Regents Earth Science- Overview of Class Agenda and Goals
Week 21-25
**Please note that the following is subject to change and that the current week is highlighted in
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Week 21: 2/3-2/7
Monday
-Go over midterm
-Water Cycle demo
-Fill-in Notes: Water Cycle
HW: Water Cycle story
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
-Finish Water Cycle stuff
-“What’s Earth Science Got to do With It” Video
-Regents Review Book Practice
Snow Day
Notes/Concept Map: Weathering
Weathering Worksheet
CYCLE 4:
Rates of Weathering Lab
Mechanical Weathering vs. Chemical Weathering
demos (using vinegar, cold water, warm water,
etc)
DESCRIBE how the water cycle
works
DEFINE each part of the water
cycle
CREATE a story of a water
droplet as it travels through the
water cycle
PREDICT hazards of water
contamination
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
physical and chemical
weathering
DESCRIBE what can affect the
rate of weathering
EVALUATE the rate of
weathering and the effects of
size/temperature on the rate of
weathering
PLOT the data for the rate of
weathering
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
mechanical weathering to
chemical weathering
Week 22: 2/10-2/14
Monday
Tuesday
-Review and Practice
CYCLE 6:
Rates of Weathering Lab
Mechanical Weathering vs. Chemical Weathering
demos (using vinegar, cold water, warm water,
etc)
EVALUATE the rate of
weathering and the effects of
size/temperature on the rate of
weathering
PLOT the data for the rate of
weathering
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
mechanical weathering to
chemical weathering
Wednesday
Soil Handouts and Notes
Thursday
Friday
Snow Day
NO SCHOOL-Presidents Day Weekend
EXPLAIN how soil forms
DISTINGUISH between the soil
horizons
DIFFERENTIATE between types
of erosion and mass movements
Week 23: 2/19-2/21
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
No School- Presidents Day Weekend
Superintendent Conference Day
Go over Soil HW and finish Soil Notes
Weathering Demo
Weathering/Soil/Water Cycle Quiz
Bill Nye: Erosion
Notes: Erosion and Mass Movements
HW: Article Summary
CYCLE 4:
Packet and Notes: Streams and Rivers
Mature River Lab or RRB Practice
(depending on stream table availability)
EXPLAIN how soil forms
DISTINGUISH between the soil
horizons
DIFFERENTIATE between types
of erosion and mass movements
RESEARCH a mass movement
event and SUMMARIZE the
impacts of this event
LOCATE areas of erosion and
deposition on a stream diagram
DESCRIBE how rivers change
over time by creating a river
channel in a stream table
(video on YouTube)
Week 24: 2/24-2/28
Monday
Glaciers
Tuesday
CYCLE 6:
Packet and Notes: Streams and Rivers
Mature River Lab or RRB Practice
(depending on stream table availability)
Wednesday
Finish Glaciers
Finish Streams and Rivers
Quiz: Mass Movement, Streams and Rivers, and
Glaciers
Finish Mature River Lab
RRB Practice
Thursday
DEFINE features of a glacier
IDENTIFY features left behind by
a glacier
LOCATE areas of erosion and
deposition on a stream diagram
DESCRIBE how rivers change
over time by creating a river
channel in a stream table
(video on YouTube)
IDENTIFY ways in which the
coastline is affected by agents of
weathering, erosion and
deposition
PREDICT locations of erosion and
of deposition
Friday
Finish Material
Review for Test on Tuesday
Week 25: 3/3-3/7
Monday
CYCLE 4
Streamflow Lab
RRB Practice
Tuesday
-Sorting and Deposition Notes
-Coastal Processes notes
-Landscapes notes and practice
CYCLE 6
Streamflow Lab
RRB Practice
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Unit Test: Weathering, Erosion, Deposition
Cycle 1:
Glacier Lab
Notes: Electromagnetic Energy
Concept Map: Reflected, Refracted and Absorbed
Eureka! Video
DESCRIBE how river speed
determines what can be carried
by water
LIST reasons that control river
speed
DESCRIBE how river speed
determines what can be carried
by water
LIST reasons that control river
speed
DEFINE aspects of energy and
energy transfer
APPLY transfer of energy to
other aspects of Earth Science
Week 26: 3/10-3/14
Monday
Finish Eureka!
Transformation of Energy notes
Tuesday
RRB practice
Lab
DI: Heat Energy and Changes of State
Chart: Change in state
Eureka Video: Changes in State
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
RRB Practice
Lab
Quiz: Electromagnetic energy, energy transfer
and transformation of energy
Notes: Solar radiation and insolation (2
handouts)
DEFINE aspects of energy and
energy transfer
APPLY transfer of energy to
other aspects of Earth Science
DESCRIBE how energy changes
state
DETERMINE if an object gains or
loses energy during certain
changes in state
ILLUSTRATE how energy is
transferred from the sun to the
earth
DEFINE insolation