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Period 1 Honors Environmental Earth Science - Mr. Mitchell
Land Processes and Products - Weathering and Lesser
Erosion Agents
Assignment Sheet
Dates are approximate, especially during CAPT testing.
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 22, 2002
TOPIC: Intro to Land Processes-Products FORMAT: lec
OBJECTIVES 1. Interpret a simple flow chart of the weathering/erosion/deposition processes and products. 2. define weathering, weathring products, erosion, erosion agents, deposition, deposition products. 3. relate land management to weathering and erosion. 4. Describe factors that affect the rate of weathering.
HOMEWORK Holt: Do p216-233 / Glencoe: Do p150-161
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 23, 2002
TOPIC: Lab: Weathering Processes FORMAT: lab
OBJECTIVES 1. Design a controlled experiment to test how rocks weather at Earth's surface. 2. Perform a controlled experiment to test how rocks weather at Earth's surface.
HOMEWORK 1. Begin Weathering experiment at home 2. Finish video worksheet including: A. Find a large rock, descibe it's location and appearance, and any signs of physical and chemical weathering. B. List minerals in your text Appendix which contain metal in their chemical formula, etc
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 24, 2002
TOPIC: Weathering Processes and Soil FORMAT: video
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe and give examples of how rocks weather physically and chemically. 2. Differentiate between physical and chemical weathering. 3. List physical, chemical weathering processes. 4. Match products of weathering with the processes that formed them. 5. Describe the interelation of phys/chem weathering.
HOMEWORK Text assignment TBA
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 25, 2002
TOPIC: Products of Weathering FORMAT:
OBJECTIVES 1. List five products of phys, chem weathering that people use daily. 2. Describe the commercial importance of the formation of products of weathering. 3. Explain why recycling of aluminum is economically important based on formation of bauxite ore. 4. Relate the abundance of clay to hydration of aluminum silicates.
HOMEWORK 1. Finish Weathering Products handout. 2. Text assignment TBA
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 26, 2002
TOPIC: Soil Horizons and Processes FORMAT: lec
OBJECTIVES 1. Explain why tropical soils are poor. 2. Identify how soil is lost. 3. Describe how to protect soil from loss. 4. Identify soil as the most important product of weathering. 5. Define soil in a way that indicates its value. 6. Diagram the formation of residual soil. 7. Identify the processes that form soil.
HOMEWORK Text assignment TBA
CYCLE: 30 DATE: Apr 29, 2002
TOPIC: Mass Movements FORMAT: video
OBJECTIVES 1. Define mass movements 2. List the causes of mass movements. 3. Describe how to cure and prevent damage from mass movements.
HOMEWORK Finish Mass Movement video worksheet, and Text assignment TBA
CYCLE: 30 DATE: April 30 and May 1, 2002
TOPIC: Field work: Local Soil Structure FORMAT: fieldwork lab
OBJECTIVES 1. Identify and measure the major soil horizons. 2. List the components and the processes occurring in each soil horizon. 3. Identify the components most important to soil fertility. 4.Contrast residual with transported soil 5. Describe basic soil conservation techniques related to forestry, agriculture and suburban activities.
HOMEWORK 1. Dig a hole in your yard, describe what you observe, and measure, record depths of soil layers. 2. Identify areas in your yard in danger of soil loss, write a plan to prevent it. 3. Finish soil noteguide task.
CYCLE: 30 DATE: May 2, 2002
TOPIC: Wrap up MM and Soil, Intro Wind Erosion FORMAT: lec
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe how wind removes material. 2. Describe how wind transports materials. 3. Describe how wind deposits materials. 4. List land forms caused by wind as an agent of erosion.
HOMEWORK 1. Start Windy Noteguide with notes from class, video, text. 2. Text assignment TBA
CYCLE: 30 DATE: May 3, 2002
TOPIC: Wind Erosion FORMAT: video
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe why sand dunes are important. 2. Diagram the movement of sand dunes. 3. Explain how to stabilize sand dunes. 4. Describe the importance and formation of loess. 5. Identify techniques to slow wind erosion.
HOMEWORK Text assignment TBA, reference Windy Noteguide to text.
