7th+Grade+Science+2016-2017

= Welcome to the __**7th Grade Science**__ Page of the kramerscience1 wiki! = = If you need to contact Mrs. Kramer, please e-mail kramerl@arcadia.k12.wi.us. =

== __ For information regarding the class, course materials, and resources, scroll down to find the information you seek. __ ==

= **LINK TO THE ONLINE VERSION OF THE SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS: [|Pearson Science]** !!!!! I will provide you with log-in instructions in class. =

** Quia Self-Enroll **
__** Step 1 **__. Go to the Quia by clicking here> []. __** Step 2 **__. Click the link " // Create account" //. Fill out the form that appears. Select "Student" as the account type. When you are done, press the // Create my account // button. __** Step 3 **__ __**.**__ You should now be in the Student Zone. Type in the class code in the text field and press the // Add class // button. Now you're done! **Now that you have registered for your instructor's course, you can view your class web page, take quizzes, view your quiz results, view time spent on Quia activities, and read your instructor's feedback from your Quia account.**

__Follow these steps to view your results:__ __ Step 1 __. ** Log in to your account. (Remember, go to the Quia Web home page at [] and click the area labeled // Students // .) ** __ Step 2 __**. Click on the class name.

=*** LINK TO [|Earthsky.org]. Check this often for all sorts of interesting science news.**=

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 * Today**
 * Finish your "Matter Webquest" and turn it in to the 7th grade tray.
 * Try ALL of the Quia activities you were directed to on Friday. Try them multiple times. **THE GOAL HERE IS TO LEARN THESE WORDS!!**
 * When you think you have learned these words, test yourself here: [|""Properties of Matter Flashcards QUIZ 5.30.17"]
 * Still have time to kill? Try your hand at one of these games: [|Jefferson Labs Games and Puzzles]
 * Today**
 * Continue working on the Matter Webquest. Try to finish it today. **KEEP IT FOR TUESDAY!**
 * When you are done, log in to Quia: []. Go to "ACTIVITIES" and find the "Properties of Matter - Flashcards"
 * Practice these words using the 4 different activities listed on the page. Try the activities more than once if necessary so you can see all the words.
 * When you are pretty confident in your knowledge of these vocabulary words, test yourself here:[|"Properties of Matter Flashcards QUIZ - 7th grade"]
 * Today**
 * I will collect unused 4th quarter LATE WORK PASSES ONLY for extra credit. Make sure your name is on them. If you have more than 1, staple the two together.
 * Starting a webquest that will help review what we just covered as well as set you up for what you will be learning as 8th graders in the fall.
 * Open this document and use it to access the websites you need to visit to complete the webquest: [[file:Matter Webquest.pdf]]
 * You will need to put your answers on the hard copy I provide you. YOU MAY WORK WITH A PARTNER TO COMPLETE THIS WEBQUEST.
 * Today**
 * **[|"Solids, Liquids and Gases TEST 5.24.17"]**
 * Announcements**
 * "Gas Behavior GR" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Finish discussion of this section
 * **PRACTICE FOR THIS TEST. THERE WILL BE NO RE-TAKES!! [|"Solids, Liquids and Gases PRACTICE TEST 5.23.17"]**

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 * Announcements**
 * "Gas Behavior GR" due TUESDAY
 * Today**
 * Video Field Trip
 * Discuss pp 58-59. Relate this to the video field trip.
 * Charles' Law, and the rest of section 3.
 * Head Rush video: media type="custom" key="29208095"
 * __**TEST WEDNESDAY!!!!!!**__

= = =__5-19-17 Fri__=
 * Today**
 * Bill Nye on States of Matter
 * ASSIGNMENT: [[file:Gas Behavior GR.pdf]] due MONDAY

= = =__5-18-17 Thur__=
 * Announcements**
 * "Solids, Liquids and Gases Concept Map" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Go through the answers to yesterday's quiz
 * How much do we know about the phases of matter? [|"States of Matter"]
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Gas Behavior GR" due MONDAY. __**THERE WILL BE TIME TO WORK ON THIS TOMORROW! [[file:Gas Behavior GR.pdf]]**__

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 * Announcements**
 * "States of Matter Virtual Lab" gets handed in TODAY
 * Today**
 * [|"Solids, Liquids and Gases Quiz I 5.17.17"]
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Solids, Liquids and Gases Concept Map" due THURSDAY [[file:SolidLiquidGasConceptMap.pdf]]

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 * Announcements**
 * **"Changes of State GR" due TODAY**

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 * Today**
 * Project/discuss pp 48-50
 * How does thermal energy affect the state of a substance? Find out in this Virtual Lab: [|"States of Matter Virtual Lab"] YOU WILL NOT GET DONE TODAY.[[file:States of Matter Virtual Lab.PDF]]
 * Announcements**
 * "Changes of State GR" due MONDAY
 * Today**
 * Read surface tension, cohesion, viscosity
 * Demonstration of water's cohesive properties!

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 * A cool trick with water:


 * Just because I love to see them run, here's another video of the basilisk lizard:

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 * This video shows you shouldn't believe everything you see on the internet!

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 * Announcements**
 * "States of Matter GR" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Review states of matter and particle motion from yesterday
 * Demonstration of the properties of amorphous solids using the art of glass blowing!


