Thursday, December 19, 2019

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

MAKE A COPY OF THE TEMPLATE before you fill in your info

click here for template






Historical earthquakes and volcanoes (or tsunami)

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2011/03/earthquakes-the-10-biggest-in-history/

https://www.britannica.com/event/Haiti-earthquake-of-2010

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-11626242

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/26/indonesia-tsunami-death-toll

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/09/asia/japan-earthquake-death-toll/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Japan


https://www.livescience.com/27622-kilauea.html



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Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Mt. St. Helens

Anchoring Phenomena Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5pidzTZslo




example model click here! thanks Aditya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJA27Bp1q58



https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/StHelens


https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/mount-st-helens.htm



https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zcv7hyc/revision/7



https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/05/the-eruption-of-mount-st-helens-in-1980/393557/


https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/103/

https://qz.com/1170651/mount-st-helens-had-four-times-as-many-earthquakes-than-usual-last-month/#:~:targetText=Helens.,the%20Pacific%20Northwest%20Seismic%20Network.


Wednesday, November 20, 2019

modeling book page 8

page 8 example

typing act 12 analysis questions

HONORS purple and yellow group template


CP green and blue template



Example from river lab analysis: this was question 9 we did in class together

 What happens to the rock that once filled up the canyon?



The rock that once filled up the canyon was weathered (broken) and eroded (moved) down the river. The river flows downhill and moves quickly. The force of the moving water picks up the rocks and moves them. All the weathered sediments eventually end up in a big body of water, possibly forming a delta. This is what happens to rocks that once filled the canyon.

·       Recycle question
·       Answer question
·       Cite evidence, explain
·       Explain, elaborate, examples (show me how smart you are!)
·       Recycle again (restate)

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

MAKE A COPY AND FILL THIS IN TO REVIEW FOR THE TEST ON NOV 26


CLICK HERE FOR GOOGLE SLIDES TEMPLATE

Summary Table key- Summary table for LWH due Thursday Nov. 21

click here for summary table answer keys


click here for another summary table example

modeling book help

completed modeling book key





Page 1: Weathering Word Web

Page 2: Causes of Weathering

Page 3: Weathering Chalk Lab

Page 4: Causes of Sinkholes

Page 5: River Landforms

Page 6: Act. 7 River Lab- Cutting Canyons and Building Deltas

Page 7: Coastal Erosion Landforms (headlands/bays/caves/arches)

Page 8: Act. 12- Cliff Erosion Lab

Thursday, November 14, 2019

activity 7 answers


Activity 7: Cutting Canyons and Building Deltas

Analysis Questions:
1.      Define delta
A delta is a fan shaped river landform that develops when sediments are deposited. (Deposition)

2.      Define erosion
Erosion is the removal of sediments from an area.

3.      Define deposition
Deposition is sediments that settle out of flowing water.

4.      Define weathering.
Weathering is an earth process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces.

5.     Why did a delta form?
The delta formed because there was fast moving water that pushed the sand to the bottom to make a delta where it was flat. The flat catch basin had still not moving water.

6.      Why did the sand “fall out” of the river?
The sand “fell out of the river” because the water stopped flowing downhill when the catch basin was flat. The bottom of the river is where the delta formed.

7.    Can rainfall change the shape of the land?
Rainfall changes the shape of land by force and weathering. Weathering is breaking apart rocks/soil and erosion is moving those broken pieces. The heavy rains will flow into a puddle or go down a hill and can change the land. If the land is flat, rain can cause flooding.

8.    How does water flowing down river create a canyon?
Water flowing down river creates a canyon by the fast waters of the river cause the rocks to weather and break. Then the rocks/sediments get carried by the moving water and keep flowing down the river. The rocks on the side break and it forms the canyon with the river at the bottom. More erosion causes the canyon to get deeper and bigger.

9.    What happens to the rock that once filled up the canyon?
The rock that once filled up the canyon was weathered (broken) and eroded (moved) down the river. The river flows downhill and moves quickly. The force of the moving water picks up the rocks and moves them. All the weathered sediments eventually end up in a big body of water, possibly forming a delta. This is what happens to rocks that once filled the canyon.

