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Week 0:
Class Information
Sketch a Scientist p. VII
Safety Contracts
Presentation of Self
Week 1 : August 21
Graphing Activity p.IX-XIII
Airplane Lab
Intro to Plate Tectonics p.16 (1-14)
Model of a Hot Springs
Week 2 : August 28
Ch 22: Plate Tectonics p.16 (1-14)
Continental Drift Activity
Ch 22: Notes p18-20
Model of the Earth p.21
Week 3 : September 4
Ch 22: Plate Tectonics p.24 (15-25)
Ch 22: Notes p.26-30
Tectonics Plate Map p.31
Hawaiian Hotpot p.33
Density of Earth Lab
Week 4 : September 11
Video: Earth's Violent Past
Sea Floor Spreading p.34-37
Ch 23: Rocks and Minerals p.40 (1-22)
Ch 23: Notes p.42-44
Week 5: September 18
Igneous Rock Lab p.45-48
Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rock Lab p.49-50
Unit 1 Review
Unit 1 Test: Plate Tectonics
Week 6 : September 25
Ch 27: Environmental Geology p. 53 (1-13)
List 4 Steps of How to Find the Epicenter of an Earthquake p. 54
Ch 27: Notes p. 55-59
Week 7 : October 2
Mercalli Scale Seismic Map p.60-64
Ch 27: Notes p.53-55
Video: The World's Greatest Tsunami
Volcano World p.65-66
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Week 8 : October 9
Chasing Hurricane Andrew Handout
Geologic Time Scale p. 69-71
Personal Timeline p.72-73
Radioactive Decay Notes p.74-75
Week 9 : October 16
Absolute Dating Handout
Half-Life Problems p.78
Half-Life Lab p.79-80
Week 10 : October 23
Ch 24 & 25 Earth's Surface p.83 (1-12, 1-5)
Ch 24 & 25: Notes p.85-89
Correlation activity p.90
Rock Processes p.92 (1-14)
Week 11 : October 30
Relative Age p.94-96
Who's on first? Relative Dating p.97-101
Quarry Lab Handout
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Week 12 : November 6
Fossil Assemblage p.102-104
Unit 2 Review
Week 13 : November 13
Unit 2 Test: Geologic Processes
Ch 26: Weather p.107 (1-11)
Ch 26: Weather Notes p.109-112
Layers of the Atmosphere p.113-115
Week 14 : November 27
Hours of Daylight Around the World p.116-117
Angle of Inclination Lab p.119-121
Volcanic Eruptions & Sea Level Rise Model
Ch 26: Weather p.124 (10-22)
Ch 26: Notes p.126-129
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Week 15 : December 4
Relative Humidity Lab p.132-134
Mountain Precipitation p.130-131
Continentality Lab p.135-136
Atmosphere Chart p.137-138
Week 16 : December 11
Unit 3 Review
Unit 3 Test : The Atmosphere
Final Review
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Fall Semester
Day 1 Finals
Periods 4 (7:15-8:30), 3 (8:40-9:55), 6 (10:05-11:20), 5 (11:30-12:45)
Day 2 Finals
Periods 1 (7:15-8:30), 2 (8:40-9:55), 7 (10:05-11:20)