Friday, November 6, 2015

Volcanos and Earthquakes

Apprentice
  • Continue with the note cards and add the new terms from The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy.
  • Volcano 2801

    • basalt
    • continental divide
    • continental drift
    • continental shelf
    • continents
    • earthquake
    • fault
    • geologic cycle
    • geology
    • geothermal energy
    • granite
    • hot spot
    • igneous rock
    • lava
    • limestone
    • magma
    • Marianas Trench
    • metamorphic rock
    • Pangaea
    • plate tectonics
    • Richter scale
    • San Andreas fault
    • sea floor spreading
    • sedimentary rock
    • seismic waves
    • seismology
    • shale
    • silicates
    • soil
    • stalactites
    • stalagmites
    • stratification
    • tectonic plates
    • volcano


  • Make a Volcano.  Bring it with you to erupt it in class --a bottle of coke and a pack of mentos does not equal a volcano:)  Get creative!
  • DRESS WARM!  We are going to the park to explode them.

Geography
  • Memorize the countries of North Asia.  Remember to share sites that you find helpful.
Math
  •  Learn the rest of the multiplication tables- 3's, 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's, 12's.  Remember a lot of these you already know!
  •  I want you to do 5 drills for each of these numbers. multiplication drills   Click start than select multiplication and whichever number you are working on. 
  • Next challenge yourself and do the drills for all the numbers 5 times.  We will be competing, so come ready to race!

    Journeyman

    • Read Chapt 4 in The Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe.  Read for an hour in the chapter.  Skip around. Do the art and bring it to show us.
    • We will be talking about the first 4 chapters.  Bring all your art if you still have it.  Be ready to share what has been intriguing to you?  Write down 5 cool thoughts you have had while reading this book.  Bring them with you.


    Master
    My Side of the Mountain/On the Far Side of the Mountain
    • Read My Side of the Mountain

    • Complete a project that was done in the book.  Have fun with this and bring it to class.  Even if the project fails the fact that you tried something new is great.


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