Friday, September 16, 2011

*Rally Schedule today.*
**TEST and NOTEBOOK for Geologic Time - Tues., 9/20!**

AGENDA:

• Finish Absolute Dating
• Half Life Lab
• grade handed out

HOMEWORK:

1. parent signature on grade printout - return for 20 points
2. finish lab questions
3. extra credit relative dating sequences - due by Wed. 9/21

NOTEBOOK
LEFT SIDE                               RIGHT SIDE
17. Fossils: a record of....            18. questions*
19. Absolute dating notes            20. Half live questions
21. Candyum Lab p. 1                22. Lab p. 2 (questions)

Thursday, September 15, 2011

*Maps TEST and NOTEBOOK moved to Tuesday, Sep. 20!!*

OBJECTIVE:
#4. Describe how to use 1/2 lives to find the age of a rock.

AGENDA:

• Stamp vocab cards
• Fossil Correlation
• Absolute Dating
• Radioactive Dating Game
• Another Radiometric dating explanation

HOMEWORK:

1. half live problems
2. extra credit rock sequences - Due no later than Wed. 9/21.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

*Vocab cards with definition and a picture are due at the beginning of class tomorrow!*

*Geo Time TEST and NOTEBOOK next Monday, Sep. 19!*

OBJECTIVE:
#3.  Explain how geologists use fossils to separate the geologic time scale.

AGENDA:

• Fossils Diagrams and questions
• all other notes questions
• vocab card time

HOMEWORK:

1. vocab cards - Due tomorrow!

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

*Next TEST: Geologic Time - Monday, Sep. 19th.
*Next Notebook Check: Geologic Time Unit - Monday, Sep. 19th.

OBJECTIVES:
#1. Explain how geologists figure out in which order rocks are deposited on Earth.
#2. Describe what fossils are and explain how they form.

AGENDA:

• Notebook Setup together as a class
• Fossils Notes
• Correlation with fossils (if time)

HOMEWORK:

1. Fossils Notes questions
2. vocab cards - definitions and pictures Due Thursday!!!

NOTEBOOK
LEFT SIDE                             RIGHT SIDE
1. Geologic Time Unit               2. Objectives
3. The Geo Time Scale rdng.    4. Geo Time Q's*
5. Vocab cards p. 1                 6. vocab sentences
7. Vocab cards p. 2                 8. vocab sentences
9. Geo Principles Notes          10. Questions*
11. Relative Dtng Activity       12. Relative Dtng w/Fossils
13. Relative Dtng Practice      14. Relative Dtng Part 2
15. Fossils Notes                   16. Questions*

*items must be stamped for full credit

Monday, September 12, 2011

*Tonight is BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT!!  Come and meet the teachers who are guiding your student on their academic journey this year!  We can't wait to meet you. :)*

AGENDA:

• Finish Geologic Principles Notes
• Geologic Sequences
• More relative dating practice
• more info on relative dating
• Practice Quiz on Relative Dating and Geo Principles

HOMEWORK:

1. Finish Geo Principle Questions
2. Finish Geo Sequences & Practice Sequence Part 2
3. Vocab cards - definition and picture DUE Thursday!