Monday, August 25, 2013
Tuesday, August 26, 2013
Science Introduction and Expectations
Warm Up:
Welcome to 8th Grade Science. Record
your answers on clean paper. Prepare to
share.
1. Who was your science teacher last
year?
2. What was your favorite science unit last
year? Why?
3. Name one thing you hope will happen
this year in science.
4. Name one thing you hope won’t happen
this year in science.
Homework:
1. Prospectus goals and signatures
2. Safety contract – signatures
3. Teacher wiki – home page summary and 2
facts about me
Monday, August 25, 2013
Tuesday, August 26, 2013
Lab Safety Rules/Activity
8th Grade Science Interactive
Notebook Set-up
Page Set-Up Expectations
Date A-Day
Date B-Day
Date A-Day
Date B-Day
Topic Title
Essential Question:
Write out questions
Answer to Essential Question: Complete
sentences
Warm Up:
Answer question in complete sentences
Classwork Titles
Notes
Diagrams
Activities
Handouts
Homework: Homework assignments should
always be written in your planner!
Page #
Page #
Date A-Day
Date B-Day
Homework Title(s)
Warm Up:
Write out questions, charts, diagrams
AND your responses!!!
Inside Cover of
Notebook
Homework: Homework assignments should always be
written here, as the title AND in your agenda!
Page #
Keep This Page
Blank!!!!
Technology Cheat Sheet
Tape Technology Cheat
Sheet
Here
Prospectus Page
Tape 8th Grade Science
Prospectus Here
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Science Introduction and Expectations
Essential Question: Using DE, what
resources are available to explore the rock
cycle? How are these resources useful?
Warm Up:
Using the following 10 words, sort the
words into two categories. Create a t-chart
and label each column.
Lithosphere
Natural selection
Cells
Rock layers
Plate tectonics
DNA
Genetics
Mantle
Sedimentary Rock
Organs
Discovery Ed. Webquest
Fill in Technology Cheat Sheet and
attach to your notebook
1. Gaggle / Chromebook login
Username: flastxxxx@cms.gaggle.net
(first initial + last name + last 4 of student id)
Password: YYMMDD
2. Discovery Education Science TechBook
www.discoveryeducation.com
User ID/Login: (student ID#_cms)
Password: (student ID #)
3. Powerschool
https://cms.powerschool.com/public
Homework: Using DE “Fossils and Studying
Username: (middle set of numbers)
Earth’s Past” choose one video, and
Password: (last set of numbers)
summarize. Write the main idea, 3 supporting
details in your paragraph.
Page 1
Page 2
SchoolNet Test ID
FA2CY3QE
•30 Question pre-assessment
•Read the question
•Select an answer for all questions
•Click the “Next” button
•When you finish, Log into Discovery Education
•Earth’s History = 1st Unit
Discovery Education
• Interactive vocabulary - choose 3 words and write a
summary (1 video, 1 animation, and 1 definition)
rock cycle, sedimentary rock, superposition,
igneous, convection, asthenosphere
• Essential Questions - Locate 2 questions in the
orange question tab- copy and answer: 1 question
you definitely know the answer, copy question you
have no idea the answer
• Homework - Chose one video, and write summary.
Write main idea, 3 supporting details paragraph
Friday Aug 29, 2014
Tuesday, Sept 2, 2014
Earth’s History Unit
Outline of Unit
•Earth’s Structure and Rock Cycle
•Relative and Absolute Dating
•Fossil Evidence of Earth’s Age
•Geologic Time Scale
•Evolution and Genetic Variation
•Natural Selection
Friday Aug 29, 2014
Tuesday, Sept 2, 2014
Earth and the Rock Cycle
Friday Aug 29, 2014
Tuesday, Sept 2, 2014
Earth’s Structure
Essential Question: Explain the
different types of rocks found on
Earth’s surface and some physical
results of geologic change on the
Earth’s surface? Give examples.
Warm Up: Using textbook p.9-10. Answer
the following questions in complete
sentences:
1. Explain how Earth is made up of
materials with different densities.
2. How can scientists explore the
Earth’s interior without seeing it?
Homework: Answer the essential
questions on pages 1 of your
notebook.
Page 3
Friday Aug 29, 2014
Tuesday, Sept 2, 2014
Earth’s Structure and Rock Cycle
Earth’s Layers
Rock Cycle
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Page 4
Rock Group Jigsaw Instruction Sheet Rubric
Goal: Present the required information in approximately 4 minutes.
READ ALL RESOURCES. TAKE NOTES AND DETERMINE THE IMPORTANT
DETAILS TO TEACH TO THE CLASS
1. Characteristics- clear description, diagrams, labeled, color
2. Change over time - how it changes (rock or structure of the
Earth)
3. Supporting Details - fossils, crystals, remains of organisms,
energy (radioactivity from Earth’s core)
4. Key Vocabulary (suggested to use): cementation, minerals,
crystallization, fossils, heat, pressure, melting, temperature,
core, crust, mantle, asthenosphere, layer, erosion,
sediment, change over time, deposition, lava, magma,
tectonic plate
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Earth Structure
Essential Question: What is earth’s
structure and some physical results of
geologic change on the Earth’s
surface? Give examples.
