LS Earth Space Science~ Mrs. Trexler
AGS Earth Science Textbook
DATE
DAY
PLANS
M
8/26
1
Welcome!
~First Day of School~
Introductions
Seating Chart
Fire & Emergency Weather
Drills
Class Policy/Rules:
“Wanted” Poster &
Front/Top Whiteboard
Housekeeping
Syllabus
Calendar is On-Line
Teacher Web Page
Text distribution
Planners
8/27
2
Collect Syllabus
Continue from yesterday’s work
Discovery Streaming: Basics of
Geography II (48min)
8/28
3
Finish Video Qs-Basics of
Geography II (48min)
Collect Syllabus
Intro. Ch1 Studying the Earth
L1~What Is Earth Science?
Study guide handed out- fill in
as we learn the material in class
Read pp 3-5/discuss
AGS ws Ch1.1
8/29
4
Collect Syllabus
Review of Ch1.1
Crossword ws #s 1, 4, 6, 11
Independently
L2~What Are The Tools Of
Earth Science?
Read pp. 6-7 discuss
AGS ws Ch1.2
Crossword ws #s 5
Video- Discovery Streaming
Earth Science: Mapping the
Earth (20 min.)
Class work
ACTIVITY
SUPPLIES
Texts
Homework
ASSIGNMENT
Get a 3ring
1½” binder
Ear buds?
Cover
textbook
*Syllabus
Signature
Tcher Comp.
for video
*Syllabus
Signature
*Syllabus
Signature
*Study guide
handed outfill in on
your own as
we learn the
material in
class
Tcher Comp.
for video or st.
watch indep.
*Syllabus
Signature
Fill-in
study guide
*Syllabus
Signature
Fill-in
study guide
T
9/3
5
Collect Syllabus
Review of Ch1.2 & ws L1.2
Do The Earth and Beyond
Wkbk p.18 “Exploring Space”
L3~How Can You Use Maps?
Read pp 8-13
9/4
6
Collect Syllabus
Continue to read pp 9-13
discussing/reviewing carefully
AGS Ws Ch1.3 do and review
North, South, East, West~
*Using Directions on a Map ws
*Royal Castle Floor Plan ws
Rulers
Fill-in
study guide
9/5
7
Ruler Measurements cm, mm~
*The metric sys. notes-2 sheets
*Measuring Centimeter p.1 &
Backside Measuring mm ws
Crossword ws #s 3, 5, 10, 7, 8, 9
If extra time: have students
name and measure 3-5 items
Rulers
Fill-in
study guide
Test/
Quiz
LS Earth Space Science~ Mrs. Trexler
AGS Earth Science Textbook
around the room (cm/mm)
9/6
8
Review AGS ws L1.3
Go over some student examples
of cm/mm measurements
Project cm and mm ruler
Do/review~
*Measuring Centimeter p.2 ws
*Measuring Millimeter p.2 ws
If extra time: have students
name and measure 3-5 items
around the room (cm/mm)
Xtra time: Work on Study Guide
M
9/9
9
DATE
DAY
Check student understanding on
cm and mm~ measure 3 obj in
room and check one another
Using Scale in Maps p.11-12
text ws
PLANS
9/10
10
Centimeter Line Segments &
Millimeter Line Segments ws
(be careful~ b, c, e, f, h, i, k, l)
9/11
11
Figuring Distance on a State
Map p.11 text ws
Math Connection: Using Map
Scales wkbk act. 4 ws
9/12
12
9/13
13
Fire Drill
L4~What Are Topographic
Maps?
