Wednesday February 28

Today we will begin creating a Geologic Timeline.  Students will use a website that condenses Earth's history into 24 hours.  The directions are posted below.  The link to the website is also posted.

Geologic Time website

Begin your timeline at the far left end of the paper.  Every 2 inches = 1 hour.   The first 2 inch mark should be hour 1.

Tuesday February 27

We are on a shortened class schedule today due to ISTEP.  We gave students the time to complete their Geologic Time Scavenger Hunt.  The links to the worksheet and websites are listed below.

Geologic Time Scavenger Hunt website

Geologic Time Scavenger Hunt worksheet (scroll to bottom of linked page)

Monday February 26

This week we will study Geologic Time.  Students will first complete the Geologic Time Scavenger Hunt, then they construct a scale drawing for how geologic time is used to organize Earth's history.  Use the following links for today's scavenger hunt:

Geologic Time Scavenger Hunt WORKSHEETS instructions for scavenger hunt and timeline activity
Link for Geologic Scavenger Hunt

Thursday February 22

Use this quizlet link to study for the summative!  Look at yesterday's blog for video and review links!

Wednesday February 21

Today we took time to go over the Earth Layers Review.  The answer key can be found HERE.  Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the page for the document.  Look at yesterday's blog for the link to the quizlet!
Earth Layers Review Video link HERE
Density Review videos HERE and HERE

Tuesday February 20

Use this quizlet link to study for the summative.

For those of you absent, please link to the Earth Layers Review sheet HERE!  Scroll down to "Earth Layers Review".  You may either print off a copy or you can write the answers on a different sheet of paper.
***We also took notes on Earth's Magnetic field.  The notes are posted below!

Monday February 19

We continued notes on density and Earth's magnetic field.  Please copy the notes into your notebook.  I've also attached a link to a quizlet review as well as a written review that will be due Wednesday.

click on the picture below  to link to the video

Thursday/Friday February 15-16

Layers of Earth Notes

The first slide should link to a Brain Pop video (username: northjhsch    pass: njhspop)
Use the notes to fill in your Layers of Earth worksheet (on Wednesday's blog).

Wednesday February 14

Layers of the Earth Assignment

Tuesday February 13

Today we set up our notebook for the Plate Tectonic section.  Please look at the slides and examples below.

Example Cover Pages

Monday February 12

To introduce our unit on Plate Tectonics we watched a video on the eruption of Mount St. Helens.  Please watch the link below.

The Eruption of Mount St. Helens

Thursday February 8

Please make sure you have all the notes copied into your notebook.  Please click on the link to access the quizlet review!

Rock Notes

Monday February 5

Today we answered analysis questions from Friday's reading.  The questions are posted below.
Click the link for the Rock Formation Reading  (you will need to scroll down to the reading)

Friday February 2

Today we did a reading on the types of rocks.  I am unable to attache the reading.  For those of you who didn't complete the worksheet, try to google the information.  You may also pick up the reading on Monday and turn in the worksheet on Tuesday.

Thursday February 1

Bill Nye Rocks & Soil video