Monday, February 13, 2017

Summative on Thursday - 2/16

Summative on Thursday over volcanoes and Earth layers.
Students need to know the 3 ways volcanoes are classified, 3 types of volcanoes, and 2 types of magma.  They also need to know the layers of the Earth, what they are made of, and any important details about each one.

Earth Layers

Today, we discussed the layers of the Earth.  We looked at a demonstration about convection currents in the mantle.



Friday, February 10, 2017

Friday Work Day

Students are completing an in class assignment about volcanoes.
Students are reading the rest of Activity 38 about Earth layers.  They are completing analysis questions 1-2.
The information for the Earth Layers Project is on the chart in the reading.  Students should copy the information to use for their projects.

Student book:
1. Click on the link: http://lab-aids.com/
2. Click on the student link at the top of the website.
3. Enter the username and password.
USERNAME:  purdue7   /   PASSWORD:  science7

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Volcanoes

Today we read activity 38, pages D14-D16,  from the online textbook.

Student book:
1. Click on the link: http://lab-aids.com/
2. Click on the student link at the top of the website.
3. Enter the username and password.
USERNAME:  purdue7   /   PASSWORD:  science7

We watched a video about Mt St Helen's and began discussing volcanoes.

Retest assignment for Atoms and Minerals

Standards 7.LS.1, 7.ESS.1a, and 7.ESS.1b
Complete the retest assignment and get a retest form completed. Then, see me for a time to retest.






Monday, February 6, 2017

Yucca Mountain Discussion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbq9a2oyMAo&feature=youtu.be&safe=active

http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/14/3038814/yucca-mountain-wipp-wasteland-battle-entomb-nuclear-waste#ooid=RmaWMyNToNFxaKGE54ZNSimcC8tMmDo0

Earth Layers Project - due February 17


New unit on Plate Tectonics

Students set up their notebooks for a new unit on plate tectonics.