December 7-10
Monday December 7th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Explain everything you know about earthquakes.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Earthquake, fault, normal fault, reverse fault, strike-slip fault, epicenter,
focus, primary wave, secondary wave, seismic wave, seismograph, surface wave,
liquefaction, magnitude, tsunami
Assignment: Text Reading 8.3 “People and Earthquakes”
The students will be reading through discussing and answering questions about
how earthquakes can affect people.
7th Homework
Section Assessment 8.3
1. How do rubber moorings in a building help minimize damage during an earthquake?
2. How do you think animal behavior has been studied to predict earthquakes?
What changes may be occurring in the environment to cause animals to act
differently?
3. Explain why a seismograph wouldn’t work if the pen vibrated along with the
rest of the machine.
8th Daily Journal
Explain everything you know about states of matter and kinetic energy.
This Weeks Vocabulary
State of matter, matter, kinetic theory of matter, melting point, heat of
fusion, freezing point, boiling point, heat of vaporization, evaporation,
condensation, diffusion, pressure, Pascal’s principle, density, Archimedes’
principle, buoyancy
Assignment: Textbook Reading 4.3 “Behavior of Gasses and liquids”
The students will be reading through discussing and answering questions about
the behavior of gasses and liquids.
8th Homework
Study for test Tuesday (tomorrow)
Section Assessment 4.1
1. Use the kinetic theory to explain why a balloon bursts when over inflated.
2. Calculate the density of an object that has a mass of 3.0g and a volume of
5.0 cm3
3. Why is atmospheric pressure greater at sea level than at the top of a
mountain 5000m above sea level?
4. Use Archimedes’ principle to explain why a helium balloon rises while a
balloon filled with air falls.
Tuesday December 8th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Explain what a seismologist is. Explain how tsunamis form. What is a Richter
scale? Explain what a Mercalli scale is. What is the main difference between
a Mercalli and Richter scale?
This Weeks Vocabulary
Earthquake, fault, normal fault, reverse fault, strike-slip fault, epicenter,
focus, primary wave, secondary wave, seismic wave, seismograph, surface wave,
liquefaction, magnitude, tsunami
Assignment: Laboratory “Using the Modified Mercalli Scale”
The students will be engaging in a laboratory that looks at using a Mercalli
Scale to locate the epicenter of an earthquake.
7th Homework
Reflection
8th Daily Journal
Explain how density is related to buoyancy. Explain how to find or calculate
pressure. Explain Archimedes principle, explain Pascal’s principle.
This Weeks Vocabulary
State of matter, matter, kinetic theory of matter, melting point, heat of
fusion, freezing point, boiling point, heat of vaporization, evaporation,
condensation, diffusion, pressure, Pascal’s principle, density, Archimedes’
principle, buoyancy
Assignment: Assessment “The Atom and States of Matter Test”
The students will be completing a test.
8th Homework
Reflection
Thursday December 10th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Answer question 2 on page 168
Answer question 2 on page 74
Answer question 2 on page 189
(Use the green soft textbook)
This Weeks Vocabulary
Earthquake, fault, normal fault, reverse fault, strike-slip fault, epicenter,
focus, primary wave, secondary wave, seismic wave, seismograph, surface wave,
liquefaction, magnitude, tsunami
Assignment: Chapter 8 Assessment “Earthquakes”
The students will be completing a chapter assessment for a study guide of the
earthquakes chapter.
7th Homework
Reflection
8th Daily Journal
Can the heat of vaporization of a substance change? Explain. A woman’s ring
has a mass of 3.82g and a volume of 0.294mL. What is the ring’s density? Can
the ring be made of pure gold? Explain.
This Weeks Vocabulary
State of matter, matter, kinetic theory of matter, melting point, heat of
fusion, freezing point, boiling point, heat of vaporization, evaporation,
condensation, diffusion, pressure, Pascal’s principle, density, Archimedes’
principle, buoyancy
Assignment: Laboratory “Clay Boats”
The students will be seeing Archimedes principle in action by creating clay
boats and seeing how many pennies will float in there boat.
8th Homework
Reflection
Friday December 11th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Pop Quiz
1. Someone who studies earthquakes.
2. Someone who studies volcanoes.
3. What we use to measure an earthquake based on energy released.
4. What we use to measure an earthquake based on damage.
5. When intense shaking from earthquake causes wet soil to act like a liquid.
6. 2 ways technology is used to minimize damage during an earthquake.
7. 2 ways tsunamis can form
8. Name of the fault that causes major earthquakes in California
This Weeks Vocabulary
Earthquake, fault, normal fault, reverse fault, strike-slip fault, epicenter,
focus, primary wave, secondary wave, seismic wave, seismograph, surface wave,
liquefaction, magnitude, tsunami
Assignment: Scientific Video “Naked Science”
The students will be viewing a video that looks at different formations
created by plate tectonics.
7th Homework
Typed notes in form of a letter
8th Daily Journal
Answer the problem solving question on page 112.
This Weeks Vocabulary
State of matter, matter, kinetic theory of matter, melting point, heat of
fusion, freezing point, boiling point, heat of vaporization, evaporation,
condensation, diffusion, pressure, Pascal’s principle, density, Archimedes’
principle, buoyancy
Assignment: Scientific Video “Chemistry Basics – Matter”
Students will be viewing a video that looks at and discusses the basics of matter.
