Thursday - Students are working in the computer lab on their final projects.

They will receive a study guide for the final.  Since Orchestra students will be leaving early, all the students will get their finals study guide early.

Homework:  The final projects are due on December 14.  Students received a 2 page front and back sheet about the assignment.  They also received a grading rubric to help guide them with the grading. 



Week of November 26-30
Monday - Students took notes about Erosional Landforms and Deltas and Floodplains.

Homework: Review and Reflect page 44 #1-4, Review and Reflect page 51 #1-3, Review and Reflect page 57 #1-3.  Please do this on a separate sheet of paper.

Tuesday - Pass out the Rocks and Landforms Final Project.  Discuss what is going to be done and the in class timeline.  Students are then going to begin working on their project as a lab group.

Homework:  Lab group timeline.

Thursday - Short class as a result of benchmark testing.  Work on Final Project in class.

Week of November 19-20
Students read about Ersosional Landforms and Deltas and Floodplains.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Week of November 13-16
I was away all week on jury duty.
Students completed their labs about Investigation 5 & 6 and presented to the class.

Week of November 5 - 9

Tuesday - We finished our investigation about Rock Abrasion by taking notes.  We began to investigate Investigation 5, Erosional Landforms, and Investigation 6, Deltas and Floodplains.  Students will be doing a lab on Friday about this. 

Thursday- Students completed the investigation portion of the labs.  They will have next Tuesday to write there labs.  Investigation 5 will be on poster paper and Investigation 6 will be on regular paper.  One lab per group.

Week of October 29 - November 2

Monday - Students completed Investigation #4 "Rock Abrasion". 

Homework:  Read Digging Deeper pgs. 32-33.  Answer "As Your Read" pg. 32 #1-2, and "Review and Reflect" pg. 33 #4-6 & 8.

Tuesday - Study Guides will be passed out for the quiz on Thursday.  We will grade the homework, and then go over the reading.  We will begin discussion about Erosional Landforms.

Homework:  Study for the quiz.

Thursday - Quiz.  Investigation 5 will begin.

Week of October 22 - 23
This week students were introduced to rock abrasion.

Fall Break

Week of October 15 - 19
This is the final week of the first quarter.





Tuesday - Present labs to the class.  The students will be graded based on the rubric.





Homework - Read Digging Deeper.  Questions will be assigned.





Thursday -  Class notes.   Start new investigation.

Week of October 8 - 12

Monday: Pass back quiz.  Go over and look at the mistakes that were made.  Introduction of Investigation #3 "How do Rocks Weather?"  Each group will work in their labs to come up with questions, hypotheses, variables, etc. before they start their lab tomorrow.

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Tuesday:  Lab groups will work together to test their investigation.

No homework

Thursday:  Complete lab reports.  Ready for lab report presentations.

Week of October 1 - October 5

Tuesday - We completed our investigation about geologic and topographic maps.  We received a study guide about the quiz that will be on Thursday.  Below is the study guide.

Second quiz:  Geologic maps, topographic maps, scientific inquiry, and rock cycle.

*independent variable   *sedimentary rock   *intrusive igneous rock   *dependent variable   *igneous rock   *extrusive igneous rock   *metamorphic rock   *rock cycle   *hypothesis   *sediment   *magma   *erosion/weathering   *geosphere   *hydrosphere   *atmosphere   *biosphere   *geologic map   *topographic map   *contour lines   *data table   *key    *scale  The ones that are underlined, italicized and bold are the main ideas for this quiz!!!!

Thursday - Quiz on Thursday.  Starting erosion investigation

Week of September 24-28

Monday - We will check our homework from the weekend.  We will then investigate geological maps of Colorado and the Denver area.  Class led discussion over the "Digging Deeper".  We will take class notes about Topographic and Geologic Maps. 

Tuesday - I will be away at a conference.  However, we will continue with our lessons as we look at Planet Earth "From Pole to Pole" and "Mountains".

Thursday - Students completed their drawings of geologic maps.

Week of September 17-21

Sorry everyone that the webpage was not updated on time this week.  There were some technology issues, but we are soaring once again.  This week, our focus was on Topographic Maps and how to use them. 

Over the weekend homework:  Read Investigation #2's "Digging Deeper" pages 12-13.  Answer the "As You Read" questions on page 12 #1-3.  On page 14, answer the "Review & Reflect" questions # 6 & 7. 

Have a great weekend!!!!

Week of September 10-14

Monday - We will go over our homework from the weekend.  We will continue with identifying rocks based off of the descriptions made in class.  We will also have a class led discussion about rock types.

Homework:  "Review and Reflect" #1-4, 6, 8-10.  We will also have a class led discussion about rock types.  Bring in a rock from your neighborhood.  One that you would be willing to part with.  We will be identifying the rock type in class on Tuesday.

Tuesday:  We will begin Investigation #2.  We will be studying topographic and geologic maps.  I will hand out study guides on this day, and it will be posted here on the website.

First Quiz:  Scientific Inquiry and Rock Types Study Guide

*Independent Variable        *Sedimentary Rock           *Intrusive Igneous Rock     *Dependent Variable      *Igneous Rock                    *Extrusive Igneous Rock   *Why do you ask a question?              *Metamorphic Rock            *Rock Cycle                     *Hypotheses or prediction  *Sediment            *Magma                              *Erosion/Weathering         *Geosphere                        *Hydrosphere
*Atmosphere                        *Biosphere

Homework:  Quiz on Thursday!!!

Thursday:  Quiz Today!

Week of September 4 - 7

Tuesday - We are going to complete our discussion about Scientific Inquiry and how it is used in the classroom.  We will complete the class with a pre-assessment.  This will be graded for me, but not for the grade book

Thursday - Investigation #1.  Key Question "What kind of rocks are there?"  We will be doing an Investigation about rocks asking the students to work on specific details about what they observe. 

Homework:  Read Digging Deeper pages 3-5.  In your journal, answer the "As You Read" questions from page 3 #1-3. 

Week of August 27 - 31

Tuesday - We will be doing going over some classroom procedure and introducing Scientific Inquiry to the students.  They will be completing a "helicopter lab" and they need to record their observations in their journals.

Thursday - Books will be passed out and we will go over how to use this curriculum.  We will also spend time going over Scientific Inquiry, what it is, how it is used everyday, and discussing its use in the helicopter lab.  If time is available, we will take a pretest for me to understand what the students already know in Earth Science.

Have a great extended weekend!!!!

Week of August 20 - 24

The school year has begun!  Monday and Tuesday are going to be Striped days.  This means that students will be attending all of their black and white days on the same days.  Thus we will have shortened classes. 

Monday - Class introduction
Homework:  Take home the class overview and have it signed, and answer the questions.  Due on Tuesday.





Tuesday - Classroom safety, expectations, and continue introduction.

Wednesday and Thursday we will be doing Raven's testing in the science classroom these days. 

Here's to a great year!!!!!