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May 2008

 

Week of 5/26- 5/30

Monday (5/26)

  • No School

Tuesday (5/27)

Wednesday (5/28)

Thursday (5/29)

Friday (5/30)

  • Earthquake Research
    Public Service Announcement
    and Brochure Due
    LIN Symposium

Week of 5/19- 5/23

Monday (5/19)

Learning Target: What is a wave?

  • Team Task:  Complete the Ideas/Facts/ Learning issues/Plan handout - 1 per group
  • Individual Task:  Read "What is a wave?" handout
  • Answer all related questions using examples as support
  • Whatever is not finished in class is homework!

Tuesday (5/20)

Wednesday (5/21)

  • Bill Nye: Earthquakes
  • Finish summaries from the day before

Thursday (5/22)

  • Investigate (G132 - G133)
  • follow all directions
  • Solve your problems - if something doesn't work... figure out how to make it work!
  • Digging Deeper: Recording Earthquake waves (G134-G136)
  • Geowords and definitions (collect definitions from the text)
  • Answer 'Check your Understanding' 1 - 4 (support your answers using examples
  • Write a summary of the inormation you just read.

Friday (5/23)

  • Interactive activity
    Read the toutorials for each section then conduct the simulations corresonding with the reading.
  • Follow the directions for each of the activities

Week of 5/12- 5/16

Monday (5/12)

  • Volcanic eruptions for built models
  • Work on writing volcano report

Tuesday (5/13)

  • In the Path of a killer volcano

Wednesday (5/14)

Thursday (5/15)

  • 1/2 day - Unit test

Friday (5/16)

  • Earthquake!!!!!

Week of 5/5- 5/9

Monday (5/5)

Learning Target: What factors affect lava, pyroclastic, and lahar flows?

Daily Assignment

  • Finish Volcanic Hazards: Flow
    Part B: Travel times of lahars (G25)
  • Digging Deeper
    Flow-Rateed Hazards (pgs G26 - G28)
    Geowords and definitions (obtain definitions from the reading!)
    Answer "Understanding and Applying" Questions 1 - 4 all parts (G29)
    Write complete sentences and use examples as support!

Tuesday (5/6)

Lecture:  What factors affect flow rate of volcanic material? - Fluid Flow Chart

Learning Target:  How does volcanic ash affect a larger region than lava, pyroclastic, and lahar flows?

Daily Assignment

Investigate: Volcanic Hazards: Airborne Debris

  • pgs G32 - G33

Wednesday (5/7)

  • Investigate: Volcanic Gases

Thursday (5/8)

  • Learning Target Quiz: Explain which factors affect the flow rate of lava, pyroclastic, and lahar flows?
  • Digging Deeper: Airborne Releases
    Geowords & definitions ((G34 - G36)
    Answer 'Understanding and Applying' 1 - 3 (#4 is extra credit)
    Write complete sentences and use examples as support!
  • Digging Deeper: Volcanic Gases
    Geowords & definitions ((G40 - G41)
    Answer 'Understanding and Applying' 1 - 4 (G42)
    Write complete sentences and use examples as support!

Friday (5/9)

  • Partner Task: Volcano Model Project
  • While the creation of the model is a partner task, each person must complete their own handout and write their own 'write up' to be turned into the box.