8th Homework
Typed notes in form of a letter
Nov. 30- Dec. 4
Monday November 30th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Explain everything you know and understand about earthquakes.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Earthquake, fault, normal fault, reverse fault, strike-slip fault, epicenter,
focus, primary wave, secondary wave, seismic wave, seismograph, surface wave,
liquefaction, magnitude, tsunami
Assignment: Chapter 8.1 and 8.2 Reading “Earthquakes”
The students will be reading through, discussing and answering questions about
earthquakes.
7th Homework
Daily Reflection (Section 8.1 Assessment)
1. What force usually generates strike-slip faults?
2. The Appalachian Mountains formed when two of earth’s plates collided. What
type of faults would you expect to find in these mountains? Why?
3. What happens to rocks when an earthquake occurs?
4. Why might it be easier to predict where an earthquake will occur than when
it will occur?
8th Daily Journal
Explain everything you know and understand about the states of matter.
This Weeks Vocabulary
State of matter, matter, kinetic theory of matter, melting point, heat of
fusion, freezing point, boiling point, heat of vaporization, evaporation,
condensation, diffusion, pressure, Pascal’s principle, density, Archimedes’
principle, buoyancy
Assignment: Chapter 4.1 and 4.2 Reading “States of Matter”
The students will be reading through, discussing and answering questions about
earthquakes.
8th Homework
Daily Reflection (Section 4.1 Assessment)
1. What happens to the particles of a crystalline solid as it is heated at its
melting point?
2. What property must a solid have to be considered a crystalline solid?
3. Describe the motion of the particles of a solid as it cools from -250C to -273C
4. On a cold winter day, you leave the door wide open when you come in from
school. Someone shouts, “Close the door, you’re heating the neighborhood!”
Explain the meaning of this statement according to kinetic theory of matter.
Tuesday December 1st, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Section Assessment 8.2
1. Which type of seismic wave does the most damage to property? Explain why.
2. Why is a seismic record from three locations needed to determine the
position of an epicenter?
3. Suppose an earth occurs at the San Andreas Fault. What area on Earth would
experience no secondary waves? Would China experience primary and secondary
waves? Explain your answers.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Earthquake, fault, normal fault, reverse fault, strike-slip fault, epicenter,
focus, primary wave, secondary wave, seismic wave, seismograph, surface wave,
liquefaction, magnitude, tsunami
Assignment: Laboratory “Creating a Seismic risk Map”
The students will be completing a lab where they create a seismic risk map of
the US.
7th Homework
Daily Reflection
8th Daily Journal
Section Assessment 4.2
1. Have you noticed water collecting on the outside of a glass containing an
ice-cold drink? Where did this water come from, and why did it collect on the
glass?
2. A glass of water is placed next to a puddle that contains the same amount
of water. Explain why water in the glass evaporates more slowly than water in
the puddle.
3. Use the kinetic theory to explain why a gas completely fills its container
while a liquid or solid may not.
This Weeks Vocabulary
State of matter, matter, kinetic theory of matter, melting point, heat of
fusion, freezing point, boiling point, heat of vaporization, evaporation,
condensation, diffusion, pressure, Pascal’s principle, density, Archimedes’
principle, buoyancy
Assignment: Laboratory “Visiting the three states of matter”
The students will be completing a lab where they look at how kinetic energy
affects the molecules of water and take them through the three different
states of matter.
8th Homework
Daily Reflection
Wednesday December 2nd, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Explain the three different types of faults and the forces that create them.
Explain the three different types of seismic waves and the differences among them.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Earthquake, fault, normal fault, reverse fault, strike-slip fault, epicenter,
focus, primary wave, secondary wave, seismic wave, seismograph, surface wave,
liquefaction, magnitude, tsunami
Assignment: Laboratory “Creating a Seismic risk Map”
The students will be finishing the lab where they create a seismic risk map of
the US.
7th Homework
Daily Reflection
8th Daily Journal
Explain the kinetic theory of matter. Explain how the theory helps explain
how energy affects states of matter. Explain how crystalline solids react
differently to kinetic energy than non-crystalline solids.
This Weeks Vocabulary
State of matter, matter, kinetic theory of matter, melting point, heat of
fusion, freezing point, boiling point, heat of vaporization, evaporation,
condensation, diffusion, pressure, Pascal’s principle, density, Archimedes’
principle, buoyancy
Assignment: Laboratory “Visiting the three states of matter”
The students will be completing there lab reports about the three states of
matter.
8th Homework
Daily Reflection
Study for test next Tuesday
Thursday December 3rd, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Explain what a seismic risk map is. Explain why scientists might want to
create a seismic risk map of the US. Explain why it seemed that most
earthquake activity was on the East and west coasts, and there was next to
nothing in the central portions of the US.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Earthquake, fault, normal fault, reverse fault, strike-slip fault, epicenter,
focus, primary wave, secondary wave, seismic wave, seismograph, surface wave,
liquefaction, magnitude, tsunami
Assignment: Current Science “Science World”
The students will be reading through a science world magazine and completing a
work packet to go with it.