 * Read surface tension, cohesion, viscosity
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Changes of State GR" due MONDAY** [[file:Changes of State GR.pdf]] [[file:Changes of State RR.pdf]]

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 * Today**
 * Discuss answers to the test
 * Introduce Chapter 2, "Solids, Liquids and Gases" pp 40-41
 * Video Preview!
 * Discuss pp 42-44 in your book
 * ASSIGNMENT: "States of Matter GR" due THURSDAY [[file:States of Matter GR.pdf]] [[file:States of Matter RR.pdf]]
 * Today**
 * TEST DAY!! [|"Introduction to Matter TEST 5.8.17"]
 * Today**
 * **"Energy and Matter GR" due TODAY**
 * [|"Introduction to Matter PRACTICE TEST 5.5.17"] If I leave the practice test open over the weekend, will you take advantage of that opportunity??
 * __**TEST**__ **__MONDAY__!**
 * Announcements**
 * "Energy and Matter GR" due FRIDAY
 * **TEST MONDAY**
 * Today**
 * **Exothermic vs. endothermic reactions:**
 * Review potential and kinetic energy:


 * Discuss pp 32-33 in your book.
 * ==**Energy Transfer**==

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 * Announcements**
 * Pg 27 - Math: Analyzing Data" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Potential vs. kinetic energy, pp 30-31

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 * Bill Nye Potential and Kinetic Energy:
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__**ASSIGNMENT**__**: "Energy and Matter GR" due FRIDAY **

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 * Announcements**
 * "Changes in Matter GR" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Changes in energy during physical and chemical changes, pp 26-27
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Math Analyzing Data pg 27" due WEDNESDAY

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 * Bill Nye demonstrates endothermic and exothermic reactions:**

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 * Announcements**
 * "Changes in Matter GR" due TUESDAY
 * Today**
 * Physical vs. chemical changes, pp 22-25 in your book.
 * Introduction to the Law of Conservation of Mass and a balanced chemical equation

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 * Announcements**
 * "Properties of Elements Virtual Lab" due TODAY
 * "Measuring Matter Guided Reading" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Review of metric measurement, pp 16-20
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Changes in Matter GR" due TUESDAY [[file:Changes in Matter GR.pdf]] [[file:Changes in Matter RR.pdf]]

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 * Announcements**
 * "Measuring Matter GR" due FRIDAY
 * Today**
 * "Properties of Elements Virtual Lab". Click here: [|Properties of Elements Virtual Lab] [[file:PropElementsVirtualLab.pdf]]

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 * Today**
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Measuring Matter GR" due FRIDAY [[file:Measuring Matter GR.PDF]]
 * [|"Describing Matter Quiz 2 - 4.26.17"]
 * Announcements**
 * Test corrections due WEDNESDAY
 * Today**
 * Review from last week
 * Read/discuss pp 13-14 in the book
 * Refer to this power point to review the types of matter [[file:Types of Matter ppt.ppt]] [[file:Categorizing Matter ppthandout.PDF]]
 * **__ QUIZ WEDNESDAY __ pp 10-14**
 * **__ QUIZ WEDNESDAY __ pp 10-14**

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 * Announcements**
 * "Physical vs. Chemical Properties 2" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Re-take of the test for Selena, John, and Lleymi [|"Fossils and Geologic Time re-take 4.24.17"]
 * Corrections for most of the rest of you! Go to link above to view your results. Then follow my instructions to make corrections to your test. AND NEXT TIME TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 3 PRACTICE ATTEMPTS I GAVE YOU __**BEFORE**__ THE TEST!!!!!!!

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 * Announcements**
 * "Physical vs. Chemical Changes 2" is due MONDAY.
 * "Describing Matter Quiz I" TODAY

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 * Today**
 * Review through pg. 10
 * Read and discuss pp 11-12
 * Just how small is an atom?media type="youtube" key="yQP4UJhNn0I" width="560" height="315"
 * More on atomic structure: [|"Strange Matter"]
 * **How big/small is the matter that makes up the Universe? [|"Scale of the Universe"]**
 * **"Magnifying the Universe media type="custom" key="29140289"**
 * **QUIZ**: **[|"Describing Matter Quiz 1/ 4.21.17"]**
 * Announcements**
 * "Physical vs. Chemical Properties" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * **Structure of the atom**
 * **"Atoms, Molecules, Elements and Compounds"**


 * ASSIGNMENT: "Physical vs. Chemical Changes 2" due MONDAY [[file:Phyvs.Chem2.pdf]]
 * **REMEMBER TO STUDY FOR YOUR QUIZ ON __FRIDAY__ (pages 6-9)**

=__4-19-17 Wed__=
 * Announcements**
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Physical vs. Chemical Properties" due THURSDAY
 * **QUIZ FRIDAY, pp 6-9**
 * Today**
 * Review physical vs. chemical properties
 * Discuss pp 6-9 (maybe more?)