CYCLE: 31 DATE: May 6, 2002
TOPIC: Glacier Movement FORMAT: lec/demo
OBJECTIVES 1. Diagram the flow of glacial ice. 2. State the relationships between rates of flow, melting and directions of glacial front movements. 3. Define moraine. 4. Describe how a terminal moraine is formed from the stationary front of a glacier. 5.Describe how ground moraine is formed from a retreating glacier front.
HOMEWORK 1. Start glacier noteguide questions. 2. Text assignment TBA
CYCLE: 31 DATE: May 7, 2002
TOPIC: Glaciers and Outwash FORMAT: lec
OBJECTIVES 1. Interpret a flow chart of land processes and products to relate erosion by glaciers to weathering and other erosion agents. 2. Describe and diagram the formation of stratified glacial deposits. 3. Explain why stratified deposits hold the most groundwater. 4. Identify probable areas of stratified material.
HOMEWORK 1. Identify possible outwash deposits on the way from/to school. 2. Possibly a text assignment TBA 3. Prioritize study objectives
CYCLE: 31 DATE: May 8, 2002
TOPIC: Glaciation FORMAT: video
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe how and where glaciers form. 2. Describe how glaciers move. 3. Describe how glacers change the land as they flow. 4. Identify features formed by depostion by glaciers. 5. Identify possible causes of the ice ages. 6. List information learned from existing glaciers. 7. Tell what a glaciologist does.
HOMEWORK 1. Finish video worksheet, find text page reference for each question. 2. Text assignment TBA
CYCLE: 31 DATE: May 10, 2002
TOPIC: Review for Test on Weathering, Minor Erosion
HOMEWORK Study for test.
DATE: May 13, 2002
Test:
Earthquakes, Radon, Weathering, Products of Weathering, Soil, Mass Movements, Wind,
Glaciers
Period 7 Honors Environmental Earth Science - Mr. Mitchell
Land Processes and Products - Weathering and Lesser
Erosion Agents
Assignment Sheet
Dates are approximate, especially during CAPT testing.
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 22, 2002
TOPIC: Intro to Land Processes-Products FORMAT: lec
OBJECTIVES 1. Interpret a simple flow chart of the weathering/erosion/deposition processes and products. 2. define weathering, weathring products, erosion, erosion agents, deposition, deposition products. 3. relate land management to weathering and erosion. 4. Describe factors that affect the rate of weathering.
HOMEWORK Holt: Do p216-233 / Glencoe: Do p150-161
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 23, 2002
TOPIC: Weathering Processes and Soil FORMAT: video
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe and give examples of how rocks weather physically and chemically. 2. Differentiate between physical and chemical weathering. 3. List physical, chemical weathering processes. 4. Match products of weathering with the processes that formed them. 5. Describe the interelation of phys/chem weathering.
HOMEWORK Finish video worksheetincluding: 1. Find a large rock, descibe it's location and appearance, and any signs of physical and chemical weathering. 2. List minerals in your text Appendix which contain metal in their chemical formula, etc
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 24, 2002
TOPIC: Products of Weathering FORMAT:
OBJECTIVES 1. List five products of phys, chem weathering that people use daily. 2. Describe the commercial importance of the formation of products of weathering. 3. Explain why recycling of aluminum is economically important based on formation of bauxite ore. 4. Relate the abundance of clay to hydration of aluminum silicates.
HOMEWORK 1. Finish Weathering Products handout. 2. Text assignment TBA
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 25, 2002
TOPIC: Lab: Weathering Processes FORMAT: lab
OBJECTIVES 1. Design a controlled experiment to test how rocks weather at Earth's surface. 2. Perform a controlled experiment to test how rocks weather at Earth's surface.
HOMEWORK Begin Weathering experiment at home.
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 26, 2002
TOPIC: Soil Horizons and Processes FORMAT: lec
OBJECTIVES 1. Explain why tropical soils are poor. 2. Identify how soil is lost. 3. Describe how to protect soil from loss. 4. Identify soil as the most important product of weathering. 5. Define soil in a way that indicates its value. 6. Diagram the formation of residual soil. 7. Identify the processes that form soil.
