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9/16 & 9/17

9/15/2013

No GQ.... Finish your project and get it ready to be graded.

Agenda
Models
Notebook Check
Test Review

Learning Target
Construct a model that teaches other students about a geographic location created by plate tectonics.

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9/11 Wacky Wednesday

9/10/2013

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GQ....
1. What geologic features occur at ocean-continent convergent boundaries? Why?
2. Think of a place on Earth that you would like to learn about.

Agenda
GQ
Natural Disaster Project

Learning Targets
1. Investigate a geographic location created by tectonic forces.

Marianas Trench

Andes Mountains (Peru Chile Trench)

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9/9 & 9/10

9/8/2013

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GQ.....
List and explain 3 types of plate boundaries.

Agenda
GQ
Tectonic Snacks
Natural Disaster Project

Learning Targets
1. Construct a model of the 3 types of plate boundaries and investigate processes at those boundaries.

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9/3 & 9/4

9/2/2013

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1. What is the Continental Drift Theory?
2. What evidence is there that plate tectonics is real?
3. Look at the diagram. What do you think causes crustal movement?

Agenda
GQ
Finish Radioactive Decay
Quiz
Grade Quiz
Plate Tectonics

1. I will show what I know about relative and absolute dating on a quiz.
2. I will investigate constructive forces on Earth as a product of plate tectonics.

USGS PLATE TECTONICS SITE

PLATE TECTONICS WEBQUEST

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GQ....
1. Take a look at the picture on the right. This is an actual road cut. What do you think this represents?
2. If we found a fossil that contained 50 atoms of C-14 (parent) and 25 atoms of N-14 (daughter) and we know that Carbon has a half life of 5,700 years. How many half lives has it gone through? How old is this fossil?

Agenda
GQ
Paperium
Radioactive Decay

Learning Targets
Investigate isotope decay in order to understand radioactive decay.

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8/28 & 8/29

8/27/2013

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GQ.....
Look at the picture. It is a cross section from the Grand Canyon. Can you tell me what the darker stripe is? Is it older or younger than the other rock? Why?

Agenda
Finish Who's on 1st
Paperium
Radioactive Decay

1. Apply the rules of relative dating to determine an estimated age of rock strata.
2. Investigate isotope decay in order to understand radioactive decay.

radiometric dating

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8/26 & 8/27

8/25/2013

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GQ....
Using the law of superposition and cross-cutting relationships, place these rock strata in order from oldest to youngest.

Agenda
GQ
Relative Dating
Who's ON First

1. I will use the principles of relative dating to identify the relative age of rock strata.

relative dating video

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8/22 & 8/23

8/21/2013

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Agenda
Finish Era Project
Relative Dating Activity
Quiz

Targets
1. Present my Era on the geologic Time clock.
2. Investigate the principles and laws used in relative dating rock strata.

Tree of Life

Principles of Geologic Succession

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8/18 & 8/19

8/18/2013

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GQ.....
1. List 2 things you learned about your Era.
2. How long did your Era last? Write this amount in scientific notation.

Agenda
Scientific notation
Time Clock: Era Project

Learning Targets

1. Mathematically calculate with scientific notation.

2. Research and present information

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8/16 Flipping Friday

8/15/2013

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GQ......
1. How do we determine when an era begins/ends?
2. Which is bigger an Eon or an Era?
3. In which Era do we live?
4. Which Era is known as "Old Life"? What types of animals dominated this Era?

Daily Agenda
Math in Science
Scientific Notation
Clock of Eras

Learning Targets
1. Construct a scientific explanation how the geologic time scale is used to organize the Earth's history.
2.
Investigate the history of the Earth through fossil and rock strata.

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