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May 12 - 16
Wednesday - An Inconvienent Truth. Passed out Study Guides.
Study for your Test which is next Wednesday!!!!!
Study Guide
*Sedimentary Rock *Igneous Rock *Metamorphic Rock
*Cementation and Compaction *Magma *Heat and Pressure
*Erosion *Cooling and Crystallization *Rock Cycle
*Intrusive Igneous Rock *Extrusive Igneous Rock *Faults
*Convergent Boundary *Divergent Boundary *Transform Boundary
*Rift Valley *Crust *Mantle
*Inner Core *Outer Core
*Normal Fault *Reverse Fault *Strike-Slip Fault
*Thrust Fault *Cross Section *Fold
*Syncline *Anticline *Uplift
*Unconformity *Plate Tectonics *Pangea
*Continental Accretion *Fossil records *Rift Valley
*Lava *Hot Spot *Viscosity
*Pyroclastic Flow *Lahar *Tephra
*Volcanic Bombs *Lapilli *Ash
*Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) *Hot Spot Volcano *Magma Composition
*Primary Wave (P Wave) *Compressional Wave (P Wave)
*Secondary Wave (S Wave) *Shear Wave (S Wave) *Wave Refraction
*Astronomical Unit *Asteroid Collision *H-R diagram
*Earth’s Tilt *Neap Tide *Spring Tide
*High/Low Tide *Moon *Light-Year
*Sun *Troposphere *Stratosphere
*Mesosphere *Thermosphere *Weather
*Climate
May 5 - 9
Monday - Climate Change
Wednesday - Final
Friday - Weather vs. Climate.
Homework: It is on the last slide of the weather vs. climate slideshow that is on 9th Grade Links.
April 28 - May 2
Finish Astronomy
April 21 - 25
Monday - Passed back Astronomy Exam. Continued to map sunspots. Worked on H-R diagram.
Homework: Read pages E50-E55. Understanding and Applying page E56 #1-4.
Wednesday: We have a lecture about the Sun and Its Effects.
Friday: Finish Lecture. Look at Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram. Finish Astronomy.
April 7 - April 11
Monday - Finish Lecture about universe and moon.
Homework: Read pages E31-E34 answer #1-3 page E35. Read pages E41-E44 answer "Check Your Understanding" page E45 #1-4.
Wednesday - History lecture about astronomers. We then took a look at Kepler's law, and worked on creating orbits. Bring your homework to class on Friday.
Friday - Impacts of Asteroids and other space objects. We will watch the Asteroids video from National Geographic. We will then have a lecture about orbit, impact, and effects of the sun.
Homework: Quiz will be on Wednesday.
Study Guide below.
Know that different theories explain the formation of the universe, solar system and the Moon.
Understand that Earth’s place in the solar system, galaxy and universe is measured with different units, AU
(astronomical unit), light years and parsecs.
Know that tides (normal, spring and neap) occur due to the gravitational influences of the Moon and the
Sun.
Know that objects in the solar system have elliptical orbits and some objects (asteroids and comets) are
more eccentric than others (planets).
Describe how a major asteroid impact could impact all of Earth’s systems.
Understand how different solar phenomenon impact the Earth (solar wind, solar flares, sunspots, etc.)
Astronomy Quiz
Chapter 1: The History and Scale of the Solar System
*Astronomical Unit *Light-Year *Parsec *Nebula
*Constellation *Planetesimal *Protoplanetary body
*Nuclear Fusion *Terrestrial Planets *Gas Giant Planets *Comets
*Asteroid *Cosmologist
Chapter 2: The Earth Moon-System
*Accretion *Spring Tide *Neap Tide
Chapter 3: Orbits and Effects
*Eccentricity *Coma *Precession *Orbital Plane
*Inclination
Chapter 4: Impact Events and the Earth System
*Solar Wind *Meteoroid *Meteor *Meteorite
Chapter 5: The Sun and Its Effects on Your Community
*Photosphere *Chromosphere *Corona *Albedo
*Plasma *Ionosphere *Ion *Aurora
March 31 - April 4
Wednesday - Test corrections were due. Today we had a lecture about the distance and size of space.
No homework
Friday - Complete lecture about the moon. Lab work on orbits and Kepler's Laws.
March 17 - 21
Monday - We are starting Astronomy. Students are working on a packet of questions about Units 1&2. Test on Wednesday.
Wednesday - Students took a test today. They also finished investigations about the size of the solar system.
Friday - String Theory and the size of the Universe. (Simple really!!!!)
March 10 - 14
Wednesday - Finished Blue Planet episode
Friday - Continued lecture about Plate Tectonics. Passed out study guides
9th grade Plate Tectonics Test: Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Activity 1
*crust *mantle *lithosphere *asthenosphere
*GPS *Sea-Floor spreading *Basalt *Mid-ocean ridge
Activity 2
*Divergent Plate Boundary *Rift Valley *Subduction
*Convergent Plate Boundary *Subduction Zone *Suture Zone
*Transform Plate Boundary Transform Fault
Activity 3
*Density *how to measure density *Core
*Thermal convection
Activity 4
*Plate Tectonics *Hot Spot volcanoes *Continental accreation
Activity 5
*Pangea *Supercontinent *Paleomagnetism
PowerPoints
*Convection Currents *Material of the core *Speed of plate movement
*Future of the plates *Seismic Waves *P Waves
*S Waves
*Understanding the relationship between the geopshere and the biosphere
Quiz will be on Wednesday, March 19, 2008
The time that we have left, we will start astronomy (Pre-Test)
March 3 - 7
CSAP WEEK
February 5 - 29
Wednesday - Students completed a Plate Tectonics Webquest. Here is the link
Plate Tectonics Webquest
Homework" Read pages G100 - G103 and G110 - G116. Please add the Geowords to your journal.
