Friday, January 21, 2011

OBJECTIVE:
  2. Explain what the Theory of Plate Tectonics says.

AGENDA:

• Turn in grade printout.
• Go over Cont. Drift Lab Questions
• Plate Tectonics Notes
• World Plate Boundaries Map - color and answer questions 1-8

HOMEWORK:

1. Answer map questions 1-8
2. Student Notebook work:

LEFT SIDE                         RIGHT SIDE
  5. World/Pangaea Map       6. sw choices: 1,2, 4
  7. Is CA ready for ...?         8. in class questions
  9. Cont. Drift Lab              10. Cont. Drift Lab Questions
 11. 9.2 Plate Tect. Notes    12. sw choices: 7, 10, 11, 16
 13. World Plates Map        14. Map questions

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY
*Due no later than Friday, Jan. 28!
Extra Credit 20 possible points!
 - COPY and ANSWER any of the Assessment questions for chapter 9 (q’s 1-20, found on page 275) at the end of the chapter.
 - Please LABEL YOUR PAPER clearly with your name, period, Chapter 9 Assessment Questions Extra Credit and the question #’s. Correct answers will receive 1 extra credit point each.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

AGENDA

• Check vocab cards / stamp maps
• Read/analyze Sacramento Bee article "Is California ready for the 'Big One'?"
• http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/19/3333882/is-california-ready-for-the-big.html
• Continental Drift Lab and lab questions
• Hand out grade printouts

HOMEWORK

1. Parent signature on grade printout
2. Finish answering lab questions
3. Student notebook work.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Objective:
  1. Name and describe the 4 pieces of evidence for the Hypothesis of Continental Drift.

Agenda:

• Continental Drift Notes
• Continental Drift Maps

Homework:

1. ch. 9 vocab cards - Due tomorrow!
2. Finish continental drift maps
3. Student notebook work

LEFT SIDE                         RIGHT SIDE
1. Plate Tectonics (ch. 9)    2. Objectives
3. Cont. Drift Notes (9.1)   4. sw choices: 6, 10 ,12
5. Continents Maps            6. sw choices: 1, 2, 4

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Agenda:

• Turn in notebooks
• Take Earthquakes Test
• begin ch. 9 vocab cards

Homework:

1. Ch. 9 vocab cards - due Thursday!