2009+3rd+6+Weeks

=2009 3rd 6 Weeks=

1ST 6 WEEKS 11/09 CO: Prepare for Field Trip 11/10 CO: Field Trip to Dinosaur Ridge 11/11 Veteran's Day No School 11/12 CO: Write what you learned or observed at the field trip. LO: Write what students learned or observed during the field trip. 11/13 CO: Sign the Thank You cards for the field trip persons. LO: Learn the manners of writing thank you cards. Key Vocabulary: Thank you.

2ND 6 WEEKS 11/16 CO: Students will learn about ways to monitor volcanoes. LO: Students will read and take notes on ways to predict/monitor volcanoes. Key vocabulary: seismographs, GPS, tiltmeter 11/17 CO: Students will learn what various volcanic hazards look like and the effects of volcanoes. LO: Students will view "Volcano Alert" NGC video. Key vocabulary: pyroclastic flow, lahars, ashes 11/18 CO: Students will compare and constrast a shield & stratovolcano in terms of magma composition, viscocity, shape, explosivity. LO: Students will create a Venn diagram to help organize the comparison/contrast and begin to write the compare/contrast assignment. 11/19 CO: Students will peer edit other students on their paragraphs. LO: Student will help other students using Lincoln Rubric. (did not work out w/ period 2 students b/cdid not complete their paragraphs). 11/20 CO:

3RD 6 WEEKS 11/23 CO: 11/24 CO: Students will relate magma composition to viscocity and area of flow. LO: Students will complete sentence starters to make predictions about viscocity and speed/area of flow. Then students will conduct an experiment. 11/25 Vacation 11/26 Vacation 11/27 Vacation

11/30 CO: 12/1 12/2 12/3 12/4

12/7 CO: Students will learn about continental drift and the 4 key pieces of evidence that supported the theory of continental drift. 12/8 CO: Students will learn about seafloor spreading and magnetic stripes. LO: Students will read and discuss about seafloor spreading and mangnetic stripes as evidence of HOW continents moved. 12/9 CO: Students will learn about plate tectonics. Students will read from "Earth Science" orange book to learn about plate tectonics. 12/10 CO: Students will learn about primary waves, secondary waves, and surface waves and their effects during earthquakes. LO: Students will watch a Brain Pop on Earthquakes. They will then do an animation on p-waves, s-waves, & secondary waves, and read and discuss Digging Deeper. " Key vocabulary: p-wave, s-wave, surface wave, seismograph 12/11 CO: Learn about structure of the Earth and shadow zones; if time permits review the water cycle. LO: Students will take notes on structure of the Earth 4 layers & learn how scientists figured out the structure of the Earth using seismic information. Key vocabulary: crust, mantle, outer core, inner core, p-wave, s-wave, surface wave, solid, liquid

12/14 CO: Review for Final Exam. 12/15 CO: Review for Final Exam. 12/16 CO: Final Exam Constructed Response. 12/17 CO: Final Exam Multiple Choice. 12/18 CO: Make ups for Final Exams.