Physical Science   Semester 2  Earth Science and Introduction to Physics

<>Supply List:  Calculator, science notebook ( for keeping saved papers and recording class notes), pencils (for graphing), pens, protractor, colored pencils, and ruler  

Assignments:

1.  Earthquake video  1/25 (worksheet)  Notes: earthquakes and faults

2. S & P seismic wave graphing activity  1/25 & 1/27

3.  Earth Science Unit Quiz (Ch. 28)  Earthquakes, faulting, and plate tectonica  *Open notes  2/1

4.  Read Ch. 1 section 1.3 and Ch.2  2/1

5.  Tumble buggie and dune buggie speed lab 2/1 & 2/3  due 2/4

6.Textbook assignment  2/4  P 19 (11-14) & P.42 (8-13) due Monday 2/8

                                   2/8  Race car sketches 

7.  Paper Race Car assignment 2/5   Cars due 2/16  Race day 2/17

8.  Acceleration Problems  2/11   due 2/16

9.  Race Car Construction days 2/9 & 2/10 

10.  Graphing Velocity verses time (acceleration)  2/16

11.  Paper race car races with calculations  2/17  Last day for test Redo (Ch. 28-earthquakes. faults, & plate tectonics)

12.  Section 1.3 & Ch. 2 vocab 2/18/review game

 13.  Section 1.3 and Ch. 2 Test  2/19/ Read Ch. 3 and define vocabulary

14.   Marble launcher lab 2/22 & 2/23/  Vocab words Ch. 3 (due Wed. 2/24)  Extra credit if 3x5 cards used (flash cards)

15.  Momentum formula and problems 2/23  due 2/26

16.  Newton's 1st, 2nd, & 3rd laws power point /Notes  2/25

17.  Friction video 2/26

Extra Credit Opportunity (20 pts.)  Fri 2/26 Museum of the Rockies  Mike Murray (Clark Planetarium, Salt Lake)  Hager auditorium 7 PM  "Seeing in the Dark"  *Summary of lecture for the extra credit.

18.  Race car calculations  & Newton's Law problems  3/1

19.  Friction Lab  3/2 & 3/3

20.  Weight & Gravity formula   Reference sheet  3/3 & notebook check

21.  Ch. 3 Review (textbook)  Vocab (set 1-4), concept review  (1-16)and problems (1-5) 3/3 & 3/4  Due 3/5 

3/5  End of the first grading period

22.  Ch. 3 Review activities 3/8

23.  Ch. 3 Test 3/9

24.  Glacier and volcano  unit 3/10-3/12

25.  Volcano and earthquake patterns worksheet 3/22

26.  Open Notes quiz on Ch. 29 3/23  /Ch. 5 vocabulary  due 3/26

27.  Work calculations 3/24  due 3/26 Go over Chg. 3 Test  *Redos by Thur. 4/1

28. Power calculations 3/25  due 3/29

29.  reference sheet and practice problems for KE and PE 3/29

30.  Potential Energy and Kenetic Energy calculations  3/30  due 4/1

31.  Notes on different types of energy   3/31     /Go over Ch. 29 quiz  * Redos by Wed. 4/7  ** Bring 2 liter soda bottle for rocket project.

32.  Book assignment:  P101  Set 1 & 2, P102-103  Concept review #1,2, & 5  Problems #3.4,5, & 6   4/1  due 4/5

33.  Conservation of energy KE & PE Lab  4/2  4/5. 4/6   due 4/8

34. Ch. 5 Test 4/7  Read Ch. 6 & 7 plus 8.1  Do vocabulary definitions (due Wed. 4.

No school Friday 4/9 PIR Day

35.   Reference sheet: Ohm's Law  4/13  Electricity video

36.  Notes and practice problems on Ohm's law and P148 Problems 1-4  4/ 14  due 4/16

37.  Computers:  Blobz guuide to Circuits worksheet 4/15  Meet in Library (Madison aea)

38.  Bottle Rocket work day (bring plastic/foam/ hard material for fins and nose cone and weight for balance)

      Friday 4/16

39.  Circuit Lab 4/19 & 20  due 4/21

40.  Electricity review (Ch. 6,7, & 8.1)  4/21  P.115 SET 1 & , CONCEPT REVIEW 1-9 P 132 SET 1.2, & 3  P147 CONCEPT REVIEW 1-3

41.  Review game  4/22

42.  Electricity Test 4/23   Read Chapter 12

End of the second grading period  4/23  LOOK FOR GRADE PRINTOUTS TO BE SIGNED!

43. Ch. 12 Vocabulary due 4/29

44. Wave Problems   4/28  due 4/30

45.  Drawing a transverse wave  4/30

46.Notes & demos: Standing waves, Constructive and destructive interference, diffraction, reflection.

