Friday, January 13, 2012

*3 day weekend - Martin Luther King Holiday!*

AGENDA

• Turn in
• 1. Earthquake Unit Notebook
• 2. 30 flashcards
• 3. Virtual Earthquake Lab packet (remember - you have until 11:59 tonight to e-mail me your virtual earthquake certificates.  San Francisco is required but the other 3 are EXTRA CREDIT!!
• 4. any chapter 8 extra credit completed
• Take Earthquakes Test

HOMEWORK:

1. No homework this weekend - celebrate Martin Luther King day by showing respect to others!

Thursday, January 12, 2012

*TEST, NOTEBOOK, and 30 STUDY FLASHCARDS due tomorrow for Earthquakes Unit*

AGENDA:

• Fault Model Demonstration
• Seismometer App for iphone
• EQ Prediction
• Flashcard and notebook organization time

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: 30 study flashcards
2. Due tomorrow: Notebook
3. Due tomorrow: Virtual Earthquake lab packet

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

*Remember - there is a TEST and the NOTEBOOK is due for the Earthquakes Unit this FRIDAY!*

AGENDA:

• Finish Earthquake Damage Notes
• Flashcards - how to
• Work Time

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: 20 notes flashcards
2. Due tomorrow: any homework from last Friday or th is week that has not been stamped yet.
3. Due Friday: 30 notes flashcards
4. Due Friday: Virtual Earthquake Lab packet (all 4 activities completed)
5. Due Friday: Notebook

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

*Bring a 3-ring binder and 3x5 cards tomorrow please.*
**TEST and NOTEBOOK on this Friday!**

AGENDA:

• Earthquake Damage Notes

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Tomorrow: Front of vocabulart page 2 (except for seismic gap)
2. Due Tomorrow: 3 ting binder and 3x5 cards
3. Due Tomorrow: any work you have not finished from Friday!
4. Due Friday: The Exploring Earthquakes Virtual Lab - all 4 activities!

NOTEBOOK
Notes and Homework
1. Name Page
2. Geosceince Notebook Setup WS
3. Earthquakes Unit Page
4. Vocabulart p. 1 *
5. Vocabulart p. 2 *
6. Earthquakes and Faults Notes
7. Earthquakes and Faults Questions *
8. What are my faults? WS *
9. Origins and types of seismic waves Notes
10. Origins and types...Questions*
11. 8.2 Measuring Earthquakes Notes
12. Reading a seismogram WS
13. Mercalli Map WS *
14. 8.3 Earthquake Damage Notes

Academic Dictionary
1. Assess
2. Association
3. Relationship

Monday, January 9, 2012

*Computer Lab today*
**TEST and NOTEBOOK due Friday!**

AGENDA:

• Computer Lab
• #1 - Virtual Earthquake
• #2 - World Earthquake Map
•  #3 - Bay Area EQ Animation
• #4 - EQ Preparedness

HOMEWORK

1. Finish any homework from the weekend
2. Due Tuesday: Vocabulart p. 1
3. Due Friday: Computer Lab packet with all 4 activities completed!

Friday, January 6, 2012

*Remember - we will be meeting in the Library first thing on Monday. Remember to bring your student ID card with your computer login information.*

AGENDA:

• Stamp/go over homework
• Measuring Earthquakes Notes
• Reading a seismogram worksheet
• How to read a seismogram
• World Map with earthquakes and links to the seismogram readings
• Mercalli Map worksheet
• The Modified Mercalli Scale
• Mercalli Map of the 1906 SF Earthquake

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Monday: Reading a seismogram ws AND Mercalli Map ws
2. Due Tuesday: Vocabulart page 1

Thursday, January 5, 2012

*Get a 3-ring binder to use for a notebook.
Buy some 3x5 cards to make study flashcards for this unit!*

AGENDA:

• Stamp/go over homework
• Origin and types of seismic waves notes
• P-wave animation
• S-wave animation
• Raleigh Wave animation
• Love wave animation
• Seismograph? There's an app for that!
• begin homework (if time)

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: seismic waves questions ws
2. Due Tuesday - page 1 of the vocab.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

*Today is an minimum day for students - remember to do your homework though! :) *

**Remember to get a 3-ring binder for class - it will make notebooks easier for you!!**

AGENDA:

• Finish Earthquake and Faults Notes
• Faults Practice worksheet

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: finish the EQ and Faults Notes Questions
2. Due tomorrow: Faults Practice ws (both sides)

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

AGENDA:

• Turn in signed grades
• EQ and Fault Notes using our models
• 3 Fault Types
• Normal Fault Animation
• Animations of 3 fault types (plus a bonus one!)
• Benchmark celebration

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: EQ and Fault Questions 1-7

Monday, January 2, 2012

Welcome Back Everyone - Good Job coming to school today!

AGENDA:

• Grades/Benchmark Scores
• New Notebook system
• If you can, get a 3 ring binder.  1 inch to 1 1/2 inch is ideal - should not be larger than 1 1/2 inches please.
• Fault Models

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: Fault models colored, cut out and taped together -there should be two separate models.
2. Due tomorrow: parent signature on grade printout.