Science Journal Examples

Unit Exam Practice

Syllabus	The Learning Cycle	Classroom Rules and Procedures
Learning Goals	Late Homework, Absences and Retakes	Web Resources

Class Calendar
August   September   October   November   December   January   February   March   April   May   June

Monday	Tuesday/Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
2	3/4	5	6
9	10/11	12	13
16 Welcome Back! BR: Syllabus (pdf) Activity: Weekly Schedule (pdf, xls) Topic: Study for Success! (ppt) HW: Weekly Schedule	17/18 BR: Textbook Checkout Activity: Pre-reading and reading notes (Ch 1.1) HW: Complete RN (Ch 1.1)	19 Reading Quiz: Ch 1.1 Activity: Reading Notes Ch 1.2 HW: Complete RN Ch 1.2	20 BR: Reading Quiz Ch 1.2 Topic: Science Journals Activity: Science Journal Ch 1.1
23 BR: How is your life affected by each branch of Earth Science? Activity: Science Journal Ch 1.2 HW: SJ Ch 1.2	24/25 BR: What can you learn from a map? Activity: Vocabulary (wkst); Pre-reading and Reading Notes Ch 1.3 HW: RN CH 1.3	26 Reading Quiz: Ch 1.3 Topic: Maps (ppt) Activity: Determining Latitude and Longitude (wkst) HW: Complete wkst except #7-8	27 BR: Complete 7-8. Activity: Build a mountain; Science Journal Ch 1.3 HW: SJ CH 1.3
30 BR: Why can't contour lines cross each other? Activity: Drawing Topographic Maps HW: RN CH 1.4	31/1 Activity: Reading Topographic Maps - Position and Elevation (map, wkst) HW: SJ CH 1.4

September

Monday	Tuesday/Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
		2 Activity: Reading Topographic Maps - Distance and Direction HW: RN CH 1.5	3 Reading Quiz: CH 1.5 Activity: Candle-flask experiment and scientific method.  (wkst) HW: SJ CH 1
6 Labor Day	7/8 BR: Which line on a globe divides the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres? Activity: Chapter 1 Review (wkst); Science Journal CH 1 HW: SJ CH 1	9 Chapter 1 Test: Intro to Earth Science Activity: Pre-read CH 2.1 HW: RN CH 2.1	10 Reading Quiz: CH 2.1 Activity: Reading Worksheet (wkst) HW: SJ CH 2.1
13 Announce: Chapter 1 re-takes this week only. BR: What is an ionic bond? Topic: Chemical Bonding (ppt) Activity: Pre-read CH 2.2 HW: RN CH 2.2	14/15 Reading Quiz: CH 2.2 Topic: Mineral formation and major groups (ppt) Activity: Crystallization by precipitation HW: SJ CH 2.2 and RN CH 2.3	16 Activity: Mineral Properties and Identification	17 Activity: Mineral Properties and Identification Apple Fair
20 Activity: Mineral Properties and Identification; SJ CH 2	21/22 Topic: Properties of Minerals (ppt) Activity: CH 2 Review (wkst) HW: SJ CH 2	23 Chapter 2 Test: Minerals HW: RN CH 3.1 Autumn Equinox	24 Activity: Chapter 2 Review (wkst); Rock Stories HW: CH 2 review; RN CH 3.1
27 Chapter 2 Retake HW: RN CH 3.1 and 3.2	28/29 Reading Quiz: CH 3.1 and 3.2 Topic: The Rock Cycle and Igneous Rocks (ppt1, ppt2) Activity: Igneous Rock Lab (wkst); HW: SJ 3.1 and 3.2	30 BR:  What are the 2 main types of igneous rocks? What visual clues can you use to identify them? Activity: Igneous Rocks (cont) HW: SJ CH 3.1 and 3.2

October

Monday	Tuesday/Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
			1 Activity: Reading Notes CH 3.3 HW: RN CH 3.3
4 Reading Quiz: CH 3.3 Activity: Reading Notes CH 3.4 HW: RN CH 3.4	5/6 Reading Quiz: CH 3.4 Topic: Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks Activity: Creek Sediments  HW: SJ CH 3.3-3.4	7 Activity: CH 3 Self-test (wkst) HW: SJ CH 3	8 Chapter 3 Test: Rocks HW: CH 1-3 Review
11 Floating Holiday	12/13 Activity: CH 3 Test Discussion; Self-test CH 1-3 (wkst) HW: Test preparation	14 Activity: Jeopardy CH 1-3 (ppt) HW: Test preparation	15 Unit Exam: Intro to Earth Sci, Minerals, Rocks End of 1st Quarter
18 Video: Earthquakes Activity: Pre-reading CH 8.1 HW: RN CH 8.1	19/20 Reading Quiz: Ch 8.1 Topic: Intro to Earthquakes (ppt) HW: SJ CH 8.1, RN CH 8.2	21 Topic: Measuring Earthquakes (ppt) HW: SJ CH 8.2	22 Video: How Earth Shaped History - Deep Earth HW: SJ CH 8.2
25 Activity: Finding epicenters (wkst) HW: RN CH 8.3	26/27 Activity: Finding Epicenters (wkst) Topic: Magnitude and Intensity (ppt) HW: RN CH 8.3	28 Topic: Destruction from Earthquakes (ppt) Activity: Pre-reading CH 8.4 HW: RN CH 8.4	29 Topic: Earth's Layers by Composition and Physical Properties (ppt) Video: How Earth Shaped History - Deep Earth part 2