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 * Announcements**
 * REMEMBER: "Describing Matter GR" is due TODAY
 * **BOOK COVERS CHECK TODAY!**
 * Today**
 * Examples of substances, physical properties and chemical properties, pp 6-9
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Physical vs. Chemical Properties" due THURSDAY[[file:Phy vs Chemical Properties.PDF]]
 * Today**
 * **TEST!! [|"Fossils and Geologic Time TEST 4.11.17"]**
 * Today**
 * [|Fossils and Geologic Time PRACTICE TEST 4.10.17]
 * [|"Enchanted Learning Geologic Time"]
 * [|Field Museum's "Evolving Planet"]
 * Announcements**
 * "Early Earth/Era's of Earth's History GR" __**due FRIDAY**__
 * Today**
 * =__**[|Travel Through Deep Time Interactive]**__=
 * [|BBC A History of Life on Earth]
 * Announcements**
 * **"Geologic Time Scale GR" is due TODAY**
 * Today**
 * Early Earth, pp 130 - 133, projected on screen.
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Early Earth/Era's of Earth's History GR" __**due FRIDAY**__. Start working now! [[file:Early Earth Eras of Earth GR.PDF]]

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 * Today**
 * Geologic Time, pp 127-129 in your book.
 * Time scales and videos to help understanding (the ones we didn't get to on Friday!)
 * **REMEMBER: "Geologic Time Scale GR" is due TUESDAY**
 * Today**
 * Quick discussion of half-lives and radioactive dating (cuz we didn't get to it yesterday!)
 * Geologic Time? Let's go back to the beginning of the universe for some perspective:
 * How did our Earth change with time? We will watch the first few minutes of this video, but I encourage you to visit this page and view the entire video. [|"Geologic Time"]
 * From National Geographic: [|Prehistoric Time Line]
 * From NOVA (Public Television): [|A Brief History of Life]
 * Pp 127-129 from your book
 * This is an artists vision of what 4.6 billion years on Earth may have looked like -- "Our Story in One Minute"

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 * Explanation: **Could you tell the story of human existence in a minute? [|This thrilling video] culls together multiple teasing snippets in an attempt to do just that. And sets it to music. Briefly depicted, from start to finish, is an artistic animation of the [|Big Bang], a [|trip across] the early universe, the [|formation of the Earth and Moon], the emergence of multi-celled life and plants, the rise of [|reptiles] and [|dinosaurs], a devastating meteor strike, the rise of [|mammals] and humans, and finally the rise of [|modern civilization]. The minute movie ends with a flyover of the modern [|skyscraper] and a human standing atop a [|snow covered mountain]. The [|above video] is the latest from the [|Symphony of Science] project.

> ==**ASSIGNMENT: "The Geologic Time Scale GR" due Tuesday**== > >

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 * Today**
 * Project and discuss "Geologic Time Webquest". FILL IN WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE!
 * "Section 3 "Radioactive Dating". Projection of video from that section of of the book.
 * ** __[|Half-Life and Radioactive Dating]__ **
 * ==[|Internet Activity - Radioactive Dating]==
 * **Last day to work on "Geologic Time Webquest"!**
 * Today**
 * Begin the "Geologic Time Webquest" by visiting this website: [|"UCMP Berkeley Geologic Time"]. Follow the directions on the screen as well as your handout to guide you through this activity. I don't expect you to finish this today :-) JUST DON'T LOSE IT!! [[file:Geologic Time Webquest.PDF]]
 * Today**
 * Let's see what you learned from the activity you did on Friday: [[file:Relative Age Quiz PPT.ppt]]
 * **"Relative Age of Rocks GR" - due NOW**
 * What's an unconformity? [|"Formation of an Unconformity"]
 * **Get out a sheet of notebook paper to answer these review questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES!**
 * **[|"Correlation Using Relative Ages"]**
 * Announcements**
 * **"Relative Ages of Rocks GR" due MONDAY**
 * Today**
 * Page 118 in your book.
 * [|"The Grand Canyon: Top Two Rock Layers"] This helps us understand relative ages of rocks and what it actually looks like.
 * Video Field Trip
 * Finish discussing Section 2
 * Practice relative dating here: [|"Relative Rock Layers"]
 * Today**
 * Discuss your answers to the "Fossil Discussion Questions" [|"Fossils"] HAND THEM IN.
 * Pages 114-116 in your book
 * Intro the next section "Relative Age of Rocks" pg 117
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Relative Ages of Rocks GR" due MONDAY [[file:RelAgeofRocks_SG.PDF]]**
 * Announcements**
 * "Fossils GR" is due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Finish "Fossils" website and your discussion questions. We will discuss this as a class today.
 * How do they prepare and catalog fossil discoveries? This video from the National Park Service, "Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument" will tell us.
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 * Pages 114-116 in your book
 * In case you want to explore John day Fossil Beds National Monument, here is the link to that page: [|"John Day Fossil Beds Interactive Flash"]
 * [|NPS National Fossil Day Website] Scroll to the bottom of the page to "View all related parks".

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 * Announcements**
 * REMINDER: "Fossils GR" due WEDNESDAY
 * Today**
 * Pages 110-113 in Section 1
 * [|"How a Dinosaur Became a Fossil"]
 * [|"Observe How a Fossil Can Form"]
 * CHROME BOOKS! Answer the "Fossil Discussion Questions" as you work through this website: [|"Fossils"]
 * "Fossils Discussion Questions" [[file:FossilsDiscQuestions.pdf]]

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 * Announcements**
 * Old books will get turned in today!

