Tuesday, November 26

1. Watched video on sea level rise and identified various cities that would be under water: https://youtu.be/VbiRNT_gWUQ

- We then read the article found here and answered all 5 questions:

2. Watched this tutorial on how to use the online map: https://youtu.be/6Wl4B7WevSQ

3. We then used the ipads to go to this website and spent some time exploring what would happen in coastal cities throughout the united states and Canada https://riskfinder.climatecentral.org


Next class you will need to do the associated data tables

Monday, Monday 25

1. we watched this video: https://youtu.be/b6CPsGanO_U

2. We did this lesson: melting ice and sea level rise lesson and lab

Friday, November 22

1. watched this video:https://youtu.be/_UjAxuSuLIc and this one: https://youtu.be/QHK2Zg5OibI

2. read the rubber ducky article from here: https://betterlesson.com/lesson/631913/currents-and-the-great-ducky-spill?from=favorites

3. We watched this Bill Nye video: https://youtu.be/w_8mw-1HYFg

4. We mapped the path of the rubber duckies using this map

4. We then watched the first 30 min of the movie chasing coral (you can find it on Netflix)

Wednesday Nov 20

1. Video on cell phone addiction: https://youtu.be/sL8AsaEJDdo

2. review salinity graph
3. went through all the definitions for the water cycle

4. Did a walk and talk with 6 water stories found here: https://betterlesson.com/lesson/resource/3236635/water-story-cards

5. Exit ticket today

Tuesday, November 19

1. Review Salinity
2. Graph Salinity - We did the Atlantic ocean together and you needed to graph the pacific ocean on your own. We did questions #1-4

3. We also started lesson 7.1 Today (Salinity and the Water Cycle) found here: https://betterlesson.com/lesson/639200/water-cycle-salinity?from=favorites

videos for today:
https://youtu.be/ZhL68D9BPiw
https://youtu.be/IgvFx5PHihQ

Monday, November 18

1. Review passive and active continental margins
2. Videos:
salinity: https://youtu.be/jzTBR2APU-k
the dead sea: https://youtu.be/qIipINltwUk
the oceans layers:https://youtu.be/TxdiU3LJlZ8

3. We did fill in the blanks notes on salinity and density.


Looked at a map from space of ocean salinity (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aquarius/multimedia/gallery/pia14786.html

Friday November 15

1. discussed parts of passive continental margins and did fill in the blanks diagram *good test questions*

2. watched this video: https://youtu.be/c0vDr2GnOOo on passive vs active continental margins

3. finished fill in the blanks notes

Wednesday Nov 13 double block

1. tides lesson: https://betterlesson.com/lesson/631909/tides?from=search

Note: we handed the graph in for marks (not accepting late work for this one)

Tuesday November 12

1. Pink Sheet questions from text book.
2. Oceanography fill in the blank notes
3.

Tuesday, November 12

Sorry for going off grid there fore a while


Today we started our new unit on Oceans
1. Fill in the blank notes
2. Pink sheet with 13 questions on it. Should be done up to #4 today.

Tuesday, Oct 29

1. videos on mineral hardness, cleavage/fracture and special properties:
hardness test: https://youtu.be/9r7C5SD14Hw
cleavage and fracture: https://youtu.be/1SGC3VBQZY0
special properties: https://youtu.be/1SGC3VBQZY0

2. We finished our definitions of the physical properties found here: https://betterlesson.com/lesson/617672/introduction-to-minerals?from=master_teacher_curriculum


3. We used our mineral hardness identification kits and did some hands on activities testing hardness of our minerals.

4. We finished 1.3 -

Note: Minerals workbooks due YESTERDAY

Monday Oct 28

Video links:
Intro to minerals: https://youtu.be/8a7p1NFn64s
streak: https://youtu.be/Fcq3aTUzTwI
luster: https://youtu.be/hbf1xa9fe_Y

Wednesday Oct 23 Early Dismissal

1. Video: Properties of Minerals: https://youtu.be/32NG9aeZ7_c
- color, hardness, lustre, cleavage/fracture, streak, other (taste, magnetism, double refraction, fizz under acid test)

2. Workbook: minerals

Tuesday, Oct 22

1. Review why minerals are important: https://youtu.be/hA2HKKKa5zY
2. Small review of properties of minerals and the 5 characteristics of a mineral

3. Discussed the differences between coal and diamond:

 


4. Fill in the blank notes, definitions and hands on activity making tetrahedrons out out magnet-tiles
https://betterlesson.com/lesson/619209/cleavage-and-fracture

Monday, Oct 21

1. We talked about the bias in this video: https://youtu.be/1577EJ1Pskg

2. We then looked at this video to see if there was any bias: https://youtu.be/ynN39sfqT8w

3. Then we looked at this video to identify that we use minerals everyday: https://youtu.be/hA2HKKKa5zY

Afterwards we did this lesson: https://betterlesson.com/lesson/617672/introduction-to-minerals


You handed in page 5 of the practice questions for marking

Friday Oct 18

Today we did the unknown rock identification lab

www.willisscience.com › docs › Rock_Identification_Lab_.248172045.doc


**** ROCK POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS ARE DUE ON MONDAY****

Wednesday, Oct 17

1. video: https://youtu.be/kRUwchlza88

Today we talked about the difference between regional and contact metamorphism and did a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting them.

2. Then we did this lesson: https://betterlesson.com/lesson/617987/metamorphic-rocks-ii?from=breadcrumb_lesson

We talked about the sequence of metamorphism and how gneiss (said 'nice') is the most metamorphic rock you can get.

