Earth Science Nov 2015

Earth Science

If you have been working ahead- I am so proud of you! Keep up the great work.  I have changed the homework to help fit in the field trip to the Hare Krishna Temple.  If you already started on the old terms they will be for January.  Sorry to switch things up a bit.

Apprentice

• Read each of the links on this page Hare Krishna is Who??  in preparation for the field trip. As you read, write down anything that is similar to what you believe; much is different but there are some commonalities.

•  Write out and memorize terms from The Dictionary of Cultural  Literacy- keep working on past  cards
• Alvarez hypothesis
• barrier island
• carbon 14 dating
• catastrophism
• coral reef
• core
• cosmic rays
• crust
• earth
• earth, evolution of
• erosion
• estuary
• extinction
• fossil
• fossil fuel
• fossil record
• geophysics
• gradualism
• Hutton, James
• Lyell, Charles
• magnetic field of earth
• magnetic field reversals
• magnetic north
• magnetic pole
• mantle
• mass extinction
• mineral
• oil sands
• ore
• paleontology
• Pangaea
• plate techtonics
• radioactive dating
• tides
• topsoil
• tundra
• watertable
• weathering

• Multiplication- You will need to have these mastered by February.  Start working on the 0's, 1's, 2's, 5's, 9's, 10's, 11's.  Don't stress out and put up a block.  I know you can do this. 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. 
• O's- Zero is King! Anything Times 0 is 0!
• 1's- One is a mirror.  Whatever the number is, is the reflection it sees back. 1x4=4
• 5's- Think of a clock. 5x6=30 Just like when the minute hand is pointing to the 6 it is 30 minutes after the hour. Pointing to the 9 makes it 45. Pointing at the 3 makes it 15 and so on.

Geography

• Map of North America- Memorize countries and the states of the U.S.  Rember to share sites that you find helpful.

Journeyman

• Read Chapt 3 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.

• Do a Scientist Study.  Pick a scientist and learn about them.  Come ready to show us who they were.  Bonus points for dressing up.  Remember- DON'T BORE ME!

Masters

• Read Journey to the Center of the Earth- this book is a slow start but hang in there.  This book helped start the genre of Science Fiction.