Friday, May 2, 2008               
Topic:  The Lithosphere - The Geologic Timeline
 
  1. Finish the questions about the age of the Earth.  Due today.
 2. Make sure I have your notebook. 

Have a splendid weekend! 

 

Happy May Day!!   

Topic:  The Lithosphere - Plate Tectonics and Faults - Write a lab report

 1. Fault review.   Pls meet at the tables.  
 2.  Explanation of sub work for next week.
 3.  Continue learning about the age of the Earth.  Answer these questions.
 4. Give me your notebooks so I can grade them please. 

Tuesday, April 29, 2008                                                                           MARY IS ABSENT TODAY    

New Topic:  How old are the rocks?  The Geologic Timeline

  
   1.  Read about the age of the Earth.  Answer these questions.

 

Monday, April 28, 2008                    

The Lithosphere - Plate Tectonics and Faults - Write a lab report

  1.  Finish your sandbox lab report.   Follow this checklist. 
       Include (pictures)  (Drawings)
Remember the kinds of faults:   
         For compression, reverse faults develop.  These can happen at convergent boundaries.
          also here. and here.  And  North Andes Mountains.   (also called THRUST FAULTS)

 

Click on the pushpins to read about each day! Zoom in and out to
                                                                   see what the four students will see.

Friday, April 25, 2008                    

The Lithosphere - Plate Tectonics and Faults - Write a lab report

  1.  Read about faults here. (2 pages)
      Video about tsunami -  a fault moves under water.
  2.  Continue to work on your lab report.   Use this guide.
       (pictures) (Drawings)
  3.  You can link your vocabulary to your report.  
         You will have part of class time on Monday to finish your report.  Follow this checklist.  
         The report is due Tuesday, 4/29. 

Have a delightful weekend!

Thursday, April 24, 2008                    

for your good work yesterday when Mr. Snyder was here. I was proud of you all !

The Lithosphere - Plate Tectonics and Faults - Write a lab report

 1.  Look here  at a picture of Dr. Cooke working with her students.  Her sandbox is 
    designed for research.
  2.  Continue to work on your lab reports - add extension.
       (pictures) (Drawings)



Homework:  Read two pages and write the definitions for fault vocabulary.
    			  Plate tectonics
    			  Faults

Wednesday, April 23, 2008                    

The Lithosphere - Plate Tectonics and Faults - Write a lab report

 
  1. Request for after school meeting, today, about 45 min. Volunteers please? 
 2. We will run an extension experiment today.  Get your notebooks and let's go!

Homework: Write a summary for each observation page in your notebook.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008                                       
The Lithosphere - Plate Tectonics and Faults - Write a lab report

 1. Start a new web page for a lab report for TWO experiments.  
    The first experiment if for compression.  
    Write an Introduction.. what is plate tectonics?  Why are we doing this experiment?
    Write your question and hypothesis,  write the procedure (pictures)
    Write your summary of results (what happened).  
    Write a conclusions. 
    Ask a new question.
2.  Set up your notebook for experiment #2 tmw: extension.

Monday, April 21, 2008                                       
The Lithosphere - Plate Tectonics - Fault experiments

 1. We will finish our sandbox conpression experiment today.
 
Homework: Take your notebooks with you.  Write a summary of your observations for the contraction experiment.
                         Include a discussion of the sources of errors. 
                         Include a generalization:  compare the results with the Earth's crust.

Friday, April 18, 2008                                        Maria & John, go observe the Magnolia buds
The Lithosphere - Plate Tectonics

 1. I will give you a science notebook to use for our experiments.
 2. We will start a sandbox experiment today.  
     Question:  What kind of faults are caused by compression?

Thursday, April 17, 2008                                        Mike & Hema, go observe the Magnolia buds
The Lithosphere - Plate Tectonics

 1.  Any questions about the Rock Cycle?   
 2.  Put the puzzle together.
 3.  Write the meaning to these vocabulary words: 
         extention, compression, normal fault, reverse fault, thrust fault, strike, dip.
   4. Click here to see a 'movie' showing how the Earth's crust has changes.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008                                        Mike & Hema, go observe the Magnolia buds
The Lithosphere - The  Rock Cycle

 1. Please meet at the tables. We will learn about the Rock Cycle. Also here. And here.
 2. Create a poster showing the Rock Cycle.  Work with a partner.
    Voc words:     erosion        weathering      deposition

Tuesday, April 15, 2008                                        Jake and Sharice, go observe the Magnolia buds
The Lithosphere - Test

Take a Lithosphere test today... using Quizdom.

Monday, April 14, 2008                                                 
The Lithosphere 

 Study for the test tomorrow.