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 * Today**
 * You get new books today that will need to be covered with a **__paper book cover by WEDNESDAY__**, "Earth's Changing Surface"
 * Video Preview
 * **ASSIGNMENT:** We are in chapter 4 in the book. Section 1, "Fossils", starts on page 110. **__"Fossils GR" due WEDNESDAY__ [[file:Fossils GR.pdf]]**
 * Today**
 * Hand in your "Rock Cycle Review"
 * [|"Rocks TEST 3.16.17"]
 * Today**
 * Discover the rock cycle and the role of plate tectonics in the rock cycle. Follow this interactive to complete the guided worksheet: [|"The Rock Cycle Interactive"]. YOU WILL HAVE TODAY AND TOMORROW TO WORK ON THIS IN CLASS.
 * [[file:Rock Cycle Review Interactive.PDF]]
 * **TEST THURSDAY**
 * Announcements**
 * **BOOK COVER CHECK TODAY!**
 * **Reminder: "Metamorphic Rocks GR" due MONDAY**
 * Today**
 * Observe samples of granite and gneiss with a hand lens (Pg 160)
 * Metamorphic rocks, pp 160-162
 * Formation of metamorphic rocks [|Met. Rock Formation]
 * [|Metamorphic rock formation]
 * SURPRISE! quiz
 * Announcements**
 * "Rocks from Reefs GR" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Photos from Guadalupe National Park (rocks from reefs)
 * [|El Capitan Guadalupe NP]
 * Geology of Guadalupe National Park: [|Geologic Formations]
 * Preview metamorphic rocks, pp 160-162
 * **ASSIGNMENT:** "Metamorphic Rocks GR" due MONDAY [[file:Metamorphic Rocks GR.pdf]]

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 * Announcements**
 * "Rocks from Reefs GR" due THURSDAY

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 * Today**
 * Rocks from reefs, pp 157-159
 * Background information about coral reefs to guide our understanding:
 * Watch corals "bloom": [|"ReefVid Coral Clips"]
 * Announcements**
 * "Sedimentary Rocks GR" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Discuss the rest of the section, pp 154-156
 * __**[|Coal Formation]**__
 * __**[|Chemical Sedimentary Rocks]**__
 * __**ASSIGNMENT**__: "Rocks from Reefs GR" **due THURSDAY [[file:Rocks from Reefs GR.pdf]]**
 * Announcements**
 * "Sedimentary Rocks GR" is due TUESDAY

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 * Today**
 * Video Field Trip
 * Sedimentary Rocks, pp 152-154 in your book. Weathering, erosion,deposition, compaction, cementation.
 * **[|Observe How Sediments Are Deposited]**
 * **[|Clastic Sedimentary Rocks]**
 * **[|Clastic Rocks]**
 * __**[|"Igneous Rocks QUIZ 3.6.17"]**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Igneous Rocks Guided Reading" is due TODAY
 * **QUIZ MONDAY ON IGNEOUS ROCKS!**

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 * Today**
 * **ASSIGNMENT:** "Sedimentary Rocks GR" due TUESDAY [[file:Sedimentary Rocks GR.pdf]]
 * Begin discussion of sedimentary rocks.
 * Is THIS real or movie magic?

More about Petra: [|Petra, Jordan]
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 * Announcements**
 * "Igneous Rocks GR" due FRIDAY
 * QUIZ FRIDAY "Igneous Rocks"
 * Today**
 * Pages 148-151 in your book.


 * **Fortress walls in Cusco, Peru**
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 * Announcements**
 * "Rock Identification" due today
 * "Classifying Rocks Review" due today


 * Today**
 * Not impressed with rocks yet? This may change your mind!
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 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Igneous Rocks GR" due FRIDAY [[file:Igneous Rocks GR.pdf]]**

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 * Today**
 * Recall what geologists use to identify rocks: mineral composition, color and texture
 * Review texture
 * "Rock Identification" on the computers. Follow this link: [|"Rock Identification"]. **DO NOT PEEK AHEAD AT THE ANSWERS!** Due by the end of class Wednesday.
 * [[file:Rock Id Table w Review.PDF]]
 * Announcements**
 * "Classifying Rocks GR" is due TODAY
 * "Keep it Rockin" is due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Pages 144-147 in your book.
 * Geodes?

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 * Today**
 * **REMEMBER :** "Classifying Rocks GR" is due MONDAY
 * Preview the chapter on "Rocks", pp 142-143
 * "Rocks" Video Preview
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Keep it Rockin" due MONDAY [[file:Keep it Rockin.pdf]]**

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 * Today**
 * Follow this link to the REAL test! [|"Minerals Test 2.21.17"]
 * When done with the test, pick up the new ASSIGNMENT: "Classifying Rocks Gr" due MONDAY [[file:Classifying Rocks GR.pdf]]
 * Today**
 * Follow this link to your practice test. YOU WILL ONLY GET 2 ATTEMPTS AND THE TEST TOMORROW WILL BE __**LONGER**__! [|"Minerals PRACTICE TEST 2.20.17"]
 * Today**
 * Continue working on the lab.
 * "Mineral Key Terms/Concept Map due **FRIDAY**
 * **TEST TUESDAY**
 * Announcements**
 * You must turn in your "Virtual Mineral Lab" to me BEFORE you will be allowed to continue to the real mineral identification lab.
 * Today**
 * "Mineral Identification Lab" begins today.
 * Use a separate sheet of paper to make a data table to record the results of your hardness tests. This will get turned in with your final lab.
 * Inventory all supplies at the beginning and end of each class period.
 * Wear safety goggles at all times.
 * DO NOT USE MINERAL # 9 or 14.
 * Today**
 * Watch the video "Rocks and Minerals; The Hard Facts".
 * Work to finish your "Virtual Mineral Lab". Remember to answer the response questions using COMPLETE SENTENCES!!
 * ASSIGNMENT: **"Mineral Key Terms/Concept Map" due FRIDAY [[file:Minerals Key Terms.pdf]]**
 * Today**
 * To prepare for the Mystery Minerals Lab, we'll start with this: [|"Virtual Mineral Lab"]. Do your best to identify the minerals using the available tests and the "Properties of Minerals" guidebook on the website. DO NOT JUST GUESS AND CLICK!!
 * [[file:Virtual Mineral Lab Report.PDF]]