7th Homework
Daily Reflection
8th Daily Journal
Explain why when kinetic energy was added to water molecules there were flat
portions in your graph at the melting point and boiling point. Explain what
you would expect the graph to look like after the water was complete
vaporized. Using the kinetic theory of matter explain the three different states.
This Weeks Vocabulary
State of matter, matter, kinetic theory of matter, melting point, heat of
fusion, freezing point, boiling point, heat of vaporization, evaporation,
condensation, diffusion, pressure, Pascal’s principle, density, Archimedes’
principle, buoyancy
Assignment: Current Science “Science World”
The students will be reading through a science world magazine and completing a
work packet to go with it.
8th Homework
Daily Reflection
Study for test next Tuesday
Friday December 4th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Pop Quiz
1. Name the three types of faults
2. Name the types of forces that create the faults
3. Name the three types of seismic waves
4. Explain the motion of the three different waves
5. Give three differences between the three types of waves
This Weeks Vocabulary
Earthquake, fault, normal fault, reverse fault, strike-slip fault, epicenter,
focus, primary wave, secondary wave, seismic wave, seismograph, surface wave,
liquefaction, magnitude, tsunami
Assignment: Scientific Video “Faces of Earth”
The students will be watching a video and taking notes. The video looks at
different geological features and how they are formed.
7th Homework
Type up your 25 notes (due Monday)
8th Daily Journal
Pop Quiz
1. Explain the difference between evaporation and boiling.
2. At what temperature does melting of water occur at
3. At what temperature does the boiling of water occur at
4. Another name for boiling point
5. Another name for melting point
6. Name the four states of matter
7. Explain the term kinetic energy
This Weeks Vocabulary
State of matter, matter, kinetic theory of matter, melting point, heat of
fusion, freezing point, boiling point, heat of vaporization, evaporation,
condensation, diffusion, pressure, Pascal’s principle, density, Archimedes’
principle, buoyancy
Assignment: Scientific Video “Visions of the Future”
The students will be watching a video and taking notes. The video looks at
the future of science technology.
8th Homework
Type up your 25 notes(due Monday)
Study for test next Tuesday
November 16-29
Monday November 16th, 2009
Daily Journal
Read pgs 452-455 (Chapter 16.1) in the red textbook. Answer questions 1-3 of
the section assessment (pg 455). For your daily journal
Assignment: Textbook Reading and Review of Chapter 16 (Red Textbook)
1. Read pgs 457-459 (Chapter 16.2) in the red textbook
2. Answer questions 1-3 of the section assessment (pg 459) for your reflection
3. Read pgs 462-466 (Chapter 16.3) in the red textbook.
4. Answer questions 1-4 of the section assessment (pg 466) in your reflection
as well
5. Complete the Chapter 16 assessment questions 1-24 (pgs. 474, 475).
(Separate piece of paper hand in to teacher when completed)
6. Quietly read if completed all assignments.
Homework
Daily Reflection (Section 16.2 and 16.3 assessments) pgs 459 and 466 red textbook
Section 16.2 assessment
1. Name and describe a member of each kingdom?
2. Why are there smaller groups within each kngdom?
3. Identify the kingdom a single-celled, eukaryotic organism that makes its
own food belong to?
Section 16.3 assessment
1. List four reasons biologists use scientific names instead of common names
in their communications.
2. Why can common names cause confusion?
3. What is the function of a dichotomous key?
4. Why would you infer that two species that look similar share a common
evolutionary history?
*Both 7th and 8th Grade will complete the same assignment*
Tuesday November 17th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Explain everything you know about the formation of volcanoes, the forms they
take and the type of magma that erupts from them.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Volcano, vent, crater, hot spot, shield volcano, tephra, cinder cone,
composite volcano, batholith, dike, sill, volcanic neck, caldera
Assignment: Text Reading Chapter 9.3 “Igneous Rock Formations”
The students will be group reading, discussing and answering questions about
the igneous rock formations.
7th Homework
Daily Reflection (9.3 Section Assessment)
1. What’s the difference between a caldera and a crater?
2. What is a volcanic neck and how does it form?
3. Explain how calderas form.
4. Why are the dome features of Yosemite National Park actually intrusive
volcanic features when they are exposed at the surface in the park?
8th Daily Journal
Explain what you know about the formation of the periodic table.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Period, group, metal, nonmetal, metalloid, representative elements,
transitional elements
Assignment: Text Reading 3.3 “Transitional Elements”
The students will be reading, discussing and answering questions about the
Periodic Table.
8th Homework
Daily Reflection (3.3 Assessment)
1. What is the major difference between the lanthanides and actinides? Would
you expect neodymium and uranium to have similar properties? Explain
2. How do the elements in the iron triad differ from other transition metals?
3. What is one drawback to using steel for structures such as skyscrapers, and
how can that drawback be overcome?
4. Of the elements iridium and cadmium, predict which is likely to be toxic
and which we act as a catalyst. Explain
Wednesday November 18th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Explain everything you know about igneous rock features
This Weeks Vocabulary
Volcano, vent, crater, hot spot, shield volcano, tephra, cinder cone,
composite volcano, batholith, dike, sill, volcanic neck, caldera
Assignment: Current Science “Big Bang”
The students will be group reading, discussing and answering questions about
an article that looks at the volcanic eruption at Tambora.
