My Science Homework

After finishing section 3.1 on The Earth’s Story yesterday, students have until Monday to complete work on their Geology Debate Posters (see Tuesday’s post for more details).  Today, students recorded guided notes on the definitions and applications surrounding Relative Aging.  We will conclude the notes in class Monday and then begin solving some “relative aging […]

Today’s class time was reserved solely for students to make progress on the debate poster project assigned to them yesterday.  See yesterday’s post for complete details on the assignment, including a copy of the scoring rubric.   Today is the final in-class work time that will be allotted for this project.  It is due on Monday […]

After discussing the definitions of uniformitarianism and catastrophism in class yesterday, today we compared and contrasted these two mutually exclusive theories. Remember - we can’t put these in a venn diagram because these would signify two seperate circles that do not overlap.
Additionally, we discussed what the primary tenets of a debate are. These include evidence […]

On our first day back from Spring Break, we began by reviewing the scores on the geology test that was completed the day before break.  The average scores were higher than on the previous test (average among all freshman:  71%) but many students did poorly on the “phases of the moon” portion of the test.  […]

Students took the test covering the Rocks and Minerals portion of the Geology unit as well as Phases of the Moon in class today. No homework was assigned.
After we return from Spring Break, we’ll begin discussing what we know about the history of the Earth - how it is shaped and changes over time.
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Today’s primary objective was to get prepared for tomorrow’s geology test.  We started by taking an informal (ungraded) egg quiz over the rock types that we spent last week focusing on.  This included questions about the formation, composition, and texture of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.  Students then spent the second half of class working […]

Today was the day to get all of the resources organized from the Rocks and Minerals unit.  We’ve covered a lot of material since late January and it is all fair game for the upcoming exam.  The test will be on Wednesday and will cover not only Rocks and Minerals, but also the tail end […]

As a way to pull together everything we’ve learned in this Rocks and Minerals chapter, students learned about Oil and Petroleum today.  From how it is formed in nature to where it can be found and how it can be extracted from rocks, students worked in cooperative pairs to gain knowledge about this important nonrenewable […]

Today’s guided notes on Metamorphic Rocks was completed individually in class rather than as part of a lecture.  These notes will be reviewed together in class early next week in preparation for a rock types quiz that has been moved to Tuesday (03/11).
Following the metamorphic rocks guided notes, students completed the Chapter 2 Review from […]

Sedimentary rocks are those that are formed by the compaction and cementation of fragments of other rocks:  sand, gravel, and other rock segments.  In today’s class, students completed the Sedimentary Rocks Notes Guide in class as a means of understanding the formation, texture, and composition of sedimentary rocks.  We then watched a brief (4-minute) video […]