheres, and on the right explain what you are curious about Earth’s spheres. (atmosphere, geosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, etc.)

ESC: Write a short summary of each of the following:
1. How can the atmosphere affect the hydrosphere?
2.How does the hydrosphere affect the biosphere?
3. How does the biosphere affect the geosphere?

Draw a picture that represents one of the spheres that we talked about yesterday.

Write a test question using your notes as a guide. Use the multiple choice format of:
1. a funny answer
2. the right answer
3. an answer that could be right
4. an answer on topic, yet wrong.

Critique the test question
(from yesterday’s warm up) of another person at your table. On your warm up paper, write whose question you are evaluating, and whether it is understandable, fair, and on topic.

ESC : Create a T-chart.
On one half list what you know about nitrogen.
On the other list what you would like to know.

ESC - summarize what you know about the carbon cycle. Use at least
3 actions that occur to cycle the carbon. Use your notes if needed.

Write a test question you would like to see on the test tomorrow.
Make it multiple choice, with 4 answer choices.
1 – funny
1- the right answer
1- on topic, but wrong
1- close to right, but definitely not

Create a T-chart. On the left, write what you know about the interior of the Earth, and on the right what you would like to know, or questions you have.

ESC: Summarize how the layers of the Earth are similar to an egg and how they are different.

Draw a picture of the layers of the Earth.

Using your notes, write a test question about the 2 nd unit.
Create a multiple choice question with the following choices:
1 – funny
1 – correct answer
1 – answer it could be
1 – answer on topic, but wrong

Write a critique of another person’s question from yesterday. Did they follow the requirements? Does it make sense? Is it challenging enough? Is it an appropriate question for high school level?

ESC: Quietly turn in your notes. Look over your study guide.
Prepare any questions you have for me.

ESC: Summarize how scientists use seismic waves explain the inner layers of the Earth.

How do seismographs pinpoint the location of an earthquake? How many seismographs do you think are needed?

Explain how the Mercalli scale may not give good information about an earthquake’s strength. Do not answer that it does not tell the Richter scale or that it only measures intensity. You’ll need to give an example of it’s weakness.

ESC: Draw a picture of which would you rather experience: an earthquake or a volcanic eruption, be sure to draw yourself into the picture! Then, explain why you chose that natural disaster.

ESC : Choose people to be in your Jeopardy group.

ESC: What do you know about the theory of plate tectonics?
What does it explain? What would you like to know about it?

Summarize the evidence
Wegener had for his theory of continental drift. Give at least
3 examples. Then, give 3 examples of modern data that back up plate tectonics.

Using your notes, write a test question about the 3 rd unit.
Create a multiple choice question with the following choices:
1 – funny
1 – correct answer
1 – possible answer
1 – answer on topic, but wrong

ESC: Draw the3 types of boundaries, and what movement occurs at each.

ESC: Create a T-chart.
On one side list what you know about how Hawaii formed, and on the other side what you are still curious about.

ESC: What is the name of the theory and what is the name of the law stating that the Earth’s plates are moving?

ESC: Summarize the types of plate boundaries, include what features are located at each. (Name 5)

ESC: Explain how viscosity affects how violently a volcano erupts.

Explain why some volcanoes erupt violently, while others quietly spew lava.

ESC: Draw the 3 types of volcanoes and explain how are they different.

ESC: What do you think is more exciting: volcanoes or earthquakes? Explain why you chose the disaster you did.

ESC: Summarize how plutons are categorized, and give 4 examples.
**Hint: see your notes!
Then, turn in your warm ups!

ESC: From the movie yesterday, explain how seismologists are monitoring volcanoes to predict when they will erupt.

ESC: Make sure your notes are complete.
Explain how volcanoes can be quiet or explosive.

Explain why you think Mt. St.
Helens is being studied the most if Mt. Rainer is the most dangerous volcano in the U.S.

ESC: What do you think are the four requirements for something to be a mineral?

ESC: Draw the rock cycle as you know it now.

ESC: Create a T-chart. On the left, list what you know about the rock cycle, and on the right list some questions you have about the rock cycle.

Write a multiple choice test question about the rock cycle.
Include the following:
1 funny answer
1 correct answer
1 answer that is on topic, but wrong, and
1 answer that could be the right answer, but is not.

ESC: Critique a peer’s question from Friday. Answer these questions:
- is it challenging enough?
-is it on topic?
-does it make sense?
-do the answers follow my guidelines?

ESC: Summarize how igneous rocks are categorized.

Draw a picture of the igneous part of the rock cycle.

ESC: Create a T-chart. On the left hand side list what you know about sedimentary rocks. On the right, list what you still question about sedimentary rocks.

ESC: How are intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks different?

ESC: Summarize the 5 special features of sedimentary rocks.
It is the last list in your notes, so you’ll have to reference those for answers.

ESC: Draw a picture of an environment where you would find sedimentary rocks forming.

ESC: What kind of environments have high energy and break rocks down into smaller pieces?

ESC: How are metamorphic rocks categorized?

ESC: Create a T-chart. On the left hand side list how pancakes are like metamorphic rock. On the right side, list how they are not.

