Standard Environmental Earth Science - Mr. Mitchell

Internal Earth Processes and Products Assignments

Dates are approximate

CYCLE: 22 DATE: Feb 26, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. List the major concepts in the Internal Earth Section of the course. 2. Describe the Battle analogy that demonstrates the effects on the Earth's surface of internal and surface process.

HOMEWORK Read p408-411, do blue question in margin.

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CYCLE: 23 DATE: Feb 27, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. Describe how the movement of seismic waves through the Earth contributes to knowlege of the state of matter, size and density of Earth's interior. 2. Explain why waves refract as they cross density boundaries. 3. explain how seismic evidence shows the location of the moho, aesthenosphere, cores.

HOMEWORK 1. Read p426-428, do blue, p430 9,12,15,19

CYCLE: 23 DATE: Feb 28, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. Identify how the change in velocity of seismic waves indicates areas of hot, soft rock in the Earth. 2. Use mathematical ratios in a scientific investigation.

HOMEWORK Finish Seismic Discovery Lab

CYCLE: 23 DATE: Mar 1, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. List the layers through the Earth in order. 2. Describe the evidence that supports the current theory of the planet's structure and composition.

HOMEWORK 1. Finish questions from the video worksheet.

CYCLE: 23 DATE: Mar 1, 2002

OBJECTIVES Analyse test results to prepare for Final Exam.

HOMEWORK Finish test analysis by completing four column format.

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CYCLE: 24 DATE: Mar 7, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. Describe the evidence of the composition of Earth's cores. 2. Describe the best explanation for the heat of Earth's interior.

HOMEWORK Complete Internal Earth Structure Review Questions.

CYCLE: 24 DATE: Mar 7, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. Identify the direction of tectonic plate movement at converging, diverging, and transverse plate boundaries. 2.Describe how tectonic plate movement can form surface features, e-quakes at a plate boundary

HOMEWORK Read and do questions on p437-445 and use to finish plate boundary feature chart.

CYCLE: 24 DATE: Mar 8, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. Identify the direction of tectonic plate movement at converging, diverging, and transverse plate boundaries. 2.Describe how tectonic plate movement can form surface features, e-quakes at a plate boundary

HOMEWORK Finish plate boundary features descriptions and diagrams

CYCLE: 24 DATE: Mar 12, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. Associate specific plate boundaries with the type of volcanos that form at those boundaries. 2. Contrast types of volcanoes 3. Describe relationships between people and volcanoes.

HOMEWORK Turn video notes into paragraphs on volcano/plate boundary types and relation of people to volcanoes.

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CYCLE: 25 DATE: Mar 14, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. Relate the formation of igneous and metamorphic rocks to plate tectonic processes. 2. List the eight most abundant elements of the Earths crust by mass.

HOMEWORK 1. Mnemonic for 8 most abundant crustal elements. 2. Chart of minerals that contain each of the 8 most abundant elements, with their formulas and uses. 3. Read p74-76, p78-81, p348-350, do blue margin ques and #1,2 on p81 and all on p352.

CYCLE: 25 DATE: Mar 15, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. Relate the formation of igneous and metamorphic rocks to plate tectonic processes.

HOMEWORK Read p368-376, do blue, p376 #1-5. Read p 530-539, do blue questions in margins and questions 1-5 p 539

CYCLE: 25 DATE: Mar 18, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. Relate plate tectonic processes to the formation of metamorphic rocks. 2. Categorize metamorphic rocks based on location of formation, processes involved, and degree of change.

HOMEWORK Read p386-391, do blue, p391 #1-4

CYCLE: 25 DATE: Mar 19, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. Relate the formation of igneous and metamorphic rocks to plate tectonic processes.

HOMEWORK Finish Rock stories exercise

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CYCLE: 26 DATE: Mar 22, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. Explain how current environmental issues affect you.

HOMEWORK Complete Earth Fair handout with info about each outside group and 3 Mills booths at the fair, and write a newspaper article (wwwwwh)about the Earth Fair.

CYCLE: 26 DATE: Mar 25, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. Identify the features found at tectonic plate boundaries. 2. Relate tectonic activity to local geologic history. 3. Apply knowledge of plate boundary activities.

HOMEWORK Finish Connecticut tectonic history assignment.

CYCLE: 26 DATE: Mar 26, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. List the steps in the mining process, including where energy is used and pollution is produced. 2. Describe five ways that recycling of metal is good resource management.

HOMEWORK Read p540-546, do blue questions in margins, #6-10 on p546.

CYCLE: 26 DATE: Mar 27, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. Properly sequence the natural and human caused events that lead to use by people of resources from internal Earth processes.

HOMEWORK Finish Internal Earth Sequence.

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CYCLE: 27 DATE: Mar 28, 2002

HOMEWORK Study for Test !!

Apr 1, 2002

TEST 6: Internal Earth Processes and Products

CYCLE: 27 DATE: Apr 2, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. Relate internal Earth heat movement to earthquakes at tectonic plate boundaries. 2. Identify stress release in rocks at faults as the cause of earthquakes. 3. Describe how a seismograph works. 4. Relate Richter scale measurements to energy release. 5. Describe cultural and geological effects of earthquakes.

HOMEWORK 1. Finish video worksheet and 2. Read p408-414, do blue, do ques p414 #1-5.

CYCLE: 27 DATE: Apr 3, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. Assess their own homes to predict potential damage from a major earthquake.

HOMEWORK REDAS !!!!

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CYCLE: 28 DATE: Apr 5, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. Describe what radon is and where it comes from. 2. Describe how radon gets into homes and how to stop it. 3. Demonstrate understanding of radon problems by making sure their homes are tested.

HOMEWORK 1. Complete Radon reading task. 2. Prioritize objectives for Test

CYCLE: 28 DATE: Apr 9, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. Define earthquake, focus, hypocenter, epicenter. 2. Describe causes of earthquakes 3. Relate earthquakes to plate boundaries. 4. Contrast surface with body seismic waves. 5. Describe examples, numbers of earthquakes in New England.

HOMEWORK 1. Finish New England Earthquake assignment 2. Read p408-420, do blue questions in the margins and p414 #1-5, p420 #6-9.

CYCLE: 28 DATE: Apr 10, 2002

OBJECTIVES 1. Use graphs of seismic wave travel times to determine earthquake distances. 2. Use seismograph records to determine epicenter locations. 3. Use focus depths to predict plate boundary types. 4. Use a computer spreadsheet program to do simple math and graphs.

HOMEWORK Finish lab exercise AND Read p421-423, do #10-12 p428, p430 #4,10,21.

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