6th+6+Weeks

=6TH 6 WEEKS=

4/6/09 CO: Students will learn that ocean currents affect weather and climate. LO: Work in Groups to plot the trajectory of a sneaker spill in the Pacific Ocean. Vocabulary Jigsaw on Oceans Unit. 4/7/09 CO: Students will watch Day After Tomorrow and use their science background to determine what is realistic and what is not. 4/8/09 CO: Students will learn that there are surface currents driven by wind/temperature and deep ocean currents driven by density (temperature and salinity). LO: Students will view/listen/read a Brain Pop on Ocean Currents and take a quiz via clickers. 4/9/09 CO: Students will make predictions on four scenarios between hot/cold, fresh/salt water and observe actual behavior. LO: Write explanations for the actual behavior observed based on their knowledge of convection, density. Key vocabulary: density, salinity 4/10/09 CO: View "The Day After Tomorrow". LO: Listen/read about a sci-fi movie and write down what seems realistic/unrealistic based on Earth Science background knowledge. Key Vocabulary: North Atlantic current, desalinization.

4/13 CO: SWBAT explain El Nino and it's effect on the world. LO: Take notes on El Nino. 4/14 CO: Review the Coriolis Effect. Review for Oceans Unit test. LO: View video. 4/15 CO: Students will learn the Coriolis Effect and why currents are clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere. Students will learn the relationship between density, mass & volume, polarity of water, and why salt water is denser than fresh. Review for Oceans Unit Test LO: Discuss and take notes (write), view video. Jigsaw Unit Test questions. 4/16 CO: Students will demonstrate their Oceans Unit understanding. LO: Students will answer constructed response (written) and multiple choice questions via clickers. 4/17 No School for students: VIP Luncheon

4/20 CO: Students will learn what makes air rise. LO: Read and take Guided Cornell Notes on Why air rises p.70-74. 4/21 CO: Students will learn the factors that affect the weather. LO: Read/view/listen to Brain Pop on Weather and answer questions via clicker system. Key vocabulary 4/22 Health Wellness 4/23 CO: Students will review for the Standard 1 Benchmark Test. LO: Read and answer questions via clicker system and discuss test taking strategies. Key vocabulary: scientific method, problem, hypothesis, experiment, observation, conclusion 4/24 CO: Students will review for the Standard 1 Benchmark Test. LO: Read and answer questions via clicker system and discuss test taking strategies. Key vocabulary: independent and dependent variable, manipulated variable, responding variable, range, mode, median, average, mean.

4/27 CO: Students will review about for the Standard 1 Benchmark Test. LO: Read and answer questions via clicker system and discuss test taking strategies. Key vocabulary: levels of the independent variable, repeated trials, control group, hypothesis, theory, and law. 4/28 CO: Students will demonstrate their knowledge of scientific method. LO: Students will read and answer questions via clicker system. 4/29 CO: Students will be able to describe the Earth's atmosphere. LO: Students will read and take notes on the Layers of the Atmosphere, Think - Pair - Share on questions. View a Brain Pop on the Earth's atmosphere. Take a quiz (read/answer) questions via clicker system. Key vocabulary: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere 4/30 CO: Students will learn about air masses and thunderstorms. LO: Students will read and answer Guided Cornell Notes questions. Key vocabulary: air masses. 5/1: CO: Students will take a vision/hearing screening test. LO: Discuss results of screening test with screening staff and determine if additional tests are necessary.

5/4 CO: Complete Guided Cornell Notes on Thunderstorms. LO: Read and write out formation of thunderstorm. 5/5 CO: Students will review Semester 1 Earth Science Content for Final Exam. LO: Study individually for 20 minutes. Study in a group 20 minutes. Key vocabulary: cram. 5/6 CO: Students will review Semester 2 Earth Science Content for Final Exam. LO: Study individually for 20 minutes. Study in a group 20 minutes. Key vocabulary: cram. 5/7 CO: Review for Final Exam 5/8 CO: Review for Final Exam. LO: Play Jeopardy to review for Final Exam. Cinco de Mayo Celebration.

5/11CO: Review for Final Exam. LO: R/W/L Power Point to Review. Practice HR Diagram star ID. 5/12 CO: Take Final Exam 5/13 CO: Take Final Exam 5/14 CO: Make-up for Final Exam; Make up for other tests. CO: Identify the climate of Colorado (steppe, highland, desert). Determine cities w/ extreme high/low temperatures. Understand that mountains (physical feature) affects climate (windward/leeward), oceans/lakes/etc. LO: Read about "Weather and Climate", p. E91-; Key vocabulary: weather, climate, latitude, longitude, elevation, glacier, windward, leeward, rain shadow, heat capacity 5/15 CO: Make-up for Final Exam; Make up for other tests. Understand significance of growth ringgs in trees as indicators of environmental change. Learn about climate proxies. LO: Red and discuss "How Geologists Find Out about paleoclimates" Key vocabulary: paleoclimate, paloclimatologist, climate proxy, isotope; foraminifera.

5/18 - CO: Understand significance of growth ringgs in trees as indicators of environmental change. Learn about climate proxies. LO: Red and discuss "How Geologists Find Out about paleoclimates" Key vocabulary: paleoclimate, paloclimatologist, climate proxy, isotope; foraminifera. 5/19 UNC Field Day. CO: Understand about orbital parameters that affect the Earth's climate. LO: Read and discuss various orbital parameters that affect climate "The Earth's Orbit and the Climate", Key Vocabulary: eccentricity, obliquity, precession, orbital parameters, insolation, inverse-square law.perihelion; aphelion, Milankovitch cyccles, axial precession, orbital precession;

5/20 CO: Learn how plate tectonics affect climate. LO: Read and discuss; "Changing Continents, Ocean currents, and climate", Key vocabulary: thermohaline circulation; lithospheric plate; plate tectonics.; Pangaea. 5/21 CO: Learn how carbon dioxide affects climate. LO: Read and discuss "Carbon Dioxide and Global Climate" Key vocabulary: correlation, greenhouse gases; carbon cycle; reforestation 5/22 CO: Discuss how global warming might affect our community. LO: Read and discuss "How global warming might affect your community?" Key vocabulary: urban heat-island effect; feedback loops;

5/25 - Holiday No School 5/26 Final Exams (GPS Activity) 5/27 Final Exams (Class Survey) 5/28 Grading/PD 5/29 - Grading/PD

6/1 - Half Day (Checkout)