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First Semester: August 12, 2014 to December 18, 2014

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Week #18: December 15, 2014 to December 18, 2014

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 12/15/14: Go over Fall 2014 Geology Final Exam Review Questions. See Final Exam Schedule for details on when you will take your final exam. Finish Inside the Volcano video and questions: Viscosity demonstrations. Hand back Plate Tectonics Tests and Rock Cycle/Igneous Rocks Quizzes for corrections.	Due Tuesday, 12/16/14 (P5) or Thursday, 12/18/14 (P3 and P4): Review Inside the Volcano video and questions Complete Predicting Volcanic Eruptions Extra Credit Opportunity. See Internet Investigations page for links. Do test corrections on Plate Tectonics Tests and Rock Cycle/Igneous Rocks Quizzes given back in class. Review for Final Exams! See Fall 2014 Geology Final Exam Review Questions. See Final Exam Schedule for details on when you will take your final exam.
Tuesday, 12/16/14 (P5) or Thursday, 12/18/14 (P3 and P4): Turn in Predicting Volcanic Eruptions Extra Credit Opportunity. See Internet Investigations page for links. Turn in Inside the Volcano video and questions Turn in test corrections on Plate Tectonics Tests and Rock Cycle/Igneous Rocks Quizzes Turn in Fall 2014 Geology Final Exam Review Questions for EC Final Exam!	Due Monday, 1/5/15: Happy Holidays!

Week #17: December 8, 2014 to December 12, 2014

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 12/8/14: Hand out Fall 2014 Geology Final Exam Review Questions. See Final Exam Schedule for details on when you will take your final exam. Pass back and correct Igneous Rock Lab in class	Due Tuesday, 12/9/14: Review Rock Cycle and Igneous Rocks notes for quiz on Tuesday. Finish Internet Investigations on Rock Cycle and Igneous Rocks Review for Final Exams! See Fall 2014 Geology Final Exam Review Questions. See Final Exam Schedule for details on when you will take your final exam.
Tuesday, 12/9/14: Collect Igneous Rock Lab Collect Internet Investigations on Rock Cycle and Igneous Rocks Quiz on Rock Cycle and Igneous Rocks notes: Sections 6.1 and 6.2 Inside the Volcano video and questions	Due Wednesday, 12/10/14: Read Section 9.1, pages 194-198 in your textbook. Answer Section 9.1 questions online. Review for Final Exams! See Fall 2014 Geology Final Exam Review Questions. See Final Exam Schedule for details on when you will take your final exam.
Wednesday, 12/10/14: Inside the Volcano video and questions	Due Thursday, 12/11/14: Read Section 9.2, pages 199-201 in your textbook. Answer Section 9.2 questions online. Review for Final Exams! See Fall 2014 Geology Final Exam Review Questions. See Final Exam Schedule for details on when you will take your final exam.
Thursday, 12/11/14: Inside the Volcano video and questions: Finish Why do Some Volcanoes Go Boom? The Conditions of Volcano Formation Caldera Formation Video Explosive Volcano Video: Mt. Unzen, Japan Docile Volcano Video: Kilauea, Hawaii	Due Friday, 12/12/14: Read Section 9.3, pages 202-204 in your textbook. Answer Section 9.3 questions online. Review for Final Exams! See Fall 2014 Geology Final Exam Review Questions. See Final Exam Schedule for details on when you will take your final exam.
Friday, 12/12/14: Inside the Volcano video and questions: Finish Why do Some Volcanoes Go Boom? The Conditions of Volcano Formation Caldera Formation Video Explosive Volcano Video: Mt. Unzen, Japan Docile Volcano Video: Kilauea, Hawaii Predicting Volcanic Eruptions Extra Credit Opportunity. See Internet Investigations page for links. Google Earth® Volcano Tour and Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program. The links for this can be found under Internet Investigations.	Due Monday, 12/15/14: Have a nice weekend! Do Predicting Volcanic Eruptions Extra Credit Opportunity. See Internet Investigations page for links. Review for Final Exams! See Fall 2014 Geology Final Exam Review Questions. See Final Exam Schedule for details on when you will take your final exam.

