Plate Tectonics
Assessment during this unit includes:
1. checkpoint #1- February 2nd and checkpoint #2 - February 10th
2. unit test - February 12th
3. Creating a boundary project - due February 2nd
Notes for this unit
1. 17.2 - Evidence of Continental Drift
2. 17.3 - Evidence of Plate Tectonics
3. Answer key - Evidence of Continental Drift and Plate tectonics - compared
4. 17.4, 18.1 and 18.2 - Plate Boundary types and geological formations
5. 18.2 - Earthquakes
When reviewing for checkpoints/tests - please review the PLOs, do the chapter 17 practice quiz (answers), chapter 18 practice quiz (answers) and this unit F practice test and here are the answers.
1. checkpoint #1- February 2nd and checkpoint #2 - February 10th
2. unit test - February 12th
3. Creating a boundary project - due February 2nd
Notes for this unit
1. 17.2 - Evidence of Continental Drift
2. 17.3 - Evidence of Plate Tectonics
3. Answer key - Evidence of Continental Drift and Plate tectonics - compared
4. 17.4, 18.1 and 18.2 - Plate Boundary types and geological formations
5. 18.2 - Earthquakes
When reviewing for checkpoints/tests - please review the PLOs, do the chapter 17 practice quiz (answers), chapter 18 practice quiz (answers) and this unit F practice test and here are the answers.
January 12
Chapter 8, 10 and 11 unit test
HW: Reading - The Quest for the Age of the Earth
HW: Reading - The Quest for the Age of the Earth
January 15 (Parent Teacher Interviews)
January 19
Radioactivity Videos, screencasts and Utellstories are due - submit to: http://bit.ly/radpro2015
Structure of the Earth - Avocado activity
Evidence of Continental Drift - Pangaea Puzzle
Structure of the Earth - Avocado activity
Evidence of Continental Drift - Pangaea Puzzle
January 21 (Collab block)
Evidence and Mechanism of Plate tectonics
Demo - Convection
HW: Complete the Lesson #2 worksheet comparing Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics - here is the key
Demo - Convection
HW: Complete the Lesson #2 worksheet comparing Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics - here is the key
January 25
Maps and Symbols questions activity and here is the key
HW: Prepare for the Plate boundary building Activity - complete this handout and here is the key
HW: Prepare for the Plate boundary building Activity - complete this handout and here is the key
January 27
January 29
Plate boundaries Activity - Day 2
Presentation of your boundary
Presentation of your boundary
February 2
February 4 (Collab block)
February 10
February 12
Unit Test - Plate tectonics
Start Ecology
Ms Okuda will teach the class for the next 8 weeks (the entire ecology unit) - please use her website and ignore mine: http://msokuda.weebly.com/
HW: Complete the front side of the Biology Unit - Ecology Vocabulary sheet
Start Ecology
Ms Okuda will teach the class for the next 8 weeks (the entire ecology unit) - please use her website and ignore mine: http://msokuda.weebly.com/
HW: Complete the front side of the Biology Unit - Ecology Vocabulary sheet