7th Homework
Daily Reflection
8th Daily Journal
Explain what you know about the transitional elements
This Weeks Vocabulary
Period, group, metal, nonmetal, metalloid, representative elements,
transitional elements
Assignment: Current Science “Star struck”
The students will be reading, discussing and answering questions about an
article that looks how the elements form during star explosions and fusion of
matter.
8th Homework
Daily Reflection
Thursday November 19th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Explain the difference between a crater and caldera. Explain the composition
of the magmas that form the three different types of volcanoes. Hypothesize
why the pacific ring of fire has so many active volcanoes. Explain why the
granite domes in Yosemite park are still considered intrusive rock features.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Volcano, vent, crater, hot spot, shield volcano, tephra, cinder cone,
composite volcano, batholith, dike, sill, volcanic neck, caldera
Assignment: Volcanoes Chapter Review
The students will be reviewing their knowledge about volcanoes.
7th Homework
Daily Reflection
8th Daily Journal
Explain the difference between the lanthanide and actinide series. Why is
group 17 called the noble gasses? Why is group 16 called the halogens? What
are the two divisions of the periodic table? Explain why the stability of an
element decreases as the atomic number gets larger.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Period, group, metal, nonmetal, metalloid, representative elements,
transitional elements
Assignment: Periodic Table Chapter Review
The students will be reviewing their knowledge of the periodic table
8th Homework
Daily Reflection
Friday November 20th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Pop Quiz
1. A hardened magma chamber is called?
2. Magma squeezed into a vertical crack between layers of rock is called?
3. Magma squeezed into a horizontal crack between layers of rock is called?
4. When a volcano collapses on top of the magma chamber it is called?
5. The solid igneous core left behind after the weathering and erosion of a
volcano it is called?
This Weeks Vocabulary
Volcano, vent, crater, hot spot, shield volcano, tephra, cinder cone,
composite volcano, batholith, dike, sill, volcanic neck, caldera
Assignment: Scientific Video “When Yellowstone Erupts”
The students will be watching and taking notes on a video that looks at the
super volcano underneath Yellowstone national park.
7th Homework
Create a fictional story with your video notes
1. At least 1 page typewritten in length
2. Staple your notes to your story
8th Daily Journal
Pop Quiz
1. A row on the periodic table is called a?
2. A column on the periodic table is called a?
3. A proportional average of an elements isotope is called the?
4. Number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus is called the?
5. The number of protons in the nucleus is called the?
6. Name for the section of the periodic table for groups 1,2 and 13-18?
7. Name of group 1?
8. Name of group 2?
9. Name of group 17?
10. Name of group 18?
11. Names of the inner transitional groups
12. Fe, Co and Ni are called what name?
13. Rh, Pd, Re, Os, Ir and Pt are called what name?
14. The difference between the first three elements and the rest of the
elements in the actinide series?
This Weeks Vocabulary
Period, group, metal, nonmetal, metalloid, representative elements,
transitional elements
Assignment: Scientific Video “The Periodic Table”
The students will be watching a video and taking notes on a video that looks at
8th Homework
Create a fictional story with your video notes
1. At least 1 page typewritten in length
2. Staple your notes to your story
November 9-12
Monday November 9th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Explain and discuss what you know about volcanoes. Where do you find them?
What do you think causes them?
This Weeks Vocabulary
Volcano, vent, crater, hot spot, shield volcano, tephra, cinder cone,
composite volcano, batholith, dike, sill, volcanic neck, caldera
Assignment: Text Reading Chapter 9.2 and 9.3 “Causes and Types of Volcanoes”
The students will be group reading, discussing and answering questions about
the causes and types of volcanoes there are.
7th Homework
Daily Reflection (9.1 Section Assessment)
1. How are volcanoes related to Earth’s moving plates?
2. As rock material melts, it becomes less dense. Explain what’s happening to
the atoms and molecules to cause this?
3. Why does lava cool rapidly along a mid-ocean ridge?
4. If the pacific plate stopped moving, what would happen to the island of Hawaii?
8th Daily Journal
Discuss, describe, and explain what you now understand about atoms, elements
and the periodic table.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Period, group, metal, nonmetal, metalloid
Assignment: Text Reading 3.1 “Introduction to the Periodic Table”
The students will be reading, discussing and answering questions about the
Periodic Table.
8th Homework
Daily Reflection (3.1 Assessment)
1. Use the elements in period 4 to show how the physical state of elements
changes as the atomic number increases across a period.
2. What are the two sections of the periodic table?
3. Where are the metals located in the periodic table? The metals? The
metalloids?
4. How would the modern periodic table be different if elements were still
arranged by average atomic mass instead of atomic number? Give two specific
examples.
Tuesday November 10th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Section Assessment 9.2
1. Some volcanic eruptions are quiet and others are violent. What causes the
difference?
2. Why are silica-rich magmas thicker than silica-poor magmas?
3. In 1883, Krakatoa in Indonesia erupted. Infer which kind of lava Krakaoa
erupted: silica-rich or silica-poor?