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 * Announcements**
 * "Using Mineral Resources GR" is due FRIDAY


 * Today**
 * Discuss that section of the book.
 * Learn more about smelting by exploring this website:[|Fayette Historic State Park]

=__**2-7-17 Tues**__=
 * Announcements**
 * REMEMBER "How Minerals Form GR" is due WEDNESDAY
 * [[file:How Minerals Form GR.pdf]] [[file:How Minerals Form Review.pdf]]


 * Today**
 * Look at the photo on page 125. Real or faked??

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=**__2-2-17 Thur__**=
 * Announcements**
 * "Properties of Minerals Review" due TODAY

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 * Today**
 * ===Identifying a Mineral Using Mohs Hardness Scale:===
 * The hardness of a mineral is often used by geologists to help determine the identity of a sample. The Mohs Hardness Scale as developed by a German geologist, Friedrich Mohs, in 1812. The Mohs scale is a relative scale which lists the hardness of 10 common minerals. Talc, #1 on the scale is the softest and diamond, #10, is the hardest. Other common household item have also been assigned to the hardness scale such as glass, fingernail and penny.
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 * "Virtual Hardness Testing Lab". Visit this website to complete the lab: [|"Virtual Hardness Testing Lab"]
 * [[file:Moh's Virtual Hardness Lab.PDF]]
 * Announcements**
 * Today is the last class day you will have to work on "Mineral Mania" This will be due TOMORROW!
 * Today**
 * Discuss this power point: [[file:MineralsStudyGuide-1 PPT.ppt]]
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Properties of Minerals Review" AND "Mineral Density (pg 119 in your book - #1-7) **DUE THURSDAY [[file:Prop. of Minerals Review.pdf]]**

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= = =**__1-26-17 Thur__**= = = =**__1-24-17 Tues__**= = = =**__1-23-17 Mon__**= = = =**__1-19-17 Thur__**= = = =**__1-13-17 Fri__**=
 * Today**
 * Discover the many ways we use minerals with this internet activity: "Mineral Mania" [[file:Mineral Mania.PDF]]
 * Here are the links you will need to complete the activity: [|"Mineral Uses"], [|"Fireworks"], and [|"Mineral Groups"]
 * For those still needing to take the Quakes and Volcanoes Test, click here: [|"Quakes and Volcanoes MAKE-UP TEST 1.30.17]
 * Today**
 * Project this website: [|CK-12 Mineral Identification]
 * While projecting, click on "READ Mineral Identification". Read and discuss together as a class.
 * Click the "back" button and then click on VIDEO "Mineral Identification". Have the external speakers on and watch the video. (8 min)
 * Click the "back" button again and then click on PRACTICE "Mineral Identification". See if you can answer the questions together as a class.
 * **__UPDATE__:** "Properties of Minerals Guided Reading" will now be due __**FRIDAY**__
 * Today**
 * Start Chapter 4, "Minerals". Teacher edition is on the rolling table in the front of the room.
 * Discuss pp 112-113(?) **up to "Identifying Minerals".** Define "mineral" on their Science Vocabulary Sheet.
 * Watch the Video Preview. (The video preview is in a disk case on the bookshelf behind my desk. Find the disk for "M", load it into the computer, pull up "Minerals" and project the video preview, making sure the external speakers on the stool in front of my desk are turned on).
 * **ASSIGNMENT:** "Properties of Minerals GR" due THURSDAY [[file:Properties of Minerals GR.pdf]] You can find the copies of this on the black plastic trays on the counter top near the front of the room on the hall wall. Students may begin working on this in class today.
 * Today**
 * "Quakes and Volcanoes Test" ONE ATTEMPT - DO NOT CLOSE OUT OF ANYTHING UNTIL YOU ARE DONE!! [|"Quakes and Volcanoes TEST 1.23.17]
 * Announcements**
 * Get on Infinite Campus and check for any missing work you may still need to turn in.
 * **TEST on Quakes and Volcanoes has been moved to Monday, 1-23-17**
 * Today**
 * You will have 3 attempts at the PRACTICE TEST to help you prepare for the test on Monday. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE ANSWERS, SO WRITE DOWN ANY CONCEPTS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND AND LOOK THEM UP BEFORE YOU MAKE ANOTHER ATTEMPT!
 * [|"Quakes and Volcanoes PRACTICE TEST 1.19.17"]
 * Announcements**
 * **TEST MONDAY COVERING EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES!!**
 * Today**
 * Go over the answers to the pre-test you worked on in my absence
 * You will have 3 chances at the practice test: [|PlateCanoQuake PRACTICE TEST 1.13.17]