Week #16: December 1, 2014 to December 5, 2014

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 12/1/14: Rock Cycle Comic Notes on Rock Cycle and Rock Demos passed around The Rock Cycle video and Igneous Rocks notes	Due Tuesday, 12/2/14: Read Section 6.1, pages 118-120 in your textbook. Answer Section 6.1 questions online.
Tuesday, 12/2/14: Igneous Rocks notes Bowen’s Reaction Series and Igneous Rock Forming Minerals Igneous Rock Lab: Start Igneous Rocks Tour: This will be helpful with the Igneous Rock Lab	Due Wednesday, 12/3/14 (P. 4) or Thursday, 12/4/14 (P. 3 and P. 5) Block Day: Read Section 6.2, pages 121-126 in your textbook. Answer Section 6.2 questions online. Use the following link for Bowen’s Reaction Series to answer some of the questions in the homework. This link on Igneous Rock Forming Minerals will help too.
Wednesday, 12/3/14 (P. 4) or Thursday, 12/4/14 (P. 3 and P. 5) Block Day: Check your Igneous Rock Kit to make sure that it is in the proper order. Bowen’s Reaction Series and Igneous Rock Forming Minerals Igneous Rock Lab Igneous Rocks Tour: This will be helpful with the Igneous Rock Lab	Due Friday, 12/5/14: To be announced.
Friday, 12/5/14: Internet Investigations on Rock Cycle and Igneous Rocks Next Week Inside the Volcano video and questions	Due Monday, 12/8/14: Have a nice weekend!

Week #15: November 17, 2014 to November 21, 2014

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 11/17/14: Plate Tectonics video and questions. Turn the questions in to the sub.	Due Tuesday, 11/18/14: Read Section 8.2, pages 176-179. Answer Section 8.2 questions online. Use the USGS website Understanding Plate Motions to answer some of the homework questions.
Tuesday, 11/18/14: This Dynamic Planet Activity. See Internet Investigations page for links.	Due Wednesday, 11/19/14 (P. 4) or Thursday, 11/20/14 (P. 3 and P. 5) Block Day: Read Section 8.3, pages 180-181. Answer Section 8.3 questions online and read Section 8.4, pages 182-187. Answer Section 8.3 and 8.4 questions online. Exotic Terranes in San Francisco. Read this article to answer the last question on the homework. Be patient. Large download size!
Wednesday, 11/19/14 (P. 4) or Thursday, 11/20/14 (P. 3 and P. 5) Block Day: This Dynamic Planet Activity. See Internet Investigations page for links. Finish. This will get turned in on Friday before the test. Causes of Plate Motion demonstration: Hot and Cold Cycles New Map of Seafloor Reveals Thousands of Undersea Volcanoes Ring of Fire Video by Richard Alley, Professor of Geosciences at Penn State University Plate Tectonic Travel worksheet: hand out for practice for tomorrow’s test. Check your Answers with the Plate Tectonic Travel Key when you are done. This will get turned in on Friday before the test.	Due Friday, 11/21/14: Review for Chapter 8 Test: Plate Tectonics by going over Chapter 8 Test Study Guide. Also see PowerPoints for Chapter 8. Complete Plate Tectonic Travel worksheet. Check your Answers with the Plate Tectonic Travel Key when you are done. This will get turned in on Friday before the test. Finish This Dynamic Planet Activity if needed. See Internet Investigations page for links. Finish. This will get turned in on Friday before the test.
Friday, 11/21/14: Questions/Collect This Dynamic Planet Activity. See Internet Investigations page for links. Questions/Collect Plate Tectonic Travel worksheet Chapter 8 Test: Plate Tectonics. Review by going over Chapter 8 Test Study Guide. Also see PowerPoints for Chapter 8. Next Week Sea Floor Spreading and Paleomagnetism Lab: After Break	Due Monday, 12/1/14: Have a nice Thanksgiving Break!

Week #14: November 12, 2014 to November 14, 2014

Classwork	Homework
Wednesday, 11/12/14: P.3: Watch the JPL Ustream of the Rosetta Philae lander landing on a comet while you work in class. This is what Traeger is at in the morning up at JPL! Sorry for the absence, but this is history being made! I will share the details with you when I return. How do you Land on a Comet? Video Interactive Comet Animation from JPL Rosetta Mission and ESA Rosetta Mission Introduction to Plate Tectonic Theory: The Scientific Method Plate Tectonics Puzzle Map Activity Plate Tectonics video and questions	Due Thursday, 11/13/14: Finish Internet Investigations ES0802 and ES0810: Sea Floor Spreading and the Formation of the Hawaiian Islands from last Friday. Be prepared to go over and discuss on Thursday.
Thursday, 11/13/14: Go over and turn in Internet Investigations ES0802 and ES0810: Sea Floor Spreading and the Formation of the Hawaiian Islands Plate Tectonics video and questions: Finish and turn in.	Due Friday, 11/14/14: Read Section 8.1, pages 172-175. Answer Section 8.1 questions online. Use the Plate Tectonic Animations page to answer some of the homework questions.
Friday, 11/14/14: Go over and turn in Internet Investigations ES0802 and ES0810: Sea Floor Spreading and the Formation of the Hawaiian Islands	Due Monday, 11/17/14: Have a nice weekend!

