Today’s Activities
1)Intro to Waves
2)Bill Nye Waves
3)Question of the Day
Waves carry energy, not matter.They are created by vibrations.
Types of Waves:
Light
Sound
Water
Seismic
Transverse waves – shaped like water waves (light, some seismic)
Longitudinal waves – areas of compressions (sound waves, someseismic)
Question of the Day #24
Rewrite the sentences and fill in the blanks:
1.Waves carry ________ but not ________ from one place toanother.
2.Some waves like ________ waves can travel through space.
3.Other waves like ________ waves must travel through matter.
4.If a wave has a short wavelength, it has a ________ frequency.
5.If a wave is really big, it has a large _____________.
March 30
Homework:
-None
Question of the Day #25
Name 4 examples of waves, and explain whether or not wavestransport energy or matter.
Apr 11
Homework:
-None
Today’s Activities:
-Waves and the structure ofthe earth notes
-Video clips
-Structure of earth drawing
Question of the Day #26
What are the steps of the scientific method?
Apr 12
Homework:
-Finish question #1-4 in yourjournal
-Tomorrow: structure of theearth and 4 questionssigned off at beginning ofclass
Today’s Activities:
-Part I reading andactivities
No Question of the Day today
Apr 13
Homework:
-None
Today’s Activities:
-Part I Question #5
-Part II reading andactivities
No Question of the Day today
Apr 14
Homework:
-Finish paragraph
Today’s Activities:
-Part II reading andactivities
All readings and assignments areposted on my website under “PhysicalScience Assignments”
Did you write your paragraph?
Question of the Day #27
What do organic and inorganic mean?
Apr 15
Homework:
-Finish law ofsuperposition
Today’s Activities:
-Geologic History
-Continental Drift Part III
-Law of Superposition
Question of the Day #28
a)If a fossil is found in a layer of rock that is dated to be 345 millionyears old, how old is the fossil?
b)If a fossil is found in a layer or rock that is below a layer that isdated to be 225 million years old, how old must the fossil be?
c)If erosion has worn through 10 rock layers with the youngestbeing 10 million years old and the oldest 450 million years old,when did the erosion have to happen?
Apr 18
Homework:
-None
Today’s Activities:
-Geologic History
-Continental Drift Part IV
Quiz on Apr 29
Today’s Assignment: Complete in your journal and get a signature
1. As you Read Continental Drift Part 4 – write down the one or twomost important details from each of the 13 paragraphs (number themto indicate which paragraph).
2. Define these words: Paleontology, paleoclimatology, mesosaurus,marsupial
3. Answer questions #12-13 in 2-3 sentences.
Answer question #14 in 3-4 sentences.
No QD today
Apr 19/21
Homework:
-Finish time linehandout
Today’s Activities:
--Geologic History Time
Quiz on Apr 29
Time line hints – use your notesYou are doing the procedure #1-3
•You need 5m of paper
•At the far right, mark present day
•Measure 1m back from present dayand label as 1bya
•Measure another meter and mark2bya, etc..
•Finally at 4.6m, mark the formation ofthe earth as 4.6bya
•Now figure out how long each of the 4eras lasted and get them marked andlabeled properly on the time scale youjust created
•Now add the required events and pickyour 10 events to add to the time scale
•Illustrate 10 of them
Question of the Day #29
Name the era of geologic history in which the following eventsoccurred:
a)Pangaea broke apartb) Plants/animals moved onto land
c)Earth was molten and then cooledd) Dinosaurs were around
e)Humans showed upf) The atmosphere was poisonous
g) Volcanic activity calmed downh) 88% of Earth’s history
Apr 20
Homework:
-None
Today’s Activities:
-Geologic History Movie
Quiz on Apr 29
Question of the Day #30
What is paleomagnetism and what can it tell us about the earth’s past?Define it and try to think of two things it can tell us.