This Weeks Vocabulary
Volcano, vent, crater, hot spot, shield volcano, tephra, cinder cone,
composite volcano, batholith, dike, sill, volcanic neck, caldera
Assignment: Laboratory “CSI – Ashfall Fossil Beds”
The students will be engaging in an experiment which looks at comparing
different clues and figuring out if what volcano could have crated fossil
evidence at Ashfall Beds
7th Homework
Daily Reflection
8th Daily Journal
Section Assessment 3.2
1. What do the elements in group 1 have in common with the elements in Group
17? How are Group 1 elements different from the elements in Group 18?
2. Explain how silicon’s role as a semiconductor confirms that it is a metaloid.
3. List the five most important elements for life and tell what groups on the
periodic table they are in.
4. Francium is a rare radioactive alkali metal at the bottom of Group 1. Its
properties have not been studied carefully. Would you predict that Francium
would combine with water more or less readily than cesium?
This Weeks Vocabulary
Period, group, metal, nonmetal, metalloid
Assignment: Laboratory “The Periodic Table”
The students will be engaging in an experiment in which they will be studying
elements and creating a large sized periodic table.
8th Homework
Daily Reflection
Thursday November 12th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Explain the three different types of volcanoes and how they form. Explain the
three different areas you would find volcanoes forming.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Volcano, vent, crater, hot spot, shield volcano, tephra, cinder cone,
composite volcano, batholith, dike, sill, volcanic neck, caldera
Assignment: Assessment “”
The students will be completing a test on the rock cycle and plate tectonics
7th Homework
Daily Reflection
8th Daily Journal
Explain the following words about the periodic table. Group, period,
metalloid, metal, non-metal, state of matter, reactivity and noble gasses.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Period, group, metal, nonmetal, metalloid
Assignment: Laboratory “The Periodic Table”
The students will be completing there lab on the periodic table.
8th Homework
Daily Reflection
Friday November 12th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Pop Quiz
1. Name the three types of volcano forms.
2. Name thee three types of areas that volcanoes will form at.
3. Explosive magma is high in what materials?
4. Non-explosive magma is high in what kind of materials?
5. Name of explosive magma
6. Name of non-explosive magma
This Weeks Vocabulary
Volcano, vent, crater, hot spot, shield volcano, tephra, cinder cone,
composite volcano, batholith, dike, sill, volcanic neck, caldera
Assignment: Scientific Video “On the Worlds Volcanoes - Hawaii”
The students will be viewing a video that looks at and discusses the Hawaiian
volcanoes and the hot spot that they are over.
7th Homework
None
8th Daily Journal
Pop Quiz
1. A row on the periodic table is called a?
2. A column on the periodic table is called a?
3. A proportional average of an elements isotope is called the?
4. Number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus is called the?
5. The number of protons in the nucleus is called the?
6. Name for the section of the periodic table for groups 1,2 and 13-18?
7. Name of group 1?
8. Name of group 2?
9. Name of group 17?
10. Name of group 18?
This Weeks Vocabulary
Period, group, metal, nonmetal, metalloid
Assignment: Scientific Video “The Periodic Table”
The students will be viewing a video that looks at the elements and the
periodic table of elements.
8th Homework
None
November 2-6
Monday November 2nd, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Explain and discuss Alfred Wegner’s theory of continental drift. Be sure to
explain the evidence he used to support it and the reasons why the scientific
world rejected his theory at first.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Continental drift, Pangaea, seafloor spreading, plate tectonics, plate,
lithosphere, asthenosphere, convection current.
Assignment: Textbook Reading “Theory of Plate Tectonics”
Students will be reading through and discussing the theory of Plate tectonics.
7th Homework
Daily Reflection (Section 3 Review)
1. Describe what occurs at plate boundaries that are associated with seafloor
spreading.
2. Describe three types of plate boundaries where volcanic eruptions can occur.
3. Explain how convection currents are related to plate tectonics.
4. Think Critically Iceland is on a divergent boundary what natural disasters
might occur in Iceland. Tibet is in the Himalayan Mountains at a convergent
boundary what disasters might happen there? Why are some Icelandic disasters
not expected in Tibet?
8th Daily Journal
Explain and discuss the different models of the atom. Make sure to explain
what differentiates them all. Do you believe that the electron cloud model is
the most current and correct model? explain
This Weeks Vocabulary
Element, electron, proton, neutron, electron cloud, atomic number, isotope,
mass number, radioactive decay, half-life
Assignment: Textbook Reading “The Nucleus”
Students will be reading and discussing the modern model of the atom and how
each nucleus of an atom differs from another.
8th Homework
Daily Reflection (Section 2.2 Assessment)
1. What are isotopes?
2. How are radioactive isotopes used to detect health problems?
3. Explain what is meant by radioactive decay. How is the rate of radioactive
decay measured?
4. Suppose you had two samples of the same radioactive isotope. One sample
was 25g. The other was 50g. Would the same number of particles be ejected
from the sample in the first hour? Explain.
Tuesday November 3rd, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Explain the 3 types of plate boundaries. Explain where you find subduction
zones. Why is there volcanic activity at some boundaries, but not at others?
