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Monday 1-25 SNOW DAY[[image:Heart-Hands[1].jpg width="69" height="69"]] YEA!!
Tuesdsay 1-26 SNOW DAY... yea! Wednesday 1-27: Pretest, collect natural disaster RAFT, Expert projects dates assigned ( found on main wiki page), HOT CHOCOLATE for 2 hr. delay day!

ANNA C.- guessed the closest for snow amounts... doughnut coming her way!
// Friday1/29 // // VOCABULARY: // // MITIGATION //
 * Thursday 1-28 **

// Monday 2/1 // // VOCABULARY: // // Coordinates // // Get summer assignment quiz and natural disaster R.A.F.T. back. Review coordinate systems //
 * //Equator(0 degrees)//
 * //International date line(180 degree longitude)//
 * //North/South pole(90 degree latitude)//
 * //Prime meridian(0 degree longitude)//

// Tuesday 2/2 // // VOCABULARY: // // Scale //
 * //Verbal scale ("one inch is equal to one mile")//
 * //RF scale (1:100 1:63360) - 63360= inches in a mile.//
 * //Graphic scale//

// Review Coordinates, introduced and practice scale. Receive homework. //

// Wednesday 3/2 // // VOCABULARY: // // GIS - geographic information system //
 * // Any information system that integrates, stores, edits, analyzes, shares, and displays geographic information for informed decision making. //

// Review latitude and longitude, receive unit 1 study guide- test Friday, learn about GIS. Receive homework. //

// Thursday 4/2 // // Look at map article, complete Google Earth activity, Review for tomorrows test. //

// Friday 5/2 // // Take unit one test. Receive scientific research project packet. //

__Monday 2/8/16 __
-Took a classroom environment survey. -Filled out a KWL chart on minerals. -Made Valentine's Day hearts. -Reviewed Research Project Packet. -Received designated mineral for project. -Reviewed Unit 1 Test.



__Tuesday 2/9/16__
- Complete Career Exploration Sheet - Complete Map Package Paper

==__Wednesday 2/10/16 __2 hour Delay!!! (hot chocolate when Mrs.Withers comes back) == -Read Chapter 1 in Earth Science Book (pg.20) Answer questions 1,3,7,8,9,10,12,15,16 and Examining Earth #1 and #2 on page 36. -Complete Rockin Around the world sheet -Complete Research project proposal for Friday

__Thursday 2/11/16__
<span style="color: #2000e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Elements Pie Chart <span style="color: #2000e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Natural Resource Advertisement Note sheet for Tuesday

<span style="color: #2000e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Friday 2/12/16__
<span style="color: #2000e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Work on Natural Resource Advertisement Project for Tuesday!

=__<span style="color: #050505; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Monday 2/15/16 __=

=__**Tuesday 2/16/16**__= =__**Wednesday 2/17/16**__= =__**Thursday 2/18/16**__= =__**Friday 2/19/16**__=
 * No School
 * No School
 * Turn in Mineral Projects
 * Review mineral info
 * Watched "Blood Diamonds" trailer and documentary
 * Started mineral labs
 * Started going over project proposals with Mrs. Withers
 * Watched Sulfur videos
 * Finished Mineral lab
 * Finished going over project propsals
 * Took quiz on minerals

=__Monday 2/22__=
 * Mineral of the day Naica crystal
 * Experts - Kwaku and Kaleb

=__Tuesday 2/23__=
 * Mineral of the day Opal
 * Constructive Response review
 * Resubmit project proposals

=__**Wednesday 2/24**__=
 * Watched video on rock climbing
 * Filled out first page of packet on Igneous Rocks
 * Watched short video on magma
 * Started fracking/shale worksheet

=__Thursday 2/25__=
 * worked on fracking packet
 * filled out second page of Igneous Rocks packet
 * identified rocks based on Intrusive Extrusive or Porphyritic
 * watched a video on rock stacking
 * attempted to stack out rocks

