1. Friday August 27, 2010 Monday, August 30, 2010 Friday August 27, 2010 Monday, August 30, 2010 Extended Reading Sheet – Earth’s Interior Reading Study Guide 1.1 Unit A Safety Rules Illustrations and Contract Collaborative Group Job Responsibilities Prospectus Quiz Warm Up: 1. List the four major areas you will be studying in 8 th Grade Science. Tape Prospectus Quiz Here Tape Earth’s Interior Extended Reading Sheet Here Page 1Page 2

2. Friday, August 27, 2010 Monday, August 30, 2010 Friday August 27, 2010 Monday, August 30, 2010 Lab Safety RulesCollaborative Group Job Responsibilities Prospectus Quiz 1.Goggles – Must be worn when chemicals are used. 2.Smelling Chemicals – hold six inches away and “waft” them. 3.Chemical Contact with skin – wash exposed area with water for 15 minutes 4.Clean up all messes immediately. 5.Proper disposal of poisons – follow teacher directions. Page 3Page 4 6. No eating or drinking during lab – keep hands and pencils out of your mouth 7. Horse play out – No throwing, wrestling, punching, or shoving. 8. Fire – use fire blanket, tell the teacher, stop, drop and roll. 9. Better safe than sorry – if in doubt – ASK! Homework: 1. Lab Safety Illustrations 2. Signed Lab Safety Rules Contract 3. Extended Reading – Earth’s Interior (highlight and answer ?s) Tape Signed Lab Safety Contract Here

3. Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Graph of Earth’s Interior Quiz on Earth’s Layers Diagram Notes – Earth’s Layers Demo – Will a denser material sink or float? Warm Up: 1. How does the density of material differ from the inner core to the crust? 2. How does the temperature of the material change from the inner core to the crust? 3. Which layer of the earth is the thinnest? 4. What does the lithosphere consist of? 5. What two types of crust do most large tectonic plates contain? Page 5Page 6 Homework: 1. Graph of Earth’s Interior Questions 2. Study for quiz on Earth’s layers Density Demo – 1. Draw, color and label the cup of fresh water and salt water. 2. Copy and answer the “what do you think” questions on page 9 of the text book. 1.What did you observe when you mixed the two liquids? 2. What does this tell you about materials of different densities? Tape Earth’s Layers Diagram with notes Here Tape The Earth’s Interior (funny graph) page here Tape Quick Check Here Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Wednesday, September 1, 2010

4. Thursday, September 2, 2010 Friday, September 3, 2010 Extended Reading – Drifting Continents Section 1.2 review – Questions 1 - 4 Diagram Features of the Crust and Mantle Video Questions – Earth’s Crust Quiz – Earth’s layers Warm Up: 1. What type of material makes up the inner and outer core? 2. Describe a tectonic plate. 3. How do the crust and mantle differ in temperature and density? Tape Earth’s Layers Quiz here Tape Drifting Continents Extended Reading Sheet Here Page 7Page 8 Homework: 1. Read section 1.2 of Unit A – pages 14-19 in textbook 2. Complete section 1.2 review, questions 1-4 on page 19 in textbook 3. Extended Reading Sheet – Drifting Continents (Read, highlight and answer ?s. Thursday, September 2, 2010 Friday, September 3, 2010 Tape Bill Nye Video Questions here Tape labeled Features of the Crust and Mantle Diagram here

5. Extended Break – No HomeworkVideo Questions – Our Changing Earth Video Quiz Warm Up: 1. Using the paper provided, draw the outline of a large landmass. Fill in mountains, rivers, lakes and any other features you choose. Color your landmass using colored pencils. Page 9Page 10 Homework: 1. No homework – extended break. Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Tape Our Changing Earth Video Questions here Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Tape your landmass you created here.

6. Extended Reading – Sea Floor Spreading Extended Reading – Theory of Plate Tectonics Pre-Assessment Lab Safety Pen-Pal Letter Warm Up: 1. No notebook setup today. Sit quietly and wait for teacher instructions. Page 11Page 12 Homework: 1. Extended Reading – Sea Floor Spreading ( Read, Highlight and answer ?s 2. Extended Reading – Theory of Plate Tectonics ( Read, Highlight and answer ?s) Monday, September 13, 2010 Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Monday, September 13, 2010 Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Tape extended reading Sea Floor Spreading here Tape extended reading Theory of Plate tectonics here

7. Reading Study Guide 1.3 Unit AEvidence of Pangaea Warm Up: 1. Finish coloring your landmass you created last week. 2. Cut our your landmass into 4 or 5 large curved pieces. 3. Wait for teacher instructions. Page 13Page 14 Homework: 1. Read Section 1.3 of Unit A pages 22- 28 2. Complete Reading Study Guide 1.3 Unit A pages 5 and 6 Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Thursday, September 16, 2010 Tape Evidences of Pangaea here Tape Map of Pangaea here Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Thursday, September 16, 2010 Tape Reading Study Guide 1. 3 pages 5 and 6 here

8. Reading Study Guide 1.4 Unit A Extended Reading – Convection and the Mantle Activity – Modeling Plate Movement – Divergent Boundary Diagram Notes – Divergent Boundary / Sea Floor Spreading Warm Up: 1. Label and color the map of Earth’s crustal plates by using pages R56 and R 57 in your textbook and the transparency on the overhead. Page 15Page 16 Homework: 1. Read section 1.4 of Unit A in your textbook (pages 30-36) 2. Complete Unit Study Guide 1.4 Unit A (page 7 and 8) 3. Extended Reading – Convection and the Mantle – read, highlight and answer ?s 4. Study for crustal plate quiz on Tuesday Friday, September 17 2010 Monday, September 20, 2010 Friday, September 17, 2010 Monday, September 20, 2010 Tape Earth’s Crustal Plates Map here Tape Extended Reading – Earth’s Crust and Mantle here Tape Reading Study Guide pages 7 and 8 here Tape Diagram Notes (divergent plate boundaries) here Tape Modeling Plate Movement activity directions here

9. The Curious Case of the Mesosaurus – What Happens During Convection Plate Map Puzzle Activity – Modeling Convergent Boundaries Diagram Notes – Convergent Boundaries Warm Up: 1. From what three sources did Wegner gather evidence to support his continental drift theory? 2. What happens at a spreading center? 3. What features are found at divergent boundaries? 4. Where could you find the oldest rock on the sea floor? EXPLAIN your answer! Page 17Page 18 Homework: 1. The Curious Case of the Mesosaurus – What Happens During Convection 2. Plate Map Puzzle Tuesday, September 21 2010 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Tape Diagram Notes on Convergent Boundaries here Tape Activity Worksheet – Modeling Convergent Boundaries here Tape The Curious Case of the Mesosaurus here

10. Chapter 1 Review Unit A pages 39-40 Study for Test Demo – Convection Currents Diagram Notes – Transform Boundary Video Questions – Continents Adrift Warm Up: 1. Use the information you have been given in class to complete the graphic organizer on plate boundaries. Page 19Page 20 Homework: Chapter 1 Review – Write answers on page 19 and 20 of your notebook 1. Write out question and correct answer for questions 7-15 -- page 39 2. Answer in complete sentences questions 19-25 -- page 40. 3. Draw the chart of questions 26-31 and fill in the type of boundary – pg 40 Thursday, September 23, 2010 Friday, September 24, 2010 Tape the Plate Boundaries Graphic Organizer here Thursday, September 23, 2010 Friday, September 24, 2010 Tape the Diagram Notes here Tape the Video Questions for Continents Adrift here