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Please note: You may continue to use this page type if you desire. <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 8"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 8"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><FONT size=3><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT size=3> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Sixth Grade Earth Science<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Curriculum Newsletter</SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><o:p>Mrs. Birdsong</o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Monday, November 30-Friday, December 4, 2009</SPAN>- Complete Sections 9-1, 9-2 and 9-3 Look up vocabulary, complete section review and study guide pages 31, 32, and 33.. Complete Lab on Process Skill “Measurement.” View video on Weathering and Erosion.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Work on Research Paper on a Famous Volcanic Eruption or Famous Earthquake. – Due Friday, December 11, 2009<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Second Nine Weeks<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Unit 2<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Chapter 6 – Views of Earth - Completed</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Chapter 7 – Weathering and Soil-Completed</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Chapter 8 – Erosional Forces - Completed</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Chapter 9 – Water Erosion and Deposition</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Unit 3<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Chapter 10 – Plate Tectonics</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Project for the Second Nine Weeks- Research Project on Famous Volcanic Eruption or Earthquake<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Students will research a famous volcanic eruption or earthquake. Research and writing of the research paper will be completed in English class and will be shared orally in Science class. Mrs. Birdsong will grade for content (50%) and Mrs. Grimsley will grade the paper’s structure and grammar (50%).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Your research paper will be counted as a test grade in Science. – <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Topics Decided<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Year Long Project<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Mad Scientist Project - Each student will present a science experiment using </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">the Scientific Method.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Projects will be presented throughout the school year.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Geology Mad Scientist Project-</SPAN> Due Thursday, January 28, 2010.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Students have instructed to begin project the first week of November for Geology projects.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Field Trips for Second Nine Weeks<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant – Friday, November 20, 2009 - Completed</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Objectives for the Second Nine Weeks</SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">1.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Discuss the differences between plains and plateaus</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">2.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Describe folded, upwarped, fault-block, and volcanic mountains</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">3.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Define latitude and longitude</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">4.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Explain how latitude and longitude are used to identify locations on Earth</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">5.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Determine the time and date in different time zones</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">6.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Compare and contrast map projections and their uses.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">7.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Analyze information from topographic, geological and satellite maps.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">8.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Explain how mechanical weathering and chemical weathering differ.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">9.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Describe how weathering affects Earth’s surface.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">10.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Explain how climate affects weathering.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">11.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Explain how soil forms</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">12.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Describe soil characteristics.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">13.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Describe factors that affect the development of soil.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">14.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Explain why soil is important.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">15.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Evaluate ways that human activities has affected Earth’s soil.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">16.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Describe ways to reduce soil erosion.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">17.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Explain the differences between erosion and deposition.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">18. Compare and contrast slumps, creep, rockslides and mudflows.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">19.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Explain why building on steep slopes might not be wise.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">20.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Explain how glaciers move.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">21.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Describe evidence of glacial erosion and deposition</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">22.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Compare and contrast till and outwash.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">23.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Explain how wind causes deflation and abrasion.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">24.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Recognize how loess and dunes form.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">25.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Identify the causes runoff.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">26.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Compare rill, sheet, gully, and stream erosion.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">27.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Identify the three different stages of stream development.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">28.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Explain how alluvial fans and deltas form.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">29.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Recognize the importance of groundwater.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">30.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Describe the effect that soil and rock permeability has on groundwater movement.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">31.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Explain how groundwater dissolves and deposits minerals.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">32.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Identify the different causes of shoreline erosion.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">33.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Compare and contrast different types of shorelines</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">34.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Describe the origins of sand.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">35.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Describe the hypothesis of continental drift.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">36.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Identify evidence supporting continental drift.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">37.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Explain seafloor spreading</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">38.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Recognize how age and magnetic clues support seafloor spreading.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">39.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Compare and contrast different types of plate boundaries.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">40.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Explain how heat inside Earth causes plate tectonics.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">41.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN>Recognize features caused by plate tectonics. </P> <P></P></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></o:p></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? 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GWA Sixth Grade

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