Tuesday Oct 15

1. video: https://youtu.be/1oQ1J0w3x0o

2. finished flowchart on metamorphic rocks: http://mikesammartano.com/Sammartano/Rocks%20Flow%20Chart.pdf

2b. metamorphic rock identification table: http://mikesammartano.com/ESRT%20Resources/JPGs/Scheme%20for%20Metamorphic%20Rock%20Identification.jpg

3. Lesson 1.11 (metamorphic rocks 1: https://betterlesson.com/lesson/617987/metamorphic-rocks-ii)

Friday Oct 11

We watched the movie San Andres today :) Happy long weekend

Oct 10

We went for a walk to the Columbia River to find Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks!

It was a beautiful day!

Monday Oct 7

1. We continued with our flowchart and worked on the Sedimentary Rock section (middle) by watching this video: https://youtu.be/Etu9BWbuDlY

2. We had lots of samples of sedimentary rocks that we passed around today

3. We looked at our ESRT Sedimentary Rock chart and figured out how to use it : https://youtu.be/NWQLmGu8fSg

4. Lastly we worked on section 1.9 Chart introduction and Practice:

Friday Oct 4

https://betterlesson.com/lesson/617983/igneous-rocks-ii?from=breadcrumb_lesson


We did this lesson today and got to the end of the first practice (page 6)

Today was tricky as we discussed how to use a ESRT - Igneous rock chart and we watched this video lesson to help us learn how to use it: https://youtu.be/RGQeJL1izBE

Thursday Oct 3

1. video and flowchart from here: http://www.mikesammartano.com/science.html


2. Lesson and worksheets here: https://betterlesson.com/lesson/617982/igneous-rocks-i
- we did all of the lessons and worksheets on this website

Tuesday Oct 1

1. We discussed the rock cycle again and did our notes on this

Then we did the rock cycle sugar lab found here: https://www.sisd.net/cms/lib/TX01001452/Centricity/Domain/2024/rock%20cycle%20lab%20report.pdf and handed it in for marks

Monday Sept 30

1. Watched https://youtu.be/-FnFH6K4o3s (English story part starts around 15:00 min in)
summary:

2. Read this story: http://sinixtnation.org/content/indian-legend-kettle-falls

3. We compared and contrasted the 2 stories using this graphic organizer:http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson275/compcon_chart.pdf

4. Dana collected this and it will be marked out of 18

Friday Sept 20

1. Lesson 3 Coursera Mountains 101 - Mountain climates 

2. Lesson 3 Quiz - THIS WAS A HARD ONE. Dana is excusing these marks

Wednesday Sept 18

Dana away - Walk and Movie

Monday Sept 23

1. kahoot review
2. lesson 6 (skipping lesson 4 and 5) from mountains 101 (Coursera)
3. lesson 6 quiz

Monday Sept 16

1. Read Amazon Rainforest article and pick out key points. We did the quiz on the back and corrected it together

2. Coursera - Mountains 101

Friday Sept 13

Dana was away
We watched a movie

Thursday Sept 12

1. Review foldable notes from yesterday on plate tectonics

2. Video: https://youtu.be/yQ2cqz0tcIA (we watched from minute 11-17)

3. Lesson 6.1 - Evidence of plate tectonic movement (reading and questions) - worked in groups with EA's to complete this.  We went through the answers together and ensured you were correct.  This is good to have to study from for an upcoming test

4. Interpreting a Plate Tectonic Map

3. Time to finish workbook 12.1
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B3EbWHKwTyj2Y3BPd01MVWJ1OE0

Tuesday September 10

1. Video: https://youtu.be/JGXi_9A__Vc


2. Powerpoint and Notes on Plate Tectonics:
- we made a brochure on plate tectonics and I recommend you keep this for later tests and quizzes


3. Lesson 6.1 -  Geologists use a variety of techniques to learn about the surface and interior of earth (read and complete questions)

Monday Sept 9

1. got textbooks
2. textbook tour worksheet (the yellow one)
3. Interactive website about the structure of the Earth found here: http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/structure.html

This was collected and will be marked out of 16

link to interactive website - Earth's structure

http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/structure.html

September 6 Friday

1. My Job, Your Job, EA Job: we did this activity to figure out what we all need to do in our classroom to be successful. Yvette will write this up and we will post in our class to refer to throughout the year.

2. What do you remember: I asked for you to tell me, on a worksheet, what you remember from Science 10 about plate tectonics

3. Video and Note: https://youtu.be/_5q8hzF9VVE
- we did notes on the 4 pieces of evidence that Wagner found to support continental drift theory

4. Worksheets: Intro to Plate tectonics - we will continue with this on Monday. It's not for homework.
http://mrnolansscienceclass.weebly.com/uploads/8/9/2/8/8928487/12.1_evidence_for_continental_drift.pdf

September 5 (Thursday)

OH HI!!!

Welcome to Earth Science 11

Today we:

1. talked about respect and watched this video https://youtu.be/wpXcQYFI3JY

2. We spent some time talking about the 2 types of respect and how we show and share respect

3. You chose an "observation tube" and had to find the people who had the same items in your tube just by using your hearing.  

4. Table Top Twitter - you needed to write down your answers to 5 questions in a group - Yvette will put these up in the classroom for us

4. We looked at our course outline and watched a safety video https://youtu.be/BRDApYgvDqQ