November

Monday	Tuesday/Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1 Topic: Earth's Layered Structure (ppt) Activity: Science Journals	2/3 Activity: Self-test (wkst)	4 Chapter 8 Test: Earthquakes HW: RN CH 9.1	5 Activity: CH 8 Test Review Video: Dragons of the Dry HW: RN CH 9.1
8 Reading Quiz: CH 9.1 Topic: Continental Drift (ppt) Activity: SJ CH 9.1 HW: SJ CH 9.1	9/10 Video: Serpents	11/12 Veteren's Day
15 Activity: Plate Boundaries (wkst, boundary map, earthquakes, volcanoes, topography, seafloor age)	16/17 Activity: Plate boundaries cont. (Iceland, Chile, Mid-Atlantic Ridge)	18 Activity: Plate Boundaries Group Presentations	19 Activity: Pre-reading and RN CH 9.2
22/23 Activity: Pre-reading and RN CH 9.3 HW: RN CH 9.3	Thanksgiving Break
29 Reading Quiz: CH 9.3 Topic: Plate Tectonics (ppt)   HW: SJ CH 9.1 and 9.2	30/31 Topic: Actions at Plate Boundaries (ppt) Activity: Reading Notes CH 9.4 HW: SJ CH 9.3; RN CH 9.4

December

Monday	Tuesday/Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
		2 Reading Quiz: CH 9.4 Topic: Evidence for Plate Tectonics (ppt) HW: SJ CH 9.4; RN CH 9.5	3 Video: Earth Biography (Volcanoes)
6 Topic: Driving Force for plate tectonics Activity: Convection Current; SJ CH 9.5 HW: SJ Ch 9	7/8 Activity: CH 9 self-test (wkst) HW: SJ CH 9	9 Chapter Test: Plate Tectonics (CH 9)	10 Activity: CH 9 test discussion HW: Study for CH 9 re-takes and unit exam
13 Activity: Unit Exam review	14/15 Activity: Jeopardy (ppt)	16 Unit Exam: Earthquakes (CH 8) and Volcanoes (CH 9)	17
20-24 Winter Break
27-31 Winter Break

January

Monday	Tuesday/Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3-7 Winter Break
10 Topic: Semester 1 recap and Semester 2 roadmap Activity: Pre-reading and reading notes CH 10.1 HW: RN CH 10.1	11/12 Reading Quiz: CH 10.1 Video: Mt St. Helens (Youtube) Topic: Volcanic Eruptions (ppt) HW: RN CH 10.2	13 Topic: Volcanic Eruptions cont. Activity: Science Journal CH 10.1; Reading Notes CH 10.2 HW: SJ CH 10.1; RN CH 10.2	14 Reading Quiz: CH 10.2 Topic: Intrusive Igneous Activity (ppt) Activity: SJ CH 10.2; RN CH 10.3 HW: SJ CH 10.2; RN CH 10.3
17 MLK Day	18/19 Topic: Plate Tectonics and Volcanic Activity (ppt) Activity: SJ CH 10.3; Self-Test CH 10 (wkst) HW: SJ CH 10	20 Chapter Test: Volcanoes (CH 10) HW: RN CH 15.1	21 Video: Blue Planet - Ocean World
24 Topic: Ocean Water (ppt) HW: SJ CH 15.1	25/26 Topic: The 3 Layered Dilemma (ppt) Activity: Pycnocline and Thermocline Lab (wkst) HW: SJ CH 15.1	27 Activity: Pre-reading and reading CH 15.3 HW: RN CH 15.3	28 Reading Quiz: CH 15.3 Topic: Ocean Productivity (ppt) HW: SJ CH 15.3
31