This Weeks Vocabulary
Continental drift, Pangaea, seafloor spreading, plate tectonics, plate,
lithosphere, asthenosphere, convection current.
Assignment: Laboratory “Reconstructing Pangaea”
Students will construct a version of Pangaea based on Wegner’s evidence and
clues about continental drift.
1. Make sure to follow and read all instructions of the laboratory
2. Make sure that you Pangaea has a “key” or “legend” box
3. Make sure that your paper is titled
4. Make sure to color your Pangaea. Neat and creative
5. Finish your lab questions and glue them on the back of your Pangaea
7th Homework
Daily Reflection
8th Daily Journal
Explain the following terms: isotope, mass number, atomic number. What is an
element? What differentiates one element from another?
This Weeks Vocabulary
Element, electron, proton, neutron, electron cloud, atomic number, isotope,
mass number, radioactive decay, half-life
Assignment: Laboratory “Isotopes and Atomic Mass”
Students will be completing a lab in which they model how to calculate the
atomic mass of different isotopes. Students will understand the difference
between atomic mass and mass number.
8th Homework
Daily Reflection
Wednesday November 4th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Explain the theory of seafloor spreading. Explain the different evidence for
seafloor spreading. How does the theory of seafloor spreading give proof of
continental drift.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Continental drift, Pangaea, seafloor spreading, plate tectonics, plate,
lithosphere, asthenosphere, convection current.
Assignment: Current Science “The Break Up”
Students will be reading and discussing an article that looks at plate
tectonics in action in eastern Africa.
7th Homework
Daily Reflection
8th Daily Journal
Explain why Crookes cathode ray tube and Rutherford’s experiment with the gold
foil were important to the development of the model of the atom. Explain why
the nuclear model of the atom changed to the electron cloud model. Explain
the difference between atomic mass and mass number.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Element, electron, proton, neutron, electron cloud, atomic number, isotope,
mass number, radioactive decay, half-life
Assignment: Current Science “Spy Case”
Students will be reading about radioactive decay and how alpha particles can
affect the human body.
8th Homework
Daily Reflection
Thursday November 5th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Explain what convection current is. Explain the theory of plate tectonics.
Explain what a plate boundary is. Explain what the lithosphere and
asthenosphere are.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Continental drift, Pangaea, seafloor spreading, plate tectonics, plate,
lithosphere, asthenosphere, convection current.
Assignment: Plate Tectonics Review Worksheet
Students will be completing a review worksheet of the plate tectonics chapter
7th Homework
Daily Reflection
Complete chapter review
8th Daily Journal
Complete the reading of the “Nucleus” packet. Answer questions 1-4 in your
daily journal.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Element, electron, proton, neutron, electron cloud, atomic number, isotope,
mass number, radioactive decay, half-life
Assignment: Inside the Atom Review Worksheet
Students will be completing a review worksheet of understanding the inside of
an atom.
8th Homework
Daily Reflection
Complete chapter review
Friday November 6th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Pop Quiz
1. Name Harry Hess’s theory
2. Name Alfred Wegner’s theory
3. Name three types of plate boundaries
4. Explain the motion that is happening at 2 of the boundaries
5. Name five different types of clues (evidence) for continental drift
6. Explain 2 areas where you find subduction zones
7. Explain where you find non-subduction zones
This Weeks Vocabulary
Continental drift, Pangaea, seafloor spreading, plate tectonics, plate,
lithosphere, asthenosphere, convection current.
Assignment: Scientific Video “Geologic Journey into the Canadian Shield”
Students will watch and take notes from a video that looks at the formation of
the Canadian Shield.
7th Homework
Typed Notes
8th Daily Journal
Pop Quiz
This Weeks Vocabulary
Element, electron, proton, neutron, electron cloud, atomic number, isotope,
mass number, radioactive decay, half-life
Assignment: Scientific Video “Bill Nye – Greatest Discoveries in Chemistry”
Students will watch and take notes from a video that looks at the greatest
discoveries in chemistry.
8th Homework
Typed Notes
Oct 26-30
Monday October 26th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Read pgs 50-54 in the Earth History resource book. Briefly summarize the
excerpt reading about Johns Wesley Powell for your daily journal.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Continental drift, Pangaea, seafloor spreading
Assignment: Textbook Reading “Continental Drift and Seafloor Spreading”
Students will be reading through and discussing the theories of continental
drift and seafloor spreading
7th Homework
Daily Reflection (Section 1 Review)
1. Explain how Wegner used climate clues to support his hypothesis of
continental drift.
2. Describe how rock clues were used to support the hypothesis of continental
drift.
3. Summarize the ways that fossils helped support the hypothesis of
continental drift.
4. Think Critically Why would you expect to see similar rocks and rock
structures on two landmasses that were connected at one time?
8th Daily Journal
What is an atom? Explain. How do scientists create models of how things
work? What is matter? What is an element? Where do we find elements on earth?
This Weeks Vocabulary
Element, electron, proton, neutron, electron cloud
Assignment: Textbook Reading “The Story of the Atom”
Students will be reading and discussing the different models of the atom.
8th Homework
Daily Reflection (Section Assessment)
1. Describe the kinds of particles found in atoms. Where are they located in
the atom and what are their charges.
