Tuesday, 31 March, 2009

Students will be able to:
use information from videos from the internet, movies, and classroom discussions to:
-compare and contrast erosion and weathering.
-describe how weathering affects erosion.
-compare and contrast physical and mechanical weathering.

Students described the beach (physical) as their do now.

Students then took notes from the BrainPop movies weathering and erosion. If you need to see the movies, email me for the user name and password.

Students then watched the Bill Nye video on erosion.

There was no home learning.

***Note: On Monday, there was a substitute. Students did in-class reading on weathering and erosion. They submitted work for a grade. These pages ARE NOT available on line. As a make-up assignment, visit the following sites and go through the information to learn about weathering and erosion.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/529475/Weathering-and-Erosion

http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_erosion.html

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=addc30e89d25b3bfe6d6&page=1&viewtype=&category=

Thursday, 26 March, 2009

Students will be able to:
use information from the novel A Journey To The Center Of The Earth and classroom discussions to:
-read a novel to discover how science influences literature.

Today is the last day of the third grading period. All book reports are due by the end of the school day.

Students completed reading of the book and submitted book reports.

There is no home learning for the day.

Wednesday, 25 March, 2009

Students will be able to:
use information from the novel A Journey To The Center Of The Earth and classroom discussions to:
-read a novel to discover how science influences literature.

Students received the book report form for the novel A Journey To The Center Of The Earth. It can be found at the top of this blog. We read the book in class. The book report will be due upon completion of the book.

The book report is due on Thursday.

Tuesday, 24 March, 2009

This is book report 3. Use blue/black ink or pencil. Write using complete sentences. For question 5, DO NOT copy a drawing from the book OR copy sentences. Use your own imagination to visualize a scene from the book, draw it, and write 3 to 4 sentences describing the action of the drawn scene.

Students will be able to:
use information from the novel A Journey To The Center Of The Earth and classroom discussions to:
-read a novel to discover how science influences literature.

Students received the book report form for the novel A Journey To The Center Of The Earth. It can be found at the top of this blog. We read the book in class. The book report will be due upon completion of the book.

There was no home learning.

Monday, 23 March, 2009

Students will be able to:
use information from textbooks, supplementary texts, internet access, and classroom discussions to:
-present an iMovie project using information from an assigned geologic time period.

Students submitted the rock project.

The remainder of the class period was spent viewing group projects on geologic time.

There was no home learning.

Friday, 20 March, 2009

These are the project sheets. Follow the directions. Turn your project in on time.


This is the procedures sheet for the project. Be sure to include it with your project.

Students will be able to:
use information from textbooks, supplementary texts, internet access, and classroom discussions to:
-create an iMovie project using information from an assigned geologic time period.

Students returned and reviewed Exam 6.

Notebooks were collected.

The remainder of the class was spent working on the geologic time iMovie project.

Remember, the Rock Project is due on Monday. The instructions and rubrics have been reposted at the top of this blog.

Thursday, 19 March, 2009

Students will be able to:
use information from textbooks, supplementary texts, internet access, and classroom discussions to:
-create an iMovie project using information from an assigned geologic time period.

The do now is problem 10, found at the following site: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078693896/student_view0/unit3/chapter9/fcat_practice.html

Students received Exam 6, which can be found at the top of this blog. Use blue/black ink or pencil to answer the questions. Use complete sentences to answer the writing portion. Be sure to record your answers on the test paper, and bring it in to class so that we can check the work.

The remainder of the class was spent working on the geologic time iMovie project.

Wednesday, 18 March, 2009

Students will be able to:
use information from textbooks, supplementary texts, internet access, and classroom discussions to:
-research information for the geologic time period project.

The do now was a quick write: If you could live during an geological era, when would you choose and why?

Students submitted any written reports.

Students spent the remainder of the class period working on their team tech project on geologic time. Each team was assigned a geologic period. Students will prepare an iMovie on the topic, including pictures.

Tuesday, 17 March, 2009

Students will be able to:
use information from textbooks, supplementary texts, internet access, and classroom discussions to:
-research information for the geologic time period project.

