Thursday

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

Monday

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

Thursday

October 24-27, Fri/Mon

Daily Schedule:
  • 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

Wednesday

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:

Monday

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!

Friday

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!

Tuesday

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!

Sunday

October 5-6, Mon/Tues

Schedule:

  • Mineral ID Practice
  • Lab 2-4 Mineral ID

Homework:
  • None!

Wednesday

October 2-3, Thurs/Fri

Schedule:
  • Hand out Textbooks or Online Texts
  • Mineral Flow Map
  • Higher Level Questions
  • Mineral ID Practice
Homework:
None!