Week #13: November 3, 2014 to November 7, 2014

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 11/3/14: Mineral Resource Projects. Use the Internet Investigations and Geology Links (scroll down to find minerals) to find the online resources to complete this assignment. Mineral Resource Project Rubrics: Use this as your formula for success! This is how I will be grading your papers. See part #5 of the assignment for details.	Due Tuesday, 11/4/14: No homework J.
Tuesday, 11/4/14: Mineral Crystal Internet Investigation and worksheet from last week: finish in class and turn in. Mineral Resource Projects. Use the Internet Investigations and Geology Links (scroll down to find minerals) to find the online resources to complete this assignment. Mineral Resource Project Rubrics: Use this as your formula for success! This is how I will be grading your papers. See part #5 of the assignment for details.	Due Wednesday, 11/5/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 11/6/14 (P. 4) Block Day: See work due Friday. I have decided to cancel test on minerals to let you focus on project due Friday. I also want to start Plate Tectonics Chapter 8 on block day.
Wednesday, 11/5/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 11/6/14 (P. 4) Block Day: Mineral Resource Projects. Use the Internet Investigations and Geology Links (scroll down to find minerals) to find the online resources to complete this assignment. Mineral Resource Project Rubrics: Use this as your formula for success! This is how I will be grading your papers. See part #5 of the assignment for details. Introduction to Plate Tectonic Theory: The Scientific Method Plate Tectonics Puzzle Map Activity This Dynamic Planet Activity. See Internet Investigations page for links.	Due Friday, 11/7/14: Mineral Resource Projects. Use the Internet Investigations and Geology Links (scroll down to find minerals) to find the online resources to complete this assignment. Mineral Resource Project Rubrics: Use this as your formula for success! This is how I will be grading your papers. See part #5 of the assignment for details.
Friday, 11/7/14: Due today to Google Classroom! Mineral Resource Projects. Use the Internet Investigations and Geology Links (scroll down to find minerals) to find the online resources to complete this assignment. Mineral Resource Project Rubrics: Use this as your formula for success! This is how I will be grading your papers. See part #5 of the assignment for details. Plate Tectonics Internet Investigations. See Internet Investigations page for links.	Due Wednesday, 11/12/14: Have a nice Veterans Day weekend!

Week #12: October 27, 2014 to October 31, 2014

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 10/27/14: A word about Red Ribbon Week Warm Up: Identifying Minerals Mineral Identification Labs	Due Tuesday, 10/28/14: Read Section 5.4, pages 108-111. Answer Section 5.4 questions online.
Tuesday, 10/28/14: Mineral Identification Labs Mineral Crystal Internet Investigation and worksheet	Due Wednesday, 10/29/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 10/30/14 (P. 4) Block Day: Read Section 7.1, pages 144 to 147. Answer Section 7.1 Questions Online.
Wednesday, 10/29/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 10/30/14 (P. 4) Block Day: If Everyone in the World lived like an American Mineral Resources Baby and Per Capita Use of Minerals High Tech Trash How to use Noodle Tools to make your works cited Mineral Resource Projects. Use the Internet Investigations and Geology Links (scroll down to find minerals) to find the online resources to complete this assignment. Mineral Resource Project Rubrics: Use this as your formula for success! This is how I will be grading your papers. See part #5 of the assignment for details. Finish Mineral Identification Labs and turn in.	Due Friday, 10/31/14: Complete Internet Investigation ES0506: How Do Crystals Grow Only. We will go over the other part in class on Friday. Here is direct link to Internet Investigation.
Friday, 10/31/14: Go over Homework: Internet Investigation ES0506: How Do Crystals Grow How to use Noodle Tools to make your works cited Mineral Resource Projects. Use the Internet Investigations and Geology Links (scroll down to find minerals) to find the online resources to complete this assignment. Mineral Resource Project Rubrics: Use this as your formula for success! This is how I will be grading your papers. See part #5 of the assignment for details. Next Tuesday Test on Sections 5.2-5.4 and 7.1: Minerals and Mineral Resources	Due Monday, 11/3/14: Have a nice weekend! Review for test on Sections 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, and 7.1 on Minerals and Mineral Resources on Tuesday.

Week #11: October 20, 2014 to October 24, 2014

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 10/20/14: Notes on Nature of Matter: Chemical Bonding Pass Back Papers Review for tomorrow’s quiz on section 5.1, basic chemistry	Due Tuesday, 10/21/14: Review for quiz on section 5.1, basic chemistry
Tuesday, 10/21/14: Partial Solar Eclipse on Thursday from 2:45 to 5:00 PM! Quiz on Section 5.1, Basic Chemistry Start Section 5.2 Homework for tonight	Due Wednesday, 10/22/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 10/23/14 (P. 4) Block Day: Read Section 5.2, pages 96 to 102. Answer Section 5.2 questions online. Mineral Crystal Animation will help to envision crystal structures. Silicate Diagrams will help to envision the different molecular structures of silicate minerals. Virtual Museum of Minerals and Molecules: Good site for envisioning crystal structures in 3-D.
Wednesday, 10/22/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 10/23/14 (P. 4) Block Day: Partial Solar Eclipse on Thursday from 2:45 to 5:00 PM! Go over 5.2 HW Basics of Mineralogy: What are minerals and how do they form? Water Crystallization Video Mineral Crystal Animation will help to envision crystal structures. Virtual Museum of Minerals and Molecules: Good site for envisioning crystal structures in 3-D. National Geographic Magazine: Cavern of Crystal Giants Mineral Identification Labs	Due Friday, 10/24/14: Come to Partial Solar Eclipse viewing in the quad Thursday after school! Read Section 5.3, pages 104 to 107. Answer Section 5.3 questions online.
Friday, 10/24/14: Section 5.3 HW: Warm Up Notes on Mineral Groups Mineral Identification Labs	Due Monday, 10/27/14: Have a nice weekend!

Week #10: October 13, 2014 to October 17, 2014

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 10/13/14: ES0501 Atomic Structure and NOVA Elements Internet Investigation Do test corrections to get ready for Quarter 1 Benchmark Assessment	Due Tuesday, 10/14/14: Review for Quarter 1 Benchmark Assessment on Tuesday. The best way to do this is to study your test corrections. Do Interior of Earth Test Corrections passed back in class today.
Tuesday, 10/14/14: Quarter 1 Benchmark Assessment	Due Wednesday, 10/15/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 10/16/14 (P. 4) Block Day: Finish ES0501 Atomic Structure and NOVA Elements Internet Investigation (Will collect on Friday)
Wednesday, 10/15/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 10/16/14 (P. 4) Block Day: NOVA Video: Hunting the Elements and questions	Due Friday, 10/17/14: JPL Open House Extra Credit. Write-ups: Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the description. Turn this in no later than Friday, October 17, 2014! If you’re doing this electronically, just go ahead and share it with ttraeger “at” mylcusd.net to turn it in.
Friday, 10/17/14: Go over/Collect ES0501 Atomic Structure and NOVA Elements Internet Investigation Give out ShakeOut flyers to share with parents. Great California ShakeOut at 10:16 AM Thursday, 10/16/14! Preparedness Now video ShakeOut scenario earthquake wave animations March, 2011 Japan Earthquake liquefaction video NOVA Video: Hunting the Elements and questions: Finish	Due Monday, 10/20/14: Have a nice weekend! Chemistry Basics Quiz on Tuesday, 10/21/14 Extra Credit Opportunity, up to 30 points!: If you missed the recent talk about “California’s Mega Drought.” , go to the host’s web site to access the videos of the event. Take notes of the presentation as you watch it. Then, write a 1 page essay on what you learned from the talk. Most importantly, tell me how this will change your water use behavior in your household! Due no later than Tuesday, 10/21/14.

Week #9: October 6, 2014 to October 10, 2014

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 10/6/14: Announcements: Lunar Eclipse Wednesday Morning from 1:15 AM to 6:33 AM with the greatest eclipse at 3:54 AM, Astronomy Institute, JPL Open House this Weekend, and Midterm Exam next Tuesday, 10/13/14! Warm Up The Most Astounding Fact Introduction to Matter and Basic Chemistry Elements: The building blocks of the Earth (and Universe) The Interactive Scale of the Universe Tool: The most basic unit of matter is the atom, or is it? The Pillars of Creation: An example of nebulae Planet Quest: Our solar system is not the only solar system. NOVA Origins video and questions Nebular Hypothesis Description and Animation The Interactive Geologic Time Scale and Web Geological Time Machine The Most Astounding Fact NOVA Cosmos Clip on History of Universe in a Calendar Year	Due Tuesday, 10/7/14: Complete these questions about the formation of the Earth and Supernovae.
Tuesday, 10/7/14: Warm Up The Most Astounding Fact Introduction to Matter and Basic Chemistry Elements: The building blocks of the Earth (and Universe) The Interactive Scale of the Universe Tool: The most basic unit of matter is the atom, or is it? Periodic Table and Chemistry Basics PowerPoint Notes on Nature of Matter: Basics of the Atom and the Periodic Table Periodic Table of Videos ES0501 Atomic Structure and NOVA Elements Internet Investigation Basic Chemistry Section 5.1	Due Wednesday, 10/8/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 10/9/14 (P. 4) Block Day: Read Section 5.1. Answer Questions Online.
Wednesday, 10/8/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 10/9/14 (P. 4) Block Day: Warm Up Properties of Matter Lab. Use Pictures of Elements and Element Hints and Periodic Table to figure out what each element is. Periodic Table and Chemistry Basics PowerPoint Notes on Nature of Matter: Basics of the Atom and the Periodic Table Periodic Table of Videos	Due Friday, 10/10/14: Chemistry Practice Problems (Get in class. These are not available online due to copyright issues). This video on Isotopic Notation will be VERY helpful to watch before doing your homework.
Friday, 10/10/14: Go over Chemistry Practice Problems and turn in. Finish Properties of Matter Lab. Use Pictures of Elements and Element Hints and Periodic Table to figure out what each element is. ES0501 Atomic Structure and NOVA Elements Internet Investigation	Due Monday, 10/13/14: Have a nice weekend! JPL Open House Extra Credit. Write-ups: Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at each display and place the image of the display next to the description. Turn this in no later than Friday, October 17, 2014!

Week #8: September 29, 2014 to October 3, 2014

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 9/29/14: Human P and S Waves Finish Earth Pie Activity and earth layers courtesy of and adapted from a Larry Braile Activity from Purdue University. Seismic Waves Animation Activity: Must be done on class computers Pass back Maps Tests for Corrections	Due Tuesday, 9/30/14: Maps Tests Corrections
Tuesday, 9/30/14: NOVA Science Now: Journey through the Center of the Earth Map Tunneling: This shows where would you wind up if you drilled to the other side of the Earth from where you are? Seismic Waves Animation Activity: Must be done on class computers	Due Wednesday, 10/1/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 10/2/14 (P. 4) Block Day: Maps Tests Corrections Extra Credit Opportunity, up to 30 points!: Go to talk this evening (Tuesday) at La Canada Community Center from 7:30 to 9:00 PM called “California’s Mega Drought.” Take notes at the presentation and have the presenter SIGN your notes. Then, write a 1 page essay on what you learned from the talk. Most importantly, tell me how this will change your water use behavior in your household!
Wednesday, 10/1/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 10/2/14 (P. 4) Block Day: Seismic Waves Animation Activity: Must be done on class computers. Finish and Go over. NOVA Origins video and questions: Go over Internet Investigations: Revealing the Earth’s Inner Secrets: Basic Principles of Geophysics: Go over. Finish Video and Questions for “Inside Planet Earth” Finish up Interior of Earth Material and Review	Due Friday, 10/3/14: Review Chapter Section 4.1 and The Interior of the Earth handout and Internet Investigations: Revealing the Earth’s Inner Secrets: Basic Principles of Geophysics and NOVA Origins video and questions for test on Friday. The Seismic Waves animation we used in class might be helpful to study and to help you finish Seismic Waves Animation Activity if you need to. You can download it on to a PC by going to Author’s web page, scrolling down, and downloading and installing file called SeismicWavesSetup.exe
Friday, 10/3/14: Test on Chapter Section 4.1 and The Interior of the Earth handout and Internet Investigations: Revealing the Earth’s Inner Secrets: Basic Principles of Geophysics and NOVA Origins video and questions for test on Friday. Collect Seismic Waves Animation Activity Collect Video and Questions for “Inside Planet Earth” Next Week The Most Astounding Fact Introduction to Matter and Basic Chemistry Elements: The building blocks of the Earth (and Universe) The Interactive Scale of the Universe Tool: The most basic unit of matter is the atom, or is it? Periodic Table and Chemistry Basics PowerPoint Notes on Nature of Matter: Basics of the Atom and the Periodic Table Periodic Table of Videos ES0501 Atomic Structure and NOVA Elements Internet Investigation Basic Chemistry Section 5.1	Due Monday, 10/6/14: Have a nice weekend!

Week #7: September 22, 2014 to September 26, 2014

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 9/22/14: Video and Questions for “Inside Planet Earth”	Due Tuesday, 9/23/14: No homework J
Tuesday, 9/23/14: The Autumnal Equinox was on Monday, 9/22/14 at 7:28 PM local time. What does that mean? More information on dates of equinoxes and solstices found here: Autumnal Equinox Dates and Times Finish Lab: From Eratosthenes to Global Positioning Systems: Calculating the Size of the Earth Carl Sagan Eratosthenes Video	Due Wednesday, 9/24/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 9/25/14 (P. 4) Block Day: Finish Lab: From Eratosthenes to Global Positioning Systems: Calculating the Size of the Earth This video will help: Carl Sagan Eratosthenes Video
Wednesday, 9/24/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 9/25/14 (P. 4) Block Day: Stamp/go over/turn in Lab: From Eratosthenes to Global Positioning Systems: Calculating the Size of the Earth Finish Video and Questions for “Inside Planet Earth” Internet Investigations: Revealing the Earth’s Inner Secrets: Basic Principles of Geophysics: Go over Earth Pie Activity and earth layers courtesy of and adapted from a Larry Braile Activity from Purdue University	Due Friday, 9/26/14: Read The Interior of the Earth handout. Answer Interior of the Earth Questions Online.
Friday, 9/26/14: Go over HW: Read The Interior of the Earth handout. Answer Interior of the Earth Questions Online. Earth Pie Activity and earth layers courtesy of and adapted from a Larry Braile Activity from Purdue University.	Due Monday, 9/29/14: Have a nice weekend!

Week #6: September 15, 2014 to September 19, 2014

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 9/15/14: Pasadena Topographic Map Lab: Finish If you are absent for the Pasadena Topographic Map Lab, you can go to the USGS Map Store to download the Pasadena Topographic Map in PDF form. Click on “Map Locator and Downloader” and then search “Pasadena.” Then follow the instructions to download a PDF of the Pasadena Quadrangle. You can also search for other maps if you do not live within the boundaries of the Pasadena Quadrangle. You can also download Topo Maps into Google Earth	Due Tuesday, 9/16/14: Pasadena Topographic Map Lab: Finish Review Chapter 3 for test on Maps and Technology on Tuesday, 9/16/14
Tuesday, 9/16/14: Pasadena Topographic Map Lab: Collect Chapter 3 Maps and Technology Test	Due Wednesday, 9/17/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 9/18/14 (P. 4) Block Day: No homework J
Wednesday, 9/17/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 9/18/14 (P. 4) Block Day: New Unit: Chapter 4: Formation, Size, and Structure of Planet Earth NOVA Origins video and questions Internet Investigations: Revealing the Earth’s Inner Secrets: Basic Principles of Geophysics Start homework section 4.1	Due Friday, 9/19/14: Read Section 4.1, pages 70-74. Answer Section 4.1 Questions Online.
Friday, 9/19/14: Discussion: How would you calculate the size of our planet? We need to know this to talk about its layered structure. Lab: From Eratosthenes to Global Positioning Systems: Calculating the Size of the Earth Carl Sagan Eratosthenes Video Next Week Go over 4.1 HW and Internet Investigations: Revealing the Earth’s Inner Secrets: Basic Principles of Geophysics Go over NOVA Origins video and questions Theory vs. Hypothesis: a discussion of how they are different The Universe: Big Bang to Now in 10 Easy Steps The Pillars of Creation: An example of nebulae Planet Quest: Our solar system is not the only solar system. NOVA Origins video and questions Nebular Hypothesis Description and Animation The Interactive Geologic Time Scale and Web Geological Time Machine The Most Astounding Fact NOVA Science Now: Origins of the Solar System: How a Supernova could have shaped our solar system’s formation. NOVA Science Now: Journey through the Center of the Earth Big History Project Signups History of Our World in 18 Minutes TED Talk	Due Monday, 9/22/14: Have a nice weekend!

Week #5: September 8, 2014 to September 12, 2014

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 9/8/14: Current Event: Tropical Depression Norbert makes its way in to our area. Contouring Lab: Finish and Turn in. Start HW: Internet Investigation ES0307 on Topographic Mapping	Due Tuesday, 9/9/14: Internet Investigation ES0307 on Topographic Mapping Correct metrics tests handed back in class last Tuesday. This is the LAST day to do this!
Tuesday, 9/9/14: Collect metrics test corrections Stamp/Go over Internet Investigation ES0307 on Topographic Mapping ESU101 Internet Investigation	Due Wednesday, 9/10/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 9/11/14 (P. 4) Block Day: Finish ESU101 Internet Investigation
Wednesday, 9/10/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 9/11/14 (P. 4) Block Day: Go over/collect ESU101 Internet Investigation and Internet Investigation ES0307 on Topographic Mapping Drones as Remote Sensors and Before and After Landsat Images and Infrared vs. Visible Satellite Weather Images How RADAR works. Landsat false color images Basics of the Electromagnetic Spectrum Earth Observatory Exercise using the Electromagnetic Spectrum to make a false color image. Pasadena Topographic Map Lab If you are absent for the Pasadena Topographic Map Lab, you can go to the USGS Map Store to download the Pasadena Topographic Map in PDF form. Click on “Map Locator and Downloader” and then search “Pasadena.” Then follow the instructions to download a PDF of the Pasadena Quadrangle. You can also search for other maps if you do not live within the boundaries of the Pasadena Quadrangle. You can also download Topo Maps into Google Earth	Due Friday, 9/12/14: Read Section 3.2, pages 48-52. Answer Questions for Section 3.2 Online.
Friday, 9/12/14: Go over 3.2 HW Pasadena Topographic Map Lab: Finish If you are absent for the Pasadena Topographic Map Lab, you can go to the USGS Map Store to download the Pasadena Topographic Map in PDF form. Click on “Map Locator and Downloader” and then search “Pasadena.” Then follow the instructions to download a PDF of the Pasadena Quadrangle. You can also search for other maps if you do not live within the boundaries of the Pasadena Quadrangle. You can also download Topo Maps into Google Earth	Due Monday, 9/15/14: Have a nice weekend! Review Chapter 3 for test on Maps and Technology on Tuesday, 9/16/14

