Studies Earth Science- Overview of Class Agenda and Goals
Week 1- Week 5
**Please note that the following is subject to change.
Week 1: 9/3-9/5/2013
Day
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Agenda
LABOR DAY-No School
CONFERENCE DAY- No School
-Course Overview and Expectations
-Team building and inquiry
activities
Thursday
-What is Earth Science?
-Letter to the Editor- Article
Summaries
Friday
-Continue work on Letter to the
Editor Assignment
Goals
Homework
-RESTATE course
expectations
-EVALUATE observations
in order to develop wellsupported conclusions
-SUMMARIZE a current
event article about Earth
Science
-Supplies due by
Monday 9/8
-Signatures due by
Tuesday 9/9
-SUMMARIZE a current
event article about Earth
Science
“Letter to the
Editor” due
Wednesday 9/10
Week 2: 9/8-9/12/2014
Day
Monday
Agenda
-Earth to Martian Lab
-Share Letter to the Editor
Article Summaries
Tuesday
-What is Earth Science?: Intro
and Branches
Wednesday
-What is Earth Science?: Spheres
and Systems
Thursday
-In Class: Read pages 16-17
Page 17 Q 1-7
-What is Earth science?: Finish
Intro Material
Friday
Goals
-SUMMARIZE a current event
article about Earth Science
-DEVELOP a flight plan to
land a Martian safely on
Earth
DEFINE Earth Science
-DIFFERENTIATE between the
branches of Earth Science
-COMPARE AND CONTRAST
the spheres of the Earth
Homework
-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
-Finish lab if not
completed in classDue Thursday 9/11
Week 3: 9/15-9/19/2014
DAY
Monday
AGENDA
-In Class: Read pages 18-19
Page 19 Q 1-8
-The Scientific Method
-Observations vs. Inferences
Tuesday
- In Class: Read pages 9-13 and
answer the questions in the
triangles
-The Scientific Method
-Inferences and Observations
Wednesday
-Scientific Method WS/Review
-Lake Nyos Lab
Thursday
Friday
-Review for quiz
Vocabulary Games!
GOALS
-LIST the steps of the
scientific method
-IDENTIFY a statement as
an observation or an
inference
-DESCRIBE inferences
and observations of
unknown objects
-LIST the steps of the
scientific method
-IDENTIFY a statement as
an observation or an
inference
-DESCRIBE inferences
and observations of
unknown objects
- DESCRIBE inferences
and observations of
unknown objects
-LIST AND EXPLAIN the
steps of the Scientific
Method
-COMPARE the scientific
method to decisionmaking in everyday life
--CONCLUDE the cause of
an event given data and
using the scientific
method
HOMEWORK
Worksheet DUE
FRIDAY 9/19:
-Describe an
instance where you
have used the
scientific method
outside of classes.
-What did you see
or observe?
-What question
were you trying to
answer?
-What did you think
happened?
-How did you find
out/try to find out
what actually
happened or what
did you do to solve
the problem?
Week 4: 9/22-9/26
Monday
Tuesday
-Quiz: Branches, Systems, Spheres, and the
Scientific Method
-Lake Nyos Lab
Wednesday
Rounding
Thursday
Friday
NO SCHOOL
-Measurements, Rounding and Units
-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
-CACULATE different variable
using the proper units and
rounding properly
Week 5: 9/29-10/3
Monday
Measurement Practice/Measurement
Lab
Tuesday
Meter Stick Lab
Wednesday
Graphs and Graphing Lab
Thursday
Finish Graphing Lab
Density Notes and Videos
Start Lab if time
Friday
Continue Density Lab
Start Review for Quiz 2
-DETERMINE the value of
different objects using
the rules of units and
measuring
-DETERMINE the value of
different objects using
the rules of units and
measuring
DEFINE the four main
types of graphing
relationships
DESCRIBE the meaning
behind using graphs
PLOT several different
types of graphs and
analyze those graphs for
information
-DEFINE density
-IDENTIFY the
characteristics of density
-COMPARE the density
of one object to another
-DEFINE density
-IDENTIFY the
characteristics of density
-COMPARE the density
of one object to another
Graphing Lab due
Friday