- 5th Grade - Wordsearch
- 6th Grade - Test Tomorrow
- 7th Grade - Find out ONE detail on the Nuremberg Laws
- 8th Grade - Search Cleveland Sellers
- Earth Science - Mapping Lab - Due Thursday
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
I really only care about one football game a season. In honor of the outcome this weekend, I give you, my the Georgia Redcoat Marching Band. Make sure you listen after the 20 second mark.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Chapter 6 – “Earthquakes” – p. 160 – 197 - Study Guide – p. 194
Test Format
True / False – 5
Matching – 5
Multiple Choice – 10
Essay – 4 of 5
Terms and Themes
Stress
Hanging wall
Footwall
Anticline
Syncline
Plateau
Earthquake
Focus
Epicenter
P wave
S wave
Surface wave
seismograph
seismogram
friction
liquifaction
aftershock
tsunami
base-isolated buildings
Themes
- Types of stress
- Tension
- Compression
- Shearing
- Types of faults and their associated stress
- Normal fault
- Reverse fault
- strike-slip fault
- Order of seismic waves to reach a seismograph
- How do geologists measure and compare earthquakes? What does each scale measure? How else do these scales compare?
- Mercalli Scale
- Richter Scale
- Moment Magnitude Scale
- Four instruments geologists use to monitor faults
- Tiltmeters - creep meters
- laser-ranging devices - GPS satellites
- Possible effects of earthquakes
- Why is it important to monitor earthquakes? Faults?
- What should you do in an earthquake?
- Why is it so hard to predict earthquakes?
Thursday, November 18, 2010
I've updated the blog for the day with all of the due dates and study guides for tests and projects due next week. I have also included a video or two for your enjoyment.
- 5th Grade - No Homework
- 6th Grade - Test Tuesday
- 7th Grade - Television Project
- 8th Grade - Response to the interview so far.
- Earth Science - No Homework
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