Earth Science Today: W 08/30/06
Welcome!
Recall
Seating Chart
What we’re gonna do today
Course Intro
Mr. Schoen’s Intro
Names in Textbooks / Textbook Info List
Student Info Sheets
Reflect
By the end of the semester, I will… (List 3 goals)
Homework
Finish Info Sheet
Earth Science Today: TH 08/31/06
Welcome!
Recall
On a sheet of paper list:
o Your Name
o Something you would like to see or someplace
you would like to go
o One Earth Science topic or something you
know about science
What we’re gonna do today
Intros: Name, Like to see/go, Earth Science topic
Activity: SNL Teacher Communication
Discuss: Syllabus
Reflect
List 3 things you would like to study in Earth
Science (or just 3 things you think are studied in
Earth Science) and give a short description of what
you know and what you would like to know about
each of these things.
Homework
Signed Syllabus (signed by you and your parents)
Earth Science Today: F 09/01/06
Welcome!
Recall
Take out Signed Syllabus
Take out a sheet of paper and correctly spell my full
name.
What we’re gonna do today
Review: Lab Procedures
Activity: A - Lab Procedures/Following Directions
Discuss: Recall/Reflect & Web page
Discuss: Binder Sheet
Activity: W – Lab Procedures
Reflect
Recall/Reflect starts Tuesday =).
Homework
W – Lab Procedures
Bring Binders with dividers
Earth Science Today: TU 09/05/06
Welcome!
Recall
Take out W – Laboratory Safety, your recall/reflect
sheets, binders, and your books.
How old do you think the Earth is?
What we’re gonna do today
Turn In: W - Laboratory Safety
Review: R - Introduction to Earth Science
Activity: Concept map of Earth Science terms
Discuss: N - What is Earth Science
Reflect
List one reason for studying earth science that we
discussed in class today.
Homework
Finish your concept maps.
Earth Science Today: W 00/00/07
Welcome!
Recall
What are Earth’s four spheres (Book, p. 33)?
What we’re gonna do today
Discuss: N - Earth as a System
Activity: W - Earth as a System
Review: R - Introduction to Earth Science
o Complete Questions 1 – 7 on Review Sheet
Reflect
List one reason to explain why its important to take
care of Earth’s resources
Homework
W - Earth as a System
R - Introduction to Earth Science (Questions 1 – 7)
Earth Science Today: W 09/06/06
Welcome!
Recall
Name one cool or unique experience you have had
with a scientific phenomena.
What we’re gonna do today
Lab: Oobleck - Observations/Experimentations
Reflect
What happened to the Oobleck when you pushed
on it fast?
Homework
Fine tune your observations for tomorrow.
Earth Science Today: TH 09/07/06
Welcome!
Recall
Take out your recall/reflect sheets and L - Oobleck
What happens when you push slow on the oobleck?
What we’re gonna do today
Lab: Oobleck - Make Poster of observations and
explanations
Reflect
What does oobleck look like when you zoom way in
on it? Draw a picture of this.
Homework
Presentations tomorrow.
Earth Science Today: F 09/08/06
Welcome!
Recall
Take out your recall/reflect sheets and L - Oobleck
What is oobleck made of?
Turn in RC/RF.
What we’re gonna do today
Lab: Oobleck - Presentations
Reflect
None
Homework
Finish paragraph, diagrams, and questions.
Earth Science Today: M 09/11/06
Welcome!
Recall
Take out L - Oobleck / Paragraph with labeled
diagrams
Do you think temperature or electrochemistry
(bonding) have anything to do with why oobleck
behaves the way it does? Explain.
What we’re gonna do today
Hand In: L - Oobleck with paragraph/diagrams
Lab: Oobleck - What scientists think
Notes: N - Scientific Method
Activity: W - Controlled Experiments
Reflect
What is the difference between a hypothesis and a
theory?
Homework
W - Controlled Experiments
Quiz - What is Earth Science / Scientific Method /
Experiments
Earth Science Today: TU 09/12/06
Welcome!
Recall
Take out W - Controlled Experiments
What is the scientific method?
What we’re gonna do today
Turn In: W – Controlled Experiments
Quiz: Q - Scientific Inquiry and the Scientific
Method
Discuss: N - Length
Reflect
Do you think that the U.S. should switch to the
metric system? Why or why not?
Homework
W - Metric Picture
Earth Science Today: W 09/13/06
Welcome!
Recall
How many inches are there in one mile? How did
you figure this out?
What we’re gonna do today
Turn In: W - Metric Picture
Lab: L - Measurement Inquiry
Reflect
How many meters tall are you to the nearest
hundredth of a meter?
Homework
W - Linear Measurement
Earth Science Today: TH 09/14/06
Welcome!
Recall
About how many miles is a 5 km race? Hint: Look
at your notes about how many miles a kilometer is.