=__Friday 2/26__=
 * reviewed vocab
 * finished sedimentary part of Igneous Rocks packet
 * stations activity
 * made rocks
 * My computer / student share / withers-locke / rocksandminerals / click icon / intermediate / interpreting past environments

=Monday 2/29=
 * Metamorphic Notes
 * Rock Review
 * R. Project Proposals

=Tuesday 3/1=
 * Test

=Wednesday 3/2=
 * Layers of the Earth
 * Continental Drift-Research / Notes
 * Seafloor Spreading Information
 * Topic Proposals
 * Current Event Due

=Thursday 3/3=
 * Review Continental Drift - clip
 * Sea Floor Spreading
 * The 'TIONS' sub and con
 * Plate Tectonics - Introduce the 'plates'
 * What Happens at the boundaries?
 * Plate Speed - Hawaii
 * Bring Research Notebook Tomorrow

=Friday 3/4=
 * Collecting Current Events
 * Label Plates
 * Hawaiian Island- speed of Plate Movement
 * Type of Volcanoes
 * Notes
 * Research Project Next Step

=Monday 3/7= =**Tuesday 3/8**= =Wednesday 3/9= =**Thursday**= =Monday= =**Tuesday**= =**Wednesday**=
 * Turned in Hawaiian Island- Speed of Plate Movement
 * Learned about Succession (Primary and Secondary)
 * Watched an animated video on Pompeii
 * Read and completed the questions on Mount St. Helens a Story of Succession.
 * Went over Mount St. Helens a Story of Succession
 * Watched a video on Mount St. Helens Succession
 * Learned about Earthquakes epicenter, focus, Primary wave, Secondary wave, and Surface Wave
 * completed Earthquake information Graph for homework
 * Watched Super earthquakes japan
 * Went over earthquake information Graph
 * Finished super earthquakes video
 * made an active inspire screen
 * Turned in homework
 * we played kahoot KALEB IRELAND
 * took a test
 * we went to the library to work on research project**s**
 * due date for project is may the 4th
 * Mrs withers looked at our notebooks to see what we had
 * Henry and grant did their expert project and passed around their poster
 * Mrs withers thought about signing up for snapchat
 * we did an activity on five major things that have happened in our life
 * went over sequence of events and the meaning of the word relative and absolute dating
 * looked at a crime scene picture and tried to figure out what happened
 * relative and absolute dating work sheet
 * homework

=**Thursday**= =**Friday**=
 * gak day!!!!!
 * notes
 * tests back / corrections
 * fossil webhunt
 * paleoportal activity
 * pg 300 read radon: A threat to human health
 * pg307 -#5 ,10 ,12and ees#1

**Monday 3/21**

 * Got radon test kits
 * Absolute dating packet
 * Enrichment activity for Homework

**Tuesday 3/22**

 * Fossil video
 * Formation of Gettysburg
 * Began the Create Your Own Geologic Time Scale project

**Wednesday 3/23**

 * Finished Create your own geologic time scale project
 * answered questions
 * watched video

**Thursday 3/24**

 * reviewed for quiz
 * Monday 3/28 **
 * Watched a Ted Talk
 * Started Erosion notes
 * Poured vinegar on the rocks we made in the Mineral Unit to see the reaction.
 * Web quest on Karst Topography
 * Tuesday 3/29 **
 * Took the Geo Unit Test
 * Notes on Mass movements
 * Finished web quest on Karst Topography
 * Wednesday 3/30 **
 * Watched cave video
 * Thursday 3/31 **
 * Went over the Geo Unit Test
 * Mass movement videos
 * Wind erosion assignment
 * Friday 4/1 **
 * Wind erosion notes
 * Test on Tuesday on Weathering and Erosion


 * finished the grand canyon video
 * studied glacier
 * played bingo

Tuesday 4/5

 * ====dry board challenge====
 * Mass movement test
 * started working on the grand canyon piece

Wednesday 4/6 (Substitute)

