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Standard 2 - Students will understand Earth's internal structure and the dynamic nature of the tectonic plates that form its surface.
Unit Test Intervention Website
Geosphere Intervention Packet

​A day- Tuesday, December 18th/B day-Wednesday, December 19th, 2018

Assignment
1 - Super Volcano Video
2 - Unit Test Interventions
Starter #42 - will be when we return from break
Super volcano Video
Pg 83 - Reflection Directions
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A day- Friday, December 14th/B day-Monday, December 17th, 2018

Assignment
1 - Standard 2 Geology Unit Test
2 - Super Volcano Video

Starter #41 - New Paper
Pg 82 - Super Volcano
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link for school survey

A day- Wednesday, December 12th/B day-Thursday, December 13th, 2018

Assignment
​1 - Finish and turn in My Volcano Research Project
Due at the end of Class

2 - Study Guide for Standard 2 Geology Unit Test
** Unit test next class**
Starter #40 - Turn in Starters
Geology Unit Study Guide
File Size: 442 kb
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Quizzizz practice test use code - 153725
Please use your First and/or Last name only on the practice quiz

A day- Monday, December 10th/B day-Tuesday, December 11th, 2018

Assignment
1 - My Volcano Research Project
Project is due
A-Day - Wednesday December 12th
B-Day Thursday December 13th

2 - Notebook Check
Starter #39
My Volcano Research Project
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​​A day- Thursday, December 6th/B day-Friday, December 7th, 2018

Assignment
1- Volcanoes
Starter #38
Pg 80 - Volcanoes
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Pg 81 - Reflection Directions
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​A day- Tuesday, December 4th/B day-Wednesday, December 5th, 2018

Assignment
1 - Test and rebuild building for You are the Engineer
Starter #37
Pg 79 - Reflection Directions
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​A day- Friday, November 30th/B day-Monday, December 1st, 2018

Assignment
1 - Quake Quest Lab
2 - You Are the Engineer

Starter #36
Pg 76 - Quake Quest
File Size: 800 kb
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Pg 77 - Reflection Directions
File Size: 52 kb
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Pg 78 - You are the Engineer
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​A day- Wednesday, November 28th/B day-Thursday, November 29th, 2018

Assignment
1 - Geology Quiz #2
​2 - Introduction to Earthquakes
Starter #35
Pg 74 - Introduction to Earthquakes
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Pg 75 - Reflection Directions
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Earthquake research 1
earthquake research 2

A day- Monday, November 26th/B day-Tuesday, November 27th, 2018

Assignment
1 - Plate Tectonics Review Quest - Quest is found in Classcraft   

**QUIZ NEXT CLASS**
Starter #34
Pg 72 - Plate Tectonics Review Quest
File Size: 251 kb
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Pg 73 - Reflection DIrections
File Size: 49 kb
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A day- Monday, November 19th/B day-Tuesday, November 20th, 2018

Assignment 
1 - Mantle Plumes and Geomap Interpretive
Starter #33
Pt 70 - Mantle Plumes and GeoMap Interpretive
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Pg 71 - Reflection Directions
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If you were absent, use the tectonic maps here to help you complete activity 2.  
Plate TEctonics MAp
Plate Tectonics map

​​A day- Thursday, November 15th/B day-Friday, November 16th, 2018


Assignment
1 - Plate Tectonics Lab and Boundaries

Starter #32
Pg 67 - Reflection Directions
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Pg 68 - Plate Boundaries
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Pg 69 - Reflection Directions
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​A day- Tuesday, November 13th/B day-Wednesday, November 14th, 2018

Assignment
1 - Introduction to Plate Tectonics ​
Starter #31 - New Starter Paper 
Pg 64 - Sea Floor Spreading
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Pg 65 - Reflection Directions
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Pg 66 - Introduction to Plate Tectonics
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A day- Friday, November 9th/B day-Monday, November 12th, 2018

Assignment
1 - Continental Drift Activities
2
 - Geology Quiz #2
​3 - Sea Floor Spreading

Starter #30 - Turn in Starters 
Pg 62 - Continental Drift
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Continental Drift - Activity 2 Video
Activity 3 Puzzle Pieces
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Pg 63 - Reflection Directions
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A day- Wednesday, November 7th/B day-Thursday, November 8th, 2018

Assignment
1 - Finish Earth's Interior Poster
2 - Boss Battle 

​**Quiz Next Class**
Starter #29
Pg 61 - Reflection Directions
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A day- Monday, November 5th/B day-Tuesday, November 6th, 2018

Assignment
1 - Convection Inside the Earth
1 - Earth's Interior Poster
Starter #28
58 - Convection Inside the Earth
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Pg 59 - Reflection Directions
File Size: 55 kb
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Pg 60 - Earth's Interior Poster
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Earth's Interior Poster
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A day- Thursday, November 1st/B day-Friday, November 2nd, 2018

Assignment
1 - Seismic Waves and Earth's Interior
2 - Convection Inside the Earth
Starter #27
Pg 56 - Seismic Waves and Earth's Interior
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Pg 57 - Reflection Directions
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BBC Animation
Classzone Animation

​A day- Tuesday, October 30th/B day-Wednesday, October 31st, 2018

Assignment
1 - Geosphere Quiz #1
2 - Earth's Interior Web Quest
Starter #26
Pg 54 - Earth's Interior Webquest
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Pg 55 - Reflection Directions
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task 1
task 4
task 2 website 1
task 5
task 2 website 2
task 6
task 3
task 7

​A day- Friday, October 26th/B day-Monday, October 29th, 2018

Assignment
1 - Density and Earth's Layers

**QUIZ NEXT CLASS**
Starter #25
Pg 52 - Density and Earth's Layers
File Size: 486 kb
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Pg 53 - Reflection Directions
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density video
Density PHET

A day- Wednesday, October 24th/B day-Thursday, October 25th, 2018

Assignment
1 - Radioactive Dating of Rock
Starter #24
Pg 49 - Reflection Directions
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Pg 50 - Radioactive Dating of Rock
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Pg 51 - Reflection Directions
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Activity 2 - Radiometric Dating Activity - Each of the beads represent protons in a metamorphic rock or meteorite.  Look at the color key on top of the worksheet to determine what color represents parent material and which one represents daughter material.  Then take that information to find the absolute date (age) of the rock models.
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A day- Monday, October 22nd/B day-Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018

 Assignment
1 - Relative Dating of Rock - **Assignment is a ClassCraft Quest
2 - Radioactive Decay
Starter #23
Pg 46 - Relative Dating of Rock
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Pg 47 - Reflection Directions
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Pg 48 - Radioactive Decay
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Use the information below to help you complete the data tables IF you missed the lab.  Then use this information to create the graph.  
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​A day- Thursday, October 18th/B day-Friday, October 19th, 2018

Assignment
1 -Rocks and the Rock Cycle
​Starter #22
Pg 44 - Rocks and the Rock Cycle
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Pg 45 - Reflection Directions
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Task 1
Task 2
Task 3
Task 4

​A day- Tuesday, October 16th/B day-Wednesday, October 17th, 2018

Assignment
1 - Introduction to Geology
Starter #21 - New Starter 
Pg 42 - Introduction to Geology
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Cut Out Strips for Activity 2
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Textbook Pages for Activity 3
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Pg 43 - Reflection Directions
File Size: 51 kb
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