The do now was a Mastering The FCAT question.

Students submitted any labs and written reports. Those that turn in reports tomorrow will automatically loose 20 points.

Students spent the remainder of the class period working on their team tech project on geologic time. Each team was assigned a geologic period. Students will prepare an iMovie on the topic, including pictures.

There was no additional home learning, except to work on the rock project, due March 23.

Monday, 16 March, 2009

Students will be able to:
use information from the novel "A Journey To The Center Of The Earth and classroom discussions to:
- find science facts in a work of science fiction.

Due to FCAT testing, all classes will not meet.

All classes that meat read from the novel "A Journey To The Center Of The Earth". Students took notes and wrote science facts about the earth that were gleaned from the novel.

Due to FCAT testing, the written report on Geologic Time will be collected tomorrow without penalty. Lab 17 on Half-life will also be collected without penalty.

Friday, 13 March, 2009

These are the lab sheets for Lab 17. Print them out and use with the GIZMO lab: Half-life. Remember, all data must be in pencil. Use blue/black ink or pencil for remainder of handout.

Students will be able to:
use information from virtual laboratories and classroom discussions to:
-investigate the decay of a radioactive substance.
-determine the half-life of an isotope.
-hypothesize, test, and draw conclusions from an experiment.

Students turned in articles 3 and 4 and reviewed the answers.

Students spent the remainder of the class period working on the GIZMO lab Half-life. The handouts can be found at the top of this blog. If you were absent, print them out, use your user name and password assigned in class, and visit the GIZMO site at www.explorelearning.com. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and launch the GIZMO half-life. Follow the printed directions on the handout. Bw sure all data is in pencil.

Also, be sure to answer the 5 assessment questions at the bottom of the GIZMO page. This will count as quiz 8.

If you took your lab paper home, be sure to bring it back completed on Monday or Tuesday (depending on the next class meeting, as FCAT Monday will cause classes to change).

Don't forget, your written report on Geologic Time is due on Monday (or Tuesday)! Follow the printed instructions on your rubrics sheet (visit the blog written on March 2 to find the written directions and rubrics). Also, visit Dr. Gayden's Science Zone (www.drgcdms.podomatic.com) for links to help find information for the report.

Thursday, 12 March, 2009

This is article 3.




This is article 4.

Students will be able to:
use information from the novel "A Journey To The Center Of The Earth and classroom discussions to:
- find science facts in a work of science fiction.

Students received articles 3 and 4 today, which are due tomorrow. Find them at the top of this blog. They are to be written using blue/black ink or pencil. Use complete sentences to answer questions 1-3. For the GIST, be sure to write only one word per blank, reading across each row before going to another row. Do NOT begin: This article is about.... OR The author's purpose is.... OR The main idea of the article is.

Students spent the remainder of the period reading from the novel A Journey To The Center Of The Earth. They recorded:
-the characters and their characteristics.
-the setting(s)
-the actions/events
-fictional events
-science facts

Tuesday, 10 March and Wednesday, 11 March, 2009

Students will be able to:
use information from the novel "A Journey To The Center Of The Earth and classroom discussions to:
- find science facts in a work of science fiction.

Due to FCAT testing, all classes will not meet.
On Tuesday, periods 5 and 6 will meet. On Wednesday, periods 1 and 2 will meet.

All classes read from the novel "A Journey To The Center Of The Earth". Students took notes and wrote science facts about the earth that were gleaned from the novel.

There was no home learning.

Monday, 9 March, 2009

Students will be able to:
use information from supplemental texts, textbooks, and classroom discussions to:
- research information for their written report and project.

The do now was to make a concept map about fossils. The activity can be found on page 136 in the Florida Reading Essentials book.

Students received their interactive notebooks.

We also took a quiz on fossils.

Students spent the remainder of the period writing references and information from the text for their projects/reports.

There was no home learning.