Topographic Maps Text
Read pp.16-19
AGS ws Ch1.4
Review of cm and mm
Quiz on cm and mm
L4 Finish Crossword ws #2
Do and hand in for grading
Return quizzes
Collect Crossword puzzles
Review AGS L4
M
9/16
14
Test on cm and mm
Review Tests
View~
Discovery Education
Video “Major U.S Land Areas
(2:30)
http://app.discoveryeducation.co
m/player/view/assetGuid/BA58
EABB-C8C2-4081-8CC9A8BE8E8DDB9A
9/17
15
Topographic Maps Video.wmv
You Tube~ needs my email
access
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=SymUFSwEm3c&safe=active
(6 minutes)
Topography notes Part 1
Topography ppt
9/18
16
9/19
17
Review Topography ppt map
Pop Quiz~using Topo ppt map
Lab Manual 3 ws- text p.20
Check hwk p20
Resource File 2 ws/p.18 text
cm/mm
measurements
Class work
ACTIVITY
SUPPLIES
Fill-in
study guide
Quiz
cm/
mm
Wed.
Work on pp.
22-23
Quiz
cm/
mm
Wed.
Homework
ASSIGNMENT
Complete pp.
22-23
Test/
Quiz
LS Earth Space Science~ Mrs. Trexler
AGS Earth Science Textbook
“Topo. Maps” Section 1-4~
tcher ws section summary
Application Qs ws (may use
as a pop quiz)
PLANS
9/20
18
DATE
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9/23
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9/24
20
9/25
21
9/26
22
9/27
23
½ day
Cont.~
Reading Topographic Maps--Slatedale Quad.- Blown up
M
9/30
10/1
24
Using New Tripoli Quad. Map
Ch1 Test~
25
Finish and Review~
~Using New Tripoli Quad. Map
Ch1 Test~
10/2
26
Review
~Using New Tripoli Quad. Map
Ch1 Test~
10/3
27
Using Kutztown Quad. Map
Ch1 Test~
DATE
DAY
10/4
28
M
10/7
29
10/8
30
10/9
31
32
SUPPLIES
Homework
ASSIGNMENT
Test/
Quiz
Continue~
Application Qs ws (may use
as a pop quiz) &
Transparency Master ws 1
Continue~
Application Qs ws (may use
as a pop quiz) &
Transparency Master ws 1
Reading Topographic Maps--Slatedale Quad.- Blown up &
Questions “Reading
Topographic Maps
If time~
Ch 1 Summary p.21
pp. 22-23
Cont. Review~
Reading Topographic Maps--Slatedale Quad.- Blown up
PLANS
Continue~
Ch 1 Summary p.21
pp. 22-23
Using Slatedale Quad. Map
Review~
Ch 1 Summary p.21
pp. 22-23
Catch-up work/Review
Qs about test
Ch1 Test
Ch1 Test~
5 minutes open book/notes
Introduce: Scientific Method &
Vocabulary Notes handout
*make flash cards, flipchart,
poppers
*cartoon puzzle
10/10
Class work
ACTIVITY
Review Sci. Mtd notes
The Scientific Method~
*Poster
*Flow Chart
”It’s your first big party…” ws
“Scientific Method” hwk
Fri/Mon
Fri/Mon
Class work
ACTIVITY
SUPPLIES
Fri/Mon
Homework
ASSIGNMENT
Test/
Quiz
Test
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AGS Earth Science Textbook
10/11
33
½ day
“Science in Action” ws
T
10/15
34
Faith Qs Ch1
“Science in Action” ws
“Say what the problem is…”
Mouse
Observation vs. Inference ws
Do a few days later
10/16
35
Continue Review
Observation vs. Inference ws
Done earlier on back of mouse
Identify the Controls &
Variables (Bart Simpson)
Hwk~ Sci. Method Puzzle
10/17
36
Review~
Observ. Vs. Infer.
Sci. Mtd. Vocab
Scientific Method ppt
DATE
DAY
PLANS
10/18
37
Review/Grade Hwk:
Sci. Mtd Puzzle
Scientific Method Quiz
Faith Ch1 Test
Review~
Ch 1 tests and Sci. Mtd. Quiz
Intro. Ch2 Describing The
Earth
L1~What Shape and Features
Does the Earth Have?