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 * I'll play "catch-up" today after having been gone for the last 3 days.
 * "Volcanic Landforms GR" due TODAY
 * **"QUAKES AND VOLCANOES TEST" ON __MONDAY__**

=**__1-11-17 Wed__**= = = =**__1-10-17 Tues__**= = = =**__1-9-17 Mon__**= >> Today w e will cover the stages of volcanic activity (pg 97 in your book). To better illustrate this, we look at a couple more short videos about Mt. St. Helens: >>> >>> media type="youtube" key="njV9ski1gB4" width="560" height="315" >> = = =**__1-5-17 Thur__**=
 * Today**
 * **CONTINUE WORKING ON YOUR GUIDED READING AND THE PRE-TEST. THESE ARE DUE TOMORROW!!!!!**
 * Today**
 * Prepare to do some quality review on your own. You will have today and tomorrow to complete these assignments:
 * "Volcanic Landforms Guided Reading" [[file:VocanicLandformsGR.pdf]]
 * "Earthquakes and Volcanoes PreTest"
 * **YOU MAY WORK WITH YOUR LAB PARTNER IF YOU CAN DO IT RESPONSIBLY!**
 * **BOTH OF THESE PACKET ARE DUE WHEN I RETURN ON __THURSDAY__**
 * Announcements**
 * "Volcanic Eruptions GR" is due TODAY
 * Today**
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 * Announcements**
 * "Properties of Magma GR" is due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Pages 88-90 in your book
 * Finish viewing the videos we didn't get to yesterday
 * Video Field Trip!
 * ASSIGNMENT - "Volcanic Eruptions GR" due MONDAY [[file:Volcanic Eruptions GR.PDF]]

= = =**__1-4-17 Wed__**= = = =**__1-3-17 Tues__**=
 * Announcements**
 * REMINDER!! "Properties of Magma GR" is due THURSDAY
 * Today**
 * New terms -- "viscosity" and "silica"
 * [|"Sources and Types of Lava"]
 * [|"Two Different Kinds of Volcanoes"]
 * [|"Demo of Shield- vs. Stratovolcanoes"]
 * Today**
 * Chapter 3, Section 1, "Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics". This is the video I showed you in class: [|"Hawaii Is A Hot Spot Volcano"].
 * [|"Dancing on Lava"]

=**__12-21-16 Wed__**= = = =**__12-20-16 Tues__**= media type="youtube" key="1qbg7orb1lc" width="560" height="315"
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Properties of Magma GR" DUE THURSDAY [[file:Properties of Magma GR.PDF]]
 * Today**
 * Watch the video we didn't get to yesterday
 * "Seismic Wave Speeds" homework due today
 * Epicenter Triangulation [|"Locating the Epicenter of an Earthquake"]
 * "Volcanoes" video preview
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics GR" due THURSDAY [[file:Vocanoes and Plate Tectonics GR.PDF]]
 * Announcements**
 * "Quakes and Waves Gr" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * Pp. 54-55 in your book
 * **Bill Nye and the Richter Scale**


 * **Bill Nye and the seismogram**

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 * **Reading a seismogram (courtesy of the USGS) [|"Illustrated Guide to Reading a Seismogram"]**

= = =**__12-19-16 Mon__**= = = =**__12-16-16 Fri__**=
 * Announcements**
 * REMINDER: "Quakes and Waves GR" due TUESDAY
 * Today**
 * Review reading from Friday [|"How Earthquakes Happen"]
 * [|Animations of Earthquake Waves]
 * Savage Earth: [|"The Restless Planet: Earthquakes"]
 * Video Field Trip
 * Announcements**
 * "Fault Lab" due today
 * Test corrections due today
 * Today**
 * "Fault Lab Quiz"
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Quakes and Waves Guided Reading" due TUESDAY

= = =**__12-15-16 Thur__**=
 * Today**
 * Continue working through the "Fault Lab". Answer the questions using complete sentences. THIS IS DUE AT THE START OF CLASS FRIDAY.
 * **QUIZ ON THIS LAB __FRIDAY!__**

= = =**__12-14-16 Wed__**=
 * Announcements**
 * "Forces in Earth's Crust GR" due TODAY
 * Test corrections are due BY FRIDAY

= = =**__12-13-16 Tues__**=
 * Today**
 * "Notes on Faults". Use this to help you learn some of the new vocabulary. [[file:Notes on Faults.PDF]]
 * Begin the "Fault Lab" today. Work with your lab partner to construct the fault model and complete the lab questions. Lab is to be turned in on FRIDAY.
 * [[file:A Model of Three Faults.PDF]]
 * Announcements**
 * "Forces in Earth's Crust GR" due WEDNESDAY
 * Test corrections will be due FRIDAY
 * Today**
 * Pages 44-47 in the book
 * Visit this site to view animations about plate tectonics: [|"Plate Tectonics Animations"]
 * Visit this site to view animations about different types of faults: [|USGS Animations]
 * Start test corrections using the chrome books to access your test results. REMEMBER THAT ALL CORRECTIONS MUST READ AS TRUE STATEMENTS USING COMPLETE SENTENCES!! **DUE FRIDAY**

