Daily: Warm Up Question; Peer Discussion; Class Discussion; Written Explanations.--Ask to see your students' Science Unit Booklet. He or she can explain what we are doing during class each day.

Monday 1/10/22 3.3 Complete Plate Motion & Rock Transformation

Tuesday 1/11/22 3.4 Preparing the Final Report

Wednesday 1/12/22 4.1 Examining Evidence From Venus

Thursday 1/13/22 4.2 More Evidence About Venus

Friday 1/14/22 Continue

Happy Happy New Year!!!!!

 Daily: Warm Up Question; Peer Discussion; Class Discussion; Written Explanations.--Ask to see your students' Science Unit Booklet. He or she can explain what we are doing during class each day.

Monday-1/3/22-Teacher Inservice.  No students

Tuesday-1/4/22- 3.1 "The Oldest Rock Formations On Earth"

Wednesday-1/5/22-3.2 "Moving Rock Formations"

Thursday-1/6/22-3.3 "Plate Motion And Rock Transformation"

Friday-1/7/22- Continue.  Student Discussion.

Daily: Warm Up Question; Peer Discussion; Class Discussion; Written Explanations.--Ask to see your students' Science Unit Booklet. He or she can explain what we are doing during class each day.

12/13/21 Monday-Chapter 2.4 "Rock Transformation"

12/14/21 Tuesday-Complete PPT "Rock Transformation"

12/15/21 Wednesday-Chapter 2.5 "Critical Juncture" Mid point assessment

12/16/21 Thursday-Chapter 2.6 "Investigating Hawaiian Rocks"

12/17/21 Friday-Rock Activity

Have a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Daily: Warm Up Question; Peer Discussion; Class Discussion; Written Explanations.--Ask to see your students' Science Unit Booklet. He or she can explain what we are doing during class each day.

Monday-12/5  1.5 Examining Evidence About Rocks pg 25-30

Tuesday-12/6  2.1 Exploring How Magma & Sediment Form pg 31-37

Wednesday-12/7  2.2 Devil's Tower pg 39-41

Thursday-12/8  2.3 Energy's Role in Forming Rock pg 43-46

Friday-12/9   2.4 Explaining How Energy Affects Rocks pg 47-53

Welcome Back!  My Goal:  An Attitude of Gratitude

Monday-11/29 Ch 1.1 Pretest; 1.2 Studying Rock Formations and Samples pg 5

Tuesday-11/30 Continued--1.3 -Rock Sample Lab Actitivy

Wednesday-DECEMBER 1- 1.4 Investigating How Rocks Are Formed pg 10

Thursday-12/2- Rock Observations

Friday- 12/3-Chapter 1.5 Written Assignment

Daily: Warm Up Question; Peer Discussion; Class Discussion; Written Explanations.--Ask to see your students' Science Unit Booklet. He or she can explain what we are doing during class each day.

Enjoy your week!!

Daily: Warm Up Question; Peer Discussion; Class Discussion; Written Explanations.--Ask to see your students' Science Unit Booklet. He or she can explain what we are doing during class each day.

Monday 11/15 Test Review-Foldable-Key Concepts/Vocab

Tuesday 11/16 Amplify End of Unit Test

Wednesday 11/17 Key Concept/Vocab Test

Thursday-11/18 Intro Unit 3 Rock Transformations 1.1 Pre Assessment

Friday 11/19-MegaQuake Video.  

HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEK--NEXT WEEK

Daily: Warm Up Question; Peer Discussion; Class Discussion; Written Explanations.--Ask to see your students' Science Unit Booklet. He or she can explain what we are doing during class each day.

11/8 Monday-Chapter 4.2 pg 107 "Participating In a Science Seminar"

11/9 Tuesday--Chapter 4.3 pg 112 "Writing A Scientific Arguement"

11/10 Wednesday-Continue

11/11 Thursday-VETERANS DAY

11/12 Friday Class presentations/Discussion----

End of Unit Assessment next week

Daily: Warm Up Question; Peer Discussion; Class Discussion; Written Explanations.--Ask to see your students' Science Unit Booklet. He or she can explain what we are doing during class each day.

11/1 Monday- Chapter 3.3/3.4 Discuss Gonwandaland; Simulation

11/2 Tuesday- Chapter 3.4 pg 91 "Writing About Mesosaurus"                                    

11/3 Wednesday-Chapter 4.1 pg 99 "Science Seminar"

11/4 Thursday-Wednesday-Chapter 4.2 pg 107 "Participating In A Science Seminar"

11/5 Friday-Chaptaer 4.3 pg 112 "Writing A Scientific Arguement"

Color Wars Friday-----8th Grade BLUE

Daily: Warm Up Question; Peer Discussion; Class Discussion; Written Explanations.--Ask to see your students' Science Unit Booklet. He or she can explain what we are doing during class each day.