Friday: We will have a lecture to wrap up Plate Tectonics.
February 22 - 25
Wednesday - Students are completing their lab about convection currents. We will have a lecture about convection and the interior of the earth.
Homework: Read pages G89 - G92. Answer "Check Your Understanding" #1 - 4 page G93.
February 11 - 15
Wednesday - Lecture about Plate Tectonics.
Homework: Read "Digging Deeper pg G68-G72 and answer "Check Your Understanding" #1-6 from page G72. Bonus question "Inquiring Further" #2 from page G73.
February 4 - 8
Monday - Students are beginning a new unit about Plate Tectonics. They worked in the computer lab to research Plate Tectonics, and they will present their PowerPoints to the class on Wednesday.
Homework: Complete Plate Tectonics PowerPoint.
Wednesday: Students will present their PowerPoint on Plate Tectonics. It is expected to last at least ten minutes as they will inform the class of their research. We will work on Investigation #1 in class. It is an Investigation about the plates of the earth and the directions they travel.
Homework: TBA
Friday:
January 28 - February 1
Wednesday - We reviewed for the test on Friday. Volcano stories were due. We read some of the volcano stories in class. We will finish the stories on Friday.
Homework: Study for the test!
Friday - Test today. We will then finish our volcano models. We will continue to share the stories.
Week of January 22-25
Wednesday - Students received their gases labs back. Completed a lecture about volcanoes. Took notes about Airborne debris, types of volcanic rock, and how to measure volcano activity.
Homework:
Students received three assignments:
1) Homework due Friday 1/25 - page G42 #1-4 "Understanding and Applying What you have Learned" and "Inquiring Further" #1 a & b.
2) Volcano Project - Individual project. This is due on Wednesday January 30. There is a typo on the sheet, it says the due date is Friday, but it is really due on Wednesday.
3) Study Guide for the Volcano Exam was handed out. The volcano exam is Friday, Feb. 1.
Friday - Students are going to have time to work on their model volcanoes in class.
Week of January 14 - 18
Monday - Students turned in their homework and we had a discussion about pyroclastic flow and lava flow. We completed a lecture on Airborne Debris. Students continued to work on their volcanoes.
Wednesday - We are going to take a little break from volcanoes and discuss recycling. We are also going to go to the classrooms in the school and discuss the recycling program here at DSA.
No homework.
Friday - We will continue with Activity 5 in our book. This lab will be about removing carbonation from water. Students will work on a separate sheet of paper and complete the lab on page 39. This will be due to me at the end of class.
There will be a quiz next Friday. You will receive your study guide Wed. Jan 23.
Week of January 8 - 11
Friday - Today we will be discussing lava flows in a lecture format. We will continue to build our volcanoes.
Homework - Read pgs. G34-G36 and answer #2-5 from page G36.
Read the Outside Magazine article "Joe Blow." Write a review of the article and state scientific fact in your review. Include your opinions of what you think of the article and support your opinion with facts from the article why you liked or disliked the article. Total points for write-up 25 points.
Wednesday - Welcome Back!!!!! Today we are going to start building a volcano in class. This project will go for two weeks as we complete our volcano unit. I expect you to understand about the different parts of volcanoes, the destructive force of volcanoes, the effects of the slope of the volcano, and much more. While in class, we will use the time to build our volcanoes, but outside of class I expect you to stay on top of the readings and homework.
Homework due Friday - Read Digging Deeper pg. G26-G28. Answer Check Your Understanding pg G28 #1-6. If you need any extra materials for the volcano, please bring it in. I will bring another bucket of Plaster of Paris, but if you have any that you can donate, I would appreciate it. Thanks!
Build a volcano assignment (This is in class)
Materials that I will provide
1 plastic box – you will build the group volcano inside the box.
1 black sharpie
1 measuring tape
access to plaster of paris
access to sand and gravel
access to a sponge
measuring beakers
materials that are in this room
If you need to bring outside materials you may
Draw 1 cm squared grid on the outside of the volcano
Your volcano should be one of three types of volcanoes: Shield volcano,
Composite volcano, and cinder volcano
You will have to create and measure the flow of lava or pyroclastic flow created by your volcano. That is why you will need to create a graph on your volcano.
You will have to measure how much material you put into your volcano (by material I mean “magma” so that you have an accurate model when you do the explosion over and over)
You will need to measure the distance the flow travels as well as how long it takes to travel that distance. You will need to graph it. You will need to have two different tests. One with high silica and one with low silica.
On a separate sheet of paper you will be able to label the parts of the volcano that you have made. You may use toothpicks and put flags on the volcano too.
Some of you may want to bring in plastic hose and have air blow out your volcano debris. That is fine, you will be measuring the tephra and how far it travels.
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