Hand out Ch2 Study Guide
Read pp. 26-29
AGS ws Ch2.1
M
10/21
38
Collect hwk~ AGS 2.1
Cartography Notes 2.1
The Earth & Beyond ws
pp 54-55
Quiz Mon ?:
continents/
oceans
10/22
39
The Earth & Beyond ws
Review: pp 54-55
Do pp 60-61 Review
Introduce:
Continental Mobile Cut-Out
Proj Computers needed for
research
Quiz Mon ?:
continents/
oceans
10/23
40
Quiz Mon ?:
continents/
oceans
10/24
41
Review:
7 continents and 4 oceans
Continental Mobile Cut-Out Proj
Computers needed for research
Review:
*7 Continents & 5 Major Oceans
“Earth’s Cont. & Oceans” ws
Quiz on them in two days
Continental Mobile Cut-Out Proj
Computers needed for research
10/25
42
Continental Mobile Cut-Out Proj
Computers needed for research
Quiz Mon ?:
continents/
oceans
M
43
Continental Mobile Cut-Out Proj
Computers needed for research
Class work
ACTIVITY
SUPPLIES
Homework
ASSIGNMENT
Quiz Mon ?:
continents/
oceans
Test/
Quiz
LS Earth Space Science~ Mrs. Trexler
AGS Earth Science Textbook
10/28
10/29
44
Finishing touches on mobile
Quiz : continents/océans
L2~How is the Earth’s motion
connected to time?
Read pp. 30-33
AGS ws Ch2.2
10/30
45
DATE
DAY
End of Marking Pd. 1
The Earth & Beyond ws
pp. 20, 21, 22
Students grade Mobile Projects
PLANS
10/31
46
11/1
47
M
11/4
48
Review~ AGS ws Ch2.3
Reading a Map Grid (2 pages)
*Study Guide
L4~What is latitude?
Read pp. 40-43
AGS ws Ch2.4
W
11/6
49
11/7
50
Cartography Notes/ppt 2.4-2.6
L5 and L6~What is longitude
& How can you use latitude
and longitude?
Read pp. 44-45
AGS ws Ch2.5
Review AGS 2.5
Read pp.46-48
AGS ws Ch2.6
Ch2 Review p. 50-51
Textbook
Hwk: Crossword: Mapping the
Earth
11/8
51
Review text Ch6 Qs
and Hwk
Collect/Review Hwk pp 50-51
M
11/11
52
USA Lat & Long Act. #2 ws
Viewpoints ws
11/12
53
Collect Crossword
Review front and do Using
Lat/Long Lab Man 8 ws
11/13
54
Using the “Classroom Atlas”
paperback book Rand McNally:
Ch 2-Lat/Long ws
Lat/Long Review ws
DATE
DAY
PLANS
Class work
ACTIVITY
SUPPLIES
Homework
ASSIGNMENT
Test/
Quiz
Class work
SUPPLIES
Homework
Test/
Cartography Notes 2.2
Time Zones
Handouts (USA & world)
Reading a Time Zone Map ws
Review:
*7 Continents & 5 Major Oceans
*Time Zones
Study Guide~ fill-ins
Review~
Reading a Time Zone Map ws
Reading a Time Zone Map ws
Quiz Time Zones
L3~How can you use a grid to
locate points on the Earth?
Read pp.36-37
AGS ws Ch2.3
LS Earth Space Science~ Mrs. Trexler
AGS Earth Science Textbook
ACTIVITY
11/14
55
Finish and Review~
Lat/Long Review ws
Using the “Classroom Atlas”
Rand McNally:
Work on quietly after Quiz then
Review: Lat/Long ws
11/15
56
Cont~Using the “Classroom
Atlas” Rand McNally:
Work on quietly then
Review: Lat/Long ws
EXTRA Credit:
Long/Lat. Transparency 10 ws
M
11/18
57
Pop Quiz:
Continents/Oceans
Long/Lat Quiz
Collect:
Long/Lat. Transparency 10 ws
Review/Qs for Test
Don’t forget the Study Guide
11/19
58
Collect Extra Credit
Ch2 test
Intro. Ch7 Minerals
Study Guide
L1~What Are Minerals?