=__**12-12-16 Mon**__= = = =**__12-9-16 Fri__**= = = =**__12-8-16 Thur__**= = = =**__12-7-16 Wed__**=
 * Today**
 * Preview chapter on earthquakes, pp 42-43.
 * Video Preview
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Forces in Earth's Crust GR" due WEDNESDAY [[file:Forces in Earth's Crust GR.PDF]]
 * Today: "Plate Tectonics Test" on quia. [|"Plate Tectonics Test 12.9.16"]**
 * Announcements**
 * **__PLATE TECTONICS TEST ON FRIDAY__**
 * Today**
 * Finish the Dynamic Earth Interactive website to help you review for the test. [|Dynamic Earth Interactive]
 * Take this practice quiz also. Write down any of the concepts that you missed so you can study them for the test. [|"Plate Tectonics PRACTICE TEST"]
 * Announcements**
 * "Theory of Plate Tectonics Test" pushed back to FRIDAY!
 * Today**
 * Remember to look over this power point if you would like some extra review
 * [[file:Part2platetectonics BEST!.ppt]]
 * This interactive will help you understand the entire chapter and is your review for the test on __**FRIDAY****:**__
 * [|Dynamic Earth Interactive] Follow the handout and the prompts on the website to complete this review.

= = =**__12-6-16 Tues__**=
 * Announcements**
 * "Theory of Plate Tectonics GR" due TODAY
 * Test Thursday on Plate Tectonics
 * Today**
 * Go over the power point
 * This interactive will help you understand the entire chapter and is your review for the test on __**THUR****SDAY:**__
 * [|Dynamic Earth Interactive]

= = =**__12-5-16 Mon__**=
 * Announcements**
 * "Theory of Plate Tectonics GR" due TUESDAY
 * **TEST THURSDAY**
 * Today**
 * ====**Visit this site to view animations about plate tectonics**: [|"Plate Tectonics Animations"]====
 * ==Watch this video of Bill Nye the Science Guy explaining plate tectonics:media type="youtube" key="lJiAUvB1vEU" width="420" height="315"==


 * ===How often do you think earthquakes occur around the world?? [|"USGS Earthquake Map"]===


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= = =**__12-2-16 Fri__**= = = =**__11-30-16 Wed__**= = = =**__11-29-16 Tues__**=
 * [[file:Part2platetectonics BEST!.ppt]]
 * [|"Plate Tectonics Quiz 1-3"]
 * Today**
 * Sea-floor spreading activity as a practice quiz: [|Sea-floor Spreading and Subduction]
 * Visit these web pages and read/watch: [|"Convection in the Mantle"] [|"Break-up of Pangaea"] [|"Future Predicted"] [|"Magnetic Stripes"] [|"Plate Boundaries"]
 * Take the practice quiz to get feedback and prepare for the real quiz on MONDAY: [|"Plate Tectonics 1-3 PRACTICE QUIZ"]
 * ASSIGNMENT: "The Theory of Plate Tectonics GR" due TUESDAY [[file:TheoryPlateTecGR.pdf]]
 * __[|Plate Tectonics Quiz (Sec 1-3)]__**
 * Announcements**
 * "Sea-floor Spreading GR" due WEDNESDAY
 * Today**
 * Introduction to the concept of sea-floor spreading (pp 24-25 in your book)

=Harry Hess and Sea-floor Spreading= media type="youtube" key="GyMLlLxbfa4" width="420" height="315"


 * ==Sea-floor Spreading Animations: [|Plate Tectonics and Sea-floor Spreading]==

= = =**__11-28-16 Mon__**= > media type="youtube" key="D69hGvCsWgA" width="560" height="315"
 * **QUIZ: [|Plate Tectonics Quiz Sec 1-3]**
 * Announcements**
 * Correct "Drifting Continents GR" today
 * Today**
 * Start Section 4 "Sea-floor Spreading"
 * =Watch the discovery of deep-sea hydrothermal vents!=
 * **ASSIGNMENT: "Sea-floor Spreading GR" due WEDNESDAY [[file:Sea-floorSpreadingGR.PDF]]**
 * **QUIZ TUESDAY on Sections 2 and 3 in your book.**

= = =**__22-23-16 Wed__**= >
 * Announcements**
 * Drifting Continents GR" is due TODAY
 * Today**
 * **[|Pangaea]**
 * Quia registration .[|Quia Self-enroll] WRITE DOWN YOUR USER NAME AND PASSWORD. __**WRITE IT DOWN!!!!**__
 * **Try this Quia activity:** **[|Tectonic Millionaire]**

= = =**__11-22-16 Tues__**= =Watch convection currents in action.= media type="youtube" key="RCO90hvEL1I" width="560" height="315"
 * Today**

= = =**__11-21-16 Mon__**= = = =**__11-17-16 Thur__**= > pages 14-16 in your book
 * Section 3 - "Drifting Continents", pp 18-22 in your book
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Drifting Continents GR" due WEDNESDAY [[file:DriftingContGR.pdf]]
 * Announcements**
 * "Convection and the Mantle GR" due TODAY
 * Today**
 * View the convection video again
 * Discuss pp 16-17 in the book. What are convection currents and what drives them in the earth?
 * Announcements**
 * Make sure you have your test corrections turned in before this day is over!
 * **REMINDER:** "Convection and the Mantle GR" due MONDAY
 * Today**
 * Background information on the types of heat transfer viewed in class (sorry but I couldn't upload these to the wiki)