10. How does the movement of sediments (EROSION) help make a cliff?
 The movement of sediments, or erosion, makes cliffs. At the ocean, there are large waves and stronger winds, especially during a storm. Without a jetty or pier, the waves will slam into the land and eventually erode away the sediments forming a beach below and a cliff on the land. This is commonly found in Cape Cod and coastal beach places.  This is how moving sediments forms cliffs.

Summary Table completed due by Nov. 21

blank summary table


blank LWH unit summary table 


Wednesday, November 13, 2019

coastal erosion


COASTAL EROSION 







https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np3nkffPO84



Thurs 11/14:
Activity 7 River Model (page 6 of modeling book)
Go over answers to analysis
Friday: 11/15
Intro to coastal erosion videos and page 7 of modeling book prelab

Monday:
Act. 12 beach erosion lab and test review vocabulary

Tuesday:
Act. 12 analysis questions and model

Wednesday: finished modeling books due!

Thursday:
Test review on google slides and review sheet pt.  water

Friday:
Summary table due! 
Google slides and review sheet pt. land

Monday:
Review

Tuesday: LWH unit test!

Thursday, October 31, 2019

weathering, erosion, deposition videos



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v_RLRT9930






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aLyn_kiMg8






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwT1e8R4hz0







https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN6QX43QB4g







https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1J4FHDW0-c




https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/aug/23/louisiana-sinkhole-swallows-trees-video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAMrRZlb3X0




Physical Weathering: ice expanding, wind, rain, frost, thawing, farming, construction, waves

Biological Weathering: tree roots; animals burrowing

Mechanical Weathering: gravity- force of a big rock falling into small rock


chemical weathering: acid rain, oxidation, temperature/heat/pressure/fire, salt wedging (salt expands in cracks in rocks and cracks them)


Monday, October 28, 2019

this week in science...


Monday: new classes; water group model – HW: review sheet for quiz
Tuesday: finish up models, gossipy grading for models, go over review sheet; make study models/flash cards
Wednesday: ½ day; water quiz on performance matters
Thursday: erosion, weathering, deposition activity 13 vocabulary
Friday: weathering lab


FIRST QUARTER CLOSES FRIDAY! 

CHECK POWERSCHOOL! 


review sheet for quiz







Monday: river erosion videos and worksheet with terms
·         What causes erosion and weathering in RIVERS?
·         What causes the creation of these landforms?
Chromebooks:
·         River
·         Island
·         River channel
·         River bank
·         Canyon
·         Sediment
·         Fast moving water
·         Delta

Wednesday: activity 7
Thursday: lab model and worksheet
Friday: summary table complete and due

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Thursday, October 17, 2019

water cycle game template

  click here for template to fill out with group


*Must complete at least 6 rows of the chart- any extra filled out are EXTRA CREDIT for the group 


Directions: Fill out the chart with your group.
One person can type, while the others provide
the information while playing the game.
Take turns! Use the cards to help you.

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

ONLINE TEXTBOOK


labaids.com

username is your student id #
password is sepup and your student id

username: 123456
password: sepup123456

Friday, October 11, 2019

BINDER QUIZ FRIDAY OCT 18- HONORS CLASSES (yellow and purple)

  • syllabus
  • circle lab safety page
  • science A to Z
  • YOUR safety illustration
  • NGSS notes and plant gotta have it list
  • Gossipy model & summary table
  • textbook scavenger hunt
  • LWH COVER PAGE 
  • plastics article 
  • word sort and vocab list 
  • summary table LWH 
  • water quality research
  • notebook check quiz (graded)
  • solute, solvent, solution worksheet 
  • water who what when where why 
  • Honors- DOK challenge questions for activity 2 lab 
  • act. 3 water quality graphing 
  • bonus graphs 
  • act. 6 dead zone reading challenge questions 
  • dead zone cause and effect flow chart 
  • water solid liquid gas chart
  • magic school bus chart 
  • water cycle reading and mini models chart (sub)
  • binder quiz 2

SUMMARY TABLE HELP for act. 3 water quality graphing 
dissolved solids- upward trend
turbidity- cloudy water is- upward trend- heavy rains
population growth - more people- more run off from roadways

dissolved oxygen - downward trend- less oxygen in water for aquatic life

Modeling notebook 
NGSS steps 9/5 
from seed to plant 9/5 
3 notes from seed to plant 9/9
science steps seed to plant 9/10 
landslide notes 9/12
landslide model 9/16 
cause and effect 9/17 
what is water quality 9/23 
water quality 9/24 
lab model act. 2 does it dissolve 9/24 
9/25- individual act 2 model on solubility 
definition of dead zone 10/11 
water cycle 

