Mickey MacDonald

Earth Science Semester Exam Review Questions

May 12th

1. Warm-Up: What three factors determine how a volcano erupts? What types of materialsare ejected from volcanoes?

2. Complete information gathering for Volcano Resume - Due Tuesday, May 13th

Some good sites to find information for your resume...

·Active Volcanoes

http://www.crystalinks.com/volcanoesactive.html

·Gallery: World Volcanoes

http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/~csav/gallery/decker/

·Volcano World

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html

·Volcanoes in North and Central America

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/north_america/north_america.html

·Update on Current Volcanic Activity

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/current.html

·Global Volcanism Program: USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report

http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/

·Questions and Answers about Volcanic Eruptions

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/frequent_questions/group10_new.html

·Yahooligans: Volcano Links

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/Science_and_Nature/The_Earth/Geology/Volcanoes/

3. Begin the Discovery Education: Volcano Assignment by Clicking this Link

Tuesday, May 13th

1. Compare and contrast the three types of volcanoes.

2. Complete 10-1 GR

3. Complete Volcano Project = Due by end of class

4. Complete 2 column notes for 10-1

Column 1 = Write the blue and green headings

Column 2 = Write all key concepts; write at least three details for each heading; write any vocabulary that you do not know

Quiz: Thursday, 10-1 (You will get to use your two column notes)

Thursday, May 15th

1. Quiz 10-1

2. Discovery Education Video Questions: Volcanos: Mountains of Fire

3. Classwork: Read Section 10-2

Complete: 10-2 GR, Four-column Vocabulary Log 10-2, pg. 292 Q's 1-6

HW: Any Classwork that is not completed is homework

Monday, May 5th

1. Warm-Up: What is a hot spot? What causes hot spots?

2. Discovery Education Video Clip: Hot Spots and Hawaii

3. Creek School Reflection Essay: 1-page, double-spaced, 12 pt. font

Describe your experiences at Creek School. What surprised you? What went well? What was difficult? What would you do differently if given the chance?

Test - Chapter 9, Thursday

Tuesday, May 6th

1. Complete Creek School Reflections

2. Chapter Review Questions
pg. 275-276 - #'s 1-10, write letter and answer

11-24, 27, 28 & 31, write answer in complete sentences

HW: Test - Chapter 9 Thursday

Thursday, May 8th

1. Warm-Up: Review for 10 minutes with your partner or by yourself

2. Ch. 9 Test

3. Volcano Resume Project - Due Tuesday, May 13th

4. 10-1 Four-Column Vocabulary Log

Monday, April 28th

1. Finalize Lesson Plans for Creek School

2. Fill Creek School Bins

Tuesday, April 29th

1. Warm-Up: How are you feeling about Creek School? How do you think the elementary students will be to teach?

2. Complete 9-3 GR, 9-4 GR and 9-5 GR.

3. Study Guide for Plate Tectonics Test

4. Last minute Preparations for Creek School

Thursday, May 1st

CREEK SCHOOL - all day!

Monday, April 21st

1. Quiz - Plate Tectonics Video

2. Intro to Creek School

3. Creek School Contracts

Tuesday, April 22nd

1. Creek School Job Preferences

2. Creek School Lesson Plan Prepartaions

Thursday, April 24th

1. Warm-Up: Name the three types of plate boundaries and describe the movement at each bondary.

2. Complete 9-1 through 9-3 vocabulary Log.

3. Read section 9-3 and complete 9-3GR.

Monday, April 14th

1. Warm-Up: What is Pangaea? What evidence supports continental drift?

2. Intro to Creek School

3. Pangaea Puzzle

Tuesday, April 15th

1. Warm-Up: Who was Alfred Wegener? What did he propose?

2. Video Clips: Plate Tectoniocs

3. Two Column Notes Section 9-1:

Column 1 = Sketch and Label Figures 1-5

Column 2 = For each Figure, write a short summary that explains its significance related to continental drift