= = =**__11-16-16 Wed__**= = = =**__11-15-16 Tues__**= = = =**__11-14-16 Mon__**=
 * Announcements**
 * You should have all the the Ch. 1 Sec. 1 key terms defined on you vocab. sheet
 * Today**
 * Begin Section 2 "Convection and the Mantle"
 * Watch videos about these types of heat transfer: radiation, conduction and convection
 * __**ASSIGNMENT**__: "Convection and the Mantle GR" due MONDAY [[file:ConvectionandtheMantleGR.pdf]]
 * __**QUIZ THURSDAY**__ on Section 1.
 * Announcements**
 * Book covers will be checked today
 * "Earth's Interior GR" will be checked for completeness today
 * Today**
 * Discuss pp 10-13 in your book
 * "Inside Earth" note page for you reference [[file:InsideEarthNotePage.pdf]]
 * All vocabulary terms from Section 1 should be on you vocab list for tomorrow
 * Today**
 * "Earth's Interior GR" will be due TUESDAY. Make sure your book is covered by Tuesday as well
 * Learn more about the structure of the Earth by visiting these websites (you will need headphones for some of these):

= = =**__11-10-16 Thur__**= = = =**__11-9-16 Wed__**= = = =**__11-8-16 Tues__**= = = =**__11-3-16 Thur__**=
 * __[|Cross-section of the earth]__**
 * __[|Earth's Layers]__**
 * __[|Structure of the Earth]__**
 * __Done with some time left? Try this game on__ __Sporcle:__** [|"S" is for Science]
 * Today**
 * Books given out today. HAVE YOUR BOOK COVERED BY __**MONDAY**__
 * "Science Vocabulary Awareness Sheet". Make use of this. DEFINE **CRUST, MANTLE, OUTER CORE, INNER CORE** AS SOON AS YOU GET YOUR BOOK
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Earth's Interior GR" due TUESDAY [[file:EarthsInteriorGR.pdf]]
 * Today**
 * Hand in your finished Lab Journal
 * Scientific Method Test
 * Announcements**
 * TEST WEDNESDAY. You may use your notes on the test.
 * Today**
 * Finish the "Scientific Method Virtual Lab". This is due tomorrow. ANSWER USING COMPLETE SENTENCES!
 * Announcements**
 * "Drawing Conclusions Packet" is due TODAY
 * "Scientific Method Vocabulary Quiz" TODAY!


 * Today**
 * Using the scientific method to conduct a controlled experiment. Go to this website for the investigation: [|"Scientific Method Virtual Lab"].
 * Response sheet for the virtual lab: [[file:Scientific Method Virtual Lab RESPONSE SHEET.pdf]]. COMPLETED LAB IS DUE BY THE END OF CLASS ON FRIDAY.

= = =**__11-2-16 Wed__**=
 * Announcements**
 * "Interpreting Data Packet" __**due TODAY**__
 * __REMINDER:__ "Scientific Method Vocabulary Quiz" is THURSDAY!

=**__11-1-16 Tues__**= = = =**__10-31-16 Mon__**= = = =__**10-28-16** **Fri**__=
 * Today**
 * How do you conclude what you learned from your scientific investigation? ASSIGNMENT: "Drawing Conclusions Packet" __**due THURSDAY**__ [[file:Draw Conclusions 7.pdf]]
 * Announcements**
 * "Worksheet on Variables" due TODAY
 * REMINDER: Vocabulary Quiz will be on Thursday.
 * Today**
 * Today we will discuss how to interpret data, using this handout, __**due WEDNESDAY**__: [[file:IntData 7.pdf]]. __**USE COMPLETE SENTENCES!**__
 * Announcements**
 * "Controlling Variables Packet" is due TODAY
 * Today**
 * More work identifying controls and variables due TUESDAY [[file:Worksheet on Variables 7.pdf]]. Remember the link between the "if"portion of you hypothesis and the manipulated variable AND the link between the "then" portion of your hypothesis and the responding variable.
 * **QUIZ ON SCIENTIFIC METHOD VOCABULARY ON __THURSDAY__**
 * Announcements**
 * "Developing a Hypothesis" practice is due TODAY

=__ **10-27-16** ____ **Thur** __=
 * Today**
 * Study these words often as we continue our discussion of the scientific method: [[file:Scientific Method Vocabulary.pdf]]
 * Introduction of new terms involving controls and variables. "Controlling Variables Packet" due MONDAY [[file:Controlling Variables Pkt. 7.pdf]]
 * Announcements**
 * "Hypothesis Practice" due today


 * Today**
 * Further our understanding of how to write a good, testable hypothesis with this power point: [[file:What is a Hypothesis.ppt]]
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Developing a Hypothesis Worksheet" due FRIDAY [[file:DevHypothesisWkst7.pdf]]

= = =__**10-26-16 Wed**__=
 * Announcements**
 * **"Inferences and Observations Practice Worksheet" is due TODAY**


 * Today**
 * "Scientific Method Flowchart". We complete this together in class.
 * ASSIGNMENT: "Writing a Hypothesis (practice)" due THURSDAY [[file:S.M. Flowchart-HypPractice.pdf]]