Friday, 17 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from hands on activities and classroom discussions to
-describe phase changes.
-describe the tranfer of heat energy from one object to another.

Students did an FCAT transparency as their do now.

Students then did the heat transfer lab activity, by making ice cream. You can find the handout to the activity, along with the directions for making the ice cream mix, at the top of this blog.

The home learning for the holidays is to complete the Winter Package for Science on Scientific Method.

Have a Safe and Blessed Christmas and I pray all of God's choice blessings for the coming New Year for you!

Thursday, 16 December, 2010

This is HL #9. Turn in one copy to me. Place the other completed copy in your interactive notebook.

Students will be able to:
use information from hands-on activities and classroom discussions to
-investigate and explain Alfred Wegener's hypothesis.
-show Pangaea's movement over geological time.

The do now was an FCAT transparency about the theory of continental drift.

Students received home learning 9, which can be found at the top of this blog.

Students took notes on the Theory of Continental Drift and the Theory of Plate Tectonics, using past home learnings. These notes can be used to aid in answering the questions for home learning 9. If you were absent, review home learning 5, which has the necessary information to take notes AND to complete tonight's home learning.

Students wrote Costa's leveled questions based on the notes and wrote a summary of the main ideas of the notes using the Cornell notes format.

Tuesday, 14 December and Wednesday, 15 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from the interim assessment exam and the CPS clicker sytem to
-review the interim assessment exam and exam 5.

Students used the clicker system to review the fall interim assessment. Students were placed on teams and asked to discuss and then answer the questions. The team with the most points win a free home learning pass!

There was no home learning on either day.

Monday, 13 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from notes, past lessons, and classroom discussion to
-take an exam on Earth Structures.

Students took Exam 5 using the clickers.

There was no home learning.

Friday, 10 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from virtual activities and classroom discussions to
-investigate and explain Alfred Wegener's hypothesis.
-show Pangaea's movement over geological time.

Students worked on the Building Pangaea GIZMO found at www.explorelearning.com. If you wish to access the lab, use the username and password supplied to you. If you've forgotten your username/password, email me for them.

Other classes began a density lab, which related density to the plunging dense oceanic crusts under the less dense continental crusts. You can get the lab paper in class.

Home learning is to complete Exam 5 and bring to class for entering answers on the clickers.

If you lose your copy, you can obtain another in class on Monday.

Thursday, 9 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from virtual activities and classroom discussions to
-investigate and explain Alfred Wegener's hypothesis.
-show Pangaea's movement over geological time.

Students worked on the Building Pangaea GIZMO found at www.explorelearning.com. If you wish to access the lab, use the username and password supplied to you. If you've forgotten your username/password, email me for them.

Other classes worked at making models of Pangaea, from the American Museum of Natural History site. You can find the activity and the handouts at:
http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/pdf/dinos_plate_tectonics.pdf

There was no home learning.

Wednesday, 8 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from virtual activities and classroom discussions to
-investigate and explain Alfred Wegener's hypothesis.
-show Pangaea's movement over geological time.

Students took the third mini assessment.

Students worked on the Building Pangaea GIZMO found at www.explorelearning.com. If you wish to access the lab, use the username and password supplied to you. If you've forgotten your username/password, email me for them.

There was no home learning, but there will be a mini assessment tomorrow (postponed from today).

Tuesday, 8 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from virtual activities and classroom discussions to
-investigate and explain Alfred Wegener's hypothesis.
-show Pangaea's movement over geological time.

The do now was an FCAT transparency.

Those students that needed to complete the plate tectonics/notes activity did so by clicking the link found at Dr. Gayden's Science Zone (drgcdms.podomatic.com) located under Monday, 6 December, 2010 For Seventh Graders. You can also cut and past the following URL address to access the site: http://www.as.uky.edu/academics/departments_programs/EarthEnvironmentalSciences/EarthEnvironmentalSciences/Educational%20Materials/Documents/elearning/module04swf.swf

Be sure to record the names of ALL the plates AND write at least one sentence to explain EACH boundary/plate activity. For instance: When oceanic and continental plates converge or meet, the more dense oceanic plate subducts under the less dense continental plate, forming an accretionary wedge.

Do this for EACH of the plate types.

There was no home learning, but there will be a mini assessment tomorrow (postponed from today).

Monday, 6 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from virtual activities and classroom discussions to
-investigate and explain Alfred Wegener's hypothesis.
-show Pangaea's movement over geological time.

The do now was an FCAT transparency.

Students used Discovery Education sites to learn about Continental Drift theory. To access the site, visit Dr. Gayden's Science Zone for today's date (Tuesday, 30 November, 2010). Click the link to enter the Discovery Site. Your user name is :
miami_youridnumber
The password is:
idnumber_miamai.

Click the third tab, assessment resources to find the activity Prove They Move. Complete the handout using the online exploration. If you complete this activity, begin the Dance of the Plates activity on the same site.

Those classes that finished began the online activity about plate tectonics found by visiting and clicking the link at Dr. Gayden's Science Zone (drgcdms.podomatic.com).

There was no home learning, but there will be a mini assessment tomorrow.

Thursday, 2 and Friday, 3 December, 2010

This is HL 8. Do both on the same sheet of loose leaf paper.

Students will be able to:
use information from virtual activities and classroom discussions to
-investigate and explain Alfred Wegener's hypothesis.
-show Pangaea's movement over geological time.

The do now on Thursday was an FCAT transparency.
The do now on Friday was a quiz on Plate Tectonics.

Students submitted and reviewed home learning 7. Home learning 8 can be found at the top of this blog.

Students used Discovery Education sites to learn about Continental Drift theory. To access the site, visit Dr. Gayden's Science Zone for today's date (Tuesday, 30 November, 2010). Click the link to enter the Discovery Site. Your user name is :
miami_youridnumber
The password is:
idnumber_miamai.

Click the third tab, assessment resources to find the activity Prove They Move. Complete the handout using the online exploration. If you complete this activity, begin the Dance of the Plates activity on the same site.

Those classes that finished began the vocabulary search lesson.

Wednesday, 1 December, 2010

This is HL 7. Do both on the same sheet of loose leaf paper.

Students will be able to:
use information from virtual activities and classroom discussions to
-investigate and explain Alfred Wegener's hypothesis.
-show Pangaea's movement over geological time.

The do now was an FCAT transparency.

Students submitted and reviewed home learning 6. Home learning 7 can be found at the top of this blog.

Students used Discovery Education sites to learn about Continental Drift theory. To access the site, visit Dr. Gayden's Science Zone for today's date (Tuesday, 30 November, 2010). Click the link to enter the Discovery Site. Your user name is :
miami_youridnumber
The password is:
idnumber_miamai.

Click the third tab, assessment resources to find the activity Prove They Move. Complete the handout using the online exploration. If you complete this activity, begin the Dance of the Plates activity on the same site.