Studies Earth Science- Overview of Class Agenda and Goals
Week 1- Week 5
**Please note that the following is subject to change. The current week is highlighted in GREEN**
Week 1: 9/3-9/6/2013
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
LABOR DAY-No School
CONFERENCE DAY- No School
-Course Overview and Expectations
-Team building and inquiry activities
Thursday
Friday
Rosh Hashanah- No School
-Letter to the Editor- Article Summaries
-RESTATE course expectations
-EVALUATE observations in order
to develop well-supported
conclusions
-SUMMARIZE a current event
article about Earth Science
Week 2: 9/9-9/13/2013
Monday
-What is Earth Science?
-Letter to the Editor- Article Summaries
-Earth to Martian Lab
Tuesday
-What is Earth Science?
-Earth to Mars Lab
Wednesday
-What is Earth science?
-Earth to Mars Lab
Thursday
-The Scientific Method
-Earth to Mars Lab
-DEFINE Earth Science
-DIFFERENTIATE between the
branches of Earth Science
-COMPARE AND CONTRAST the
spheres of the Earth
-SUMMARIZE a current event
article about Earth Science
-DEFINE Earth Science
-DIFFERENTIATE between the
branches of Earth Science
-COMPARE AND CONTRAST the
spheres of the Earth
-SUMMARIZE a current event
article about Earth Science
-DEFINE Earth Science
-DIFFERENTIATE between the
branches of Earth Science
-COMPARE AND CONTRAST the
spheres of the Earth
-SUMMARIZE a current event
article about Earth Science
-LIST the steps of the scientific
method
-IDENTIFY a statement as an
observation or an inference
-DESCRIBE inferences and
observations of unknown
Friday
-The Scientific Method
-Inferences and Observations
objects
-LIST the steps of the scientific
method
-IDENTIFY a statement as an
observation or an inference
-DESCRIBE inferences and
observations of unknown
objects
Week 3: 9/16-9/20/2013
Monday
-Inferences and Observations Activity
-Finish Scientific Method Notes
Tuesday
Thursday
-Review for quiz
-Finish Vocabulary Builder
-Quiz: Branches, Systems, Spheres, and the
Scientific Method
-Lake Nyos Lab
Friday
Rounding
Wednesday
- DESCRIBE inferences and
observations of unknown objects
-LIST AND EXPLAIN the steps of
the Scientific Method
-COMPARE the scientific method
to decision-making in everyday
life
-CONCLUDE the cause of an
event given data and using the
scientific method
-ESTIMATE the value of a
number to a specified place
using the rules of rounding
Week 4: 9/23-9/27
Monday
-Measurements, Rounding and Units
Tuesday
Measurement Practice
Wednesday
Density Demo, Notes and Videos
Thursday
Density Lab
-CACULATE different variable
using the proper units and
rounding properly
-DETERMINE the value of
different objects using the rules
of units and measuring
-DEFINE density
-IDENTIFY the characteristics of
density
-COMPARE the density of one
object to another
-IDENTIFY the characteristics of
density
-COMPARE the density of one
Friday
Using the density formula
object to another
-CALCULATE the density of
different objects.
-CALCULATE the different
variables of the density formula
Week 5: 9/29-10/4
Monday
-Properties of Minerals
-Which Mineral am I?
Tuesday
-Properties of Minerals Lab
Wednesday
-Rock Cycle and Sedimentary Rocks
Thursday
-Sedimentary Rock Lab
Friday
Igneous Rocks
-DEFINE mineral
-COMPARE AND CONTRAST
rocks and minerals
-IDENTIFY characteristics of a
given mineral
-DETERMINE the name of a
mineral given certain
characteristics
IDENTIFY a mineral based on its
characteristics
CLASSIFY minerals based on
observable properties
EXPLAIN how one type of rock
can turn into the other using the
rock cycle diagram
LIST the identifying
characteristics of a sedimentary
rock
DISTINGUISH between a
sedimentary rock and other
types of rocks
DESCRIBE how sedimentary
rocks form
IDENTIFY the type of
sedimentary rock based on
certain observable
characteristics
LIST the identifying
characteristics of igneous rocks
DISTINGUISH between an
igneous rock and other types of
rock
DESCRIBE how igneous rocks
form