Studies Earth Science- Overview of Class Agenda and Goals
Weeks 21-25
Week 21: 2/3-2/7
Monday
-Go over midterm
-Finish ESRT practice
-Earthquakes notes and videos
-Earthquake packets
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Earthquakes Continued
Snow Day
Earthquakes Continued
-Finish earthquake packets
-Earthquake Hazards notes/vids
HW: Preparedness Pays
DEFINE what an earthquake is
and other terms related to
earthquake events
DESCRIBE the risks associated
with earthquakes
EXPLAIN how people should
prepare and react in earthquake
hazard situations
DESCRIBE the risks associated
with earthquakes
EXPLAIN how people should
prepare and react in earthquake
hazard situations
WEEK 22: 2/10-2/14
Monday
Weather Forecasting
Surviving Disaster: Earthquake video
Tuesday
Weather Forecasting
Finish Surviving Disaster
Wednesday
Weather Forecasting
Notes/Vids: Volcanoes
Snow Day
NO SCHOOL-PRESIDENTS DAY WEEKEND
Thursday
Friday
SUMMARIZE safety tips in
regards to earthquakes
LIST the hazards associated with
an earthquake
SUMMARIZE safety tips in
regards to earthquakes
LIST the hazards associated with
an earthquake
DESCRIBE ways that people can
protect life/property during an
earthquake
STATE how volcanoes form
Week 23: 2/17-2/21/2014
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
No School-Presidents Day Weekend
Superintendents Conference Day
Go over HW
Finish How/Where Volcanoes Form/Magma
Notes
Thursday
Types of Volcanoes
Volcano Hazards
Friday
Finish Volcano notes
Start Video: Pompeii
PREDICT where volcanoes will
form
DIFFERENTIATE between the
different types of magma
IDENTIFY the different types of
volcanoes
LIST the hazards associated with
volcanoes
COMPARE AND CONTRAST the
hazards from earthquakes to the
hazards of volcanos
PROPOSE safety tips for volcanic
eruptions
PROPSE how the residents of
Pompeii could have been more
prepared for the eruption
PREDICT the effects of an
eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in the
present day
Week 24: 2/24-2/28/2014
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Finish Video: Pompeii
Review for Test: Plate tectonics, earthquakes and
volcanoes
Vocab Builder
Finish Review for Test
Test: Plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanoes
Establishing a Geologic Sequence
Establishing a Geologic Sequence Lab
SUMMARIZE how geologists
create a timeline using the rock
record
CREATE a geologic sequence
using the rules used by
geologists
CREATE a geologic sequence
using the rules used by
geologists
Week 25: 3/3-3/7/2014
Monday
Notes: Geologic Time
Color-code ESRT pages
Tuesday
Geologic Time ESRT practice with worksheet
Wednesday
Notes: Correlation
Start “Matching Rock Layers” lab
Thursday
Finish “Matching Rock Layers” lab
Friday
Quiz: Geologic History and Sequencing
(open notes)
CLASSIFY information on a
reference table using colorcoding techniques
IDENTIFY aspects of geologic
time periods including life on
earth and geologic processes
APPLY the techniques used in
the field to identify different
sections of geologic time
CLASSIFY information on a
reference table using colorcoding techniques
IDENTIFY aspects of geologic
time periods including life on
earth and geologic processes
MATCH data to determine when
things occurred in geologic
history
MATCH data to determine when
things occurred in geologic
history