2. If an atom has 49 protons, how many electrons does it have?
3. How does the nuclear atom differ from the uniform, sphere model of the atom?
4. In Rutherford’s experiment, why wouldn’t the electrons in the atoms of the
gold affect the paths of the alpha particles?
Tuesday October 27th, 2009
Daily Journal
Read pgs 6-13 (Chapter 1.1) in the Green textbook. Answer questions 1-4 of
the section assessment (pg 13). For your daily journal
Assignment: Textbook Reading and Review of Chapter 1 (Green Textbook)
1. Read pgs 30-33 (Chapter 1.3) in the green textbook
2. Answer questions 1-4 of the section assessment (pg 33) for your reflection
3. Complete the Chapter 1 assessment questions 1-23 (pgs. 36, 37).
(Separate piece of paper hand in to teacher when completed)
4. Quietly read if completed all assignments.
Homework
Daily Reflection (Section 3 Review) pg 13 Green textbook
1. What is the most important tool scientists use?
2. What will cause scientists to change a theory they have believed in for
more than 100 years?
3. Explain why modern communication systems are important to scientists?
PS-- You have already read chapter 1.2, so use the entire chapter in the
textbook to help yourself complete the Chapter 1 assessment.
*Both 7th and 8th Grade will complete the same assignment*
Wednesday October 28th, 2009
Daily Journal
Read pgs 388-394 (Chapter 14.1) in the Green textbook. Answer questions 1-3
of the section assessment (pg 394). For your daily journal
Assignment: Textbook Reading and Review of Chapter 14 (Green Textbook)
1. Read pgs 398-404 (Chapter 14.2) in the green textbook
2. Answer questions 1-4 of the section assessment (pg 404) for your reflection
3. Complete the Chapter 14 assessment questions 1-23 (pgs. 408, 409).
(Separate piece of paper hand in to teacher when completed)
4. Quietly read if completed all assignments.
Homework
Daily Reflection (Section 14.2 assessment) pg 404 Green textbook
1. What are three things you can do to help reduce water pollution?
2. What is the difference between point-source and nonpoint-source pollution?
3. What hazardous substances can be removed from water using bioremediation?
4. Southern Florida is home to millions of people, dairy farms, and sugarcane
fields. It is also the location of Everglades National Park—a shallow river
system with highly polluted waters. What kinds of pollutants do you think are
in the everglades? How do you think they got there?
*Both 7th and 8th Grade will complete the same assignment*
Thursday October 29th, 2009
Daily Journal
Read pgs 30-35 (Chapter 2.1) in the red textbook. Answer questions 1-4 of
the section assessment (pg 35). For your daily journal
Assignment: Textbook Reading and Review of Chapter 2 (Red Textbook)
1. Read pgs 37-41 (Chapter 2.2) in the red textbook
2. Answer questions 1-3 of the section assessment (pg 41) for your reflection
3. Read pgs 43-47 (Chapter 2.3) in the red textbook.
4. Answer questions 1and 3 of the section assessment (pg 47) in your
reflection as well
5. Complete the Chapter 2 assessment questions 1-25 (pgs. 56, 57).
(Separate piece of paper hand in to teacher when completed)
6. Quietly read if completed all assignments.
Homework
Daily Reflection (Section 2.2 and 2.3 assessments) pgs 41 and 47 red textbook
Section 2.2 assessment
1. What property of an object does the cubic meter measure?
2. How would you change a measure in centimeters to kilometers?
3. You are given a small metal cube and told to find its mass. What tool(s)
will you need, and how would you use the tools to determine it’s mass?
Section 2.3 assessment
1. Suppose your class survey’s the students in school about their favorite
after-school activities. What type of graph would you use to display your
data? Explain
3. How are a line, bar and circle graph the same? How are they different?
*Both 7th and 8th Grade will complete the same assignment*
October 19-21
Monday October 19th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Read pgs 93-97 in the Earth History resource book. Summarize the reading in
your journal.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Igneous rock, extrusive, lava, basaltic, intrusive, granitic, andesitic,
metamorphic rock, foliated and non-foliated, sedimentary rock, sediment,
compaction, cementation
Assignment: Textbook Reading Chapter 10.4 “Sedimentary Rocks”
Students will be reading through and discussing chapter 10.4 Sedimentary Rock
7th Homework
Daily Reflection
8th Daily Journal
Choose and discuss 3 areas you find difficult from our last chapter, or choose
and discuss the three most important concepts.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Primates, hominids and Homo sapiens
Assignment: Current Science “Almost Human”
Students will be reading an article that looks at the differences between
Neanderthal
8th Homework
Daily Reflection
Study for Test (Tommorrow)
Tuesday October 20th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Choose and discuss 3 areas you find difficult from our last chapter, or choose
and discuss the three most important concepts.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Igneous rock, extrusive, lava, basaltic, intrusive, granitic, andesitic,
metamorphic rock, foliated and non-foliated, sedimentary rock, sediment,
compaction, cementation
Assignment: Chapter 10 Review “Rocks”
Students will be working there way through a chapter review rocks and the rock
cycle.