HOMEWORK Text assignment TBA
CYCLE: 30 DATE: Apr 29, 2002
TOPIC: Mass Movements FORMAT: video
OBJECTIVES 1. Define mass movements 2. List the causes of mass movements. 3. Describe how to cure and prevent damage from mass movements.
HOMEWORK Finish Mass Movement video worksheet, and Text assignment TBA
CYCLE: 30 DATE: May 1, 2002
TOPIC: Wrap up MM and Soil, Intro Wind Erosion FORMAT: lec
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe how wind removes material. 2. Describe how wind transports materials. 3. Describe how wind deposits materials. 4. List land forms caused by wind as an agent of erosion.
HOMEWORK 1. Start Windy Noteguide with notes from class, video, text. 2. Text assignment TBA
CYCLE: 30 DATE: May 2, 2002
TOPIC: Field work: Local Soil Structure FORMAT: fieldwork lab
OBJECTIVES 1. Identify and measure the major soil horizons. 2. List the components and the processes occurring in each soil horizon. 3. Identify the components most important to soil fertility. 4.Contrast residual with transported soil 5. Describe basic soil conservation techniques related to forestry, agriculture and suburban activities.
HOMEWORK 1. Dig a hole in your yard, describe what you observe, and measure, record depths of soil layers. 2. Identify areas in your yard in danger of soil loss, write a plan to prevent it. 3. Finish soil noteguide task.
CYCLE: 30 DATE: May 3, 2002
TOPIC: Wind Erosion FORMAT: video
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe why sand dunes are important. 2. Diagram the movement of sand dunes. 3. Explain how to stabilize sand dunes. 4. Describe the importance and formation of loess. 5. Identify techniques to slow wind erosion.
HOMEWORK Text assignment TBA, reference Windy Noteguide to text.
CYCLE: 31 DATE: May 6, 2002
TOPIC: Glacier Movement FORMAT: lec/demo
OBJECTIVES 1. Diagram the flow of glacial ice. 2. State the relationships between rates of flow, melting and directions of glacial front movements. 3. Define moraine. 4. Describe how a terminal moraine is formed from the stationary front of a glacier. 5.Describe how ground moraine is formed from a retreating glacier front.
HOMEWORK 1. Start glacier noteguide questions. 2. Text assignment TBA
CYCLE: 31 DATE: May 7, 2002
TOPIC: Glaciation FORMAT: video
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe how and where glaciers form. 2. Describe how glaciers move. 3. Describe how glacers change the land as they flow. 4. Identify features formed by depostion by glaciers. 5. Identify possible causes of the ice ages. 6. List information learned from existing glaciers. 7. Tell what a glaciologist does.
HOMEWORK 1. Finish video worksheet, find text page reference for each question. 2. Text assignment TBA
CYCLE: 31 DATE: May 8, 2002
TOPIC: Glaciers and Outwash FORMAT: lec
OBJECTIVES 1. Interpret a flow chart of land processes and products to relate erosion by glaciers to weathering and other erosion agents. 2. Describe and diagram the formation of stratified glacial deposits. 3. Explain why stratified deposits hold the most groundwater. 4. Identify probable areas of stratified material.
HOMEWORK 1. Identify possible outwash deposits on the way from/to school. 2. Possibly a text assignment TBA 3. Prioritize study objectives
CYCLE: 31 DATE: May 10, 2002
TOPIC: Review for Test on Weathering, Minor Erosion
HOMEWORK Study for test.
DATE: May 13, 2002
Test:
Earthquakes, Radon, Weathering, Products of Weathering, Soil, Mass Movements, Wind,
Glaciers
Environmental Earth Science - Mr. Mitchell
Period 6 Assignment Sheet
Land Processes and Products (Apr, May, Jun) The last course section examines weathering of the land and the resources such as soil that are formed, the work of erosion agents such as wind gravity and glaciers, and the water systems of the land that create both resources and hazards. |
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| Section Essential Questions: | How are the Earth's land surfaces changing? How do we affect those changes? How do they affect us? | ||
| Big Ideas (Concepts): | Weathering/Products | Minor Erosion Agents | Water Systems |
| Content (topics): | Weathering Processes, Products of Weathering, Soil Horizons and Processes, Local Soil Structure. | Mass Movements, Wind Erosion, Glaciation, Glacier Movement, Glacial Outwash. | Infiltration Factors, Groundwater flow, Groundwater Pollution, Hous Haz Waste, Floods, deposition, erosion, Wetlands Stream Speeds/Erosion/Dep, River case studies, Watershed mapping and management, Sedimentary Rocks. |
Dates are approximate - Especially during CAPT testing.
