MSSD
Today's Message for 4th Period |
SOAR-High 
Earth Systems Science
Model
Secondary School for the Deaf
 Mary
Ellsworth, Science Teacher |
~*~ "There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs"
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 GLOBE Measurements:
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4th Q Work Update
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  University of Massachusetts Amherst
Faults in the Field Expedition to California
May 6-12, 2008
Dr. Cooke's web page about the trip: here.
Faults in the Field BLOG and Geo Quiz - here.
 Inside Gallaudet story 
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 Friday, June 13, 2008 (Your Lucky Day!)
Earth System Science Final Exam
 1. Take the exam
2. Heros activity. Mary will explain.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Final Topic: Review for Final Exam: The Lithosphere
1. Again, we will review together using Qwizdom,
2. Your exam for this class is tomorrow afternoon, 12:57 - 3:05 pm. Study the review questions from this week.
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 Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Final Topic: Review for Final Exam: Earth's Energy
1. Again, we will review together using Qwizdom,
2. The Final Portfolio reflection is due today.
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 Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Final Topic: Review for Final Exam: Seasons, Atmosphere, Ozone
1. Again, we will review together using Qwizdom,
2. Work on the Final Portfolio reflection. Directions here. Due Weds, 6/ 11.
 Homework: The Portfolio Reflection is due Weds, 6/ 11. (no class time tmw).
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 Monday, June 9, 2008
Final Topic: Review for Final Exam: Intro to ESS
1. We will review together using Qwizdom,
2. Work on the Final Portfolio reflection. Directions here.
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Final Topic: Earth System Analysis
Your Earth System Analysis report is due today. Finish it & link it to your online portfolio.
Sandbox exp report: I will only grade your report if you give me back the checklist feedback sheet.
Done with all that? Work on the Final Portfolio reflection. Directions here. Due Weds, 6/ 11.
Have one heck of a good weekend! 
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
Final Topic: Earth System Analysis
Earth System Analysis continuted: Work on your ESA report.
Follow these directions.
Need help with Part III Causal Chains? This report is due Friday (tmw)
Last ESS assignment: Final Portfolio reflection. Directions here. Due Weds, 6/ 11.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Final Topic: Earth System Analysis
Earth System Analysis continuted: Work on your ESA report.
Follow these directions.
Today, add Part III Causal Chains. Need help?
This report is due Friday. You will have class time each day this week to work on it.
One last assignment: Final Portfolio reflection. Directions here. Due Weds, 6/ 11.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
 Topic: Earth System Analysis
1. Earth System Analysis continuted: Work in your group
Identify Event  Sphere connections. The event for your group is listed here
2. Discuss the 20 point question at the bottom of the page. Individually, write an answer to the question.
3. Create a new web page for Earth System Analysis. Follow these directions.
4. Lab Report Revisions:Are due TODAY. Give me back the checklist.
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Monday, June 2, 2008
Topic: Earth System Analysis
1. Earth System Analysis: Groups of 3 students work together.
Read the scenario and discuss it - make sure you understand it.
Complete the Sphere Interactions chart. Identify connections between the spheres.
Find as many connections you can. (Hold the 20 point question for now).
2. Lab Report Revisions: Follow my feedback to revise your online report.
Include the feedback from Dr. Cooke.
Your final reports are due on Tuesday. Give me back the checklist on Tuesday.
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Friday, May 30,. 2008
 Topic: Introduction to Systems Analysis
1. Lab Report Revisions: Follow my feedback to revise your online report.
Include the feedback from Dr. Cooke.
Final reports are due on Tuesday. Give me back the checklist on Tuesday.
2. System Analysis: Meet at the tables - how to do system analysis.
See an example here (scroll down to the tan boxes).
Homework: Your final sandbox lab report is due Tuesday. (no class time for that on Monday)
 Have a fabulous weekend!
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Thursday, May 29, 2008.
Topic: Introduction to Systems Analysis
1. Most of you did a great job in the VC with Dr. Cooke yesterday.
2. Lab Report Revisions: I will give you feedback on your lab. Revise your online report.
Include the feedback from Dr. Cooke.
Final reports are due on Monday. Give me back the checklist on Monday.
3. System Analysis: Add your comments to this VoiceThread. (text or video)
Homework: Your final sandbox lab report is due Monday.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
 Topic: Research on the Lithosphere
1. Videoconference with a geoscientist: Dr. Michele Cooke, University of Massachusetts.
Each group - prepare to summarize your experiment and discuss your results (photos).
2. If you missed last Friday, go back and read the important links in my message.
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| Remember those who
have died for our country.
Memorial Day 2008 |  |
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Friday, May 23, 2008
Topic: Research on the Lithosphere - Sandbox experiments
1. Take a look at these links to satelite images, before and after the Chengdu earthquake (China):
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=14845
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=14847
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=14848
2. Prepare for a Videoconference with Dr. Michele Cooke on Weds after break:
Summarize your experiement. Be ready to show your results (photos)
3. Finish your lab report. Include all parts of a lab report.
Your lab report is due today. I will grade them on the weekend.
