Saturday, April 25, 2009

This Week in Earth Science: April 27-May 1

• Hopefully on Monday we'll have time to review the Paleontology Test from last week. Warm-up questions on the board continue until Thursday when the record sheets will be collected. A recipe for a glacier will be given today and if time allows I'll make one out of ice cream for students to sample. Mmmmm....
• The portable computer lab will be in class on Tuesday. Students will be learning about weather and climate on the National Weather Service JetStream Online School website. An online quiz will be taken after students have had time to study.
• On Wednesday the class will watch a short video with a stop, drop & roll activity to introduce Otzi the Iceman. Then the class will be reading an article about him together.
• The warm-up questions will be completed Thursday and the record sheets will be collected and graded. A homework assignment entitled "Yosemite Glaciers" will be distributed which will be due on Friday. There will be slides and an outline for students to complete in class on the story of the Yosemite Valley glaciers as well.
• A new warm-up sheet will be assigned, the Weather Record Sheet, and will begin on Friday. The class will monitor the weather conditions each day using data from the National Weather Service. The Yosemite Glacier assignment will be collected and graded. Students will be given a study guide and oriented for next week's Sand Dune Poster Quiz. Then the class will work on the Glacial Features Lab to learn about the many features and signs of a valley glacier.

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