October 30-31, Thursday/Friday

Daily Schedule:

• Igneous Rock Flow Map - Page 30
• Igneous Rock Overview Lab
  
• Sedimentary Rock Prediction and Notes(Page 28)
  
• Principle of Superposition "Pancake Principle"
• Lab 3-5 Wood Block Lab - Page 31
  

Homework:

• Rock Worksheet
  

October 28-29, Tuesday/Wednesday

Daily Schedule:

• Lego Activity! Grain/Crystal Size
• A closer look at Minerals!
  
• Texture - What is crystal/grain size?
• Igneous Rocks and Legos (Page 29)
  
• Define Texture
  
• Predictive Rock Types (Page 28 )
• Igneous Rock Flow Map

Homework:

• None
  

October 24-27, Fri/Mon

Daily Schedule:

• Homework: Make sure you complete the Blood Diamond Journal on Moodle. This is the last grade of Quarter 1!
  

• Higher Level Thinking Journal: Rocks (Page 26)
  
• 3-1 Rock Lab: Rocks in a Bucket! What are your observations? (Page 27)
  
• Texture and Properties of Rocks
  
• Voting

Homework:

Blood Diamond Journal

October 22-23, Wed/Thurs

Daily Schedule:

• Change your profile name in Moodle to be first name and last initial (Benjamin F)
• Sign up for Edmodo! Talk to Mr. Friesen for an overview!
• Look at the Blood Diamond Resources
  
• Check out the Moodle Forum on Blood Diamonds and post a comment

Homework:

• The Blood Diamond Journal
  

October 20-21, Mon/Tues

Daily Schedule:

• Test Announcements
  
• Mining Worksheet on Page 25.
  
• Gold Mine Video Clip
• Iron Ore Jigsaw
• Iron Ore Video Clip
• Iron Ore Flow Map on Page 24.
• Minerals, Mining and Issues

Homework:

• None
  

October 14-15, Tuesday/Wednesday

Daily Schedule:

• TURN IN BLUE DENSITY WORKSHEET
  
• Notebook Check
• Exam

LAST DAY TO TURN IN WORK!

October 10-13, Friday/Monday

Daily Schedule:

• Test on Tuesday and Wednesday! There will be a lab portion and a Moodle portion. You will be able to use the pink sheets for the lab portion. You will be able to use your notebook on both.
  
• Put Lab 2-4 in your notebook on page 21.
  
• Floating and Sinking Lab! Find the mass and volume of various objects and figure out the relationship between sinking and floating and mass and volume.
• Density Overview - How to Calculate
• Write your conclusion to the floating/sinking lab on page 22.
• Density Worksheet!

Homework:

• 1-5 Density Worksheet
  
• Get your notebook up to date. You can use this on the exam!
  

October 8-9, Wed/Thur

Schedule:

• Finish Mineral ID
• Correct Mineral ID
• Volume, Mass and Weight Exploration
  
• Volume, Mass and Weight Notes
  

Homework:

• Make sure you notebooks are up to date!
  

October 5-6, Mon/Tues

Schedule:

• Mineral ID Practice
• Lab 2-4 Mineral ID

Homework:

• None!

October 2-3, Thurs/Fri

Schedule:

• Hand out Textbooks or Online Texts
• Mineral Flow Map
  
• Higher Level Questions
  
• Mineral ID Practice

Homework:
None!