7th Homework
Daily Reflection
8th Daily Journal
Answer the skill building questions from yesterday’s current science in your
journals.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Primates, hominids and Homo sapiens
Assignment: Assessment: Chapter 12 “Changes Through time”
Students be completing a chapter test
8th Homework
Daily Reflection: Choose some of the more difficult questions on the test and
discuss whether you got them correct. (Use your notes, text or whatever you need)
Wednesday October 21st, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Explain and discuss how to classify sedimentary rocks.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Igneous rock, extrusive, lava, basaltic, intrusive, granitic, andesitic,
metamorphic rock, foliated and non-foliated, sedimentary rock, sediment,
compaction, cementation
Assignment: Scientific Video “All about Rocks and Minerals”
Students will view a video that reviews their knowledge about rocks, the rock
cycle and minerals.
7th Homework
Notes from video in your reflection
8th Daily Journal
Read the article stone age art. In your journal discuss the Science Journal
questions, that go along with the reading.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Primates, hominids and Homo sapiens
Assignment: Scientific Video: “Evolution”
Students will view a video that reviews their knowledge about evolution.
8th Homework
Notes from video in reflection
October 5-9
Monday October 5th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Discuss how you think rocks form. How do you distinguish one rock from
another? Why might it be important to understand how rocks form? Explain
your answer.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Rock, rock cycle
Assignment: Textbook Reading 10.1 “The Rock Cycle”
The students will be reading chapter 10.1 in the red textbook. This section
looks at understanding the rock cycle and how it is related to the
conservation of matter.
7th Homework
Daily reflection (Section Assessment)
Study for test (7th Grade Thursday)
8th Daily Journal
Why do you think scientists feel evolution is a viable theory? Explain why it
seems that Natural Selection could be the force behind evolution?
This Weeks Vocabulary
Sedimentary rock, radioactive element, homologous structure, vestigial
structure, embryology
Assignment: Textbook Reading Chapter 12.2 “Evidence for Evolution”
The students will be reading chapter 12.2 out of the purple textbook. This
section looks at understanding the different types of evidence scientists look
at for the theory of evolution.
8th Homework
Reflection (Section Assessment)
Tuesday October 6th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Draw and explain the rock cycle in your journal.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Rock, rock cycle
Assignment: Lab Project “Gemstone Poster”
The students will be researching specific gemstones and creating posters and
paragraphs about the gemstone.
7th Homework
Daily reflection
Study for test (7th Grade Thursday)
8th Daily Journal
Explain the 5 reasons scientists believe there is evidence for evolution.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Sedimentary rock, radioactive element, homologous structure, vestigial
structure, embryology
Assignment: Laboratory “A Radioactive Dating Model”
The students will be engaging in a laboratory that looks at how radioactive
dating of fossils works.
8th Homework
Reflection
Wednesday October 7th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Explain the law of conservation of matter.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Rock, rock cycle
Assignment: Lab Project “Gemstone Poster”
The students will complete there poster and paragraph about the gemstone they
researched on Tuesday.
7th Homework
Daily reflection
Study for test (7th Grade Thursday)
8th Daily Journal
Explain radioactive dating and relative dating of fossils. Explain the
different ways fossils can form.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Sedimentary rock, radioactive element, homologous structure, vestigial
structure, embryology
Assignment: Laboratory “A Radiometric Dating Model”
The students will be completing there lab on radiometric dating. Students will
then be looking at creating a fictional lab, given different materials.
8th Homework
Reflection (Section Assessment)
Thursday October 8th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Read the article on pages 98 and 99 in the earth history resource book.
Discuss and explain 3 areas in geology that you might find interesting.
Explain your reasoning.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Rock, rock cycle
Assignment: Assessment Chapter 9 “Minerals”
The students will be completing their unit test on minerals.
7th Homework
Daily reflection – 3 most difficult questions you remember from the test.
Discuss them and explain and figure out whether you got them correct or not.
8th Daily Journal
Read the problem solving paragraph in the 12.1 packet on page 337. Answer
questions 1, 2 and the think critically question.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Sedimentary rock, radioactive element, homologous structure, vestigial
structure, embryology
Assignment: Scientific Video “Utah Dinosaur Graveyard”
The students will be viewing a video that looks at how scientists date and
excavate fossils. How the scientists can see evolutionary changes through the
different fossils.
8th Homework
Reflection
Typed notes
Friday October 9th, 2009
7th Daily Journal
Explain three areas you didn’t understand about this weeks lessons or three of
the most important things that you learned.
This Weeks Vocabulary
Rock, rock cycle
Assignment: Scientific Video “The Rock Cycle”
The students will be viewing a short video that reinforces the main areas of
the rock cycle
7th Homework
None
8th Daily Journal
Comic strip from your video notes, you will be graded on the following areas:
• Creative title
• At least 6 frames in the comic strip
• Use at least 10 notes in your comic strip
• Colored
• Neatness
• Creativeness of Comic strip
This Weeks Vocabulary
Sedimentary rock, radioactive element, homologous structure, vestigial
structure, embryology
Assignment: Comic Strip “Utah Dinosaur Graveyard”
The students will be creating a comic strip from their video notes of
Thursday’s video.
8th Homework
Reflection (Section Assessment)
Comic Strip from video notes