Warm Up:
The stem GEO- means Earth. Make a list of as
many words that you can think of that involve
the stem GEO-.
Homework:
1. Bring in at least one picture representing
at least one geologic change. I.D. when,
where, how (Weathering, Erosion, land mass
motion, volcanic eruption, Earth crust
movement)
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Earth Structure and Changes
Notes from group presentations
•Layers of Earth
•Rock Cycle
•Igneous
•Metamorphic
•Sedimentary
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Theory of Uniformitarianism (3:20)
&
Five Ways Earth Changes (11:00)
DE Video Clips Notes
2. Answer the essential question from page
3 of your NB
Page 5
Page 6
Think-pair-share
What do you think you’re looking at? What kind of
rock is in the picture? What happened that may have
caused this to happen?
Check for understanding
• How is the structure of
the earth similar to a
boiled egg?
• How are rocks recycled
over time? Discuss
three rock types.
• How does the earth
change over time?
Friday, September 5, 2014
Monday, September 8, 2014
Forces that Build and Destroy
Essential Questions (leave space to answer):
1. How does the sun affect the formation of
sedimentary rocks?
2. How do magma and lava differ?
3. How does the formation of intrusive and
extrusive rocks differ?
4. How does increasing pressure and
temperature affect a rock?
Warm Up:
1. How does the Theory of Uniformitarianism
help us understand earth’s history? (Use
your video notes from last class.)
2. What evidence do scientists use to study
earth’s history?
Homework: Answer all essential
questions.
Page 7
Friday, September 5, 2014
Monday, September 8, 2014
Mining Earth’s Changes
Evidences for the Theory of
Uniformitarianism
What? When?
Where?
How
did it
happen?
Crustal
Movement
Volcanic
Eruption
Weathering
Erosion
Land
Mass
Motion
Page 8
Constructive And Destructive
Forces Web-quest Resources
Task: Evaluate online
resources and create
an informational
brochure
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•
•
•
•
Use the organizer provided by
teacher
Maximum group size = 3
Use selected resources
Carefully complete each section
Self assess your use of essential
vocabulary and your level of
understanding.
1) http://iweb.jackson.k12.ga.us/cstewart/ge
ology/Destructive.html
2) http://hyperphysics.phyastr.gsu.edu/hbase/geophys/intrus.html
3) http://www.rocksandminerals4u.com/met
amorphic_rocks.html
4) http://education.nationalgeographic.com/
education/encyclopedia/magma/?ar_a=1
5) http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_s
cience/terc/content/investigations/es0602
/es0602page02.cfm
6) http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/scienc
e/environment_earth_universe/rock_cycl
e/revision/4/
7) http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockc
ycle/
8) www.classzone.com/books/earth_science
/terc/content/investigations/es0602/es06
02page02.cfm
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Classify
Essential Questions (leave space to answer):
1. What properties can be analyzed to
classify rocks?
Warm Up:
1. Why are the names intrusive and
extrusive appropriate for two types of
igneous rock?
2. What is their main difference?
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
1. Rock Classification Lab
Problem: What properties can be used to
classify rocks?
Data:
Rock Type
Sample
Visible
Number
Properties
1
2
3
4
Homework:
6
1. Make sure all E.Q.s have been answered.
2. Test Mon (A) and Tues(B)
• Earth’s Layers,
• Rock Cycle,
• 3 Types of Rock
• Uniformitarianism
• Forces of Change
8
Page 9
9
11
14
15
Answer analysis questions 1-2
and 1-3 completely.
Page 10
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Friday, September 12, 2014
Complete Labs (1st ½ of class)
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Friday, September 12, 2014
Test Review (2nd ½ of class)
Essential Questions (leave space to answer):
1. How are rocks distributed in earth’s crust?
Warm Up:
1. How is the structure of the earth
similar to a boiled egg?
2. How does the earth change over
time?
3. How are rocks recycled over time?
4. What role does the sun play in rock
formation?
1. Complete “Rock Activities 2 and
•Attach your work to page 12
2. Review sheet
Homework:
1. Make sure all E.Q.s have been
answered.
2. Test Mon (A) and Tues(B)
• Earth’s Layers,
• Rock Cycle,
• 3 Types of Rock
• Uniformitarianism
Page 11• Forces of Change
Page 12
Rocks Activities 2 and 3
2. A Crust Full of Rocks
• Study the graphs
• Answer 1-7 in complete
sentences
3. Mystery Rocks
Problem: What properties can
be used to classify rocks?
Data:
Sample
Color
Texture
Foliated Rock
or
Group
Banded
A= 1
B=4
C=6
D=11
E=14
F=15
Analyze and Conclude Questions 1-6