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Week of May 14 - 18
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KICK-OFF: |
What is Pangaea? |
What was the Cambrian Explosion? |
NONE |
What was an example of an adaptation of one of the animals you saw at the zoo yesterday? |
NONE |
GOAL OF THE DAY: |
Understand that Earth’s long history is organized and recorded in the geologic time scale. |
Observe how organisms have evolved since the formation of Earth. |
NONE |
Know that a mass extinction is when many species go extinct at the same time. |
NONE |
CLASSWORK ITEMS and AGENDA: |
Binder reminder Read 286-291 Geologic Time Scale WS |
Stamp HW Collect K-O (7) Start “Before the Dinosaurs” |
Zoo |
Stamp HW Finish reading 292-297 Write seven facts My time scale |
Rock the Rhythm - Beat the Odds Day |
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT: |
Geologic Time Scale WS |
Earth’s History Study Guide |
No HW |
Pages 137 – 139 in wkbk |
No HW |
Week of May 7 - 11
DAY: |
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KICK-OFF: |
What are some things that scientists can learn about Earth by examining fossils? |
How are relative age and absolute age different? |
What are the 2 requirements for an organism to become an index fossil? |
What is a half-life? |
What is Pangaea? |
GOAL OF THE DAY: |
Know that the “law of superposition” states that older rock layers are beneath younger rock layers. |
Understand how to use extrusions, intrusions, faults and index fossils to determine relative age. |
Understand that scientists can determine the absolute age of rocks by using radioactive dating. |
Understand that Earth’s continents used to be joined together to form a supercontinent called Pangaea. |
Understand that plates are the major pieces of Earth’s rocky outer layer on which continents and oceans move. |
CLASSWORK ITEMS and AGENDA: |
Binder reminder Rotate binders New Kick-Offs Law of superposition website: Return kick-offs |
Stamp HW Finding the age of rocks notes Skills Lab – Finding Clues to Rock Layers WS The Grandest Canyon of All WS |
Stamp HW Radioactive Dating mini-poster Half-Life Example BrainPOPs: Radioactivity and Carbon Dating |
Stamp HW Movement of Earth’s Plates PowerPoint SMITHSONIAN – The Dynamic Earth Website Plate Tectonics Puzzle Return tests |
Stamp HW Movement of Earth’s Plates Vocab Plate Tectonics AND Earthquakes Video Clip from Prentice Hall Movement of Earth’s Plates WS BrainPOPs: Plate Tectonics and Earth’s Structure |
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT: |
Law of superposition WS |
The Relative Age of Rocks WS |
Radioactive Dating WS |
Plate Tectonics Puzzle |
No HW |
COURSE DOCUMENTS: |
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