Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Tuesday November 12th

The Plan:
Science:

This week students will be:

  • Classifying rocks in order to identify how the crust is built.
  • Creating sedimentary and igneous rocks in order to understand the processes behind their creation.

Homeroom: Signed Food Lab Permission Slips are due back Thursday the 14th so students may participate in creating edible rock samples!

What is Happening:

Monday: Today we:
  • Setup up PQR2ST+ notes for 2.2 Classifying Rocks and spent 20 minutes completing the notes.
  • In groups we discussed the many ways to differentiate rocks and what they are made of such as mineral composition, texture, and origin.

Tuesday:Today we:
  • Finished our PQR2ST+ notes for 2.2 Classifying Rocks.
  • In groups we processed our learning using a "Word Splash" activity to tie together the many concepts from the section and discussed any questions the students had.

Wednesday: 

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Friday: