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First Semester: August 12, 2015 to December 17, 2015

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Week #17: December 7, 2015 to December 11, 2015 (NO Block This Week)

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 12/7/15: Final Exam Study Guides Questions. Also highlight the Final Exam Schedule Occultation of Venus by the Moon Go over/collect Igneous Rock Lab Oak Tree Rock Walk to review rock cycle	Due Tuesday, 12/8/15: Review Chapter 6 PowerPoint and Rock Cycle and Igneous Rocks notes for Rock Cycle and Igneous Rocks Quiz, Sections 6.1 and 6.2
Tuesday, 12/8/15: Final Exam Study Guides Questions. Also highlight the Final Exam Schedule Rock Cycle/Igneous Rocks Quiz Eruption last Friday of Mt. Etna in Italy! Inside the Volcano video and questions	Due Wednesday, 12/9/15: Read Section 9.1, pages 194-198 in your textbook. Answer Section 9.1 questions online.
Wednesday, 12/9/15: Final Exam Study Guides Questions. Also highlight the Final Exam Schedule Inside the Volcano video and questions	Due Thursday, 12/10/15: Read Section 9.2, pages 199-201 in your textbook. Answer Section 9.2 questions online.
Thursday, 12/10/15: Final Exam Study Guides Questions. Also highlight the Final Exam Schedule Inside the Volcano video and questions Volcanoes Final Exam Study Guides Questions. Also highlight the Final Exam Schedule	Due Friday, 12/11/15: Read Section 9.3, pages 202-204 in your textbook. Answer Section 9.3 questions online. Plate Tectonics Test Corrections due Monday, 12/14/15. The story about sea turtles and plate tectonics will help you with correcting the last question on the exam.
Friday, 12/11/15: Final Exam Study Guides Questions. Also highlight the Final Exam Schedule 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. Due on day of the final.	Due Monday, 12/14/15: Have a nice weekend! Final Exam Study Guides Questions. Also highlight the Final Exam Schedule Plate Tectonics Test Corrections due Monday, 12/14/15. The story about sea turtles and plate tectonics will help you with correcting the last question on the exam. Predicting Volcanic Eruptions Extra Credit Opportunity. See Internet Investigations page for links. Due on day of the final.

Week #16: November 30, 2015 to December 4, 2015

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 11/30/15: Internet Investigations on Rock Cycle and Igneous Rocks: Finish Work on Extra Credit and Homework due Tuesday and Block Day. See work to the right.	Due Tuesday, 12/1/15: Read Section 6.1, pages 118-120 in your textbook. Answer Section 6.1 questions online. (If not done before break)
Tuesday, 12/1/15: Rock Cycle Comic Rock cycle review notes Stamp and go over and collect Internet Investigations on Rock Cycle and Igneous Rocks	Due Wednesday, 12/2/15 (P.4) or Thursday, 12/3/15 (P. 3&5) Block Schedule: 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, 12/2/15 (P.4) or Thursday, 12/3/15 (P. 3&5) Block Schedule: Hand out Final Exam Study Guides and go over. Also highlight the Final Exam Schedule. Granite vs. Basalt Formation video Check your Igneous Rock Kit to make sure that it is in the proper order. Igneous Rock Lab Igneous Rocks Tour: This will be helpful with the Igneous Rock Lab	Due Friday, 12/4/15: Complete the Rock Cycle and Igneous Rocks notes by going through the Chapter 6 PowerPoint. Extra Credit Opportunity due when we return from break: Write a one page report (at least), 1.5 spacing, 1” margins, size 12 Times New Roman font on the geology of at least one place that you visited over the Thanksgiving Break. This could be the beach, Hawaii, an interesting cinder cone volcano that you see while heading to go snowboarding at Mammoth, Grandma’s house in Yreka near Mt. Shasta, or even La Canada/the local area if you don’t go anywhere. Take at least one picture of the geological phenomena with you in it and insert it in to your report of the place you visit. Your report MUST have an MLA works cited (works cited not included in the one page requirement) indicating where you got information on the place(s) you visited. Due to Google Classroom by 3:30 PM on Friday, 12/4/15.
Friday, 12/4/15: Check your Igneous Rock Kit to make sure that it is in the proper order. Igneous Rock Lab Igneous Rocks Tour: This will be helpful with the Igneous Rock Lab	Due Monday, 12/7/15: Have a nice weekend!

Week #15: November 16, 2015 to November 20, 2015

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 11/16/15: Sea Floor Spreading and Paleomagnetism Lab	Due Tuesday, 11/17/15: Test on Plate Tectonics on Block Day. Review for Chapter 8 Test: Plate Tectonics by going over Chapter 8 Test Study Guide. Also see PowerPoints for Chapter 8.
Tuesday, 11/17/15: Sea Floor Spreading and Paleomagnetism Lab: Finish Causes of Plate Motion demonstration: Hot and Cold Cycles	Due Wednesday, 11/18/15 (P.4) or Thursday, 11/19/15 (P. 3&5) Block Schedule: Test on Plate Tectonics on Block Day. Review for Chapter 8 Test: Plate Tectonics by going over Chapter 8 Test Study Guide. Also see PowerPoints for Chapter 8.
Wednesday, 11/18/15 (P.4) or Thursday, 11/19/15 (P. 3&5) Block Schedule: Test on Plate Tectonics on Block Day. Review for Chapter 8 Test: Plate Tectonics by going over Chapter 8 Test Study Guide. Also see PowerPoints for Chapter 8. Rocks and Rock Cycle	Due Friday, 11/20/15: Read Section 6.1, pages 118-120 in your textbook. Answer Section 6.1 questions online.
Friday, 11/20/15: Rock Cycle Comic Notes on Rock Cycle and Rock Demos passed around The Rock Cycle video and Igneous Rocks notes Internet Investigations on Rock Cycle and Igneous Rocks	Due Monday, 11/30/15: Have a nice Thanksgiving week off! Extra Credit Opportunity due when we return from break: Write a one page report (at least), 1.5 spacing, 1” margins, size 12 Times New Roman font on the geology of at least one place that you visited over the Thanksgiving Break. This could be the beach, Hawaii, an interesting cinder cone volcano that you see while heading to go snowboarding at Mammoth, Grandma’s house in Yreka near Mt. Shasta, or even La Canada/the local area if you don’t go anywhere. Take at least one picture of the geological phenomena with you in it and insert it in to your report of the place you visit. Your report MUST have an MLA works cited (works cited not included in the one page requirement) indicating where you got information on the place(s) you visited. Due to Google Classroom by 3:30 PM on Tuesday, 12/1/15.

Week #14: November 9, 2015 to November 13, 2015 (No School on Wednesday, 11/11/15 due to Veterans’ Day)

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 11/9/15: Cosmos: Lost Worlds of Planet Earth Video and Questions: Finish and Go over. Reunite Pangaea Homework: Pass out and go over how to do Internet Investigations ES0802 and ES0810: Sea Floor Spreading and the Formation of the Hawaiian Islands	Due Tuesday, 11/10/15: Reunite Pangaea Did you do last week’s online HW? If not, 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!
Tuesday, 11/10/15: Internet Investigations ES0802 and ES0810: Sea Floor Spreading and the Formation of the Hawaiian Islands	Due Thursday, 11/12/15: Reunite Pangaea
Thursday, 11/12/15: Finish Internet Investigations ES0802 and ES0810: Sea Floor Spreading and the Formation of the Hawaiian Islands Reunite Pangaea Sea Floor Spreading and Paleomagnetism Lab: Start	Due Friday, 11/13/15: Reunite Pangaea Test on Plate Tectonics next Block Day. Review for Chapter 8 Test: Plate Tectonics by going over Chapter 8 Test Study Guide. Also see PowerPoints for Chapter 8.
Friday, 11/13/15: Go over and Collect Reunite Pangaea Sea Floor Spreading and Paleomagnetism Lab	Due Monday, 11/16/15: Have a nice weekend! Test on Plate Tectonics next Block Day. Review for Chapter 8 Test: Plate Tectonics by going over Chapter 8 Test Study Guide. Also see PowerPoints for Chapter 8.

Week #13: November 2, 2015 to November 6, 2015

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 11/2/15: Plate Tectonic Math: How to do Tonight’s Homework: Plate Tectonic Travel worksheet This Dynamic Planet Activity. See Internet Investigations page for links.	Due Tuesday, 11/3/15: Plate Tectonic Travel worksheet Did you do last week’s online HW? Read Section 8.2, pages 176-179. Answer Section 8.2 questions online.
Tuesday, 11/3/15: Go over Plate Tectonic Travel worksheet. Check your Answers with the Plate Tectonic Travel Key New Map of Seafloor Reveals Thousands of Undersea Volcanoes Ring of Fire Video by Richard Alley, Professor of Geosciences at Penn State University This Dynamic Planet Activity. See Internet Investigations page for links.	Due Wednesday, 11/4/15 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 11/5/15 (Period 4): 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.
Wednesday, 11/4/15 (Period 3 and 5 Block) or Thursday, 11/5/15 (Period 4 Block): This Dynamic Planet Activity. See Internet Investigations page for links. Finish Internet Investigations ES0802 and ES0810: Sea Floor Spreading and the Formation of the Hawaiian Islands	Due Friday, 11/6/15: 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!
Friday, 11/6/15: Cosmos: Lost Worlds of Planet Earth Video and Questions Next Week Causes of Plate Motion demonstration: Hot and Cold Cycles Sea Floor Spreading and Paleomagnetism Lab Plate Tectonics video and questions.	Due Monday, 11/9/15: Have a nice weekend! Test on Plate Tectonics Next Tuesday. Review for Chapter 8 Test: Plate Tectonics by going over Chapter 8 Test Study Guide. Also see PowerPoints for Chapter 8.

Week #12: October 26, 2015 to October 30, 2015

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 10/26/15: Current Event: Morning Planets A preview of upcoming plate tectonics unit: The M7.5 Earthquake in Afghanistan at 2:09 AM this morning and Teachable Moments. BBC News Story. How to use Noodle Tools or EasyBib 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. These projects must be done in Story Maps App. 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, 10/27/15: Work on Mineral Resource Projects. Use the Internet Investigations and Geology Links (scroll down to find minerals) to find the online resources to complete this assignment.
Tuesday, 10/27/15: Finish Mineral Resource Projects. Use the Internet Investigations and Geology Links (scroll down to find minerals) to find the online resources to complete this assignment. These projects must be done in Story Maps App. 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. Start This Dynamic Planet Activity. Start this after you have finished your mineral resource project. We will finish it in class on block day. See Internet Investigations page for links.	Due Wednesday, 10/28/15 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 10/29/15 (Period 4): Work on Mineral Resource Projects. Use the Internet Investigations and Geology Links (scroll down to find minerals) to find the online resources to complete this assignment.
Wednesday, 10/28/15 (Period 3 and 5 Block) or Thursday, 10/29/15 (Period 4 Block): Current Events: Morning Planets, Enceladus Flyby and Deep Dive Video, and Halloween Asteroid Preview of Friday’s TAMU Massif Volcano webcast How to turn in (share) your Story Maps projects in Google Classroom. Put link to project in project sign up spreadsheet and link works cited to Google Classroom Assignment. Turn in Mineral Resource Projects. Due no later than Thursday, 10/29/15 at 3:30 PM. Share your Story Maps project with organization and link your works cited to assignment in Google Classroom. Use the Internet Investigations and Geology Links (scroll down to find minerals) to find the online resources to complete this assignment. These projects must be done in Story Maps App. 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 map puzzle activity Oreo® cookie tectonics activity This Dynamic Planet Activity. See Internet Investigations page for links.	Due Friday, 10/30/15: 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. Think about questions you might want to ask at Friday’s TAMU Massif Volcano webcast.
Friday, 10/30/15: Live Webcast on Friday, 10/30/15 with Suraida Nanez-James from the Research Vessel (R/V) Falkor to the TAMU Massif Volcano in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Follow the Falkor Blog and Falkor Status.	Due Monday, 11/2/15: Have a nice weekend!

Week #11: October 19, 2015 to October 23, 2015

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 10/19/15: 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 or EasyBib 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.	Due Tuesday, 10/20/15: Read Section 7.1, pages 144 to 147. Answer Section 7.1 Questions Online. (Only if not Done from last week.)
Tuesday, 10/20/15: How to use Noodle Tools or EasyBib 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.	Due Wednesday, 10/21/15 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 10/22/15 (Period 4): Work on Mineral Resource Projects. Use the Internet Investigations and Geology Links (scroll down to find minerals) to find the online resources to complete this assignment.
Wednesday, 10/21/15 (Period 3 and 5 Block) or Thursday, 10/22/15 (Period 4 Block): Minerals in our Electrical World video How to use Noodle Tools or EasyBib 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.	Due Friday, 10/23/15: Work on Mineral Resource Projects. Use the Internet Investigations and Geology Links (scroll down to find minerals) to find the online resources to complete this assignment. Test corrections on Chemistry Quizzes handed back last week are due by Friday.
Friday, 10/23/15: Turn in Mineral Resource Projects to Google Classroom by next Tuesday, 10/27/15. 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 Monday, 10/26/15: Have a nice weekend!

Week #10: October 12, 2015 to October 16, 2015

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 10/12/15: Mineral Identification Labs	Due Tuesday, 10/13/15: Read Section 5.4, pages 108-111. Answer Section 5.4 questions online.
Tuesday, 10/13/15: Mineral Groups Mineral Identification Labs	Due Wednesday, 10/14/15 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 10/15/15 (Period 4): Review for Quarter 1 Benchmark Assessment on Friday, 10/16/15. The best way to do this is to study your test corrections.
Wednesday, 10/14/15 (Period 3 and 5 Block) or Thursday, 10/15/15 (Period 4 Block): Mineral Identification Labs: Finish, Go over, and Turn in. Great California ShakeOut at 10:15 AM Thursday, 10/15/15! Preparedness Now video ShakeOut scenario earthquake wave animations March, 2011 Japan Earthquake liquefaction video	Due Friday, 10/16/15: Review for Quarter 1 Benchmark Assessment on Friday, 10/16/15. The best way to do this is to study your test corrections. Read Section 7.1, pages 144 to 147. Answer Section 7.1 Questions Online. JPL Open House Extra Credit. Up to 30 points possible for doing a good job on the write-up. Write-ups: Go to JPL Open House. Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with you in the picture. Take notes and 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 16, 2015! Turn it in ELECTRONICALLY via Google Classroom ONLY. DO NOT EMAIL it to me and DO NOT PRINT it. I only want electronic documents for this assignment. Alternate Assignment ONLY in case you cannot go to JPL this weekend: You MUST have your parent EMAIL me verifying that you could not go to JPL this weekend due to scheduling conflicts or being out of town. Tell me about 5 JPL missions, either past, present, or future that you would like to research. You must write at least a half page of content for each mission, 1.5 spaced, 1” margins, Times New Roman Font, summarizing each mission. The alternate assignment must have an MLA Works Cited page as the last page of the document to be considered for extra credit. You only need a works cited if you are not able to physically attend JPL Open House.
Friday, 10/16/15: Quarter 1 Benchmark Assessment	Due Monday, 10/19/15: Have a nice weekend!

Week #9: October 5, 2015 to October 9, 2015

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 10/5/15: How the Earth Was Made: America’s Gold video and questions	Due Tuesday, 10/6/15: No homework! J
Tuesday, 10/6/15: Mineral Crystal Internet Investigation and worksheet	Due Wednesday, 10/7/15 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 10/8/15 (Period 4): 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, 10/7/15 (Period 3 and 5 Block) or Thursday, 10/8/15 (Period 4 Block): Go over and turn in: How the Earth Was Made: America’s Gold video and questions Go over and turn in Mineral Crystal Internet Investigation and worksheet 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, 10/9/15: Read Section 5.3, pages 104 to 107. Answer Section 5.3 questions online. Test corrections for interior of earth test handed back a week ago are due Friday. NO LATE CORRECTIONS ACCEPTED! Follow these instructions for how to do test corrections.
Friday, 10/9/15: Collect interior of earth test corrections. NO LATE CORRECTIONS ACCEPTED! Mineral Identification Labs	Due Monday, 10/12/15: Have a nice weekend! JPL Open House Extra Credit. Up to 30 points possible for doing a good job on the write-up. Write-ups: Go to JPL Open House. Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with you in the picture. Take notes and 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 16, 2015! Turn it in ELECTRONICALLY via Google Classroom ONLY. DO NOT EMAIL it to me and DO NOT PRINT it. I only want electronic documents for this assignment. Alternate Assignment ONLY in case you cannot go to JPL this weekend: You MUST have your parent EMAIL me verifying that you could not go to JPL this weekend due to scheduling conflicts or being out of town. Tell me about 5 JPL missions, either past, present, or future that you would like to research. You must write at least a half page of content for each mission, 1.5 spaced, 1” margins, Times New Roman Font, summarizing each mission. The alternate assignment must have an MLA Works Cited page as the last page of the document to be considered for extra credit. You only need a works cited if you are not able to physically attend JPL Open House. Review for Quarter 1 Benchmark Assessment on Block Day, 10/14 or 10/15/15. The best way to do this is to study your test corrections.

Week #8: September 28, 2015 to October 2, 2015

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 9/28/15: NOVA Video: Hunting the Elements and questions	Due Tuesday, 9/29/15: No homework! J
Tuesday, 9/29/15: Water Found on Mars and Google Doodle! Notes on Nature of Matter: Electrons, Bonding, and Periodic Table Trends Hand out ES0501 Atomic Structure and NOVA Elements Internet Investigation	Due Wednesday, 9/30/15 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 10/1/15 (Period 4): ES0501 Atomic Structure and NOVA Elements Internet Investigation: Part 1 is Mandatory. Part 2 is optional extra credit.
Wednesday, 9/30/15 (Period 3 and 5 Block) or Thursday, 10/1/15 (Period 4 Block): NOVA Video: Hunting the Elements and questions: Finish Go over HW: ES0501 Atomic Structure and NOVA Elements Internet Investigation: Part 1 is Mandatory. Part 2 is optional extra credit. Hand back interior of earth exams for corrections	Due Friday, 10/2/15: Review for test on section 5.1, basic chemistry Answering the questions on the 5.1 Basics of Chemistry Study Guide would be extremely helpful at helping you prepare for your exam.
Friday, 10/2/15: Quiz on Section 5.1, Basic Chemistry Turn in NOVA Video: Hunting the Elements and questions Turn in ES0501 Atomic Structure and NOVA Elements Internet Investigation: Part 1 is Mandatory. Part 2 is optional extra credit.	Due Monday, 10/5/15: Have a nice weekend!

Week #7: September 21, 2015 to September 25, 2015

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 9/21/15: Lunar Eclipse this Sunday The Most Astounding Fact Introduction to Matter and Basic Chemistry Elements: The building blocks of the Earth (and Universe) Powers of Ten: The biggest things in the Universe are made of the smallest things. The Interactive Scale of the Universe Tool: Backup Link: 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 Basic Chemistry Section 5.1	Due Tuesday, 9/22/15: Read Section 5.1. Answer Questions Online.
Tuesday, 9/22/15: Notes on Nature of Matter: Basics of the Atom and the Periodic Table. Isotopes and Ions Phet Isotopes and Atomic Mass ES0501 Atomic Structure and NOVA Elements Internet Investigation Hand out Chemistry Practice Problems for homework.	Due Wednesday, 9/23/15 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 9/24/15 (Period 4): 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.
Wednesday, 9/23/15 (Period 3 and 5 Block) or Thursday, 9/24/15 (Period 4 Block): Go over Chemistry Practice Problems from HW. The Autumnal Equinox is on Wednesday, 9/23/15 at 1:21 AM local time. What does that mean? More information on dates of equinoxes and solstices found here: Autumnal Equinox Dates and Times 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, 9/25/15: Finish Properties of Matter Lab. Use Pictures of Elements and Element Hints and Periodic Table to figure out what each element is. The Conclusion should answer the following question: Why did Dmitri Mendeleev structure the periodic table the way he did based on physical and chemical properties?
Friday, 9/25/15: Go over/turn in Properties of Matter Lab. ES0501 Atomic Structure and NOVA Elements Internet Investigation	Due Monday, 9/28/15: Have a nice weekend! Lunar Eclipse this Sunday

Week #6: September 14, 2015 to September 18, 2015

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 9/14/15: Astronomy Institute Announcement Rain on the Way? Hand out Test Corrections Instructions Video and Questions for “Inside Planet Earth”: Finish	Due Tuesday, 9/15/15: Make sure you are DONE with Internet Investigations: Revealing the Earth’s Inner Secrets: Basic Principles of Geophysics from last week. Do Solar System and Earth Formation Test Corrections. Follow these instructions for how to do test corrections. Corrections are always due 1 week after I hand them back to you, so they will be due next block day. Many of you had difficulty with the question about the chronological ordering of the formation of Earth from the Big Bang, so please review The Universe: Big Bang to Now in 10 Easy Steps while doing your corrections. Also review Nebular Hypothesis Description and Animation if you missed the question about the formation of the solar system. Some of you also missed the question about Carl Sagan “We are Star Stuff,” so review this The Most Astounding Fact video. NOVA Science Now: Origins of the Solar System: How a Supernova could have shaped our solar system’s formation is also helpful if you missed the last question. History of Our World in 18 Minutes TED Talk is also good to watch.
Tuesday, 9/15/15: Video and Questions for “Inside Planet Earth”: Go over questions Seismic Waves Animation Activity: Must be done on class computers	Due Wednesday, 9/16/15 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 9/17/15 (Period 4): Do Solar System and Earth Formation Test Corrections. Follow these instructions for how to do test corrections. Corrections are always due 1 week after I hand them back to you, so they will be due next block day. Many of you had difficulty with the question about the chronological ordering of the formation of Earth from the Big Bang, so please review The Universe: Big Bang to Now in 10 Easy Steps while doing your corrections. Also review Nebular Hypothesis Description and Animation if you missed the question about the formation of the solar system. Some of you also missed the question about Carl Sagan “We are Star Stuff,” so review this The Most Astounding Fact video. NOVA Science Now: Origins of the Solar System: How a Supernova could have shaped our solar system’s formation is also helpful if you missed the last question. History of Our World in 18 Minutes TED Talk is also good to watch.
Wednesday, 9/16/15 (Period 3 and 5 Block) or Thursday, 9/17/15 (Period 4 Block): Collect formation of SS test corrections Go over Internet Investigations: Revealing the Earth’s Inner Secrets: Basic Principles of Geophysics Seismic Waves Animation Activity: Must be done on class computers unless you download program on to a Windows PC from Seismic Waves or SeismicWavesSetup.exe Review for test Friday	Due Friday, 9/18/15: Review for 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 Seismic Waves Animation Activity and Video and Questions for “Inside Planet Earth” You can download Seismic Waves program if you have a Windows PC and you want to play with the animation that we used in class. Scroll down and click on SeismicWavesSetup.exe to download the program. I will collect Internet Investigations: Revealing the Earth’s Inner Secrets: Basic Principles of Geophysics and Seismic Waves Animation Activity stapled to each other on Friday. I will also collect Questions for “Inside Planet Earth”
Friday, 9/18/15: 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 Seismic Waves Animation Activity and Video and Questions for “Inside Planet Earth” Collect Seismic Waves Animation Activity and Internet Investigations: Revealing the Earth’s Inner Secrets: Basic Principles of Geophysics Collect Video and Questions for “Inside Planet Earth”	Due Monday, 9/21/15: Have a nice weekend!

Week #5: September 8, 2015 to September 11, 2015

Classwork	Homework
Tuesday, 9/8/15: 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? How do we know what is inside of the Earth if we cannot go there? Spin of an Egg and Spin of a Planet and what it tells you about what is inside of it. Human P and S Wave Demonstrations	Due Wednesday, 9/9/15 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 9/10/15 (Period 4): Read The Interior of the Earth handout. Answer Interior of the Earth Questions Online: If not done.
Wednesday, 9/9/15 (Period 3 and 5 Block) or Thursday, 9/10/15 (Period 4 Block): Why is it so HOT and DRY right now and really WET in Japan? Climate vs. Weather, human emission of carbon dioxide, and the weather forecast. Will a forecasted “Godzilla El Nino” bust the drought we are currently in? What is an El Nino condition and how do the current temperatures in the Pacific Ocean indicate its presence? Wave Refraction and Reflection: Examples from Ocean Waves and light refraction animation. Internet Investigations: Revealing the Earth’s Inner Secrets: Basic Principles of Geophysics Seismic Waves Animation Activity: Must be done on class computers Hand back Solar System and Earth Formation Tests for corrections. Show how to do corrections.	Due Friday, 9/11/15: Do Solar System and Earth Formation Test Corrections. Follow these instructions for how to do test corrections. Corrections are always due 1 week after I hand them back to you, so they will be due next block day. Many of you had difficulty with the question about the chronological ordering of the formation of Earth from the Big Bang, so please review The Universe: Big Bang to Now in 10 Easy Steps while doing your corrections. Also review Nebular Hypothesis Description and Animation if you missed the question about the formation of the solar system. Some of you also missed the question about Carl Sagan “We are Star Stuff,” so review this The Most Astounding Fact video. NOVA Science Now: Origins of the Solar System: How a Supernova could have shaped our solar system’s formation is also helpful if you missed the last question. History of Our World in 18 Minutes TED Talk is also good to watch.
Friday, 9/11/15: Video and Questions for “Inside Planet Earth”	Due Monday, 9/14/15: Have a nice weekend!

Week #4: August 31, 2015 to September 4, 2015

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 8/31/15: Finish/Turn in Lab: From Eratosthenes to Global Positioning Systems: Calculating the Size of the Earth. Staple your essays from last week’s homework to this assignment. Internet Investigations: Revealing the Earth’s Inner Secrets: Basic Principles of Geophysics: Start	Due Tuesday, 9/1/15: No homework J
Tuesday, 9/1/15: Stamp/Go over/Turn in Lab: From Eratosthenes to Global Positioning Systems: Calculating the Size of the Earth. Staple your essays from last week’s homework to this assignment before turning in. Earth Pie Activity and earth layers courtesy of and adapted from a Larry Braile Activity from Purdue University: Start	Due Wednesday, 9/2/15 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 9/3/15 (Period 4): Please invite your parents to come to back to school night on Wednesday night. My presentation for Period 3 will be at 7:00 PM, Period 4 at 7:15 PM, and Period 5 at 7:30 PM. All presentations will be in room 311. No homework J.
Wednesday, 9/2/15 (Period 3 and 5 Block) or Thursday, 9/3/15 (Period 4 Block): Earth’s Inner Fort Knox story Introduction to Layered Earth Program Earth Pie Activity and earth layers courtesy of and adapted from a Larry Braile Activity from Purdue University. Start Internet Investigations: Revealing the Earth’s Inner Secrets: Basic Principles of Geophysics	Due Friday, 9/4/15: Read The Interior of the Earth handout. Answer Interior of the Earth Questions Online.
Friday, 9/4/15: 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? 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: Finish	Due Tuesday, 9/8/15: Have a nice Labor Day weekend!

Week #3: August 24, 2015 to August 28, 2015

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 8/24/15: Sign up for Big History Project Go over Section 4.1 HW NOVA Origins video and questions: Finish Nebular Hypothesis Description and Animation The Interactive Geologic Time Scale and Web Geological Time Machine What are Isotopes? Radioactive Dating Game. How can we DATE a rock to find out how old it is? NOVA Science Now: Origins of the Solar System: How a Supernova could have shaped our solar system’s formation.	Due Tuesday, 8/25/15: Read New York Times Article on history of the early Earth. Write a short essay detailing how Zircons as old as 4.4 billion years old could have been an indicator that water was present on our planet much earlier than originally thought. All essays that you write for this class should have the following characteristics. 1) Typed or NEATLY hand written, 2) ½ page minimum in length, 3) 12 point Times New Roman font, 4) 1 inch margins, 5) 1.5 spacing or less. Never type anything with double spacing in this class.
Tuesday, 8/25/15: Stamp/Go over/Turn in essays regarding New York Times Article on history of the early Earth. NOVA Origins video and questions: Finish Nebular Hypothesis Description and Animation The Interactive Geologic Time Scale and Web Geological Time Machine What are Isotopes? Radioactive Dating Game. How can we DATE a rock to find out how old it is? NOVA Science Now: Origins of the Solar System: How a Supernova could have shaped our solar system’s formation.	Due Wednesday, 8/26/15 (Periods 3 and 5) or Thursday, 8/27/15 (Period 4): Review NOVA Origins video and questions and other materials on class website for a quiz on formation of the Solar System and the Earth on block day.
Wednesday, 8/26/15 (Period 3 and 5 Block) or Thursday, 8/27/15 (Period 4 Block): Quiz on Formation of Solar System Lab: From Eratosthenes to Global Positioning Systems: Calculating the Size of the Earth Carl Sagan Eratosthenes Video	Due Friday, 8/28/15: Research Eratosthenes. Tell me who he was and how his experiment calculated the size of Earth. Essay form please. This video will help: Carl Sagan Eratosthenes Video
Friday, 8/28/15: Stamp/Go over HW: Research Eratosthenes. Tell me who he was and how his experiment calculated the size of Earth. Essay form please. This video will help: Carl Sagan Eratosthenes Video Continue Lab: From Eratosthenes to Global Positioning Systems: Calculating the Size of the Earth	Due Monday, 8/31/15: Have a nice weekend!

Week #2: August 17, 2015 to August 21, 2015

Classwork	Homework
Monday, 8/17/15: Bay Area Earthquake at 6:49 AM this morning! 10 Year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina coming up. Earth System Spheres and Traeger’s Summer Vacation Internet Investigation on Earth System Spheres: ES0103 and ES0108 Internet Investigation: Finish and Turn in.	Tuesday, 8/18/15: Complete Essay prompt in part 3 of Earth System Spheres
Tuesday, 8/18/15: Go over/collect Earth Spheres Essays How did Earth and the Solar System Form? Claims, Evidence, Reasoning Activity	Wednesday, 8/19/15: Review Section 1.2 for quiz on Earth System Spheres and Interactions.
Wednesday, 8/19/15: Quiz on Earth System Spheres and Interactions How did Earth and the Solar System Form? Claims, Evidence, Reasoning Activity	Due Thursday, 8/20/15: Read Section 4.1, pages 70-74. Answer Section 4.1 Questions Online.
Thursday, 8/20/15: How did Earth and the Solar System Form? Claims, Evidence, Reasoning Activity: Finish 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. History of Our World in 18 Minutes TED Talk	Due Friday, 8/21/15: Read Section 4.1, pages 70-74. Answer Section 4.1 Questions Online. (if not done last night. Otherwise, no homework J)
Friday, 8/21/15: NOVA Origins video and questions Next Week Sign up for Big History Project Go over Section 4.1 HW NOVA Origins video and questions: Finish NOVA Science Now: Origins of the Solar System: How a Supernova could have shaped our solar system’s formation. 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 Revealing the Earth’s Inner Secrets: Basic Principles of Geophysics	Due Monday, 8/24/15: Have a nice weekend!

Week #1: August 12, 2015 to August 14, 2015

Classwork	Homework
Wednesday, 8/12/15: 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) Tonight’s Perseid Meteor Showers, 5) Climate change indicators,  6) Recent Pluto Flyby, and 7) California’s Ongoing Drought Hand out class guidelines and go over Hand out lab donation requests Hand out Student Survey Go over class website Class Online Textbook Sign up for Remind text/email alerts using text message or email Earth’s Spheres Visualized	Due Thursday, 8/13/15: 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 See Tonight’s Perseid Meteor Showers!
Thursday, 8/13/15: Collect Student Survey Collect lab donation requests Collect class guidelines signatures Quiz on class guidelines Earth System Spheres and Traeger’s Summer Vacation Internet Investigation on Earth System Spheres: ES0103 and ES0108 Internet Investigation	Due Friday, 8/14/15: Give lab donation requests to parents and bring money if your parents are willing Get class  materials (binder, paper, pens/pencils, ruler, calculator) Cover your textbook 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.
Friday, 8/14/15: Earth System Spheres and Traeger’s Summer Vacation Internet Investigation on Earth System Spheres: ES0103 and ES0108 Internet Investigation	Due Monday, 8/17/15: Have a nice weekend!

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