Wed April 28th

Due: Nothing

In-Class: Power Down Drive Group 1; Everyone else will be working on Ch 12: Section 1 review packet

Homework: Bring in brown paper shopping bags for bonus.

Looking Ahead:
Thurs: Power Down Drive Group 2; Everyone else Section review packet
Fri: Power Down Drive Group 3; Everyone else Section review packet

Tue April 27th

Due: Chapter 12: Section 1 key terms and review questions #1-7

In-Class: Finished Chapter 12 Section 1 notes; Reviewed answers to section questions 1-7.

Homework: Bring in brown paper bags for bonus.

Looking Ahead:
Wed: Power Down Drive Group 1/ everyone else: Section Review packet
Thurs: Power Down Drive Group 2/ everyone else: Section Review packet
Fri: Power Down Drive Group 3/ everyone else: Section Review packet

Mon April 26th

Due: Nothing

In-Class: Started Chapter 12: Section 1 notes (elastic rebound, focus, epicenter, types of waves).

Homework: Chapter 12: Section 1 key terms and review questions #1-7 due tomorrow.

Looking Ahead:
Tue- Finish Chapter 12 notes
Wed- Start Power Down follow up project/ Ch 12: Sec 1 review packet
Thurs-Power Down follow up project/ Ch 12: Sec 1 review packet
Fri- Power Down follow up project/ Ch 12: Sec 1 review packet

Fri April 23rd

Due: Unit 3 Plate Tectonics Test Today!!!

In-Class: Unit 3 Plate Tectonics Test Today!!!

Homework: Chapter 12 Section 1 read pages 295-300, complete all o the key terms and complete review questions #1-7

Looking Ahead:
Next week- "Power Down Drive" follow up project

Due: Completed Study Guides

In-Class: EARTH DAY! Reviewed answers to study guides; Introduced Power Down Drive follow up project(next week)

Homework: STudy for Unit 3 Plate Tectonics Test tomorrow (Chapters 10 Section 1 and 2)
Answers to study guide
1. definitions
2. Wegener
3. Pangaea
4. Fit of Continents, Fossil Evidence, Geologic Evidence, Climatic Evidence
5. Because, he could not explain how the continents moved (through plate tectonics)
6. Hess
7. Magma is rising which is creating new sea floor
8. When the less dense oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate
9. Paleomagnetism
10. Atlantic is getting larger because new sea floor is being created at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and in the Pacific the plate is being subducted.
1. definition
2. 15
3. divergent, convergent, transform
4. mantle convection, ridge push, slab pull
5. c-c divergent: two continental plate dividing (ex. Red Sea), o-o divergent: two oceanic plates dividing (ex. Mid-Atlantic Ridge), o-c convergent: one oceanic plate being subducted under a continental plate (ex. Andes Mtns), c-c convergent: two continental plate colliding (ex. Himalayan Mtns), o-o convergent: two oceanic plate colliding (ex. Marianas Trench or Japenese Island Arc), Transform: two plates sliding past eachother horizontally (ex. San Andreas Fault).

Wed April 21st

Due: Nothing

In-Class: Finish Study guide; Review

Homework: Finish study guide if not completed in class.

Looking Ahead
Thurs: Earth Day!
Fri: Unit 3 Plate Tectonics Test!

Tue April 20th

Due: Nothing

In-Class: Unit 3 Study Guide

Homework: STudy for test on Friday

Looking Ahead:
Wed: Study guide
Thurs: Earth Day!
Fri: Unit 3 Test

Mon April 19th

Due: Nothing

In-Class: Fearless Planet movie, write down 3 new things you learned about plate tectonics and 3 things you already knew.

Homework: None

Looking Ahead:
Tue: study guide
Wed: study guide
Thurs: Earth Day!!!
Fri: Unit 3 Test

Fri April 16th

Due: Nothing

In-Class: Finish plate boundary map activity.

Homework: None

Thurs April 15th

Due: Nothing

In-Class: Finish Chapter 10 Section 2 note sheets (plate boundary chart). Started Plate boundary map activity.

Homework: None

Looking Ahead:
Fri: Complete map activity

Wed April 14th

Due: SFS worksheet

In-Class: Started Chapter 10 Section 2 notes (plate boundary chart)

Homework: None

Looking Ahead:
Thurs/Fri: Map Activity

Tue April 13th

Due: Nothing

In-Class: Sea-Floor Spreading demonstration. SFS worksheet

Homework: SFS worksheet due tomorrow

Looking Ahead
Wed: plate tectonics notes
Thurs/Fri: plate tectonics map activity

Mon April 12th

Due: Chapter 10 Section 1 key terms and review questions

In-Class: Finished Section 1 notes. Went over answers to section review questions.

Homework: None

Looking Ahead:
Tue: worksheet
Wed: plate boundary chart
Thurs/Fri: plate boundary map

Fri April 9th

Due: Nothing

In-Class: Periods 1 & 3- Sea Floor Spreading packet (due in class for 15 points)
Periodd 2- Pangaea activity (due in class for 15 points)

Homework: chapter 10 Section 1 key terms and review questions due Monday

Thurs April 8th

Due: Nothing

In-Class: Chapter 10: Section 1 notes (continental drift)

Homework: Chapter 10: Section 1 key terms and review questions #1-3 due Monday April 12th. Late work taken no later than tomorrow!!!!

Looking Ahead:
Fri- Pangaea activity

Wed April 7th

Due: Nothing

In-Class: Reviewed grades

Homework: Late work due by Friday!

Looking Ahead:
Thurs- Chapter 10: Sec 1 notes (Continental Drift)
Fri- Pangaea activity

Tue April 6th

Due: Materials for Time Scale

In-Class: Completed Geologic Time Scale group project

Homework: Late work due by Friday!

Looking Ahead:
Wed- Review grades
Thurs- Start Plate Tectonics

Mon April 5th

Due: Materials for Time line

In-Class: Start Geologic Time line group project

Homework: Materials for project

Looking Ahead:
Tue: Finish Geologic time lines

Thurs April 1st

Due: Chapter 9: Section 1 key terms (and review questions for period 3) and Geologic Time Scale worksheet

In-Class: Periods 1 and 2 completed fossil lab and started Geologic Time Scale group project. Period 3 started Geologic Time Scale group project.

Homework: Bring materials to put on Geologic Time scale on Monday.

Looking Ahead
Fri- No School!
Mon- Start Geologic time scale project (extended periods)
Tue- Complete Geologic time scale project (extended periods)