4. Inside Gallaudet - daily announcements: MSSD Students explore California earthquake country
HAVE A DELIGHTFUL WEEKEND! 
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Topic: Research on the Lithosphere - Sandbox experiments
1. Postponed to Wednesday: Videoconference with Dr. Michele Cooke
Make a plan for the vc: summarize your experiement. Show your results.
2. Your notebook should be done now.
3. Work on your lab report. Include: Introduction, problem, hypothesis, procedure, results, conclusions
Your lab report is due BEFORE BREAK. I will grade them on the weekend. You will have class time Friday to finish it.
Homework: Make sure your sandbox experiment lab report is done before break.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008 Sandbox experiment schedule
Topic: Research on the Lithosphere - Sandbox experiments
1. Check the work update. Be sure you have completed all assignments
2. Make drawings and write summaries in your notebook. The photos here.
3. Write an online report about your experiment
Include: Introduction, problem, hypothesis, procedure, results, conclusions
4. China earthquake. Please meet at the tables.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Sandbox experiment schedule
Topic: Research on the Lithosphere - Sandbox experiments
1. Corey, Ken, Jake, Sharice run your experiment today.
2. John, Ashley, Mike, Tristian - do your experiment today.
3. Dom, Ryan, Hema, Maria: * Check the work update.
* Make drawings and write summaries in your notebook
* Write your sandbox experiment lab report.
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Monday, May 19, 2008 Sandbox experiment schedule
Topic: Research on the Lithosphere - Sandbox experiments
1. Corey, Ken, Jake, Sharice do your experiment today.
2. Other work:
* Write a paragraph about Dr. Cooke's earthquake movie.
* Age of the Earth essay
* View "More Research At UMass: Dr. Cooke's extension experiments in her clay box. More here.
* Set up a new web page for your Sandbox experiment report: Intro, question, hyp, procedure, etc
If your experiment is done, FIRST - summarize in your notebook, then write the lab report.
Lab photos here.
Good luck on Field Day! 
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Friday, May 16, 2008 
Topic: Research on the Lithosphere - Sandbox experiments
1. Here is the schedule for sandbox experiments. Dom, Ryan, Hema, Maria are on for today.
2. Other work:
* Write a paragraph about Dr. Cooke's earthquake movie.
* Age of the Earth essay
* View "More Research At UMass: Dr. Cooke's extension experiments in her clay box. More here.
* Set up a new web page for your Sandbox experiment report: Intro, question, hyp, procedure, etc.
Have a splendiferous evening at the PROM!  
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Topic: The Earth System Fragile environments
1. Please share your Biogem report with the class today.(Maria, Dom, John)
Topic: Experiments in the Lithosphere
2. You have developed some very interesting experiments for the sandbox!
Here is the schedule: experiment schedule.
We will start on Friday. Plan carefully what you will do so you can finish in one period.
3. Look at this ppt about research at the University of Massachusetts (Dr. Cooke and graduate students).
4. This movie shows Dr. Cooke's computer model of earth movements after an earthquake on the San Andreas fault.
The movie is in real time (exageration vertically) - which means it shows the actual time for an earthquake.
Write a paragraph describing what you see in the movie. Include 2 questions you have about it.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Topic: Experiments in the Lithosphere
1. Work on your proposal for a sandbox experiment (group)
2. If you're done with the proposal, work on the Age of the Earth essay (HW).
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Topic: The Earth System Fragile environments
1. Please share your Biogem report with the class today.
Topic: Experiments in the Lithosphere
2. Next assignment: A sandbox experiment - design your own.
* Choose partners and work together to create a sandbox experiment.
* Directions for your experiment. Your plan must be approved by Mary.
Homework: Write a short essay - Age of the Earth. Write a 1/2-pg essay discussing what you learned about the age of the
Earth. Comment on what you learned about it. Ask three questions that you have about the
information.
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Monday, May 12, 2008
Topic: The Lithosphere - The Geologic Timeline
1. Please give me your notebooks with last week's work.
2. Many of you do not have a Biogems report linked to your portfolio. Do that today.
3. Tomorrow be prepared to share about your Biogems report with the class.
4. Essay - Age of the Earth. Write a 1-pg essay discussing what you learned about the age of the
Earth. Comment on what you learned about it. Ask three questions that you have about the
information.
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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.
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Thursday, May 1,
2008
 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.
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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.
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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)
For extension, normal faults develop. These can happen at divergent boundaries.
Also here, and here. And Ethiopia rift valley.
2. On Saturday four students will go to California to study faults.
You can follow their trip on Google Earth:
 Download this file and save it on your desktop.
Open Google Earth. Open the file.
Click on the pushpins  to read about each day! Zoom in and out to
see what the four students will see.
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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!
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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