EARTH+SYSTEMS+SCIENCE

=Earth Systems Science=

Periods 2, 4, & 6; room 18
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Course syllabus

__//**Important due dates:**//__

Second Semester:
 * 1/07 - Final Exam Corrections (Multiple Choice ONLY!). For each question missed, find and mark the correct answer.
 * 1/11 - Online "Lab Report" - graphing corrections
 * 1/12 - Digging Deeper 1.1, Check Your Understanding + Understanding and Applying questions
 * 1/14 - Digging Deeper 1.2, Check Your Understanding + Understanding and Applying questions
 * 1/18 - Digging Deeper 1.3, Check Your Understanding + Understanding and Applying questions
 * 1/25 - Digging Deeper 1.5, Check Your Understanding + Understanding and Applying questions
 * 1/27 - Digging Deeper 1.6, Check Your Understanding + Understanding and Applying questions
 * 2/02 - UNIT EXAM!
 * 2/

First Semester:
 * 8/25 - Parent signatures due (letter + safety contract)
 * 8/26 - 1 paragraph summary of a newspaper article about an Earth Science related topic
 * 8/27 - Last day to earn points for a book cover!
 * 8/27 - 5 observations and 5 inferences about what is happening in the illustration on pg. G-4 (EarthComm textbook)
 * 9/07 - Read "Digging Deeper" section in Chap. 1, Act. 1 (pg. G-7 - G-11). Answer "Check your understanding" questions 1-6 on page G-11.
 * 9/08 - Lava lab (volume vs. area) report due. 1 graph, 2 paragraphs - 1st: question, hypothesis, procedure; 2nd: description of data, conclusions, and whether or not you accept your hypothesis based on the data.
 * 9/10 - Read "Digging Deeper" sections (beginning on page G-17 and G-26), take notes on reading using the graphic organizer provided in class
 * 9/16 - Read "Digging Deeper" 1.5 - Volcanoes and the atmosphere (pg. G-40). Answer "Check Your Understanding" questions (pg. G-41), "Understanding and Applying" questions (pg. G-42), and "Inquiring Further questions (pg. G-42).
 * 9/22 - Quiz corrections: 3 - 5 sentences to correct each mistake on Monday's Pop Quiz, plus reference to where you found this information (either a page in the book, or a date in your class notes or warm-ups).
 * 9/23 - Lab report revisions due (from the lava lab, aka the dish soap lab).
 * 9/28 - Digging Deeper 1.7 - Monitoring Active Volcanoes (G-54). Read, and answer Check Your Understanding questions (pg. G-56).
 * 9/29 - Finish answering "Understanding and Applying..." questions on pg. G-56, about the volcano monitoring devices presented in class today.
 * 9/29 - Bring a 3x5 note card to class. You will use this to create a "cheat-sheet" to help you on the upcoming exam
 * 9/30 - Unit exam: Volcanoes!
 * 10/1 - **Completed assignment logs due**!!! In order to receive credit for class activities and homework, you must have a stamp documenting that your assignment was complete, and that it was turned in on time. Stamps will be given out for work turned in late, but these are worth reduced credit.
 * 10/5 - Unit challenge! You must create a product/presentation to educate the public about what it might be like if a volcano erupted near our community.
 * 10/6 - Video permission slips DUE! You will have an alternative assignment to do in the Library if you do not bring your permission slip.
 * 10/14 - Activity 3.1 questions
 * 10/18 - Digging Deeper 3.1, read section and answer the Understanding and Applying questions
 * 10/19 - Activity 3.2 questions
 * 10/20 - Digging Deeper 3.2, read section and answer the Check Your Understanding questions
 * 10/22 - Digging Deeper 3.3, read section and answer Understanding and Applying questions
 * 10/22 - Activity 3.3, Part A, 1-4
 * 10/28 - Activity 3.4, Q's 1 and 2 + CO and USA Earthquake Map (you will turn in this map!)
 * 11/01 - Digging Deeper 3.4, Answer Check Your Understanding (1-2) and Understanding and Applying (1-3) questions
 * 11/04 - Digging Deeper 3.5 (Check Your Understanding 1-4; Understanding and Applying 1-2) and 3.6 (Check Your Understanding 1-6).
 * 11/05 - Activity 3.5, questions 1-3 and 5.
 * 11/05 - Assignment Logs DUE! These will be handed back on Monday, 11/08
 * 11/11 - Activity 3.6 Part B Due by the end of the period. Assignment Logs due as well.
 * 11/12 - Unit Exam: Earthquakes!
 * 11/15 - Activity 3.6 Part A - Lab reports DUE, end of period.
 * 11/16 - Unit Challenge: Earthquake response plan
 * 11/16 - Activity 2.1A, DUE end of period
 * 11/17 - Digging Deeper 2.1, answer Understanding and Applying questions, and use the graphic organizer to define vocabulary
 * 12/01 - Digging Deeper 2.2, answer Check Your Understanding questions, and use the graphic organizer to define vocabulary
 * 12/03 - Digging Deeper 2.3, answer Check Your Understanding (1-6) questions and Understanding and Applying (1, 3-5) questions
 * 12/03 - Activity 2.3, modified: Density of 4 liquids challenge, the Earth is like a Lava Lamp notes, and measuring the density of different types of rocks.
 * 12/07 - Digging Deeper 2.4, answer Check Your Understanding (1-4) questions and Understanding and Applying (1-3) questions
 * 12/07 - Activity 2.2 Due, Parts A, C, and D
 * 12/09 - Digging Deeper 2.5, answer Understanding and Applying questions (1-7)
 * 12/10 - Activity 2.5 + Questions 1-5
 * WE WILL NOT BE DOING ACTIVITY 2.4 or the MOUNTAIN RANGES OF THE WORLD ASSIGNMENT!!!

__//**Class Activities, Handouts, etc:**//__

SPRING 2011: 1 - Bedrock Geology
 * Under Pressure - an examination of forces deep underground

2 - Mineral Resources
 * Mining Activities in Colorado

FALL 2010: 1 - Volcanoes and Your Community
 * Learning Goals
 * Links to YouTube videos
 * Unit Challenge!

2 - Earthquakes and Your Community
 * Learning Goals and Assessments
 * Mapping notable earthquakes in Colorado and in the USA
 * Designing earthquake proof-structures
 * Unit Challenge - Creating an earthquake response plan