Quarter 2

Homework will be posted on this page and kept here for at least 2 weeks. Please check this page when you are absent or if you need reminding about a particular assignment.

Q1 Homework assignments .......................Old Questions of the Week

Warm-Ups Q2

Geologic "Problem"
 Date  Class Topics  Assignment

 Due

Date
Oct 18-19

Rock Id Review

Testudo Klienmanni work book

Read pages 24-26 in tortoise workbook.

Answer these questions.

 Oct 20-21
Oct 20-21 Rock Id Quiz No Homework  
Oct 24-25

Minerals of the Earth's Crust

  • What is a mineral
  • Types of minerals
  • Identifying minerals

Read Text Pages 4-11

Complete Questions

Oct 26-27
Oct 26-27

Data Collection (The Tortoise Project)

  • review of accuracy
  • keeping track of our data

Text Reading Pages 24-32

Answer Section Review
Quests P 32.

  
Oct 28-31

Sedimentary Rock Introduction

  • Clastic
  • Chemical
  • Biological/Organic
The 3 types of sedimentary rock, based on how they are formed (like igneous rock)

 

Read Introduction to Sedimentary Rock, Questions at end of reading. Vocabulary words (in bold) are important.

 Oct 31-Nov 1
Nov 2-3

Sedimentary rock review

Tortoise Data collection

Introduction to Metamorphic Rock

This assignment will be posted next class period. No assignment for today!

  
Nov 4

Introduction to Metamorphic Rocks

Mineral Review

Tortoise Data Collection

Quiz on Minerals and Igneous and sedimentary Rocks on Sunday and Monday (Check out your Warm-ups)

  
Nov 5

Today we review the formation and identification of sedimentary rocks

Clastic

Chemical

Organic/Biological

Quiz Sunday and Monday, use your warm-ups

Review

 
Nov 7

Quiz on Minerals, Igneous and Sedimentary Rocks

TDC (Tortise Data Collection)

 

Read 41-45 in Text

Questions P. 45

  
Nov 9-10

Finally Metamorphic Rocks

  • How metamorphism occurs (contact vs regional)
  • Thermal induced change vs pressure induced change
  • foliated
  • nonfoliated

 

 Corrected test, due next class period  
Nov 11-17

Continue Rock Cycle

Lab on aspects of rock cycle (2 periods)

 

  
Nov 18-21

Complete Rock Cycle Lab

Read Text p. 88-94

Complete Section Review Page 94

  
Nov 22-23

Lithosphere

Tectonic Plates

Earth's interior http://www.solarviews.com/eng/earthint.htm

Inside the Earth http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/inside.html

 
  1. Convection current lab complete in class.
  2. Read Text 95-102
  3. Answer these online questions
 Nov 24-28
Nov 24-28

What drives the Rock Cycle

Inside the Earth, a Dynamic System!

Begin Future Map of the World Lab

No take home homework

  
Nov 29-30

Plate Tectonics Mapping

Complete Lab.

 Read Fault Type link, and answer questions at end of reading.  
Dec 1-2

Map of Future World (continued)

Deformation of the Earth's Crust

Test review P 114-115

Questions 1-17

(be sure all cities are on both maps and all calculations made for Future World)

  
Dec 5-6

 

Final work day to complete "Future World Lab".

 

Read text 120-125

Section questions

 

  
Dec 7-8

Moving, Shaking and Melting!

The surface effects of Plate Tectonics

Earthquakes

 Locating the Epicenter of an Earthquake  
Dec 9-12

Directions test

TDC

"Locating an Epicenter" (Part 2)

    
Dec 13-14

Final Semester Test Return

 

No Homework

 

  
Dec 15-16

Last day of class Semester

Earthquake, Impact on Society

 Enjoy Break, ssee you next year