Students will have an opportunity to learn about how geologic time is recorded in the rock layers, become familiar with the geologic time scale, and explain how the environmental changes caused the extinction of some species such as the dinosaurs.
Moreover, students will reinforce our topic on “Time Marches On” by completing a reading guide for it as a form of a study guide, as well as work on a mini-project to demonstrate their understanding of the geologic time scale, this coming Thursday.
Students are highly advised to remain on top of their school work by studying their class notes as well as their Cornell notes on Relative Dating and Looking at Fossils, since next week is expected to be a fast-paced week, as we begin to wrap up the material and prepare for our final exam on Semester Two material. And yes, a final exam review (concepts/vocabulary) will be provided to the students at the appropriate time that is yet to be determined by the classroom teacher, as we complete our current chapter on the fossil record.
Note to First Hour: Due to our NWEA testing this past week, DO make an effort to re-read and create your own notes for Section 4, Looking at Fossils, especially if you feel that your class participation in the reading and discussion of the section was not beneficial for you to understand that new material.
Students will be evaluated upon the Earth’s history and relative dating, Sections 3.1 & 3.2 of the Fossil Record chapter.
Students have been advised to study their notes, reading guides, review questions, and any relevant bellwork that we have done on this material, along with all the vocabulary that we have discussed and reinforced thus far on this topic.
Create a Frayer model [definition, characteristics, example (can be a picture), and nonexample] on each of the following terms in your notebook:
uniformitarianism; catastrophism; paleontology; relative dating; superposition; geologic column; & unconformity
For those who were ABSENT today only, Monday, May 21, 2018 from their Core 2 or Core 4, use your reference online book, pages 60-69, and do the following:
Answer the following questions in complete sentences & TURN IN (PP.60-69).
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Create a Frayer model [definition, characteristics, example (can be a picture), and nonexample] on each of the following terms in your notebook:
uniformitarianism; catastrophism; paleontology; relative dating; superposition; geologic column; & unconformity
Students are to complete the analysis of their fossil evidence based on their drawings. The work should include a title of each site, a description of each fossil at each site, and any pertinent characteristics for each fossil.
Students will be evaluated upon the characteristics of light in terms of its behavior whenever it encounters different media. This includes, but not limited to, lenses, mirrors, solids, liquids, and gases.
Students are highly advised to study the Unit Study Guide that was distributed to them on Tuesday, May 08, 2018.
Please refer to Chapters 3 & 4 for reference materials for further understanding of our discussion on light and the ideas that it entails. Use your class code below to sign up.
Enter your Class Code from below at the following website: classroom.google.com
First Hour: yjivc40
Second Hour: vhcrgzt
Fourth Hour: eq49eu
Fifth Hour: 36×63
As students’ apathy continues to be rampant with our student population at Woodworth Middle School, the science students will be evaluated upon the characteristics of the visible light spectrum as a component of our ongoing discussion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