Week #4: September 2, 2014 to September 5, 2014

Classwork	Homework
Tuesday, 9/2/14: Back to School Night tomorrow night from 5:45 PM to 8:00 PM. Tell your parents! Hand back metrics tests and go over how to do test corrections Basics of GPS and Geocaching Lab: Finish and Turn in ES0301 and ES0303 Internet Investigation Map Projections and Latitude/Longitude Patterns	Due Wednesday, 9/3/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 9/4/14 (P. 4) Block Day: Correct metrics tests handed back in class on Tuesday. Finish ES0301 and ES0303 Internet Investigation Map Projections and Latitude/Longitude Patterns
Wednesday, 9/3/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 9/4/14 (P. 4) Block Day: Go over ES0301 and ES0303 Internet Investigation Map Projections and Latitude/Longitude Patterns and turn in. Intro. to Topographic Mapping and Topographic Map Links and reading topographic maps Rising Seas Animation Contouring Lab	Due Friday, 9/5/14: Read Section 3.3 in your textbook, pages 53-57. Answer questions for section 3.3 online.
Friday, 9/5/14: Go over HW Section 3.3 Continue with Contouring Lab: How to calculate slope and draw a vertical profile.	Due Monday, 9/8/14: Have a nice weekend!

Week #3: August 25, 2014 to August 29, 2014

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 8/25/14: San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake yesterday and what caused it! Geology Diagnostic Exam Start Homework	Due Tuesday, 8/26/14: Read Section 3.1, pages 44 to 47 in your textbook. Answer Section 3.1 Questions Online.
Tuesday, 8/26/14: Go over HW Section 3.3 There’s a Map on My Lap! National Geographic Map Basics Page Map Basics	Due Wednesday, 8/27/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 8/28/14 (P. 4) Block Day: Go to the National Geographic Map Basics Page and Story Maps page and look at the maps. Fill out the following Google Form describing what you learned from each feature. Finish #s 1-11 of Map Basics
Wednesday, 8/27/14 (P. 3 and 5) or Thursday, 8/28/14 (P. 4) Block Day: Go over Map Basics and homework Basics of GPS and Geocaching Lab Earthcache site Go here, here, and here to find out more about the GPS technology we use in class. Satellite Database in Google Earth®	Due Friday, 8/29/14: Go to the National Geographic Map Basics Page and Story Maps page and look at the maps. Fill out the following Google Form describing what you learned from each feature. If you didn’t finish the night before.
Friday, 8/29/14: How GPS helped solve a geological mystery. The Sliding Stones of Death Valley. Map Basics: Finish Basics of GPS and Geocaching Lab: Finish and Turn In. Earthcache site Go here, here, and here to find out more about the GPS technology we use in class. GPS Video. Satellite Database in Google Earth®	Due Tuesday, 9/2/14: Have a nice Labor Day weekend!

