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August 30, 2006
Skills: What causes convection currents?
How is heat transferred? List the characteristics of Earth's crust, mantle, and core.
Assessment:
4.2 video
Read p. 116-117 in the text and answer questions in workbook.
Risky Business Review Game with Powerpoint questions.
4.2 worksheet on Heat Transfer
Study Guide for 4.1 & 4.2 Quiz
HW: Finish worksheet and study guide. Quiz tomorrow.
Posted by Davis at 06:50 PM
Skill: What causes convection currents?
Assessment:
DEAR (25 minutes)
Check heat transfer worksheet
Density column demonstration using corn syrup, water, vegetable oil, rubbing oil, and food color.
Read p. 116-117 in text and fill out workbook p. 45 (only one class did this today). The other classes will do this on Thursday.
HW: Review notes and workbook for quiz on Friday.
Posted by Davis at 06:36 PM
August 29, 2006
Skill:
Explain how heat is transferred;
Identify what causes convection currents;
Describe convection currents in Earth's mantle
In class:
Check homework: Workbook p. 44: #20 and #21; keep the layers worksheet
Page 115-117 in text book - take notes, concept map
Demo labs and activities
Watch video clips
Workbook p. 44-45
Homework:
Heat transfer worksheet if not finished
Posted by Davis at 04:47 PM | Comments (0)
Skill: List the characteristics of Earth's crust, mantle, and core.
In class...
Workbook Page 41-43
Video Stream about
Chart of layer - use book
Homework:
Finish workbook p. 44 #20 and #21. Finish worksheet on core if incomplete.
*If everything is finished by the end of class, read p. 115-117 in text.
Posted by Davis at 04:46 PM | Comments (0)
August 24, 2006
Skill: List the characteristics of Earth's crust, mantle, and core.
Assessments:
Check 4.1 Earth's Interior worksheet
Earth's Crust video with questions
Workbook p. 41-43 on Earth's Interior to the core
Acc. Content: Check drawings of layers and review for oral presentations.
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/nature/9903/earth.layers/frameset.exclude.html
HW: None
Posted by Davis at 08:05 PM
August 22, 2006
Objective: Earth's interior - list the characteristics of Earth's crust, mantle, and core.
Assessment:
Finish what, how, and why questions p. 108-111.
Show basalt and granite for the crust
Mantle will be done on the promethean board
Peanut M&Ms for the Earth and it's layers.
Workbooks passed out to students
HW: 4.1 Earth's Interior worksheet
Accelerated Content HW: 1) 4.1 Earth's Interior worksheet
2) In journal, draw, label, and color a cross-section of the Earth with the layers.
3)Prepare an oral presentation regarding one of the layers.
Posted by Davis at 08:18 PM
Skill: Earth's Interior - List the characteristics of Earth's crust, mantle, and core.
Assessment:
DEAR (30 min.)
Video Ch. 4.1 (4 min.)
p. 108 Engage
p. 108- What, How, Why Questions
HW: None
Posted by Davis at 06:21 PM
-Turn in safety gal/guy
-Take safety quiz for those who did not do a safety guy or gal.
-Finish pre-test
-Word Search of vocabulary terms
HW: No homework
Posted by Davis at 06:17 PM
-Safety Rules study guide
-Geology Pre-test
HW: Science Rules Person due or safety quiz tomorrow.
Science Rules Guy/Gal
The science rules person represents a safe scientist. With the template of the science person, decorate and color the person with a minimum of five (5) different kinds of materials. Also, write a minimum of five (5) different safety rules that would go with the materials that you have selected. A key or legend can be used for the rules but is not required.
Scoring:
Minimum of five different rules (25) ____________
Minimum of five different materials (25) ____________
Neat and colorful (25) ____________
Creative (25) ____________
Total (100) _____________
Please turn in this rubric with your science person.
Posted by Davis at 06:09 PM
August 16, 2006
-Finish safety skits with discussions.
-Safety contract. Parents need to sign for homework.
-Safety video (19 min.) and write three rules that have not been discussed in class.
-Hand out science guy/gal rubric with template. This will be due on Tuesday. Those that did not choose the project will take a quiz on Tuesday.
HW: Work on science guy/gal. Get safety contract signed.
Posted by Davis at 09:20 PM
-Checked signature on syllabus. Students will keep this in their notebooks.
-Safety skits of the safety rules.
HW: No Homework
Posted by Davis at 09:14 PM
-Checked agendas and took up letters to Mrs. Davis. For two weeks, we are not counting off for homework that is turned in late. Please check your agendas for your homework assignments. Several students did not have their homework today.
-DEAR - Drop Everything And Read for 30 minutes. All students must read 25 books before May 2007. Mrs. Davis has challenged herself to read 25 books this year.
-Syllabus - went over information.
-Finished up learning styles and getting to know each other.
-4th period - went into the theater for most of the time to listen to Dr. Tyson about some rules such as homework, dress code, behavior etc. He will be giving away an iPod to the student that reads the most books at the end of the year.
HW: Get syllabus signed.
Posted by Davis at 08:46 PM
Mrs. Davis shook everyone's hands and students told one thing about themselves. Then, students had to introduce themselves by saying "Hello, my name is.... and shaking their hands and finding out questions such as "Do you like broccoli?"
Next, we went over the supplies that will be needed.
One green notbook
4 dividers
2 composition books (advance content class)
notebook paper
Rules of the classroom
Learning style survey - visual, auditory, or tactile
HW: Letter to Mrs. Davis
First paragraph - Why I like (or don't like) science.
Second paragraph - About you
Needs to be written in a letter style with paragraphs having five to seven sentences each.
Posted by Davis at 08:26 PM
August 14, 2006
Assigned seats
Introductions of teachers
Multiple Intelligence survey was given to find out student's processing skill.
Index Card for group information was filled out.
Homework: None
Posted by Davis at 09:33 PM
Students were given their schedules and we went over procedures during the morning extended homeroom time. At 3:40, students went back to homeroom and received the Cobb County folder to go home to parents. Parents should fill out the information and return to the homeroom teacher as soon as possible.
Posted by Davis at 09:25 PM
August 07, 2006
Here is the syllabus for the year 2006-2007 for Mrs. Davis' classes.
Posted by Davis at 11:34 AM
August 01, 2006
I am looking forward to meeting you on Thursday during Charger Day! This is a great time to get your picture taken, buy the yearbook, etc. You will meet your homeroom teacher on this day. We will not have your schedules until the first day of school on the 14th. You can bring your supplies on Charger Day or the first day. Also bring lunch money and know your bus number and lane. Enjoy your last days of summer!Posted by Davis at 04:53 PM
