2009+1ST+6+WEEKS

2009 1ST 6 WEEKS

8/19 Welcome Freshmen 8/20 CO: Get to Know Each Other Activity: Name and Animal LO: Listen and repeat each person's name and chosen animal. Key vocabulary: None. 8/21 CO: Course Syllabus: Discuss Course Syllabus and course expectations. LO: Read and discuss course and class expectations.

8/24 CO: Read AI Problem President's Memo and handout AI Packet, LO: Read and take notes on important information from President's Memo. Key vocabulary: asteroid, caverns 8/25 CO: AI Lesson #1, What's the Problem. LO: Read and answer questions that help define the knowns and unknowns in the Asteroid Impact scenario. 8/26 CO: AI Lesson #1, Lesson #2 CO: Review concepts of area, volume, metric conversion; LO: Read AI Lesson #1, #2 to determine area/volume of the room. Key vocabulary: length, width, area, volume 8/27 AI Lesson #2 (Discuss Answers), Determine size of cave, Lesson #3-Scaling the Map CO: Review metric system, area, volume, per person, & scientific notation, LO Read instructions on AI Lesson #2 to come up with a cave size; Key vocabulary: area, length, width, height, volume, scientific notation, per person 8/28 AI: Lesson #3: Scaling the Map. Use the scale on the map to determine distances between cities. LO: Read and answer questions distances on a map using map scale. Key vocabulary: scale, centimeters,

8/31 AI Lesson #4, Choose possible cavern locations, AI Lesson #5 Testing Rock Hardness. CO: Use evidence to choose cavern location.; LO: Read maps, other information to make decision. Key vocabulary: shape, hardness 9/1 AI Lesson #5, CO: Make rock observations to identify rocks and determine their quality. LO: Read AI Lesson #5, discuss and answer questions. Key vocabulary: hardness, porosity, luster, brightness, dull, shiny, granular, reactivity, buoyancy 9/2 AI Lesson #5,6 CO: Use the information from rock obersvations to determine desirability; LO: Read AI Lesson #5,6, discuss and answer questions. Key vocabulary: hardness, brightness, granularity, porosity, luster (dull/shiny), reactivity, bouyancy 9/3 AI Lesson #6 CO: Use data from table, look it up on a graph, and SYNTHESIZE data on data table, and RANK (EVALUATE) solutions; LO: Read AI Lesson #6, ask questions, discuss alternatives, write down final cavern locations. Key vocabulary: SYTHESIZE, RANK 9/4 CO: Complete Asteroid Impact; Discuss Report Guidelines; Review for Test; Test on Wednesday (tomorrow); Scientific Method; LO: Read and complete answers in the AI Packet; Write AI Final Report; IN: Take out folder/binder, calculator, paper, etc.

9/7 Holiday - No School - Labor Day 9/8 Benchmark Test: Earth Science Section 1: CO: Assess Earth Science knowledge. LO: Read and answer Earth Science questions. Key vocabulary: Benchmark Test 9/9 Benchmark Test: Earth Science Section 2: CO: Assess Earth Science knowledge. LO: Read and answer Earth Science questions. Key vocabulary: Benchmark Test 9/10 CO: Complete Asteroid Impact; Discuss Report Guidelines; Review for Test; Test on Wednesday (tomorrow); Scientific Method; LO: Read and complete answers in the AI Packet; Write AI Final Report; IN: Take out folder/binder, calculator, paper, etc. 9/11 CO: Complete Asteroid Impact; Discuss Report Guidelines; Review for Test; Test on Wednesday (tomorrow); Scientific Method; LO: Read and complete answers in the AI Packet; Write AI Final Report; IN: Take out folder/binder, calculator, paper, etc.

9/14 AI: Present Final Report : CO: Synthesize information from area calculations, maps, hardness tests, desirability points for rocks, accesability, to determine best location for caverns for the people of Alabraska. 9/15 AI: Present Final Report: CO: Synthesize information from area calculations, maps, hardness tests, desirability points for rocks, accesability, to determine best location for caverns for the people of Alabraska. 9/16 Earth Comm Introduction Day 1: CO: Complete EarthComm Introduction Handout; Language Objective: Read book sections and answer questions. Key vocabulary: Table of Contents, Glossary, Index, Unit, Activity; Materials Check; Return Reports/AI Packets Discuss Grades/Expectations 9/17 CO: Assess Standard 1 Scientific Investigations Knowledge. LO: Read and answer multiple choice questions using the clickers. Key Vocabulary: Standard 1, Clickers, Send. 9/18 No School for Students (Grading Benchmark Assessment Day)

9/21 Earth Comm Introduction Day 2: CO: Complete EarthComm Introduction Handout: Language Objective: Read book sections and answer questions.; Earthweek Summary. 9/22 CO: SWBAT create models of sedimentary rocks. Why? We can understand how sedimentary rocks are formed in nature. Language Objective: Working in groups, read and discuss instructions on making sedimentary rock models. Key vocabulary: sedimentary rock, clastic, sandstone, conglomerate, clay, chemical. 9/23 CO: SWBAT create and observe models of sedimentary rocks. Why? We can understand how sedimentary rocks are formed in nature. Language Objective: Working in groups, read and discuss instructions on making sedimentary rock models. Key vocabulary: sedimentary rock, clastic, sandstone, conglomerate, clay, chemical. 9/24 CO: SWBAT create models of sedimentary rocks. Why? We can understand how sedimentary rocks are formed in nature. Language Objective: Working in groups, read and discuss instructions on making sedimentary rock models. Key vocabulary: sedimentary rock, clastic, sandstone, conglomerate, clay, chemical. 9/25 CO: Learn to do guided Cornell Notes on Digging Deeper Sedimentary Rocks: LO: Read and answer Cornell Notes Questions. Also, go over Udden-Wentworth Scale and begin to fill out the Sedimentary rocks concept map.