Read pp. 133-135
AGS ws Ch7.1
11/20
59
Review~
Ch 2 test
Ch 7
The Earth & Beyond ws
P110-111
11/21
60
11/22
61
What is a Mineral? 7.1 Notes
LSMinerals ppt slides 1-18
L2~What Are Color, Luster,
Streak, and Hardness?
Read pp. 136-139
AGS ws Ch7.2
Cont. AGS 7.2
Mohs Scale/Transparency 6 ws
Definition of a Mineral ws
M
11/25
62
11/26
63
DATE
DAY
11/27
64
T
12/3
65
Finish Rev~
Definition of a Mineral ws
Minerals Ch3 Reinforcement ws
L3~How Do You Describe a
Mineral’s Shape and Density?
Read pp. 142-143
AGS ws Ch7.3
Hwk: Word Wise
Grade Hwk: Word Wise
Long/Lat Pop Quiz
Cont. LS Minerals ppt
slide 19 to end
What is a Mineral? 7.2-7.3
Notes
PLANS
Chris~ Assembly
Mikela ab
Review:
Word Wise and Word Search:
Minerals ws(hwk)
Mineral Concept Map ws
Class work
ACTIVITY
SUPPLIES
ASSIGNMENT
Quiz
Homework
ASSIGNMENT
Test/
Quiz
LS Earth Space Science~ Mrs. Trexler
AGS Earth Science Textbook
12/4
66
Discovery Streaming video~
How to ID Minerals section
(9min.)
L4~How Do People Use
Minerals?
Read pp. 146-148
AGS ws Ch7.4
Review~ AGS ws Ch7.4
Do pp. 149- 151 Text review
12/5
67
Collect/Grade/Review p150-151
Enrich9.2-Everyday Minerals ws
12/6
68
Do and Review: Enrich 9.2
And Everyday Minerals ws
Study Guides Due Collect
Quiz~
“Study Guide Ch3” Mineral Id.
Use Open Notes
Lab~ Mineral Id.
M
12/9
69
2-hr delay
12/11
70
Lab~ Mineral Id.
Discovery Streaming~
Classifying Minerals video
(3.5 min.)
12/12
71
2-hr delay
Lab~ Mineral Id.
Lab~ Mineral Id.
Review for Test
12/13
72
Lab~ Mineral Id.
Review for Test
DATE
DAY
M
12/16
12/18
73
Finish Lab and Collect
74
2-hr delay
PLANS
Review for Tomorrow’s Ch 7
12/19
75
Ch 7 Test
Study Guide Ch8
Intro. Ch8: Rocks pp.153-171
L1~What Are Rocks?
Read pp. 153-155
AGS ws Ch8.1
Review AGS 8.1 ws
12/20
76
Discovery Streaming- Earth
Science: Rocks & Minerals
(17min)
Notes~Rockin & Rollin: From
Soft to Heavy Metal section 8.1
From the text 8.1:
“Igneous Rocks-Hwk Review”
ws do and then review it
L2~How Can You Identify
Igneous Rocks?
Read pp. 156-158
AGS ws Ch8.2
Class work
ACTIVITY
SUPPLIES
Homework
ASSIGNMENT
Test/
Quiz
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AGS Earth Science Textbook
Th
1/2/14
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Review: AGS ws Ch8.2
Notes~How can you ident.
Igneous rocks? Ws
Igneous Rock pp62-63 ws
The Earth & Beyond ws
P112-113
1/3
78
Review:
Igneous Rock pp62-63 ws
The Earth & Beyond ws
P112-113Notes~Igneous
Rocks
Rocks Flowchart~Igneous only
M
1/6
79
Finish~ Rocks
Flowchart~Igneous only
Lab~Igneous Rocks
The Rock Cycle pkt
Students group rx based on
sorting info. In pkt. Sheets then
move onto the Lab
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1/9
1/10
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1/13
1/14
1/15
1/16
1/17
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PLANS
FINAL EXAM
Class work
ACTIVITY
SUPPLIES
Homework
ASSIGNMENT
Test/
Quiz