Volcano Erupts in Chile

Finishing Up Weather Unit

Monday

Finish Humidity Lab

Work on Clouds cards

Work on Weather Log

Tuesday

Fronts Foldables

Continue work from Monday

Wednesday

Fronts Foldables

Continue work from Monday

Thursday

Weather Logs Due

Grade Weather Logs

Conferences Tonight 4-7pm

Friday

NO SCHOOL _ GOOD FRIDAY

Humidity and Dew Point

Monday

Air Pressure Heat and Wind Test - Part 1

Tuesday

Air Pressure Heat and Wind Test - Part 2 

Wednesday

Humidity Prelab and Book work

Thursday

Humidity Lab 

Friday

Humidity Lab Wrap up and Weather Log Analysis

Pressure and Winds

Monday

Complete Pressure Notes and Demonstrations

Work on Review Guide

Tuesday

Notes on Local  Winds

Work on Review Guide

Wednesday

Notes on Global WInds

Work on Review Guide

Thursday

Winds Concentration Game 

 Review Guide DUE

Friday

Heat Transfer/Pressure/Winds Review Game

The Atmosphere

Monday

Review Heat Transfer - go over bookmarks

Finish Heat Transfer Labs - Due Thursday

Tuesday

 Begin Air Pressure Notes

Air Pressure Demonstrations

Wednesday

Winds Anticipation Guide

Thursday

Grade Heat Transfer Labs 

Complete Air Pressure Notes and Demos

Friday

Happy Spring Break!

The Atmosphere

Monday

Discuss Japanese Earthquake

Begin Weather Log

Complete EMS notes and review sheet - Due Thursday

Tuesday

Heat Energy Bookmark

Popcorn demonstration

Wednesday

Heat Energy Lab

Thursday

Heat Energy Lab and Weekly Review

Friday

Weekly Quiz

The Atmosphere

Monday

Late Start Today!

Last day to work on and complete atmosphere models - due at end of period 

Tuesday

UV Bead Lab gallery walk and symposium

Finish EMS notes

Wednesday

Grade Models of the Atmosphere projects

review layers of the atmosphere

Thursday

Discuss Heat Transfer in Atmosphere

Last day of Trimester

Friday

NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

Here's the Skinny...... Due this FRIDAY

Scientific Poster Extra Credit Assignment
Your task is to take your lab write up for the current lab we are working on and turn it into a scientific poster. You will need the following components to complete your scientific poster:

• A poster board that can be hung up (no 3-fold boards please)
• Contents on the poster board are either typed or very neatly hand written.
• A minimum of two visual aids that help the reader understand the experiment
• The following experimental components are included, each with a heading that directs the reader’s attention
• Central Question
• Hypothesis
• Description of procedure
• Materials Used
• Data Table
• Graph of Data
• Analysis of Data
• Conclusion of the Experiment
• Remember, a poster is meant to easily communicate information to the public, your poster should be easy to read, easy to digest, and NOT simply be your lab report pasted onto a poster board

The Atmosphere

Monday

Work on UV lab analysis and conclusion - Due in its entirety FRIDAY

Extra Credit Opportunity Available !!! - Due Friday

Make UV bead bracelets

Tuesday

Begin research of the atmosphere for Atmosphere Model Project

Wednesday

Continue Research

BRING MATERIALS FOR CONSTRUCTION

Thursday

Complete notes on Electromagnetic Spectrum

Work on Atmosphere Models

Friday

Work on Atmosphere Models

UV BEAD LAB DUE

LAST DAY TO TURN IN ALL WORK FOR 2ND TRIMESTER

The Atmosphere

Monday

President's Day: No School

Tuesday

Begin UV radiation lab: background info and lab set up

Wednesday

UV radiation lab: discussion and experimenting begins

Thursday

Continue UV radiation lab

Friday

Finish UV radiation lab work and begin analysis and conclusion

From Earth to Sky

Monday

Review for Earthquake Volcano Test

Tuesday

Earthquake Volcano Test

Unit Packets Due - Include the following:

1. Earthquake Notes 2. Discovering Earth's Plates 3. On Shaky Ground 4. P and S wave graph 5. Locating Earthquakes 6. Volcano Reading and Review 7. Amazing Planet Video Sheet 8. Explosive Volcano Lab

Wednesday

Atmosphere Reading Review

Thursday

Field Trip Prep

Temple Grandin Movie

Friday

Field Trip to Rochester for Regional Science Fair and Temple Grandin Presentation Buses leave at 9:30am, return to school at 3pm

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Mount Kilauea pahoehoe lava flow

Monday

Locating Earthquakes - Triangulation activity

Begin Volcano notes

Tuesday

Volcano notes

Volcano video

Wednesday

Explosive volcano lab

Begin Earthquake/ Volcano review

Thursday

Review for Earthquake Volcano test

Friday

 Earthquake Volcano Test

Earthquake/Volcano Packet due

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Monday

Correct Quiz

Dynamic Earth Review Due

Begin Discovering Earth's Plates Lab

Tuesday

Continue Discovering Earth's Plates Lab

Earthquake Notes

Wednesday

Discovering Earth's Plates Lab due

Earthquake Fault Zone lab

Thursday

Locating Earthquake Lab

Friday

                         Weekly Quiz

                          All weekly lab work due

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

Monday

Continental Drift Lab

Tuesday

Complete CD Lab

Notes on Plate Tectonics

Wednesday

ALL BLOCK A MISSING WORK DUE

CD Lab due

Begin Plate Tectonic Lab

Earth Interior/ Plate Tectonic Review Sheet

Thursday

Week in Review

Finish lab work

Friday

Weekly Quiz

Earth's Interior/ Plate Tectonics

Monday

NO SCHOOL - MLK DAY

Tuesday

Amazing Planet Earth Video and Questionaire

Earth Interior Posters Due

Wednesday

Plasticity in the Mantle Lab

Convection Currents in the Mantle Wkshts

Thursday

Continental Drift Activity

Friday

Complete Continental Drift Lab and Evidence for Continental Drift

Earth's Interior

Monday

Begin Earth's interior material

Prelab Notes and begin Earth Interior Poster

Tuesday

Earth's Interior Poster Lab

Wednesday

Corrections to Rock Test

Complete Earth's Interior Poster Lab

Thursday

Review Earth's Interior

Seismic Wave Worksheet Due

Friday

Weekly Quiz

Properties of the Mantle

Rocks

Monday

The Rock Cycle Notes

Complete MN Rock Notes

Tuesday

Rock Cycle Lab

Rock Unit Review

Wednesday

Review Rock Unit

Complete all Rock Unit Work

Thursday

Rock Test

Friday

Correct Rock Test