Regents Earth Science- Overview of Class Agenda and Goals
Week 11-16
**Please note that the following is subject to change and that the current week is highlighted in
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Week 11: 11/11-11/15
Monday
Tuesday
No School
-LAB CYCLE 4:
Igneous Rock Lab
Rock Review
Wednesday
-Metamorphic Rock Notes
-ESRT Practice
Thursday
-LAB CYCLE 6:
Igneous Rock Lab
Rock Review
Friday
-Review for Test
-Vocabulary Builder
-RRB Practice
IDENTIFY the name of an
igneous rock using the ESRT and
characteristics of different
igneous rocks
STATE how metamorphic rocks
form
DESCRIBE characteristics of
metamorphic rocks
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
foliated and non-foliated
metamorphic rocks
IDENTIFY the name of an
igneous rock using the ESRT and
characteristics of different
igneous rocks
SUMMARIZE the rocks cycle as
well as minerals, and 3 main
rock types
DEFINE vocabulary words
related to rocks and minerals
Week 12: 11/18-11/22
Monday
Metamorphic Rock Lab
Review
Unit Test: Rocks and Minerals
Tuesday
-Finish Metamorphic Rock Lab
-Natural Resources and Alternative Energy
LIST the identifying
characteristics of metamorphic
rocks
DISTINGUISH between an
metamorphic rock and other
types of rock
DESCRIBE how metamorphic
rocks form
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
natural and manmade resources
as well as renewable and nonrenewable resources
DESCRIBE how natural resources
can be conserved
Wednesday
Cycle 4:
-Continental Drift Notes and Lab
-RRB Practice
Thursday
Friday
-
Finish Natural Resources
Cycle 4:
-Continental Drift Notes and Lab
-RRB Practice
LIST sources of alternative
energy and EXPLAIN how each
source works
SUMMARIZE the theory of plate
tectonics
STATE proof that continental
drift does not exist
CREATE a map representing the
Earth before Pangaea separated
DESCRIBE plate tectonics
LIST the layers of Earth’s interior
DETERMINE information about
Earth’s interior using the ESRT
SUMMARIZE the theory of plate
tectonics
STATE proof that continental
drift does not exist
CREATE a map representing the
Earth before Pangaea broke up
Week 13: 11/25-11/26
Monday
-RRB Practice
-Natural Resources Quiz
-Notes: Types of Plate Boundaries
Tuesday
-Notes: Earth’s Interior
-Surviving Disaster: Earthquakes
No School
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
No School
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
EXPLAIN why the location of
most earthquakes/volcanoes are
not random
DIFFERENTIATE between the
different types of plate
boundaries
LIST and DESCRIBE the layers of
Earth’s interior
Week 14: 12/2-12/6
Monday
-Thanksgiving Break Homework Quiz
-Earth’s Interior and the ESRT
-Earthquakes
Tuesday
CYCLE 4:
-Earthquake Hazards
-Seafloor Spreading Lab
DEFINE what an earthquake is
and other terms related to
earthquake events
DETERMINE data pertaining to
the Earth’s interior using the
ESRT
DESCRIBE the risks associated
with earthquakes
CHART the depth of the sea floor
to locate different features of
Wednesday
Locating Earthquakes
Thursday
CYCLE 6:
-Earthquake Hazards
-Seafloor Spreading Lab
Friday
Locating Earthquakes (cont)
the ocean floor
EXPLAIN how sea floor spreading
and plate tectonics have shaped
the ocean floor
CALCULATE different variables
related to earthquakes
DETERMINE the epicenter of an
earthquake given p-wave and swave data
DESCRIBE the risks associated
with earthquakes
CHART the depth of the sea floor
to locate different features of
the ocean floor
EXPLAIN how sea floor spreading
and plate tectonics have shaped
the ocean floor
CALCULATE different variables
related to earthquakes
DETERMINE the epicenter of an
earthquake given p-wave and swave data
Week 15: 12/9-12/13
Monday
Locating and Measuring Earthquakes
Tuesday
-Volcanoes
-Volcano Video
-Origin of the Hawaiian Island Lab
Wednesday
-Earthquake Lab
-RRB Practice
-Interpreting Earth’s History
Thursday
Friday
-Earthquake Lab
-RRB Practice
CALCULATE different variables
related to earthquakes
DETERMINE the epicenter of an
earthquake given p-wave and swave data
SUMMARIZE how civilians have
been affected by volcanoes
DESCRIBE how volcanoes form
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
volcano types
OUTLINE the rules used to
determine what happened in the
geologic past
RESEARCH information about the
geologic past using the ESRT
DETERMINE variables given pwave and s-wave arrival times
LOCATE the epicenter of the
earthquake
Week 16: 12/16-12/20
Monday
-Geologic History
-Mass Extinctions
Tuesday
Unit Test: Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and
Volcanoes
-Correlation
Wednesday
Thursday
-Origin of the Hawaiian Islands Lab
-Sea Floor Spreading Lab
Friday
RESEARCH DAY!
SUMMARIZE events of geologic
history
PREDICT what will happen in the
future based on past events
LIST how geologists correlate
rock layers to determine the
sequence of events
DETERMINE the sequence of
events using index fossils
CREATE a map of the Hawaiian
Islands
DESCRIBE how the Hawaiian
Islands form/continue to form
PLOT a map of the bottom of the
Atlantic Ocean
DESCRIBE the features of the
Atlantic sea floor
RESEARCH a topic of interest!!