10/25 Monday-"Burning Ring Of Fire"-Written activity

10/26 Tuesday- Chapter 3.1  "Considering Rates of Plate Movement"pg 74

10/27 Wednesday-Chapter 3.2 "A Continental Puzzle" pg 80

10/28 Thursday-Chapter 3.3 "Reconstructing Gonwanaland" pg 85

10/29 Friday-Chapter 3.4 "Writing About Mesosaurus" pg 91

Daily: Warm Up Question; Peer Discussion; Class Discussion; Written Explanations.--Ask to see your students' Science Unit Booklet. He or she can explain what we are doing during class each day.

Monday 10/18-Teacher Inservice-No school

Tuesday 10/19-Chapter2.6 "Critical Juncture Assessment"

Wednesday 10/20-Chapter 2.7 "Exploring Iceland's Plate Boundary"

Thursday 10/21-Continue

Friday 10/22-Chapter 3.1 "Considering Rates of Plate Movement"

*Report Cards Go Home Friday*

Daily: Warm Up Question; Peer Discussion; Class Discussion; Written Explanations.--Ask to see your students' Science Unit Booklet. He or she can explain what we are doing during class each day.

We hope you have enjoyed your Loooooooooong Weekend!!

10/12 Monday-Tuesday-HOLIDAYY

10/13 Wednesday-Unit 2 Chapter2.4 "Modeling Plate-Mantle Interactions"

10/14 Thursday- Unit 2 Chapter 2.5 "Identifying Plate Motion at a Plate Boundary"

10/15 Friday--Unit 2 Chapter 2.6 "Critical Juncture Assessment"

PARENTS If you and your student are interested, there will be a Career Fair on Oct 19.  A brochure was already sent home but I will attach the information to the students in Canvas.

Daily: Warm Up Question; Peer Discussion; Class Discussion; Written Explanations.--Ask to see your students' Science Unit Booklet. He or she can explain what we are doing during class each day.

Monday 10/4 "Exploring Earth's Outer Layer" 1.3.2 and 1.3.3

Tuesday 10/5 "Analyzing Patterns at Plate Boundaries" 1.4

Wednesday 10/6 "Considering What's Underneath Earth's Plates" 2.1

Thursday 10/7 "Listening to Earth" 2.2

Friday 10/8 "Explaining Plate-Mantle Interactions" 2.3

Daily:  Warm Up Question; Peer Discussion; Class Discussion; Written Explanations.--Ask to see your students' Science Unit Booklet.  He or she can explain what we are doing during class each day.

Monday-9/27-Chapter 3.4 Writing and Argument About the Channel on Mars-GRADED ASSIGNMENT

Tuesday-9/28-Unit Assessment GRADED

Wednesday-9/29 Unit 2-Plate Motion: Lesson 1.1 Pretest

Thursday-9/30 Lesson 1.2 Using Fossils To Understand Earth

Friday-10/1 Lesson 1.3 Exploring Earth's Plates

Hello!!  This week we will conclude Unit 1-Geology On Mars.  Parents, the dates are for a timeframe reference.  Students have been instructed to work where they have left off if they are absent.  Students will log into Canvas to work on assignments----along with their Unit Booklets.

Daily:  Warm Up Question; Peer Discussion; Class Discussion; Written Explanations.--Ask to see your students' Science Unit Booklet.  He or she can explain what we are doing during class each day.

9/20 Monday-Chapter 3.1 "Evaluating New Information from Mars"

9/21 Tuesday-Chapter 3.2 "Evaluating Claims About the Channel on Mars"

9/22 Wednesday-Chapter 3.3 "Reasoning About Evidence from Mars"

9/23 Thursday---Half-Day (Sam Houston Homecoming) Periods 1, 2, 3, 8-Complete 3.3

9/24 Friday-Chapter 3.4 "Writing an Argument About the Channel on Mars"-GRADED ASSIGNMENT

**Monday, 9/ 27--Written Assessment for Unit 1.  GRADED ASSIGNMENT

Hope everyone had a good weekend!!

Hello !!  I hope you all are staying dry now that Nicholas has made his arrival.

If you are working on assignments----just ignore the dates and work in order of the posted assignments.  Hope to see you soon!

Students who are absent or quarantining may go to Canvas to get their assignments to keep up with the Class.  

9/13 Mon-OFF

9/14 Tue-OFF

9/15 Wed-

Chapter 2.2-Warm Up; 2nd Read of "Investigating Landforms on Venus"

9/16 Thur-

Observing the Flowing Water Model

9/17 Fri-

-Chapter 2.3 Testing Ideas, Flowing Lava Model

9/6-Labor Day Holiday

9/7 Written assignment:  "Mars, The New Frontier"

9/8 Vocabulary Quiz; Ch2.1.1 Introducing Active Reading:Warm-Up

9/9 Ch2.1.2,3 Discussion; Student Annotation-article"Investigating Landforms On Venus"

9/10 Ch2.1.4

*Absentees have their Unit Booklets to work in.