Science Rules

Week of January 23rd to January 27th

This week we will focus on the water cycle, waves, currents and tides. The students will write paragraphs following a water molecule through the water cycle. Download Water Cycle Story The students will draw and label the water cylce. Download Water Cycle Drawing

There will be an Earth Fact check on Wednesday, Jan. 25th. Download Earth Facts for Hydrology 2012

Notes for Currents (slides 4-21), waves(24-36) and tides(39-46) Print Handouts 6 slides per page.

Download Ch14_win

Weeks of January 10th to January 20th

Welcome back to school. We are beginning our study of the Earth's oceans and fresh water. The students completed a packet on the first 2 sections of chapter 13 on oceans and ocean floor topography. It was due on 1/13. They begin a drawing on the ocean floor this week. It will be due on 1/19. Download Ocean Floor Drawing10 The Earth facts for Hydrology are here. Download Earth Facts for Hydrology 2012

Check with students to see how their supplies of paper and pencils are holding out.

Explore the deep sea vents:

http://www.amnh.org/ology/earth#features/deepseavent?TB_iframe=true&height=535&width=750

Other ocean facts:

http://www.tramline.com/tours/sci/oceank/_tourlaunch1.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of December 12th to December 16th

The students have been working on a group project, where they write about a Journey to the Core. This project, which includes 7 paragraphs and 2 pictures, is due on Friday, Dec. 16.

Earth's Structure unit test has been moved to Friday, December 16

Study Guide for test: Download Study guide unit test Earth's Structure

Checkpoint for Science is Dec. 20 and 21.

Earth Facts: Download Earth Facts for Layers of the Earth

Week of December 5th to December 9th

This week we continue our study of the layers of the earth and plate tectonic theory. This coincides with chapter 7 in the text book.  Download Notes from Continents Adrift. Download Vocabulary for Layers of the Earth

The students are working on a story for a Journey to the Center of the Earth.

Here are the Earth Facts for Layers of the Earth: Download Earth Facts for Layers of the Earth.
The unit test will be Tuesday, December 13th.

Computer Lab for Layers of the Earth

Computer Lab Layers of the Earth

Log on to the text book: username: mccleskey 5

                                                Password: dragons6

 Read and complete the e-activities for Chapter 7. Take notes for each section.

 

Layers of the Earth Websites

Use these websites to find information about the layers of the earth, ring of fire, plate movement. Please, take notes and use the information to write a story about a “Journey to the Center of the Earth”.

 

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/inside.html

http://mediatheek.thinkquest.nl/~ll125/en/struct.htm

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/PlateTectonics/framework.html

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/interior/

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.pdf

 

Complete the Plate Tectonics section

http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzethsci2.html

 

 

Week of November 7th to November 11th

This we will finish up our unit on weathering and erosion. The test will be on Friday, November 11th. Here is a copy of the answers for the study guide. Download Weathering and Erosion SG Answer Key 102710. The study guide, which is due Friday,  will be taken as a homework grade.

Earth Facts: Download Earth Facts for Weathering

Our next unit will cover layers of the Earth and plate tectonics.

Week of October 31 to November 4th

The unit test for weathering and erosion has been postponed until Friday, November 11th. However, there will be a benchmark test this Friday, November 4th which will cover the information that we have covered the first nine weeks.

Weathering and Erosion Tiles are due on 10/31.

Earth Facts: Download Earth Facts for Weathering

Week of October 24th to October 28th

This week we are studying soil.  Download Soil Vocabulary1 The students are working on the weathering/erosion tiles which are due on Friday, October 28th.

TEST ALERT: Weathering/Erosion, soil and natural resources. Thursday, November 3rd

The study guide will be handed out on Friday, Oct. 28th. The weathering/erosion tiles will be useful for studying. Download Weathering and Erosion SG 101811

Earh Facts: Download Earth Facts for Weathering

Week of October 17th - October 21st

This week we continue our study of weathering and erosion. The next set of tiles for their study guide: Download Erosion and Depostition tiles 101810

Weeks of Oct. 3rd - Oct. 14th

We finished up our study of rocks and started on weathering and erosion. The students went to the computer lab and took notes from the online text book from chapter 10, e-activities. The began their weathering tiles for a study guide. Download Mechanical or physical weathering tiles 0910.  On Friday, October 14th there was a retake of the Rock test for all students wishing to improve their test grade by one letter grade. 

Earth Facts Download Earth Facts for Weathering