This week, we learned more about the water cycle and the reservoirs of water on Earth. When we speak of reservoirs of the water cycle in Earth Science class, we don't just mean the artificial lakes we make here in the west to store water to hopefully have available year round, in class it mean all of the places where water is found. We did an assignment to really nail home the idea that most water is in the oceans, and is not drinkable in its current form. We also did a water cycle mastery assignment, which required students to explain the water cycle individually to me to make sure they know what they're talking about.
This week we started our water unit with insight on the water cycle. We are now on to "power standard" number 10 out of 20, which aims to make sure students understand how the processes of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, infiltration, and transpiration work together to contribute to the water cycle. I introduced the "water cycle cartoon" assignment and gave students time to complete the assignment. We will continue on water next week.
This week, we learned about plate tectonic boundaries and the results of their interactions. We spent this week talking a lot about earthquakes and doing activities relating to earthquakes. We reviewed two powerpoints about tectonic plates, viewed one on earthquakes, and did two labs about earthquakes. The first one we did was on the Mercalli scale and then the next class period one on earthquake triangulation. We also took two pre and post tests on plate tectonics, and will be ready to start on water next week.
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AuthorMr. Saurer is a science teacher and basketball coach currently teaching at Granger High School. Archives
February 2019
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