Turn in your notes, and pick two questions on the study guide that you want to review.

ESC : Why is soil an “interface, or where two system boundaries interact?”
Physics : Record three examples of
Newton’s Third Law that you have used today.

ESC: Using the marker/post it mess on the board, list in what order the mess was made.

ESC: Explain the law of superposition.

List the events below in the order they happened. Hint: there are four events.

ESC: Explain how fossils can be useful in dating rocks?

ESC : What is a mineral?
Physics I : Get out your study guides and notes.
Be sure your notes are completely filled out.

ESC: What is the law of superposition?

ESC: Explain how we know that inclusions are older than the rock they are contained within.

ESC: Summarize how relative dating techniques are used.
Give at least three examples.

ESC: List any time segments you know from the Geologic
Time Scale.

ESC: What is the difference between relative dating and radioactive dating?

ESC: Draw an atom and label it’s parts.

ESC: What do you have left to do to finish your brochure today? Make a list, and then begin working on your brochure with your partner.

ESC: Double check your notes to make sure they are finished.
Then, look through your folder for assignments that need to be turned in.

ESC: Turn in your notes and read through your study guide.

ESC : List everything you know about earthquakes.

ESC: List the layers of the atmosphere from the top to the bottom.

ESC: Complete the paper on front table that asks you to label the seasons, then turn it in.

ESC: Describe Alpha and
Beta decay, and electron capture.

ESC : How do we classify metamorphic rocks?
Physics : If an explosion occurs
340 kilometers away, how long will it be until your hear it?
(Assume speed of sound =
340m/s)

ESC : What kind of rocks did we make yesterday? What ingredients represented what parts of rocks?
Physics : Give an example of a transverse wave and a longitudinal wave.

If you found a rock in your backyard, how would you figure out what type of rock it was and how might you find out its approx. age?

Grade your partner on their participation and work during the construction of your brochure.

Everyone’s Warm Up
Please write a 5 sentence paragraph describing how the first marking period has been for you in this class. What will you continue to do and what will you change in order to perform better? What can I do to help?
Graded on punctuation, capitols, and 5 sentences.

ESC : Why is there a shadow zone on the earth when detecting earthquake waves?
Physics : Explain how a sonic boom occurs.

ESC : How many types of faults do you think there are, and what are their names?

ESC: What kind of fault has horizontal movement, but no vertical movement?
What kind of fault can cause a tsunami?

1 . Turn in your notes.
(Make sure your name is at the top.)
2 . Read your study guide and decide what questions you need to ask.
3 . Make sure your pencil is sharpened.

ESC : What is the law of superposition?

ESC : What evidence do we cite when proving the theory of continental drift?

ESC: What do you know about radioactive decay?

ESC: If you could choose the weather everyday, what characteristics would you like?

How does Lake Michigan affect the weather on
Michigan’s west coast?

What are the controls of climate? Use your notes if you can’t remember them all.

ESC: Explain why the world’s deserts are located at approximately 30 degrees north and south of the equator. Reference your global winds notes/drawing if needed.

ESC: What four time periods is
Earth’s history broken into?

ESC : What are the three types of lava, and how are they different from each other?
Physics : Why are black and white not considered colors?

ESC: What is your favorite season? Why?

ESC: What is a cyclone?

ESC: Explain why we had snow days using the terms: cold air mass, low pressure, and cyclone.

ESC: Create a t-chart about air masses. On one side, list what you know about air masses, and on the other side list what you would like to know or are wondering.

Draw a picture of your favorite weather.

1. Did you study for the last test?
2. Did you complete the study guide in the class?
3. Do you think you prepared enough to do your best?
4. What grade do you think you received?

Compare a mT air mass to a cT.

Which type of air mass has higher pressure, warm or cold?
Explain your answer.

Write a multiple choice test question about an air mass.
Include the following answer choices:
1 – right answer
1- wrong answer
1- funny answer
1- close, but not right answer

ESC: List the four types of air masses and give a location for each
.

If you had to live under one air mass for the rest of your life, which one would it be and why?

How are air masses and fronts related to each other?

Next week the high temps are supposed to be near/at 50.
Predict the weather systems that will need to move into our area in order for this to happen.

What do you like the best about thunderstorms? Why is it unsafe to be outside during a thunderstorm if you haven’t seen lightning, but have heard thunder?

What is needed for a thunderstorm? In other words, explain what the “fuel” is for the storm.

Today is the first day of Spring.
What does this mean for the length of day, location of the most direct sunlight, and upcoming solar radiation amounts?

What country on Earth has more tornadoes than any other? Why is this?

Using your notes, compare and contrast the eye of a hurricane vs. the eye wall.

What are the names of the stages a hurricane goes through before it becomes classified as a hurricane?
What are these categories based on?
Use your notes to look this up in yesterday’s notes!

Now that you know a little more about severe weather, what kind would you rather experience? How is your answer different from the last time I asked this question?
Explain why it is, or isn’t different.

ESC: Which would you rather try to survive: a hurricane or a tornado?
Explain why.

ESC: What is your experience with the ocean? Have you been to an ocean? Which?
Have you tasted sea water?
Did you swim in the ocean? If you haven’t done these things, do you think it is different from swimming in MI?

ESC: Why does the ocean have different layers?

ESC: The Gulf Stream current changes the weather of the
Eastern Seaboard states. What effect does it have on their general weather?

ESC: Describe how an upwelling operates.

ESC: What are your initial thoughts on climate change?
What do you believe about it?
What do you think is fiction?
How are some ways that it affects you now? What about the future?

ESC: Other than CO2, what are the other important greenhouse gasses and how big is their heat absorption?
(List at least 2)

ESC: How closely related are carbon dioxide levels and the rise in temperature over the last 150 years?

ESC: Explain some of the biological effects that scientists have seen around the planet due to climate change.

ESC: Explain what a proxy indicator is when related to climate change.

ESC: Turn in your notes and warm up questions.
Look over your study guide and decide which questions you would like reviewed.

ESC: What features does water form under the ground?

ESC: Sketch/draw the water cycle as you know it, and label the parts.

ESC: What are the factors that increase and decrease as you move from the head to the mouth of a river?

Explain how a river creates more meanders as it gets older.

ESC: What will happen to a river if the local base level changes?

ESC: What can we do to prevent floods and/or flood damage?

ESC: Sketch a river and its floodplain, include meanders, a cutoff, oxbow lake, and a yazoo.

ESC: What are some of the issues surrounding water and it’s safety for drinking?

ESC: Describe a Karst topography.

ESC: What is your favorite type of severe weather and why?

Which two air masses have the greatest effect on our weather here in Michigan?

ESC: Draw the symbols for the different types of fronts that can appear on a weather map.

What changes can mountains cause to the weather?

Explain how precipitation is made.

Describe a low pressure system, and the type of weather it brings.

ESC: Make a t-chart and compare and contrast low pressure systems to high pressure systems. Please list AT LEAST 4 similarities or differences.

ESC: Draw a picture of the El
Nino/Southern Oscillation.
Include the H and L pressure, and arrows for the air currents.
Also draw some clouds to show where it will likely be stormy weather.

Explain how precipitation can form.

ESC: What is the fuel for a thunderstorm (2 things)?

ESC: If high pressure is moving into an area, what are the general weather characteristics going to be?

ESC: Turn in your notes and warm ups. Then read through your study guide and prepare any questions you have for me before the test.

ESC: What 2 characteristics of weather do you think are most important for climate?

ESC: Explain how climates are categorized in the Koppen
Climate System.

ESC: Describe a Mediterranean
Climate.

ESC: What two weather factors are shown on a climograph.

ESC: Explain the controversy surrounding global warming.

ESC: According to the short video yesterday, what risk are we taking if we do nothing in response to climate change?

ESC: Which pollutant has had the most news coverage in the last 10 years?

ESC: What kinds of consequences are occurring from climate change, according to the IPCC?

ESC: Using your notes, find what changes may occur in the future to your weather and environment here in
Vestaburg.

ESC: What are some proxy indicators of climate change?

ESC: Which climate would you find sometimes classified as a “C” climate, while other times it is separate and categorized near the “E” climates?

ESC: If Koppen were still alive, what three factors would he evaluate about a location to determine a climate?

ESC: What does a climograph look like for a location in the
Southern Hemisphere?

ESC: Does the threat of climate change (global warming) make you nervous?
Explain why it does or does not.

ESC: What do you like best about astronomy?

ESC: What is red shift, and how does it give evidence for the Big Bang theory?

ESC: What is the evidence that we have to support the Big
Bang theory? (2 things)
Explain how these are used as evidence for the age and size of the universe.
Part II: Do you think we’ll ever walk on the Sun?

ESC: What constellations can you pick out in the night sky?

ESC: What do you know about stars?

ESC: What element do stars fuse into helium? How does this process happen?

ESC: Explain the variables that you can see on an H-R diagram. How are they related?

ESC: List the stages that a star can go through in it’s lifetime.

ESC: How does the sun affect your life?

ESC: What are some of the minor members of the solar system (get the answer from yesterday’s notes)?

ESC: Make a chart showing the four astronomers we talked about and their accomplishments.

ESC: What are 2 of the 3 theories that explain how the moon came to orbit
Earth?

ESC: How are surface temperature of a star and color related?

ESC: What does an H-R diagram show you?

ESC: Other than planets, moons, and stars, what other objects are in our solar system?

ESC: Explain the difference between meteors, meteorites, and meteoroids.

ESC: We never see the back side of the moon from Earth. How can this be true?

ESC: How much of the moon is illuminated during the different phases?

ESC : Compare and old river system and a young river system.
Physics : Why did I choose this particular CSI: to watch in this class?

ESC: What are the stages of a star’s life cycle?

ESC : Turn in your notes and study guide!!
Physics : Look over your missing assignment sheet and turn in anything that you have finished.

ESC : Weather Charting
Physics : Skinny : What would your life be like without electricity?
4 th block : Draw the three ways you lit the bulb.

ESC: T/F Half of the moon is illuminated at all times. Then explain why you answered the way you did.

ESC: What is the electromagnetic spectrum?