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 22, 2002
TOPIC: Land Intro and Weathering Processes FORMAT: lec; video
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe and give examples of how rocks weather physically and chemically. 2. Differentiate between physical and chemical weathering. 3. List physical, chemical weathering processes. 4. Match products of weathering with the processes that formed them. 5. Describe the interelation of phys/chem weathering.
HOMEWORK: 1. Finish video worksheet including: Find a large rock, etc, List minerals in your text Appendix etc, and 2. Read p276-280, do blue questions in margins, p284 #1.
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 23, 2002
TOPIC: Soil Horizons and Processes FORMAT: lec
OBJECTIVES 1. Explain why tropical soils are poor. 2. Identify how soil is lost. 3. Describe how to protect soil from loss. 4. Identify soil as the most important product of weathering. 5. Define soil in a way that indicates its value. 6. Diagram the formation of residual soil. 7. Identify the processes that form soil.
HOMEWORK: Read p281 and p285-289, do blue, and p284 #2, p289 #6-10, answer ques 1-5,12,17,18,26,27 on p 302.
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 25, 2002
TOPIC: Products of Weathering FORMAT:
OBJECTIVES 1. List five products of phys, chem weathering that people use daily. 2. Describe the commercial importance of the formation of products of weathering. 3. Explain why recycling of aluminum is economically important based on formation of bauxite ore. 4. Relate the abundance of clay to hydration of aluminum silicates.
HOMEWORK 1. Finish Weathering Products handout.
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 26, 2002
TOPIC: Field work: Local Soil Structure FORMAT: fieldwork lab
OBJECTIVES 1. Identify and measure the major soil horizons. 2. List the components and the processes occurring in each soil horizon. 3. Identify the components most important to soil fertility. 4.Contrast residual with transported soil 5. Describe basic soil conservation techniques related to forestry, agriculture and suburban activities.
HOMEWORK: 1. Dig a hole in your yard, describe what you observe, and measure, record depths of soil layers. 2. Identify areas in your yard in danger of soil loss, write a plan to prevent it. 3. Finish soil noteguide task.
CYCLE: 30 DATE: Apr 29, 2002
TOPIC: Mass Movements FORMAT: video
OBJECTIVES 1. Define mass movements 2. List the causes of mass movements. 3. Describe how to cure and prevent damage from mass movements. 4.
HOMEWORK: 1. Finish Mass Movement video worksheet, and 2. Read p282-284, do blue, and p284 #3,5, p302 #10,19,20,29.
CYCLE: 30 DATE: Apr 30, 2002
TOPIC: Wrap up MM, Intro to Wind Erosion FORMAT: lec
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe how wind removes material. 2. Describe how wind transports materials. 3. Describe how wind deposits materials. 4. List land forms caused by wind as an agent of erosion.
HOMEWORK: 1. Start Windy Noteguide with notes from class, text. 2. Read p 295-298, Do blue, p284 #3,4,5, p298 #11-15
CYCLE: 30 DATE: May 2, 2002
TOPIC: Wind Erosion FORMAT: video
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe why sand dunes are important. 2. Diagram the movement of sand dunes. 3. Explain how to stabilize sand dunes. 4. Describe the importance and formation of loess. 5. Identify techniques to slow wind erosion.
HOMEWORK: Read p 293-295, Do # 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15, 16, 24, 25, 28, 30 on p302
CYCLE: 31 DATE: May 6, 2002
TOPIC: Glacier Movement FORMAT: lec/demo
OBJECTIVES 1. Diagram the flow of glacial ice. 2. State the relationships between rates of flow, melting and directions of glacial front movements. 3. Define moraine. 4. Describe how a terminal moraine is formed from the stationary front of a glacier. 5.Describe how ground moraine is formed from a retreating glacier front.