Apr 25
Homework:
-None
Today’s Activities:
-The Plot Thickens – usingpaleomagnetism
-Retracing the Steps ofColumbus – mapping theocean floor
Quiz on Friday
Question of the Day #31
How do we get relative dates for geologic history and how do we getabsolute dates for geologic history?
Apr 26/28
Homework:
-Finish Retracing thesteps of Columbus –due Friday
Today’s Activities:
-Radioactive Dating lab –due today
-Retracing the Steps ofColumbus – mapping theocean floor – due Friday
Quiz on Friday
Journal check on May 5
No QD today
Apr 27
Homework:
-Finish RetracingColumbus and Preparefor quiz
Today’s Activities:
-Quiz review
-Retracing Steps ofColumbus
Quiz on Friday
Journal check on May 5
Quiz Review
1.Waves carry _______ from place to place.
2.Waves cannot carry _______ from place to place.
3._________ _________ from earthquakes tell us what parts ofthe interior of the earth are liquid and what is solid
Quiz Review
4.The core is made of _____________ and ______________which are the heaviest elements.
5. The ______________ is a part of the mantle that is solid butcan flow like a liquid.
6.The ______________ is made up of the upper mantle and thecrust. These two parts are stuck together to form this layer.
Quiz Review
7. Which is liquid – the outer core or inner core?
8.Do we know about the interior of the earth by using inferences orobservations?
9.Do we know that older rocks are buried beneath younger rocks byinferences or observations?
Quiz Review
Name the layers ofthe earth shownhere.
a
b
c
c
d
e
c
f
Quiz Review
Name the era of geologic history that is described.
1.Went from 540mya-225mya.
2.The first living organisms appeared.
3.Went from 65mya until now.
4.The continents were together as Pangaea but were broken apartby the end.
5.Went from 225mya-65mya.
6.Dinosaurs ruled
7.Went from 4.6bya – 540mya.
Quiz Review
Name the era of geologic history that is described.
1.The first supercontinent of Rodinia existed
2.The first multicellular organisms appeared
3.There are many, many fossils – Cambrian Explosion of Life
4.The atmosphere would have been poisonous to us
5.Volcanic activity calmed down to present levels
6.The first mammals appeared
7.Humans appeared
8.The molten earth cooled and the crust formed
Circle all of the INORGANIC events/details/facts
Homework:
-Did you ever finish yourgraphing of the oceanfloor and the questions?
Today’s Activities:
-Quiz
-Question of the Day
-Plate Tectonics Notes
Journal check on May 5
If you are done with your ocean floor graphing and the questions,turn it in up front with your partner’s. If you aren’t done, finish andturn it in Monday.
Question of the Day #32
At this point, we have looked at quite a bit of evidence in support ofcontinental drift from various fields of science such as biology,paleontology, geology, and geophysics. Think back and recall atleast 4 different pieces of evidence.
Apr 29
Homework:
-Did you ever finish yourgraphing of the oceanfloor and the questions?
Today’s Activities:
-Quiz
-Question of the Day
-Plate Tectonics Notes
Journal check on May 5
Quiz Extra Credit – answer under the chart on the back page:What is a half-life and how is it used for radioactive dating?
Question of the Day #33
Make a sketch of a transform boundary, a convergent boundary, anda divergent boundary.
May 2
Homework:
-Finish Part 8,9,10 andquestions #25-31
Today’s Activities:
-Plate Tectonics Video
-Continental Drift Part 8,9,10Reading and Questions
Journal check onThursday
Continental Drift Part 8-10
Answer questions 25-31 in your journal
Answers should be 2-3 sentences
Homework: Finish Questions 25-31. The reading is posted on mywebsite. Due WEDNESDAY.
Question of the Day #34
How do we know where the plate edges are?
May 3
Homework:
-Finish Part 8,9,10 andquestions #25-31
Today’s Activities:
-Plate Tectonics Map
Journal check onThursday