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Review
5-3; Layers of Atmosphere
video of layers
Review
5-2 Development of atmosphere pp 185-189
Begin on page 185 with the Nitrogen cycle
Nitrogen cycle (simple version) handout
Students create a grapic of nitrogen cycle
backside of nitrogen cycle (simple version) answer questions due Wednesday
Week #2
August 25-29
MAPS Testing Today...no Science
MAPS Testing Today...no Science
MAPS Testing Today...no Science
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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Quiz 7.1 with notes
7.1 discussion
Quiz over 6.4
Discuss 6.6 Motions of the Ocean pp 231-239
HW: Chapter Review: Multiple Choice, T/F, Concept Mastery 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 due Tuesday
Week #5
September 15-19
Chapter Review (give time to finish it up)
continue discussion on 6.6 currents and tides with video
Quiz over waves page 232
Review for test tomorrow over chapter 6
Test over Chapter 6
When done with test, Begin Chapter 7...7.1; pp 247-257 (Fresh Water) Read this section silently and fill out the student guided note sheets
Continue to review for the test on Thursday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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Assign reading of 6.2
take notes
Quiz with notes over 6.2 on Monday
Labor Day...No School
Week #3
September 1-5
Quiz over 5.3
Discuss 5.4; The Magnetosphere
Chapter Review pp 204-205; Mulptiple Choice, T/F, concept mastery #'s 3, 4 Critical Thinking #'s 2, 3
Test over Chapter 5
Grade in class
Continue 6.1; The world's oceans
Test Review in class for chapter 5
6.1; The world's oceans begin
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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continue discussion of 6.4
Quiz with notes over 6.2 (pages 210-214)
Assign 6.3 reading pp 215-217 "edges of the continents" (stop at "features of the ocean floor")
Week #4
September 8-12
Begin discuss of 6.3 pp 215-217
Group work over submarine canyon, continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise due Wednesday. Need a researcher and a recorder for each group of 2. and make a brochure with one picture.
Quiz 6.4 with notes
Discuss 6.4
Quiz 6.3
Finish 6.3 brochure due today
finish Discussion 6.3 pp 217-222
Assign in class reading of 6.4 "Ocean Life Zones"
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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Begin 7.2 discussion and student-guided notes
Finish 7.1 discussion and student guided notes
7.1 Water Cycle comic strip to do in class due end of hour on Tuesday
Week #6
September 22-26
Continue 7.1 water cycle comic strip and finish by 10:00
In class, read 7.2, pp 259-265 and fill out student guided notes due on Monday
Continue Watershed Project. Due at end of hour
Begin watershed project to do in class with research and questions answered.
We will continue to work on this on Thursday and it will be due at end of hour on Thursday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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7.3; Water as a solvent discussion
Week #7
September 29-October 3
Chapter Review; multiple choice, t/f, concept mastery 1-8 (except, don't do 5 and 6)
As a class, outline the chapter for use on the quiz over chapter 7
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8.1; The Continents
Creating maps field trip
8.1 Section Review page 278; 1-4 due Friday
Test over Chapter 7 (done)
use a laptop to research glaciers in Alaska and write about: What is a glacier? Name 3 major glaciers in Alaska. Where are they? What do you find out about them?
Monday
Tuesday
8.1 Section Review page 278; 1-4 due
Reveiw and Reinforcement p. 5 do in class
8.2; Topography with student guided notes
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
No School
Continue 8.2;
Activity; planet's most noticeable features p. 7 due eoh
Mountain Ranges; p. 9
Week #8
October 6-9
Identifying landscape regions of the US; p. 11 due eoh
Review and Reinforcement p. 17
Google Earth Scavenger Hunt (8.2 lesson plan)
Assign 8.2 section review; p 286; 1-5 due eoh
Finish Glacier Project
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week #9
October 13-17
8.4; Topo Maps discussed
8.4 Student guided notes passed out
maps.google.com click on layers/terrain and discuss elevation changes on maps
Review and Reinforcement p. 23-24 work on in pairs
8.4; Topo Maps Continued
Activity pp 29-30 as homework due eoh
p. 19 Activity Latitude, longitude, and time zones (in notebook)
Need copies on p. 20
Videos on mapping the Earth's surface
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Monday
Tuesday
Problem solving p. 295 using google maps in class
Activity pp 31-34 to do in class
Define vocab words on page 303 due Tues
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week #10
October 20-24
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Parent/Teacher Conferences...No School
Test Chapter 8 in chapter 8 activity book
Assign reading pp 308-311; 9.1 worksheet
Parent/Teacher Conferences...No School
Define vocab words on page 303 due
Chapter 8 Chapter Review pp 304-305 with mult choice, t/f concept mastery...due eoh
Test Review for chapter 8
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Monday
Tuesday
9.2-9.3 saved in google docs
9.2-9.3 student guided notes
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week #11
October 27-31
Earth's Crust Expert project due
Friday STEM Project
10.1; Student Guided Notes
Test Chapter 9
Choose a layer of the earth's crust and become an expert by researching it. One page of info due Friday
"What ifs"
Chapter Review pp 320-321; Multiple Choice, T/F, concept mastery #'s 1-3 due Wednesday.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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Week #12
November 3-7
Friday STEM Project
Begin 11.1 student guided notes
Earthquakes
Test Chapter 10
After Test "What If"
Continue 11.1 Earthquakes
Test Review Chapter 10
Review Chapter 10 as a class
10.2; Floating Crust Student Guided Notes
Reviewing Key Terms p. 343. Write a short definition for each vocabulary word
chapter review pp 344-345; Answer mult choice, t/f, and concept mastery 1-5 due Tuesday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week #13
November 10-14
Divide class into three groups for "Earthquake Zone Research"
Vocabulary definitions
11.2 & 11.3; volcano and earthquake zones student guided notes
Divide class into three groups for "Earthquake Zone Research"
11.2 formation of volcanos student guided notes
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continue volcano zone research
Pass out review for the test over chapter 11
Have students work on the reveiw, then pass out answer sheet
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week #14
November 17-21
Friday STEM Project...boats competition
notecard redrawing p. 379 to explain ocean floor creation and destruction
Test over Chapter 11
Come up with 8 multiple choice, 6 t/f, and 5 fill-in-the-blank questions for a future test
Lab Investigation p. 366 in book (maps in notebook)
continue volcano zone research due eoh
vocab on p. 367, then work on Chapter Review pp 368-369; mult choice, t/f, concept mastery 1-8
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12.3; Earth's moving plates student guided notes
Vocabulary Terms p 391...Race
pp 392-393; Chapter Review; Multiple Choice, t/f, concept mastery 3,4,7
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week #15
November 24-26
Test Chapter 12
Come up with 8 multiple choice, 6 t/f, and 5 fill-in-the-blank questions for a future test
work on Test Review in class
Turkey Days!!
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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13.1; elements, compounds, and mixtures student guided notes
Week #16
December 1-5
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13.2; What is a mineral? student guided notes
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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Talk about and assign Rock Museum Project (in LP) to continue working on after test on Wednesday
Week #17
December 8-12
13.6; slowly built layers; sedimentary rocks-13.7; changes in form; metamorphic rocks student guided notes
Metamorphic rocks
Study Sheet for test on next Wednesday
Choir...No class
Test over Chapter 13
Rock Museum Project (in LP)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week #18
December 15-19
STEM Project
Paper airplane that flies the farthest.
Paper airplane that stays in the air longest.
MAPS ...Reading...No Class
MAPS...LA...No Class
MAPS...Math...No Class
Rock Museum Project (in LP)
