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Q3W2 (1/14-1/18)

Here is a look at the week, please remember that plans are subject to change.

Monday: Notes on Fossil Formation and Fossil Types

Tuesday: Notes Fossil Dating (absolute age and relative age) and Fossil Layers (Law of Superposition)

Wednesday: Finalize fossils and quick recap for quiz

Thursday: Quiz over extinction and fossils

Friday:  Work on final draft of part 2 of claims assignments (due at the end of class) .  Students spent some of last week doing research, so should already have a good idea of what they plan to use.  The checklist will be used to score this portion of the claim’s activity. Students may choose the presentation used but should refer to the checklist and instructions to ensure everything is included that is required. 

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Describe the process of fossilization, including factors that increase the likelihood of fossilization.
  2. Distinguish among and describe fossils, trace fossils, and index fossils.
  3. Determine relative ages of fossils.
  4. Trace the ancestry of a modern-day organism comparing changes in structural features of the organism.
  5. Review the fossil record of a specific region to determine environmental changes that have occurred in that region.
  6. Research and engage in argument whether fossil evidence supports change in organisms and environments throughout the Earth’s history.

Standard(s) Addressed:

8.ESS2.1 Analyze and interpret data to support the assertion that rapid or gradual geographic changes lead to drastic population changes and extinction events.

8.LS4.1 Analyze and interpret data for the patterns of fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change in life forms throughout Earth’s history.

Q3W1 (1/7- 1/11)

Happy New Year and welcome back!
This week marks the beginning of the 2nd Semester and last middle school semester for your sweetheart.  When your child receives their next Report Card, it will have grades for the 2nd Quarter and the 1st Semester. The 1st Semester grade is the average of Q1 & Q2 grades. The 1st Semester Grade will be averaged with the 2nd Semester grade, resulting in the final grade for that class. It is important that students complete all assignments and spend time preparing for tests and quizzes. This is especially true for students who did not
earn passing grades for the 1st Semester. 
 
Here is a look at the week:
Monday: Discuss theories and begin their claim research
Tuesday: Conclude and present claim research
Wednesday: Create notes on theories
Thursday: Begin Fossils (including trace and index fossils)
Friday: Fossils and more fossils (relative age, absolute age)
 
Learning Outcomes:

1. Compare gradual changes (ice ages, warming periods, and tectonic movements) in organisms over time to changes caused by catastrophic extinction level events.

2. Research the major extinction events of earth’s history.

3. Differentiate between uniformitarianism, gradualism, and catastrophism and how each is used in scientific explanations of earths biological history.

4. Describe the process of fossilization, including factors that increase the likelihood of fossilization.

5. Distinguish among and describe fossils, trace fossils, and index fossils.

6. Determine relative ages of fossils.

7. Trace the ancestry of a modern-day organism comparing changes in structural features of the organism.

8. Review the fossil record of a specific region to determine environmental changes that have occurred in that region.

9. Research and engage in argument whether fossil evidence supports change in organisms and environments throughout the Earth’s history.

Standard(s) Addressed:

8.ESS2.1 Analyze and interpret data to support the assertion that rapid or gradual geographic changes lead to drastic population changes and extinction events.

8.LS4.1 Analyze and interpret data for the patterns of fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change in life forms throughout Earth’s history.

 

Additional Quizizz codes for practice on Earth's structures

Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics(25) --> 899525
Uneven Distribution of Resources(23) --> 190297
Earthquakes(41) --> 026097

Quizizz Review codes

Quizizz review codes for Wednesday's quiz- remember to write your  original score and then if you re-attempt any, under the title write 2nd attempt and new score.
 
Earth Layers and Plate Tectonics --> 315902
Uneven Distribution of Resources --> 317164
Earthquakes --> 170379
Plate Tectonics --> 325640
Earthquakes (12) #2 --> 169429