Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Wednesday, 26 January, 2011

Students will be able to:
use information from online activities and classroom discussions to
-explain the methods used to assign relative ages of rock layers.
-differentiate relative and absolute age.
-explain how relative and absolute ages contributed to the geoogic time scale and its units.

The do now was an FCAT transparency on weathering and erosion.

Due to interim assessment testing this week, students reviewed good test taking skills. Be sure to get a good night's rest and eat a hearty breakfast. Come prepared to do your best! The science exam is tomorrow!

Students spent the remainder of the time learning about the Earth's History and the Age of Rocks. They accessed the information at ylearn.co.uk. The access codes and units are listed below.
Unit------------------ Access Code
Earth History-----------SC7E64
Age of Rocks-----------SC7E63
Weathering------------cdms
Erosion---------------cdms1
Plate Tectonics---------cdms2
Rock Formatione--------cdms3
The Structure of the Earth-cdms4