February

Monday	Tuesday/Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	1/2 Chapter Test: Ocean Water (CH 15.1 and 15.3) HW: RN CH 16.1A (p.448-451)	3 Topic: Surface Currents Activity: Reading Notes CH 16.1B HW: RN CH 16.1B	4 Topic: Deep Currents Activity: Science Journal CH 16.1 HW: SJ CH 16.1
7 Activity: CH 16.1 self-test (wkst) Video: Earth Biography - Oceans HW: SJ CH 16.1	8/9 Chapter Test: Ocean Circulation (CH 16.1) Activity: Reading Notes CH 17.1 HW: RN CH 17.1	10 Reading Quiz: CH 17.1 Topic: Atmosphere Characteristics (ppt) HW: SJ CH 17.1,	11
14	15/16	17	18
21-25 President's Break
28 Activity: Science Journal CH 17.1 HW: RN CH 17.2

March

Monday	Tuesday/Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	1/2 Reading Quiz: CH 17.2 Topic: Energy in the Atmosphere (ppt) Activity: Energy Transfer Model HW: SJ CH 17.2	3	4
7	8/9 Activity: SJ CH 17; Crossword (wkst);  Self-test (wkst) HW: SJ CH 17	10 Chapter 17 Test: The Atmosphere	11 Activity: Grade Ch 17 test HW: RN CH 18.1
14 Activity: Silent Reading CH 18.1 Topic: Water in the Atmoshpere (ppt)	15/16 Healthy Teen Survey	17 Activity: Latent Heat (wkst)	18 Activity: Silent Reading CH 18.1
21 Topic: Saturation, Relative Humidity and Dew Point (ppt) Activity: Measuring Dew Point	22/23 Activity: Silent Reading CH 18.1; SJ CH 18.1; Dew points inside and outside (wkst); Pre-reading CH 18.2; RN CH 18.2 HW: SJ CH 18.1 and RN CH 18.2	24 Reading Quiz: CH 18.2 Topic: Cloud Formation (ppt)	25
28-31 Spring Break

April

Monday	Tuesday/Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
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4 Activity: Silent Reading CH 18.1 and 18.2	5/6 Activity: Warm-up Questions; Cloud in a Bottle; Reading Notes CH 18.3 HW: RN CH 18.3	7 Reading Quiz: CH 18.3 Topic: Classifying Clouds (ppt) HW: SJ CH 18	8 Topic: Precipitation (ppt) HW: SJ CH 18
11 Activity: Silent Reading; Science Journal CH 18; Self-test (wkst); Crossword (wkst) HW: SJ CH 18	12/13 Chapter 18 Test: Water in the Atmosphere HW: RN CH 19.1	14 Reading Quiz: CH 19.1 Topic: Air Pressure (ppt) HW: SJ CH 19.1	15 Activity: Barometric Pressure and Isobars (wkst); Reading Notes CH 19.2 HW: RN CH 19.2
18	19/20 Jeopardy: Weather I	21 Unit Exam: Weather I (CH 17 and 18)	22 Activity: Unit Exam Reflection
25 Activity: Isobar map (wkst, map)	26/27 Activity: SSR CH 19.2 Topic: Pressure Centers and Wind (ppt) Activity: Reading Notes CH 19.3 HW: CH 19.3	28 No Class (Star Testing)	29 Reading Quiz: CH 19.3 Topic: Regional Wind Systems (ppt) HW: RN CH 20.1-20.2

May

Monday	Tuesday/Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
2 Activity: SSR Ch 20.1-20.2 Topic: Air Masses and Fronts (ppt) HW: RN CH 20.3	3/4 Topic: Astronomy (ppt) Activity: STAR Jeopardy (ppt)	5 Star Test: Earth Science	6 Video: Oceans
9 Video: Earth Biography (Atmosphere)	10/11 Topic: The Greenhouse Effect	12 Topic: The Carbon Cycle	13 Topic: Global Warming HW: Science Journal
16 Test: Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming	17/18 Activity: Reading Notes p. 614-616 HW: RN p. 614-616	19 Video: Earth Biography (Ice)	20 Topic: Early Astronomy; Geocentric and Heliocentric Models (ppt) HW: SJ p. 614-616
23 Activity: Reading Notes: p. 617-621; Return and Discuss Greenhose Effect Test HW: RN p. 617-621	24/25 Topic: Birth of Modern Astronomy (ppt) Activity: Greenhouse Effect Test Discussion HW: SJ CH 22.1	26 Activity: Global Warming Questions Topic: Modern Astonomy (ppt) HW: Study for Global Warming Retake	27 Test: Global Warming Video: Earth Biography (Ice)
30 Memorial Day	31/1

June

Monday	Tuesday/Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
		2 Activity: Book Check Topic: Water Quality Monitoring (ppt)	3 Activity: BMI sorting and identification.
6	7/8	9	10 Last Day of School
11	12/13	14	15
18	19/20	21	22
25	26/27	28	29