47.  Characteristics of waves worksheet (class participation activity)  5/3

48. Ch. 12 Study Guide (work in class 5/4, correct in class 5/5, due day of test 5/6)

49. Video(Sound)  Review games 

50.Ch. 12 Test  5/7  Read chapter 13   Chaptrer 13 vocab assigned 5/7  due 5/11

51.  Sonar calculations and graphing  5/10  due 5/12

52.  Sound worksheet and notes (ear, dB, intensity)  5/11 (in class)

53. Ch. 13 Review  5/12  P 233 set 1 & 2 and P 234 1-12  Due 5/13

Bottle rockets due Thursday 5/13  Rocket launch date (weather permitting)  5/14

54.  Chapter 13 Test 5/17     Read Ch. 14 (section 14.1 & 14.2

BOTTLE ROCKETS DAY 2   5/18   Grade based on total time spent in the air (50 point assignment)

55.  5/19  Go over Ch. 12 test (redos by WED. 5/26)  Earth science lesson: Law of superposition & worksheet

56.  Electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) and spectroscope lab  5/19 and 5/20

57.  Day 2 of rocket launches (weather permitting) 5/21  * may switch this with above assignments

 58.  Law of superposition 5/24

59.  Nature of light ws 5/25

60. Notebook check  5/26   14-2 guided reading 5/26  due 5/27

61.  Correct 14-2 guided reading and start P 103 & 104 in CPO lab books (polarization & additive colors)

62.  Semester test study guides due the day of the final (working on these June 1-4)

Semester finals June 7, 8 & 9   10% of the semester grade

*Bring a calculator, #2 pencil, study guides, and textbook for check in the day of the final.l

Semester 2  Geology 

Supply list:  Geology notebook for saving papers and recording class notes, calculator, protractor, colored pencils, &  pens and pencils. 

 Assignments:

1.   Grand Canyon Lab 1/26 & 1/27/read Ch.1

2.  Haiti mini research 1/28 & 1/29  due 2/1

3.  Mystery of the Mega Flood video 1/29 &  2/1

4.  Review games for Ch. 1 quiz 2/2

5.  Ch. 1 Quiz 2/3/read ch. 2

6. Specific gravity of Minerals Lab 2/3 & 2/4  due 2/5

7.  Minerals of the World video 2/5

8.  Mineral Identification lab & mineral match up activity 2/8-2/10  due 2/16

9.  Minerals of the United States video 2/12

10.  Crystal construction activity  2/17 & 18

11.  Evolution through time & Minerals video 2/19

12.  Review game for Ch. 2 test 2/22

13.  Ch. 2 Test/Read Ch. 3  2/.23

14.  Igneous rock lab  2/24 & 2/25

15.  Volcanism and Intrusive igneous rock video 2/26

16.  Bowen reaction series and igneous intrusions notes 3/1

17.  Ch. 3 Review activity 3/1

18. Ch. 3 Test 3/2   Read Ch. 4

19.  Chile earthquake and Volcano web quest 3/3 & 3/4

20. Mount Shasta Topographic Map Lab 3/8 & 3/9

21. Yellowstone Volcano Notes and web quest 3/10 & 3/11

22.  Video:  Yellowstone 3/12

20. Volcano Watchers video 3/5

21. Volcano and earthquake patterns 3/22

22. Review activity for Ch. 4 3/23

23. Ch. 4 Test (Volcanoes) 3/24    Read Ch. 6 on Sedimentary Rocks

24.  Sedimentary rock lab  3/25 & 3/26  Sedimentary rock video ( 25 min.)  3/26

24.  Finish sedimentary lab 3/29  Notes: sedimentary rock structures

25.  Review activity for Ch. 6   3/30

26.  Ch. 6 Sedimentary rock test  3/31/  Read chapter 7  Metamorphic rocks

27.  Metamorphic rock lab 4/1 & 4/5

28.  Metamorphic rock video 4/2

29.  Metamorphic quiz 4/7  Read Ch.9

30. Running Water I & II video 4/ 8 and 4/12

31.  Montana Rivers 4/13 & 4/14

32.   Drainage basins of the United States  4/14

33. Virtual River computer simulation activity Thursday (library-Madison area)  Friday (N 119 clasroom) 4/15 & 4/16

34. VIDEO "Fresh Water Resource at Risk " 4/19

34. Review activities  4/20

34.  Ch. 9 Quiz  4/21  Read Ch. 10

35.  Porosity Permeability Lab  4/22

36.  Mysteries Underground video 4/27

37.   Ch. 10 Quiz  4/29  Read Ch. 11 "glaciers and glaciation"

38.  Warnings from the Ice video 5/3

 39.  Glacier Topo maps activity Glacier Park (Valley glaciers) and Wisconsin (ice sheet)  5/4 & 5

 May 6  Field Trip to Yellowstone Mine and Quake Lake area  Leave 8:15 and return 4:30  No shorts or open toed shoes.

40. Ocean floor map activity  5/10 & 5/11

41.   Types of faults notes 5/12

42. Video: earthquakes/Birth of a theory  5/14

43.  Finish video and Law of superposition activity 5/17

44. Continental drift and plate tectonics   5/18 & 5/19 

45. Semester test study guides  (working on this May 24-27  Turn in the day of the final

Semester final is scheduled for June 2nd (Wed. ) and June 3rd (Thur.) 10% of semester grade

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