This Week in Earth Science: May 3 - 7

• Monday - Warm-up, Glaciology Vocab due, Glacier Girl music video, Geologic Time Quiz Study Time (self-paced quiz).
• Tuesday - Warm-up, Ice Worlds Planet Earth Video facts.
• Wednesday - Warm-up, Review Paleontology Test results, Recipe for a Glacier notes, Ice Cream Glacier demo.
• Thursday - Warm-up, Iceman Video clip, Iceman Reading.
• Friday - Warm-up (due today), Yosemite Valley slides & outline.
• Disclaimer: The Honors Earth Science Class will follow a slightly different plan than what is presented above.

This Week in Earth Science: April 26 - 30

• Monday - School-wide Youth Opportunity Summit brought to us by S.E.E.D.S.
• Tuesday - Warm-up, Secrets of the Cenozoic Bogs slides & outline, Geologic Time Quiz Study Time (self-paced quiz).
• Wednesday - Warm-up, Half-life Demos & Discussion, Paleontology Review assigned, Geologic Time Quiz Study Time (self-paced quiz).
• Thursday - Warm-up, Paleontology Review due, Geologic Time Quiz Study Time (self-paced quiz).
• Friday - Warm-up, Paleontology Unit Test, Glaciology Vocab assigned (due Monday), Geologic Time Quiz Study Time (self-paced quiz).
• Disclaimer: The Honors Earth Science Class will follow a slightly different plan than what is presented above.

HaPpY Earth Day!!!

Students from Mr. Block's Environmental Science and Mr. Kinnan's Earth Science classes spent Earth Day working & learning at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Here they listen to Ranger Jim's concluding remarks at the end of the day before returning to school. The teens removed old fencing, cleaned up a dump site, dismantled illegal tree stands and planted seedlings in the National Park. This was the fourteenth consecutive year Benzie Central students have participated in the Earth Day outing to improve the Lakeshore.

This Week in Earth Science: April 19 - 23

• Monday - NOVA Podcast Warm-up (record sheet will be collected today), Dark as a Dungeon sciTune, Carboniferous Coal Formula PowerPoint, Geologic Time Quiz Study Time (self-paced quiz).
• Tuesday - New Warm-up Record Sheet assigned, Tour the Triassic sciMovie, Asteroid Impact computer simulations, T-Rex Article assigned, Geologic Time Quiz Study Time (self-paced quiz).
• Wednesday - Warm-up, Dinosaur Name Project, Geologic Time Quiz Study Time (self-paced quiz).
• Thursday - Prehistoric America: Canyonlands video & question sheet.
• Friday - No school for students - Professional Development Day for teachers.
• Disclaimer: The Honors Earth Science Class will follow a slightly different plan than what is presented above.

Volcanic Ash Disrupts Air Travel

Ash from the volcanic eruption of Eyjafjallajoekull (pronounced AY-yah-fyah-lah-YOH-kuul) in Iceland this week is paralyzing air travel because it is too dangerous for aircraft to fly through it. Read more about it on CNN.

This Week in Earth Science: April 12 - 16

• Monday - Warm-up (NOVA Podcast Record Sheet all week), Geologic Eras Study Guide, Geologic Time Quiz Study Time (self-paced quiz).
• Tuesday - Warm-up, Fossil Assemblage Lab Part 1.
• Wednesday - Warm-up, Fossil Assemblage Lab Part 2.
• Thursday - Warm-up, Geologic Eras Quiz, Geologic Time Quiz Study Time.
• Friday - Warm-up, Michigan's Paleozoic Seas Lab.
• Disclaimer: The Honors Earth Science Class will follow a slightly different plan than what is presented above.

Magnitude 7.2 Earthquake Hits Baja

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Baja California (in Mexico) yesterday and was widely felt throughout southern California as well. My own father was talking on the telephone with his brother, who lives outside of Los Angeles, when the earthquake shook my uncle's house. Visit the USGS Earthquake website for more detailed information.

Bob the Beardie

Bob the Beardie has been lonely over the break. Bob is an adult Inland Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps) who has lived in our classroom the past four years. Bearded Dragons are native to Australia. They eat a variety of leafy greens and invertebrates. Bob loves leaf lettuce, wax worms, crickets and grasshoppers.

This Week in Earth Science: April 5 - 9

• Monday - No school, it's still Spring Break!
• Tuesday - New Warm-up (NOVA Podcast Record Sheet), Index Fossil Logic Lab.
• Wednesday - Warm-up; Grand Canyon video clip, demo, slides & diagram.
• Thursday - Warm-up, Grand Canyon video clip, demo, slides & diagram.
• Friday - Warm-up, Grand Canyon Quiz, Geologic Time Quiz Study Time (self-paced quiz).
• Disclaimer: The Honors Earth Science Class will follow a slightly different plan than what is presented above.