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Week of March 23-27

This week we are working on getting back in the swing of things.  You have three assignments due this week:
  • Daily Dose - visit one of the websites listed below every day and choose one video or article.  Write a 2-3 sentence summary on what you learned.  On Friday, you will submit your document with the summaries
  • Graph of the Week - using the template provided, do a complete analysis of the graph of the week
  • Reply to Mrs. Cronin's E-mail.  Don't know what day she will send it, but you should check every day and reply as soon as you've seen it.

YouTube Channels


Minute Physics Channel

Minute Earth Channel

Veritasium Channel

VSauce, VSauce 2

ASAP Science 

It's Okay To Be Smart!

In a Nutshell 


Cool Websites


APOD

Solar Dynamics Observatory

Weather Underground

National Geographic

Popular Mechanics  or Popular Mechanics for Kids

Citizen Science- projects you can participate in

Sciography - Biographies of famous scientists

AAAS - The American Association for the Advancement of Science

Week of March 9-13

Monday
Today you will begin to put your natural disaster presentation together.  Remember, your job is to EDUCATE your peers on what your natural disaster is all about.  The format you choose to present the information is entirely up to you.  You may consider a traditional power point, handouts that can be shown on the Elmo, a Prezi, a movie, a skit, or whatever means you think will best help your classmates learn.  Remember, your presentation must be between 8-10 minutes long.
 
Your presentation should contain information on the following topics:
  • what your natural disaster is
  • where in the world it can occur
  • what factors cause your natural disaster
  • what happens during the event
  • what are the effects on people, infrastructure, and the environment
  • examples of your natural disasters, along with some statistics
  • how to prepare/prevent this natural disaster
Tuesday
We will use this day to get your portfolio prepared for student led conferences
 
Wednesday
Finish work on your presentation
 
Thursday
In addition to your presentation, you will also need to create a one page handout with a summary of the big ideas related to your natural disaster.  You need to be the judge of what the most important information is - you are limited to one page!  Use this day to create your handout.  
 
PRESENTATIONS AND HANDOUTS WILL BE DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS ON MONDAY!!!

Week of March 2-6

Monday - In the Aftermath of the Storm
 
Now that you know the causes of your event and the things that occur during and immediately following, it is time to focus on the aftermath.  Take the time to look at the long term and short term effects on the environment, effects on infrastructure, and effects on people.
 
Tuesday - Statistics and Case Studies
 
Today you want to find out the numbers related to your natural disaster.  How often does it happen? What was the biggest?  What was the most destructive?  What was the deadliest?  What are the chances of it happening again in a specific area?  Do some research and find a case study - get to know a specific example of your natural disaster.  It doesn't need to be the biggest, most destructive, or the deadliest, but it should serve as an example you can use when explaining the details of your natural disaster.
 
Wednesday - Prevention and Preparedness
 
Natural disasters are exactly that - natural.  Sometimes, humans can prevent or minimize the effects.  Today you are going to explore what humans can do to mitigate natural disasters:  what can we do when it happens to prevent loss of life and protect our property

Week of February 24-28

 
Monday -  Introduction to natural disasters project.  See list and websites below
Tuesday - Choose partners and project
Wednesday - What they are/Where in the World?
Thursday - Natural Factors/Human Factors
 
Types of disasters:
 

Geological:  Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis, Limnic Eruptions

Meteorological:  Landslides/Debris Flow, Tornadoes, Hurricanes/Typhoons/Cyclone, Wildfire, Blizzard, Flooding, Drought, Avalanches

Astronomical:  Meteor Strike, CME/Solar Flare, Gamma Ray Burst

Use these websites to help you better understand natural disasters

What is your natural disaster?

  • Define it and give a brief overview of what it is all about
  • Where in the world do they occur?
Wednesday's in-class assignment:
What factors lead to your natural disaster?
  • what conditions need to be in place for your event to occur?
Thursday's in-class assignment:

Day 3:  What happens during and immediately after the event?