Thursday, October 3, 2019

dead zone link


dead zone video


Honors:
MONDAY: A Day
Work on water contamination in the news - on blog- who what when where why how chart and project

  • use blog
  • you may work with a partner

Tuesday: SOUND WATERS
Wednesday: NO SCHOOL
Thursday: graphing contaminants

worksheet click here

Friday: dead zone reading, notes, begin model 

CP:
MONDAY: A Day
Work on water contamination photostory in the media center (this will count as a project grade)


Tuesday: SOUND WATERS
Wednesday: NO SCHOOL
Thursday: dead zone reading, flow chart

Friday: notes and begin model 

instagram post template in google sheets

instagram template Honors

  • Live action replay
  • News report movie from the scene
  • Interview with someone effected
  • Instagram post (NOT really on Instagram!)
  • Poster
  • Petition poster (pretend to get signatures of support)
  • Write a page summary of the event
  • Collage with pictures/headlines
  • Anything CREATIVE you can think of to present the information!

Thursday, September 26, 2019



Parent Night: open house link
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSce9blhxUEI3DDryl2twDXTmG4KA96HLXepLtBxhs7VUXdG9A/viewform

click here parents



Green and Blue Group: Act. 2 does it dissolve Lab Analysis Questions: 

What were the solutes you chose? Guess.

What was the solvent in this lab?

Rank the solutes in order of SOLUBILITY. Which dissolved the best? Worst? Why?

How could you make the solution diluted? What would you do?

How could you make the solution more concentrated?


Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Who, what, when, where, why, how water contamination news sources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxPdPpi5W4o   shade balls in LA

Flint, Michigan https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-flint-water-crisis-a-loss-of-trust/

https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/five-years-later-flint-is-still-dealing-with-water-crisis-61304389894


https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/tn/2019/08/29/nearly-100-tennessee-schools-found-high-lead-levels-in-their-water-is-your-school-on-the-list/


https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/detroit-shuts-off-water-fountains-at-106-public-schools/2018/09/04/65232682-affd-11e8-9a6a-565d92a3585d_story.html



https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/14/health/ohio-middle-school-radioactivity-bn/index.html


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-finds-widespread-lead-contamination-of-drinking-water-in-us-schools/     lead in water at schools video


https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article218730675.html



https://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/report-300-schools-test-positive-lead-contaminated-water/


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/nyregion/lead-nyc-schools.html


https://www.thehour.com/stamford/article/Scofieldtown-water-issues-remain-murky-8303260.php


https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/opinion/article/Pavia-Update-on-water-issues-in-Stamford-869001.php








WHO-WHAT-WHEN-WHERE-WHY-HOW
Graphic organizer in modeling notebook
Flint Michigan
Newark School lead in water
North Stamford Scofieldtown Water Contamination

Cholera in the water (Dr. John Snow) 


Thursday, September 19, 2019

ORGANIZE YOUR BINDER NOTEBOOK and BINDER QUIZ FRIDAY

  • syllabus
  • circle lab safety page
  • science A to Z
  • YOUR safety illustration
  • NGSS notes and plant gotta have it list
  • Gossipy model & summary table
  • textbook scavenger hunt
  • LWH COVER PAGE 
  • plastics article 
  • word sort and vocab list 
  • summary table LWH 
  • water quality research
  • notebook check quiz (graded)
  • solute, solvent, solution worksheet 
  • water who what when where why 
  • Honors- DOK challenge questions for activity 2 lab 

Sound Waters Survey to take

click here to take this soundwaters survey

Model Feedback Form

Each person in the group should fill out this form.

Landslide feedback form

Monday, September 16, 2019

LANDSLIDES

HW TONIGHT- make sure your model in your notebook is finished and research landslides for 15 mins.

Finish cover page.
Organize binder


golf cart filming landslide


trees/water landslide from a boat

Malibu landslide



News cast on Landslides:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U0HQqSqtts

Thursday, September 12, 2019

vocabulary words for cover page

Land, Water, and Human Interactions Unit Vocab List


Landslide 
Precipitation 
Wind 
Rain 
Flood 
Soil composition 
Elevation
Gravity 
trees/grass 
Dissolving 
solvent/solute 
Water quality testing 
Water pollution 
Canyons 
Deltas
Weathering 
Erosion 
Deposition 
Water contaminants 
Nutrients in soil 
Water cycle 
Evaporation
Condensation 
Run off 
Melting 
Freezing 
Cliffs 
Topographical maps

Using the word wall, textbook scavenger hunt,
and word list-
create a colored cover page for the unit

TITLE: LAND, WATER, and HUMAN INTERACTIONS
Draw at least 5 pictures that have to do with the theme of the unit
ORGANIZE YOUR BINDER

  • syllabus
  • circle lab safety page
  • science A to Z
  • YOUR safety illustration
  • NGSS notes and plant gotta have it list
  • Gossipy model & summary table
  • textbook scavenger hunt
  • LWH COVER PAGE 
  • plastics article 
  • word sort and vocab list 
  • summary table LWH 
  • water quality research 

Friday, September 6, 2019

First Week of Science--- COMPLETE!

Update:

All A team kids know how to log into powerschool to check grades!

Parents: go to toronline (tor website)
scroll down to the star that says- powerschool

username: student ID number
password is now: 87654321

You will be able to see their classes and click on the grade to see individual assignments for that class. PLEASE CHECK POWERSCHOOL WITH YOUR CHILD EVERY NIGHT


Next week in science class:

Monday: we will be sharing our plant models with your lab group and working on your group model- make sure you know HOW A SEED TURNS INTO A PLANT- have all the terms from the gotta have it list.

Tuesday: finish group models

Wednesday:  gossipy grade and summary table

Thursday: cover page for first unit

Friday: textbook scavenger hunt for first unit



Extra copies:
gossipy grading

summary table


causes of landslides hints

landslide reading...

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

binder organization


SCIENCE BINDER

·      Rules/syllabus
·      Circle the lab mistakes
·      Safety rule illustration
·      Science A to Z


SCIENCE MODELING NOTEBOOK 
NAME 
126 


GOTTA HAVE IT LIST
  • soil
  • roots
  • leaves
  • stem
  • sun
  • water
  • seed
  • germinate
  • cells
  • growth
  • nutrients 

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

PHENOMENA- awesome plant videos from class


I notice… I wonder…. Questions? 












WELCOME

Welcome A Team Science to Turn of River Middle School and to the 2019-2020 school year!

I am so happy to have you all on A team and as a part of my science class.

For homework tonight, make sure you "favorite" or "bookmark" my blog on your home computer to check for homework and helpful hints every night!

Friday night homework will be to have your parents sign our class syllabus (rules and routines), as well as read over the SEPUP lab rules.

Looking forward to a great year!
~Miss Klein

click here for class syllabus

click here for science sepup lab safety contract




REMEMBER HOMEROOM HOMEWORK:
have parents sign AUP for internet use, health card (yellow), and the mission statement in the agenda book on page 6

ALSO- A team teachers would LOVE any donations of TISSUES, Colored pencil or marker packs, loose leaf paper, LYSOL WIPES, and purell! We use A LOT during the school year and value any donations from families.

Thank you!

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Monday, June 3, 2019


seasons simulator: read activity 9 - pages 43-47
https://sepuplhs.org/middle/iaes/students/simulations/sepup_seasons5.html
draw model

SEASONS MODEL GOTTA HAVE IT LIST
*use the simulation!
·       Revolution
·       Axis
·       23.5 degree tilt
·       Indirect and direct sunlight
·       Solstice
·       Equinox
·       June, March, Sept, Dec 21
·       Summer, fall, winter, spring
·       Sun
·       Equator
·       Tropic of cancer
·       Tropic of Capricorn
·       Daylight hours
·       Longest day
·       Shortest day
·       4 earths
·       Orbit
·       Shade one earth with day and night
·       Rotation



page 7
who am I riddles and planet research graphic organizers (page 53)
who am I riddles and planet research 


Modeling book
cover page
table of contents
page 1: moon phases in order earth view
page 2: calendar
page 3: day and night
page 4: moon phases space view
page 5: solar vs. lunar eclipse (webquest)
page 6: seasons (webquest and activity 9)
page 7: who am I riddles or planet research
bonus: tides and solar system 


FINAL EXAM REVIEW PACKET DUE TUESDAY JUNE 4th!
FINAL EXAM THURS JUNE 6