HOMEWORK: Finish glacier noteguide questions. AND Read p324-327, p335-338, do blue questions in margins, p 332 #1, p338 #5-7, p342 #1,2,4,5,7,8,10,11,12,22,23,28, p342 #4.
CYCLE: 31 DATE: May 7, 2002
TOPIC: Glaciation FORMAT: video
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe how and where glaciers form. 2. Describe how glaciers move. 3. Describe how glacers change the land as they flow. 4. Identify features formed by depostion by glaciers. 5. Identify possible causes of the ice ages. 6. List information learned from existing glaciers. 7. Tell what a glaciologist does.
HOMEWORK: 1. Finish video worksheet, find text page reference for each question. 2. Read p327-332, do blue questions in the margins, p332 #2-4, p342 #3,6,9, 13,30. 3. Prioritize topics for Test review.
CYCLE: 31 DATE: May 8, 2002
TOPIC: Glaciers and Outwash FORMAT: lec
OBJECTIVES 1. Interpret a flow chart of land processes and products to relate erosion by glaciers to weathering and other erosion agents. 2. Describe and diagram the formation of stratified glacial deposits. 3. Explain why stratified deposits hold the most groundwater. 4. Identify probable areas of stratified material.
HOMEWORK: Identify possible outwash deposits on the way from/to school. 2. Prioritize study objectives
CYCLE: 31 DATE: May 10, 2002
TOPIC: Review for Test
HOMEWORK: Study for test.
May 13, 2002 Test: Earthquakes, Radon, Weathering, Soil, Mass Movements, Wind Erosion, Glaciation
Environmental Earth Science - Mr. Mitchell
Period 3 Assignment Sheet
Land Processes and Products (Apr, May, Jun) The last course section examines weathering of the land and the resources such as soil that are formed, the work of erosion agents such as wind gravity and glaciers, and the water systems of the land that create both resources and hazards. |
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| Section Essential Questions: | How are the Earth's land surfaces changing? How do we affect those changes? How do they affect us? | ||
| Big Ideas (Concepts): | Weathering/Products | Minor Erosion Agents | Water Systems |
| Content (topics): | Weathering Processes, Products of Weathering, Soil Horizons and Processes, Local Soil Structure. | Mass Movements, Wind Erosion, Glaciation, Glacier Movement, Glacial Outwash. | Infiltration Factors, Groundwater flow, Groundwater Pollution, Hous Haz Waste, Floods, deposition, erosion, Wetlands Stream Speeds/Erosion/Dep, River case studies, Watershed mapping and management, Sedimentary Rocks. |
Dates are approximate - Especially during CAPT testing.
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 22, 2002
TOPIC: Land Intro and Weathering Processes FORMAT: lec; video
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe and give examples of how rocks weather physically and chemically. 2. Differentiate between physical and chemical weathering. 3. List physical, chemical weathering processes. 4. Match products of weathering with the processes that formed them. 5. Describe the interelation of phys/chem weathering.
HOMEWORK: 1. Finish video worksheet including: Find a large rock, etc, List minerals in your text Appendix etc, and 2. Read p276-280, do blue questions in margins, p284 #1.
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 24, 2002
TOPIC: Soil Horizons and Processes and Mass Movements FORMAT: lec
OBJECTIVES 1. Explain why tropical soils are poor. 2. Identify how soil is lost. 3. Describe how to protect soil from loss. 4. Identify soil as the most important product of weathering. 5. Define soil in a way that indicates its value. 6. Diagram the formation of residual soil. 7. Identify the processes that form soil.
HOMEWORK: 1. Read p281 and p285-289, do blue, and p284 #2, p289 #6-10, answer ques 1-5,12,17,18,26,27 on p 302, AND Finish Mass Movement video worksheet
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 25 and 26, 2002
TOPIC: Field work: Local Soil Structure FORMAT: fieldwork lab
OBJECTIVES 1. Identify and measure the major soil horizons. 2. List the components and the processes occurring in each soil horizon. 3. Identify the components most important to soil fertility. 4.Contrast residual with transported soil 5. Describe basic soil conservation techniques related to forestry, agriculture and suburban activities.
