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Monday:
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Major Geological Events
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Lesson 3: Mountain Forming
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How do mountains form?
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Discuss how tectonic plate motion can cause
deformation
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Vocabulary:
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Folding, anticline & syncline folds
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Faults: Compare 3 kinds of faults
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Strike-slip fault
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Normal fault
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Reverse fault
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Compare 3 types of mountains
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Folded Mountains
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Fault-block Mountains
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Volcanic Mountains
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Tuesday:
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Lesson 4: Volcanoes
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How do volcanoes change the earth’s surface?
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Vocabulary:
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Volcano, magma, lava, & vent
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Describe types of materials that erupt from
volcanoes
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Gases, pyroclastic materials, & lava
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Discuss landforms formed by volcanoes
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Volcanic mountains, craters, calderas,
fissures, & lava plateaus
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Identity 3 types of volcanic mountains
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Cinder cones, shield volcanoes, &
composite volcanoes
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Plate Boundaries Review
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Discuss the occurrence of volcanoes at plate
boundaries & at hot spots
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Convergent, Divergent, & transform
boundaries
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Wednesday:
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Lesson 5: Earthquakes
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What are earthquakes & why do they happen?
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Vocabulary:
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Epicenter & focus
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Elastic Rebound
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Deformation
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Where do earth quakes happen?
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Discuss tectonic plate boundaries & earthquake
occurrence
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Effects of Earthquakes
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What can happen at earth’s surface during an
earthquake
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How do earthquakes affect people and
structures?
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Thursday:
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Class discussion
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Compare and contrast major geologic events
effect on the earth and its inhabitants.
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Review for 1st Six Weeks Exam
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Friday:
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1st Six Weeks Exam
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Monday, September 28, 2015
1st Six Weeks (6th Week) Testing Week
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
1st Six Weeks(Week 4) The Earth and its layers
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Monday:
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What is
the Rock Cycle Review
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How do rocks form?
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The processes which change rock
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Crayon Rock Cycle Lab
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Demonstrate how rocks change through geologic
processes
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Tuesday:
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Lesson 1 Earth’s Layers
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What are Earth’s Layers?
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Compositional Layers
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Core, Crust, Mantle
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Physical Layers
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Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere, Outer,
& Inner Core
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Wednesday:
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Lesson 1 Earth’s Layers
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Compare inner and outer cores
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Discuss how the 5 physical layers relate to
the 3 compositional layers.
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Thursday:
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Science Fair Research
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Computer Lab
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Friday:
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Introduction to Earth’s Tectonic Plate
Movement
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Tectonic Plate Motion & the Rock Cycle
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Vocabulary: Uplift, Subsidence, Rift Zone
How do tectonic plate motions affect the rock cycle?
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Monday, September 7, 2015
1st Six Weeks (Week 3) The Rock Cycle
Monday:
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Group Lab Activity
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Is chewing gum eating?
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Students will
utilize the Scientific Method and practice data collection and organization
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Tuesday:
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What is the Rock Cycle?
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What is a rock?
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What processes change rock?
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Vocabulary Terms:
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Weathering, Erosion, Deposition
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Wednesday:
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What is the Rock Cycle?
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Three classes of rock:
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Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic
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Compare & Contrast the three types of
rocks
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Thursday:
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What is the Rock Cycle?
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Series of processes thru which rocks change
from one type to another.
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Class discussion on The Rock Cycle
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Review and Label Rock Cycle Diagram
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Friday:
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Mid-Six Weeks Examination
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Student Exam
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