  • You may already have some details but you need to put it in a stepwise format

 

Week of February 19-21

Monday - Finish Triangulation Activity
Tuesday - Earthquakes Webquest 
Wednesday - Quiz:  Earthquakes.  
 
For Wednesday's Quiz, the following topics will be covered:
  • Be prepared to describe the types of stress associated with each plate boundary and what kind of faulting results
  • Know 3-5 effects of an earthquake (see your vocab page)
  • Be able to define key vocabulary terms:  focus, epicenter, seismology, seismologist, seismograph/seismometer, seismogram, seismic waves
  • Be able to describe the characteristics of seismic waves - essentially, you need to be able to recreate the graphic organizer you made in class
  • Be able to determine S-P interval using a seismogram, calculate the distance the earthquake travelled, and triangulate the epicenter using a compass.

Week of January 27th - February 1st

Monday - Finish Maps
Tuesday - Map Analysis, Test Overview
Wednesday - Plate Boundaries Webquest
Thursday - Hollywood Movies:  Fact or Fiction
 
YOUR TEST IS NEXT MONDAY!
 
Links for Webquest:  
 
For those of you interested in taking a closer look at the map shown in class earlier this week, it can be found here:  https://volcano.si.edu/E3/

Week of January 21-24

Monday - No School
Tuesday - Mapping Volcanoes
Wednesday - Mapping Earthquakes
Thursday - Color Plates, Complete Key
Friday - PROJECT DUE

Week of January 13-17

Monday - Plate Boundaries Review and Real World Examples
Tuesday - Introduction to "Earth's Fractured Surface Project"
Wednesday - Complete Sketching Boundaries
Thursday - Latitude and Longitude, Plate Movement

Week of January 6-9

Monday - Wegener's Puzzle
Tuesday - Anatomy of the Earth 
Wednesday - Continental Drift Explained
Thursday - Understanding Plate Boundaries
 
Homework - 2 paragraphs due on Tuesday.  One explaining why Alfred Wegner's proposal was correct and another explaining how he could not possibly be correct.  Please see your science notebook for more details.

Week of January 2-3

Happy New Year and welcome back!
 
Last week we started our new unit:  geology.  We started out by watching a few hollywood movies to determine if their portrayal of geologic disasters were fact or fiction.  We followed this up by backing up and taking a quick look at Earth's 4.5 billion year old history.

Week of December 15-19

We will be coding this week.  Visit:  https://www.khanacademy.org/join/KYBM9AQB to join the Khan Academy Coding site.  Sign up with your idcs e-mail account.  If you already have a Khan Academy account, you are welcome to use this account.  You MUST use a username that is clearly identifiable or you will not get credit for this assignment.

Week of December 9-12

Due to research presentations, we will only have three rotations this week.
 
Rotation 1 - Review for Energy Transformations Quiz
Rotation 2 - Energy Transformations Quiz
Rotation 3 - Introduction to Computer Coding
 
Energy transformations review will be done via Nearpod.  Please make sure you each have your own chromebook and log in WITH YOUR NAME - don't be silly or you won't get credit.  That's right, I can monitor the lessons realtime - please take them seriously and make sure you answer all of the questions!
 
Start by visiting this website:  https://nearpod.com/student/
 
The first lesson you should do is is called Potential and Kinetic Energy.  The code to log in is:  CUYNG   When you are done, you go back to the link shown above.
 
The second lesson you should do is called Conservation of Energy.  The code to log in is:  KWVXJ  When you are done, you should go back to the link shown above.
 
The final lesson you should do is called Potential and Kinetic Energy - matching pairs.  The code to log inn is BOLKR  When you are done, you are welcome to get started on your Graph of the Week, which is due on Thursday.

Week of December 2-5

Monday - Energy Transformations
Tuesday - Analyzing Graphs
Wednesday - RESEARCH PEER REVIEWS
Thursday - Energy tranformations activity

Week of November 25-28th

This week students will have the opportunity to learn about Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy.  They will conduct a short lab to explore the idea of these two energy forms and how they connect to the Law of Conservation of Energy.