Week #2: August 18, 2014 to August 22, 2014

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 8/18/14: Finish, go over, and turn in Metric Measuring Madness and Metric Treasure Hunt Metric System: Friend of the Scientist: Go over dimensional analysis and converting units using the factor label method and reviewing the decimal jump method. YouTube Video on dimensional analysis Unit Conversions PowerPoint	Due Tuesday, 8/19/14: Metric System: Friend of the Scientist: Use dimensional analysis and converting units using the factor label method and reviewing the decimal jump method. Here is video to help. YouTube Video on dimensional analysis
Tuesday, 8/19/14: Text LOL problem and latest story about texting and teens Powers of Ten Video and Scale of Universe Quick Introduction to Scientific Notation	Due Wednesday, 8/20/14: Quick Introduction to Scientific Notation
Wednesday, 8/20/14: Metric Bridge Conversions Go over additional conversion problems and even more conversion problems.	Due Thursday, 8/21/14: Review Metric Measuring, Significant Figures and Uncertainty in Measurement, Unit Conversions using dimensional analysis, and scientific notation for a test on Thursday, 8/21/14. Watch this YouTube Video on dimensional analysis again if you need help! Finish Metric Bridge Conversions. Express all of your answers in scientific notation! Here are Even Even More Dimensional Analysis practice problems if you wish to do them!
Thursday, 8/21/14: Review Metric Measuring, Significant Figures and Uncertainty in Measurement, Unit Conversions using dimensional analysis, and scientific notation for a test on Thursday, 8/21/14. Watch this YouTube Video on dimensional analysis again if you need help! Finish Metric Bridge Conversions. Check the answers when you are done. Work on additional conversion problems and even more conversion problems. Express all of your answers in scientific notation! Check the answers when you are done.	Due Friday, 8/22/14: Review Metric Measuring, Significant Figures and Uncertainty in Measurement, Unit Conversions using dimensional analysis, and scientific notation for a test on Friday, 8/22/14. Watch this YouTube Video on dimensional analysis again if you need help! Finish additional conversion problems and even more conversion problems. Express all of your answers in scientific notation! Here are Even Even More Dimensional Analysis practice problems with answers if you wish to do them!
Friday, 8/22/14: Test on Metric Measuring, Significant Figures and Uncertainty in Measurement, Unit Conversions using dimensional analysis, and scientific notation Turn in Metric Bridge Conversions and additional conversion problems and even more conversion problems stapled together Turn in Metric System: Friend of the Scientist and Quick Introduction to Scientific Notation Next Week Earth System Spheres Internet Investigation on Earth System Spheres: ES0103 and ES0108 Internet Investigation Taiwan Landslide as an example of Earth System Sphere Interactions	Due Monday, 8/25/14: Have a nice weekend!

Week #1: August 12, 2014 to August 15, 2014

Classwork	Homework
Tuesday, 8/12/14: Seating Chart Introduction and Welcome! What defines you? activity and name cards What is Geology? Think, Pair, Share Why Earth Science video and current events to reinforce this. 1) Latest Earthquakes and ShakeOut Scenario, 2) Mars Curiosity Rover, 3) Tiger Woods sinking house and why knowing about the geology under your house is helpful, 4) Nova explosion in constellation Delphinus, 5) Climate change indicators, and 6) Rosetta Project Comet Landing Hand out class guidelines and go over Go over class website Sign up for Remind text/email alerts using text message or email Hand out lab donation requests Hand out Student Survey	Due Wednesday, 8/13/14: Complete Student Survey Give lab donation requests to parents and bring money if your parents are willing Get class guidelines at the bottom of page 5 signed. Clip this and return. READ class guidelines for quiz on Wednesday Get class materials (binder, paper, pens/pencils, ruler, calculator) Get 3-ring binders organized for 20 point binder check on Friday. You should have tabs organized. See Instructions from notes in class for details. Cover your textbook
Wednesday, 8/13/14: Collect Student Survey Collect lab donation requests Collect class guidelines signatures Quiz on class guidelines Metric System Map #2: Countries not using the metric system Metric versus English Units: Mars Climate Orbiter Story 1 and Story 2 Metric Measuring Madness Lab Significant Figures and Uncertainty in Measurement	Due Thursday, 8/14/14: Read Significant Figures and Uncertainty in Measurement. Answer Questions in Google Forms. Give lab donation requests to parents and bring money if your parents are willing Get class materials (binder, paper, pens/pencils, ruler, calculator) Get 3-ring binders organized for 20 point binder check on Friday. You should have tabs organized. See Instructions from notes in class for details. Cover your textbook
Thursday, 8/14/14: Metric System Map #2: Countries not using the metric system Metric versus English Units: Mars Climate Orbiter Story 1 and Story 2 Metric Measuring Madness and Metric Treasure Hunt	Due Friday, 8/15/14: Complete Part 3 of Metric Treasure Hunt Give lab donation requests to parents and bring money if your parents are willing Get class materials (binder, paper, pens/pencils, ruler, calculator) Get 3-ring binders organized for 20 point binder check on Friday. You should have tabs organized. See Instructions from notes in class for details. Cover your textbook
Friday, 8/15/14: Metric Measuring Madness and Metric Treasure Hunt	Due Monday, 8/18/14: Have a nice weekend!

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