Friday, 6 March, 2009

Students will be able to:
use information from supplemental texts, internet access, and classroom discussions to:
- explain how geologic time can be divided into units.
-relate changes of Earth's organisms to divisions on the geologic time scale.
-describe the different types of fossil formations.

The do now was a quick write: What is the diffrence between absolute age and relative age?

Home learnings 18, 19, and 20 were collected and reviewed.

Students spent the remainder of the class period taking notes on fossils, the geologic time scale, or taking notes for the written report. Links to all the information can be found at Dr. Gayden's Science Zone.

There was no home learning.

Thursday, 5 March, 2009

These are the home learning sheets. Each is to be done on a separate sheet of loose leaf notebook paper, properly headed, in blue/black ink or pencil. Don't forget to put the title on each. Answers only.

Students will be able to:
use information from supplemental texts, internet access, and classroom discussions to:
1. explain how geologic time can be divided into units.
2. relate changes of Earth's organisms to divisions on the geologic time scale.

The do now was a quick write: Write to explain: You find a rock layer that has some unusual bones in it. What might this mean?

Students received home learnings 18-20. They are to be done on their own loose leaf papers. The questions can be found at the top of this blog.

We then watched a BrainPop movie on geologic time.

Students spent the remainder of the period completing notes on fossils or reading information on the geologic time period. Visit Dr Gayden's Science Zone to find links to these sites.

Wednesday, 4 March, 2009

Students will be able to:
use information from internet access, textbooks, supplementary texts, and classroom discussions to:
-list the conditions necessary for fossils to form.
-describe several processed of fossil formation.
-explain how fossil correlation is used to determine rock ages.
- determine how fossils can be used to explain changes in Earth's life forms and environments.

The do now was an extended response:
Explain how scientists use fossils to explain changes in the Earth's life forms and environments.

Home learnings 16 and 17 were collected and reviewed.

Students watched a BrainPop movie on fossils to introduce the topic.

Students spent the remainder of the class period taking notes from texts and the internet on fossils. From the text, pages 250-257 can be used. From the Reading Essentials book, pages 131-135 can be used. Information is also available by clicking on the links found at Dr. Gayden's Science Zone entry dated Wednesday, 4 March.

There was no home learning assignment.

Tuesday, 3 March, 2009

These two sheets are HL #16. Do them on the same sheet of loose leaf paper, using blue/black ink or pencil Head your paper correctly. Answers only. Be sure to include the section headings (What is a fossil, How are whole organisms preserved)


This is HL #17. Do it on a separate sheet on loose leaf paper, using blue/black ink or pencil. Head your paper correctly.

Students will be able to:
use information from virtual laboratories and classroom discussions to:
-demonstrate how rocks can change from one type to another.

Our do now was a Terrific Tuesday FCAT activity.

Students then received home learnings 16 and 17. They can be found at the top of this blog.

Students then visited the GIZMO site (www.explorelearning.com) and did the activity on the Rock Cycle. They did the questions at the end for a quiz. If you do not know your user name and password, you must email me to get the information.

Monday, 2 March, 2009

These are the directions for the written report. Be sure to follow all directions. Visit the website geocities.com/DrGCDMS, scroll down to third grading period, click on written report to find links to find the information to do this report. Also, use your home learning sheets.


These are the directions for the technology report. This will be done in class as a group. We will begin next week. Your team will be assigned a geologic period.



These are the project sheets. Follow the directions. Turn your project in on time. If you need further help, tutoring will be held on Thursdays after school. Be sure you have transportation home!


This is the procedures sheet for the project. Be sure to include it with your project.

Using information from virtual laboratories, internet access, the CPS system, and classroom discussions,
Students should be able to:
-demonstrate how rocks can change from one type to another.

The do now was a Marvelous Monday FCAT prep activity.

Students then took a quiz (quiz 5) on rocks using the CPS system.

Students received handouts for the written report, the technology report, and the project. All pages are found at the top of this blog. Be sure to check each for the due date. Follow the printed directions to avoid lowering your grade.

There was no separate home learning assignment for the day.