Friday August 31st, 2018

Question of the Day:

  • What is the difference between relative dating and absolute dating?
  • What does the Law of Superposition state?

Objective:

  • Students will understand how scientists use fossils and rocks to age events

Activities:

  • Finish Law of Superposition notes
  • Grand Canyon formation video

Thursday August 30th, 2018

Question of the Day:

  • Why do scientists break up geologic time into different sections?
  • What was one thing that surprised you from the geological time line?

Objective:

  • Students will understand how scientists look at rocks to determine the age of different events

Activities:

  • Rocks as Clocks Notes
  • E-Vocabulary

Homework:

  • None

Wednesday August 29th, 2018

Question of the Day:

  • What is an example of a photosynthetic life form?
  • How long did dinosaurs exist on Earth?

Objective:

  • Understand how geologic time is used

Activities:

  • Finish timeline
  • Watch edpuzzle
  • Answer and turn in conclusion on the timeline
  • Begin notes and e-vocab

Homework:

  • If you do not finish the timeline and conclusion in class you must finish it at home.

Monday August 27th, 2018

Question of the Day:

  • What was the first life form on earth?
  • What organism appeared first, a plant or an animal?

Objective:

  • To be able to write using text evidence from a scientific article
  • To be able to understand how and when events happened in Earth’s history

Activities:

  • Monday Writing Essay
  • Continue with Geologic Time Line

Homework:

  • None

Thursday August 23rd, 2018

Question of the Day:

  • What type of organism was the first to appear on Earth?
  • What formed first, the Earth or the moon?

Objective:

  • To discuss and understand the order things first appeared on Earth

Activities:

  • Core Talks
  • Order Earth’s historic events

Homework:

  • None

Monday August 20th, 2018

Question of the Day:

  • What was your favorite thing you did this summer?
  • What are you excited for in 7th grade?

Objective:

  • Be able to read scientific articles and answer questions using text evidence

Activities:

  • Science in the news questions

Homework:

  • None