1st+6+Weeks

8/18 Welcome 8/19 Asteroid Impact Final Exam CO: Assess Prior Knowledge, LO: Read test and write down answers to questions. 8/20 HO AVID Interactive Journal, HO President's Memo and AI Packet, Begin Lesson #1, HO Course Syllabus Due by Friday CO: Handout Classroom Syllabus, Discuss Classroom Procedure re: IN/OUT, Handout AVID Interactive Notebook, Begin Asteroid Impact Project LO: Read syllabus, discuss classroom procedure, write down in/out, read President's Memo and discuss AI Lesson #1

8/21 AI Lesson #1; CO: Collect Course Syllabus (Signed) and continue with AI Lesson #1; LO: Read AI Lesson #1, discuss answers, and write down answers 8/22 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

8/25 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 8/26 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 8/27 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 8/28 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 8/29 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

9/2 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. 9/3 Asteroid Impact Final Exam Test; CO: Assess student knowledge of area, graphs, tables, metric measurements, metric conversions, multiplication, and logic in addition to their English understanding. LO: Read the AI Final Exam and answer questions (written). 9/4 EDD Introduction 9/5 AI Final Report Due CO: Review AI Final Report. LO: Discuss whether Final Report meets Report Guidelines. Key vocabulary: Rubric. IN: Take out AI Packet and AI Final Report and turn in. Out: Bring all required materials to class on Monday. (folders, calculator, paper).

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 Naked Science: The Rockies: Video Guide: Content Objectives: View Formation of the Rocky Mountains Video and complete Video Guide. 9/11 - Demonstrate Clickers. Materials Check. Return AI Final Exam & Pre-Test. Discuss Grades. 9/12 - CO: Assess Standard 1 Scientific Investigations Knowledge. LO: Read and answer multiple choice questions using the clickers. Key Vocabulary: Standard 1, Clickers, Send.

9/15 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 9/16 Earth Comm Introduction Day 2: CO: Complete EarthComm Introduction Handout: Language Objective: Read book sections and answer questions. 9/17 CO: Learn to do guided Cornell Notes on Digging Deeper Sedimentary Rocks; LO: Read and answer questions using the Guided Cornell Notes Questions. Key vocabulary: bedrock, sedimentary rocks, clasts, etc. 9/18 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. 9/19 - No Classes for Students

9/22 - Finish going over Sedimentary Rocks Cornell Notes, Complete Concept Map CO: Learn about sedimentary rocks. LO: Discuss Cornell Notes questions, complete the Sedimentary Rocks concept map/graphic organizer. Key vocabulary: sedimentary rocks, compactation, cementation, clasts, conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, shale, organic, coal, chemical, limestone, halite (rock salt) 9/23 - Activity 1 Making Sedimentary Rocks (Jigsaw); CO: Make sedimentary rocks: mudstone, rock salt, conglomerate, sandstone, sediment deposition. LO: Learn about how sedimentary rocks form by creating some sedimentary rocks. 9/24 - CO: Observe sedimentary rocks. Write a Sedimentary Rock Summary Paragraph. Objectives/Questions. 9/25 - Review for the Sedimentary Rock Quiz 9/26 - Test on Sedimentary Rocks; Handout Metamorphic & Igneous Rock Guided Cornell Notes