HOMEWORK: 1. Dig a hole in your yard, describe what you observe, and measure, record depths of soil layers. 2. Identify areas in your yard in danger of soil loss, write a plan to prevent it. 3. Finish soil noteguide task.
CYCLE: 30 DATE: Apr 29, 2002
TOPIC: Wrap up MM, Intro to Wind Erosion FORMAT: lec
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe how wind removes material. 2. Describe how wind transports materials. 3. Describe how wind deposits materials. 4. List land forms caused by wind as an agent of erosion.
HOMEWORK: 1. Work on Windy Noteguide with notes from class, video, text. 2. Read p 295-298, Do blue, p284 #3,4,5, p298 #11-15 and 3. 2. Read p282-284, do blue, and p284 #3,5, p302 #10,19,20,29.
CYCLE: 30 DATE: May 1, 2002
TOPIC: Wind Erosion FORMAT: video
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe why sand dunes are important. 2. Diagram the movement of sand dunes. 3. Explain how to stabilize sand dunes. 4. Describe the importance and formation of loess. 5. Identify techniques to slow wind erosion.
HOMEWORK: Read p 293-295, Do # 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15, 16, 24, 25, 28, 30 on p302
CYCLE: 31 DATE: May 6, 2002
TOPIC: Glacier Movement FORMAT: lec/demo
OBJECTIVES 1. Diagram the flow of glacial ice. 2. State the relationships between rates of flow, melting and directions of glacial front movements. 3. Define moraine. 4. Describe how a terminal moraine is formed from the stationary front of a glacier. 5.Describe how ground moraine is formed from a retreating glacier front.
HOMEWORK: Finish glacier noteguide questions. AND Read p324-327, p335-338, do blue questions in margins, p 332 #1, p338 #5-7, p342 #1,2,4,5,7,8,10,11,12,22,23,28, p342 #4.
CYCLE: 31 DATE: May 8, 2002
TOPIC: Glaciation FORMAT: video
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe how and where glaciers form. 2. Describe how glaciers move. 3. Describe how glacers change the land as they flow. 4. Identify features formed by depostion by glaciers. 5. Identify possible causes of the ice ages. 6. List information learned from existing glaciers. 7. Tell what a glaciologist does.
HOMEWORK: 1. Finish video worksheet, find text page reference for each question. 2. Read p327-332, do blue questions in the margins, p332 #2-4, p342 #3,6,9, 13,30. 3. Prioritize topics for Test review.
CYCLE: 31 DATE: May 10, 2002
TOPIC: Review for Test
HOMEWORK: Study for test.
May 13, 2002 Test: Earthquakes, Radon, Weathering, Soil, Mass Movements, Wind erosion, Glaciation
Environmental Earth Science - Mr. Mitchell
Period 4 Assignment Sheet
Land Processes and Products (Apr, May, Jun) The last course section examines weathering of the land and the resources such as soil that are formed, the work of erosion agents such as wind gravity and glaciers, and the water systems of the land that create both resources and hazards. |
|||
| Section Essential Questions: | How are the Earth's land surfaces changing? How do we affect those changes? How do they affect us? | ||
| Big Ideas (Concepts): | Weathering/Products | Minor Erosion Agents | Water Systems |
| Content (topics): | Weathering Processes, Products of Weathering, Soil Horizons and Processes, Local Soil Structure. | Mass Movements, Wind Erosion, Glaciation, Glacier Movement, Glacial Outwash. | Infiltration Factors, Groundwater flow, Groundwater Pollution, Hous Haz Waste, Floods, deposition, erosion, Wetlands Stream Speeds/Erosion/Dep, River case studies, Watershed mapping and management, Sedimentary Rocks. |
Dates are approximate - Especially during CAPT testing.
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 23, 2002
TOPIC: Land Intro and Weathering Processes FORMAT: lec; video
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe and give examples of how rocks weather physically and chemically. 2. Differentiate between physical and chemical weathering. 3. List physical, chemical weathering processes. 4. Match products of weathering with the processes that formed them. 5. Describe the interelation of phys/chem weathering.