HW: 9-1 Guided Reading

Quiz Thursday over Video Clips on Plate Tectonics

Thursday, April 17th

1. Warm-Up: What is the lithosphere? What is the significance of the lithosphere in terms of plate tectonics?

2. Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics Video Quiz

3. Explore Learning Online Interactivity on Plate Tectonics

4. Four-Column Vocabulary Log for Sections 9-1, 9-2 & 9-3

HW: Read 9-2 and complete the Guided Reading

Monday, April 13th

1. Warm Up: What is the building block of DNA? What three parts make up this building block?

2. Intro to Creek School

3. Read Section 12-1: DNA & RNA - Complete Guided Reading 12-1

HW: 12-1, 12-2, 12-3 & 12-4 Vocabulary Log: 4-Column

Wednesday, April 15th

1. Warm Up: What is the name of the process that describes how SNA is duplicated? Describe the steps of DNA duplication.

2. DNA Timeline Webquest

3. 3-Column Notes on Scientists

Scientists: Griffith, Avery, Chargraff, Mendel, Johann Meischer, Wilkins, Rosalind Franklin, Pauling, Watson & Crick, Levene (Phoebus)

HW: HW: 12-1, 12-2, 12-3 & 12-4 Vocabulary Log: 4-Column

Friday, April 18th

1. Contracts - Creek School

2. Lesson Plans - Creek School

HW: Complete the Scientists' 3-Column Notes (See Wednesday's Agenda)

Wednesday, April 2nd

1. Genetics Test

2. Busch Gardens Trip Preparation

Tuesday, March 25th

1. Warm-Up: Lines of latitude are relative to which major line on a global grid? Lines of longitude are relative to which major line on a global grid? 0 degrees latitude falls on which major line? 0 degrees longitude falls on which major line?

2. Quiz 8-1 & Latitude and Longitude

3. Reading Travel-Time Graphs and Locating Earthquakes

HW; Chapter 8 Test, Thursday, April 3rd

Tuesday, March 18th, Wednesday, March 19th and Friday, March 21st

Digital Portfolio Project Work Time

Monday, March 17th and Tuesday, March 18th

Digital Portfolio Project Work Time

Thursday, March 20th

1. Warm-Up: Longitude and Latitiude: What does each measure?

2. Quiz : 8-1 What is an Earthquake

3. Longitude and Latitude Practice Activity

4. Earthquakes Web Quest or Earthquake Fact Sheets Centers Activity

Important Links:

HW: Read 8-2 Measuring Earthquakes": Complete 8-2 Guided Reading

Tuesday / Wednesday, March 11th / 12th

Digital Portfolio Work Time

Thursday, March 13th

1. Warm-Up:What is Karst topography? What type of rock underlies karst topography?

2. Notes 8-1: What is an Earthquake

3. Mammoth Cave National Park - Video Questions

HW: Quiz on 8-1, Thursday, March 20th

Monday, March 3rd

1. Warm-Up: Tall plants (T) are dominant to short plants. Yellow seeds (Y) are dominat to green seeds. What would the offspring be if a green plant that was heterozygous for height was crossed with a short plant heterozygous for seed color? Write the cross. Find the percentage of each possible offspring.

2. Mendelian Genetics Two-Factor Cross Practice

HW: Quiz Wednesday, Mendelian Genetics (11-1, 11-2 and 11-3)

Practice Problems 2-Factor Crosses = Project Grade

Wednesday, March 5th

1. Quiz: Mendelian Genetics

2. Read 11-3: Complete 11-3 GR and SR

Friday, March 7th

Monday, March 3rd

1. Warm-Up: Ch. 6 Vocabulary Crossword Review

2. Study Guide Review

HW: Chapter 6 Test Tuesday

Tuesday, March 4th

1. Warm-Up: What process forms caverns? In what zone under the ground do caverns form?

2. Test Chapter 6

3. 4-Column Vocabulary Log 8-1

Thursday, March 6th

1. Complete Two Column Notes: Read pages 218-221: What is an Earthquake?

2. Complete 8-1 Guided Reading

3. Make 4-column foldable Vocabulary Log 8-2& 8-3

Monday, February 25th

1. Complete Review Questions: Chapter 6 Running Water & Groundwater

Monday, February 25th