Earth Systems A
 
Earth Systems
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1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
class notes about atoms: Atom notes.ppt
Molecular Workbench website:   http://ri-itest.portal.concord.org/signin/
Notice the part that says, "First time here, Sign up for access as:" click on "student"
Fill out information enter: first name, last name, Grade 9, password (make up a password for yourself), put in the signup word listed below.  This will add your name to my class list.


Sign up words for Galoob's Earth System classes 2011-12:
Period E:  Slate
Period B: gypsum
Half Life Formal Lab Report outline.doc
What is a Mineral 2011.ppt
Rock questions from Book pg 68-79 2011-12.ppt
Earth Systems Midterm Review packet with answers 2009-12.doc
3rd Quarter
Name: ______________________                                    Galoob/ Earth Systems
Structure of the Earth Test 11-12
See class notes posted on website: http://hs.skschools.net/Teachers/rgaloob/

Topics on the test
Assignments to review
Chapter in your  book
What is the interior of the earth like. Names of layers, what their made of and relative density.
  • Foldable notes cut into a circle.
  • Worksheet “Subsurface changes on the Earth”  (pictures and graphs of the Earth’s layers.
Chapter 1 pg 10
Electric force and magnetism
Earth’s magnetic field
  • Electric Charge and magnetism notes
  • Electric Charge and magnetism worksheet
  • Sea floor spreading lab
  • P 237
  • Tectonic plates:  evidence to support theory, types of plates, names of boundaries, features they form.
  • Structure of the Earth Notes
  • Demonstration of convection currents
  • Pangaea Flipbook   
  • Graham Cracker Lab (review the 3 different ways that plates can move as shown in the lab.  The names and results of this type of movement)
  • World map of earthquake and volcanos
Notes on handout “Notes on Tectonic Plate Boundaries”
Notes on handout “concept map of plate boundaries.

Chapter 13
pg 233-244
VOCABULARY WORDS TO KNOW:

Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Crust, Mantle, Outer core, Inner core, Convection currentsParts of an atom, Attract, repel, Magnetic poles Electromagnet, Pangaea,  Diverging boundaries, Converging boundaries, Transform boundary, Oceanic plate, Continental plate, Mid ocean ridge, Trench, Subduction

Earthquakes.ppt
Earthquake webquest.doc
Volcano Notes0.ppt
Volcano Earthquake Test Study Guide.doc
4th Quarter
Outline for lab report , COURSE ASSESSMENT EARTH SYSTEMS 1.docx

PERIOD E Task
Task Description
Draft Due Date (counts for homework grade and to provide teacher feedback during the process)
Task 1
Introduction (purpose and background) begun in class 4/13
Thursday 4/26
Task 2
Introduction (hypothesis)
begun in class 4/13
Thursday 4/26
Task 3
Topographic relief graph and labels
begun in class 4/25
Thursday 4/26
Task 4
Make Model
Done in class 4/26, and 4/27
Monday 4/30
Task 5
Graph of depth of earth quake foci
Begun in class 5/1
Tuesday 5/1
Task 6
Conclusion
Work in class 5/1, 5/2
draft due end of period Wed 5/2
Final Copy
Final Copy Lab Report and Model
Monday 5/7
Period F
Task description
Draft Due Date (counts for homework grade and to provide teacher feedback during the process)
Task 1
Introduction (purpose and background) begun in class 4/13
Thursday 4/26
Task 2
Introduction (hypothesis)
begun in class 4/13
Thursday 4/26
Task 3
Topographic relief graph and labels
begun in class 4/24
Thursday 4/26
Task 4
Make Model
Done in class 4/25, and 4/26
Friday 4/27
Task 5
Graph of depth of earth quake foci
Begun in class 4/27
Monday 4/30
Task 6
Conclusion
Work in class 4/30, 5/1
draft due end of period Tuesday 5/1
FINAL COPY
Final Copy Lab Report and Model
Monday 5/7
(also star chart and seasons and lunar phases covered in these notes)
Telescope homework.doc
Electromagnetic poster project assignment: Electromagnetic Spectrum poster assignment.doc
/1      Fin
/26     Friday 4/27     Monday 4/clip_image001.gift due end of period Tuesday 5/1        

A place to check out:

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