HOMEWORK: 1. Finish video worksheet including: Find a large rock, etc, List minerals in your text Appendix etc, and 2. Read p276-280, do blue questions in margins, p284 #1.
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 24, 2002
TOPIC: Soil Horizons and Processes FORMAT: lec
OBJECTIVES 1. Explain why tropical soils are poor. 2. Identify how soil is lost. 3. Describe how to protect soil from loss. 4. Identify soil as the most important product of weathering. 5. Define soil in a way that indicates its value. 6. Diagram the formation of residual soil. 7. Identify the processes that form soil.
HOMEWORK: Read p281 and p285-289, do blue, and p284 #2, p289 #6-10, answer ques 1-5,12,17,18,26,27 on p 302.
CYCLE: 29 DATE: Apr 26 and 30, 2002
TOPIC: Field work: Local Soil Structure FORMAT: fieldwork lab
OBJECTIVES 1. Identify and measure the major soil horizons. 2. List the components and the processes occurring in each soil horizon. 3. Identify the components most important to soil fertility. 4.Contrast residual with transported soil 5. Describe basic soil conservation techniques related to forestry, agriculture and suburban activities.
HOMEWORK: 1. Dig a hole in your yard, describe what you observe, and measure, record depths of soil layers. 2. Identify areas in your yard in danger of soil loss, write a plan to prevent it. 3. Finish soil noteguide task.
CYCLE: 30 DATE: May 1, 2002
TOPIC: Mass Movements FORMAT: video
OBJECTIVES 1. Define mass movements 2. List the causes of mass movements. 3. Describe how to cure and prevent damage from mass movements. 4.
HOMEWORK: Finish Mass Movement video worksheet
CYCLE: 30 DATE: May 2, 2002
TOPIC: Wrap up MM, Intro to Wind Erosion FORMAT: lec
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe how wind removes material. 2. Describe how wind transports materials. 3. Describe how wind deposits materials. 4. List land forms caused by wind as an agent of erosion.
HOMEWORK: 1. Start Windy Noteguide with notes from class, text. 2. Read p 295-298, Do blue, p284 #3,4,5, p298 #11-15 and 3. 2. Read p282-284, do blue, and p284 #3,5, p302 #10,19,20,29.
CYCLE: 30 DATE: May 3, 2002
TOPIC: Wind Erosion FORMAT: video
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe why sand dunes are important. 2. Diagram the movement of sand dunes. 3. Explain how to stabilize sand dunes. 4. Describe the importance and formation of loess. 5. Identify techniques to slow wind erosion.
HOMEWORK: Read p 293-295, Do # 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15, 16, 24, 25, 28, 30 on p302
CYCLE: 31 DATE: May 7, 2002
TOPIC: Glacier Movement FORMAT: lec/demo
OBJECTIVES 1. Diagram the flow of glacial ice. 2. State the relationships between rates of flow, melting and directions of glacial front movements. 3. Define moraine. 4. Describe how a terminal moraine is formed from the stationary front of a glacier. 5.Describe how ground moraine is formed from a retreating glacier front.
HOMEWORK: Finish glacier noteguide questions. AND Read p324-327, p335-338, do blue questions in margins, p 332 #1, p338 #5-7, p342 #1,2,4,5,7,8,10,11,12,22,23,28, p342 #4.
CYCLE: 31 DATE: May 9, 2002
TOPIC: Glaciation FORMAT: video
OBJECTIVES 1. Describe how and where glaciers form. 2. Describe how glaciers move. 3. Describe how glacers change the land as they flow. 4. Identify features formed by depostion by glaciers. 5. Identify possible causes of the ice ages. 6. List information learned from existing glaciers. 7. Tell what a glaciologist does.
HOMEWORK: 1. Finish video worksheet, find text page reference for each question. 2. Read p327-332, do blue questions in the margins, p332 #2-4, p342 #3,6,9, 13,30. 3. Prioritize topics for Test review.
CYCLE: 31 DATE: May 10, 2002
TOPIC: Review for Test
HOMEWORK: Study for test.
May 14, 2002 Test: Earthquakes, Radon, Weathering, Soil, Mass Movements, Wind erosion, Glaciation
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