What we’re gonna do today
Turn In: L – Measurement Inquiry
Grade: W - Linear Measurement
Discuss: N - Metric Conversions
Activity: W - Getting Familiar With Metric
Reflect
What metric unit would you use if you were
measuring the distance from New York to
California? How about from your front door to your
mailbox?
Homework
W - Getting Familiar With Metric / Measuring and
Converting Metric Units
Earth Science Today: F 09/15/06
Welcome!
Recall
Using only your hands, tell me how many inches
wide your desk is? Hint: Look in your notes at how
big an inch is.
What we’re gonna do today
Grade: W - Getting Familiar With Metric
Grade: W - Measuring and Converting Metric Units
Quiz: Q - Measuring and Converting Metric Units
Reflect
How would you measure the length of a windy road
on a map?
Homework
Have a great weekend!
Earth Science Today: M 00/00/00
Welcome!
Recall
There are 2.54 cm in one inch!
List a mnemonic device that you can use to
remember the metric units in order -> KHDMDCM
(e.g. King Henry Drank…)
What we’re gonna do today
Lab: L - Floating and Sinking
o Observations
Reflect
What do you think water looks like at a very small
level?
Homework
Tidy up observations and read / think about Day 2
Earth Science Today: TU 00/00/00
Welcome!
Recall
Draw what you think water looks like at a very high
level of magnification.
What we’re gonna do today
Lab: L - Floating and Sinking
o Making a model / poster
Reflect
Some of you used the words ‘water displacement’.
Tell me without using any ‘big words’ what that
means.
Homework
Finish posters / Get ready to present
Earth Science Today: W 00/00/00
Welcome!
Recall
If you were to zoom in to a very high magnification
on water and air, what differences would you see?
What we’re gonna do today
Lab: L - Floating and Sinking
o Presentations / Write ups
Reflect
Draw a labeled diagram of a dense object.
Homework
Complete paragraphs / diagrams / questions.
Earth Science Today: M 09/18/06
Welcome!
Recall
There are 2.54 cm in one inch!
List a mnemonic device that you can use to
remember the metric units in order -> KHDMDCM
(e.g. King Henry Drank…)
What we’re gonna do today
Activity: Write definitions in your own words for:
o Mass, weight, volume, and density
o Share on the board and discuss
Discuss: N - Mass, Weight, and Gravity
Activity: W - Mass, Weight, and Gravity
Reflect
What is the difference between mass and weight?
Homework
W - Mass, Weight, and Gravity
Earth Science Today: TU 09/19/06
Welcome!
Recall
What is volume?
What we’re gonna do today
Grade: W - Mass, Weight, and Gravity
Discuss: N - Volume
Demo: Measuring Volume
Activity: W - Volume
Reflect
How could you tell if a certain liquid is more or less
dense than another identical liquid?
Homework
W – Volume
Earth Science Today: W 09/20/06
Welcome!
Recall
Which weighs more, a ton of bricks or a ton of
feathers?
What we’re gonna do today
Grade: W - Volume
Discuss: N - Density
Activity: W - Density
Reflect
Describe how you would find your mass, your
volume, and then your density.
Homework
W - Density
Earth Science Today: TH 09/21/06
Welcome!
Recall
If a rock has a density of 14 g/mL and a volume of
10 mL, then what is its mass?
What we’re gonna do today
Hang On To: W - Density
Lab: L - Density (turn in today)
Activity: Finish R - Introduction to Earth Science
Reflect
Compare and contrast independent variables with
dependent variables.
Homework
Finish R - Introduction to Earth Science
Quiz tomorrow over measurement!
Earth Science Today: F 09/22/06
Welcome!
Recall
If a rock has a density of 14 g/mL and a volume of
10 mL, then what is its mass?
Turn In Recall/Reflect
What we’re gonna do today
Grade: W - Density
Quiz: Q - Measurement
Reflect
None
Homework
Test Tuesday!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Earth Science Today: M 09/25/06
Welcome!
Recall
What’s the difference between the experimental
group and the independent variable?
What we’re gonna do today
Review: R - Introduction to Earth Science
Binders: CS - Introduction to Earth Science
o Arrange papers!
Reflect
Create an example that illustrates the steps of the
scientific method.
Homework
Test Tomorrow!
Earth Science Today: TU 09/26/06
Welcome!
Recall
Nada! Hang on to your Recall/Reflect sheets.
What we’re gonna do today
Test: T - Introduction to Earth Science
Reflect
Explain why you think that Rhode Island in neither
a road nor an island. (you don’t have to write this
down!)
Homework
Relax!
Earth Science Today: W 09/27/06
Welcome!
Recall
None
What we’re gonna do today
Activity: W – Test Corrections
o For T - Introduction to Earth Science
Reflect
None
Homework
R – The Earth in the Universe (Questions 1 - 10)