 * worked on 3 assignments
 * 1) layers of atmosphere (graph)
 * 2) the electromagnetic spectum
 * 3) current events

Thu**rsday 4/7**
=Friday 4/8=
 * ==== worked on the grand canyon peice ====
 * ==== watched the butterfly effect trailer ====
 * ==== watched another video - 'A journey through the atmosphere' ====
 * ==== Introduction to weather and climate ====
 * ==== played telephone :) ====
 * ==== tests returned ====
 * current events collected
 * found weather related cartoons
 * watched tom and jerry and sponge bob (weather related) videos
 * why does the wind blow?
 * air pressure

Monday 4/11

 * Can Crushing Demo
 * Watched a video of a drum getting crushed
 * Global Wind Pattern Notes paper, Notes side only
 * Land and Sea Breezes paper
 * What DEW you know about HUMIDITY? paper
 * Humidity Experiment

Tuesday 4/12

 * Ted Tuesday
 * Pop quiz on skyward
 * Cloud formation
 * The Electromagnetic Spectrum
 * Earth's Atmosphere and Seasons paper

Wednesday 4/13

 * What factors affect the climate? paper

Thursday 4/14

 * Earth: The Goldilocks Planet paper
 * Global Warming Case Study
 * Went over presentations
 * Homework- finish front of climate change paper

**Friday 4/15**
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 * Photo Quiz
 * Went over next steps in research project
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">CO<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">2 cycle
 * 2 papers for homework
 * Notebook paper due Tuesday

Monday 4/18

 * Experts Kevu and Lexy went over food chains what they were and how they worked.
 * 6 degrees could change the world. Video(Notebook few notes on each degrees)
 * Begin Weather & Climate Review packet. Number 18
 * Start studying for test

Tuesday 4/19

 * Finished Weather & Climate Review
 * Turned in Notebook Paper
 * Review for test with Mrs. Withers
 * Ted Talk Tuesday

Wednesday 4/20

 * Took Weather & Climate Test
 * No Homework

Thursday 4/21

 * Began the Ecology Unit
 * Learned about Limiting Factors
 * Natural Examples and Human Examples
 * Levels of Ecological Hierarchy
 * Drawing about ecosystem
 * Watched the video about wolves and cowboys

Friday 4/22

 * Learned more about ecosystem
 * Watched a crash course about mosquitoes and population growth
 * Read the article about "Does the Gray Wolf Population Need Protection?"
 * Discussed the questions about the Gray Wolf Population
 * Talked about other effects of pollution and bad uses of fossil resources
 * Watched the video about "The Impact Man" Gave up resources that would impact the environment for a year
 * Made a padlet about what we would be willing to give up

Monday 4/25

 * Watched a video on saving endangered animals
 * BRING IN $7 FOR "A LONG WALK FOR WATER"

Tuesday 4/26

 * Watched a Ted Talk on procrastination
 * Played a game about different ecosystems
 * Took notes on food chains and what they are made of

Wednesday 4/27

 * Completed the constructed response
 * Filled out notes on symbiosis by looking at the symbiosis power point found on her teacher page
 * Took notes on on different biomes

Thursday 4/28

 * Go our tests back
 * Completed the biomes packet
 * Went over symbiosis notes and played a game on symbiosis
 * Worked on the food chains/webs packet

Friday 4/29

 * Reviewed all the requirements for the research project
 * Drew for the order of presention of the research project
 * Took a quiz on the food web
 * Played a symbiosis review game
 * Completed the food chains/web packet\

Tuesday 5/3

 * Test today
 * After test, grabbed an ecology unit checklist for our folders
 * *Make sure to sign up for the book club by this Friday
 * RESEARCH PROJECTS DUE TOMORROW!

Wednesday 5/4

 * Projects were due
 * Walk around and looked at all the posters, presented a few

Thursday 5/5

 * Watched a TedTalk
 * 4 more presentations
 * Were given a half sheet of homework

Friday 5/6

 * more presentations