Science-Earth+Science+A


 * Earth Science A**

**Technology Sign-Up** ** Unit 1: Introduction ** **__Overview:__**
 * Step 1: Ask Kevin for the sign-up sheet for Explorelearning.com and create an account so you can use Gizmos
 * NOTICE: Please email your work to me at kkenealy@marshalltown.k12.ia.us
 * NOTICE: If you have any questions you want to pose me or to someone else in the class please feel free to use the Discussion tab above!
 * NOTICE: If something says ** Download Coming Soon ** Kevin has a copy of the item in the classroom!
 * NOTICE: I am also using the AEA online resources as well as free resources. Any AEA267 resource will require the login information found at school.

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 * During the video I want you to identify 5 (or more) key points from the videos and construct a question either about a topic from the videos or about a topic we are studying in this unit.
 * Email me your 5 key points and question
 * I will respond to your email and either ask you to clarify your key points, clarify your question, or will ask you another question which you need to write an email in response to.

_ Read the Unit 1 article here
 * Read through the entire web page. Explore the links for more details to each step of the process.
 * Do the Reading Strategies Activity (Summarizing) for the Unit 1 article [[file:1_summarizing.pdf]]

_ Unit 1 Vocabulary Activity

_ Unit 1 Questions Activity _ Making Hypotheses Concept Development 1-1 [|Ch.1 Concept-Development Practice Page Student.pdf] _ Amassing a Penny's Worth Lab  [|Ch.1 Amassing a Penny's Worth Lab Student.pdf] _ Unit 1 Test _ 5 Paragraph Essay _ Project
 * __Practice and Application:__ **
 * __Assessment:__** (Choose 1 from below)*

** Unit 2: Motion ** media type="youtube" key="EUrMI0DIh40" height="315" width="420" Watch the video above
 * __Overview (Scalars and Vectors):__**
 * During the video I want you to identify 5 (or more) key points from the videos and construct a question either about a topic from the videos or about a topic we are studying in this unit.
 * Email me your 5 key points and question
 * I will respond to your email and either ask you to clarify your key points, clarify your question, or will ask you another question which you need to write an email in response to.

_ Read the Unit 2 Scalars and Vectors article here.
 * Read the entire webpage and try the Check Your Understanding questions and tell Kevin how you did.
 * Do the Reading Strategies Activity (Questioning) for the Unit 2 Scalars and Vectors article [[file:2_questioning.pdf]]

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 * __Overview (Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration):__**
 * During the video I want you to identify 5 (or more) key points from the videos and construct a question either about a topic from the videos or about a topic we are studying in this unit.
 * Email me your 5 key points and question
 * I will respond to your email and either ask you to clarify your key points, clarify your question, or will ask you another question which you need to write an email in response to.

_ Read the Unit 2 Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration article here. media type="youtube" key="PNTLDNxTMdg" height="315" width="420" Watch the video above
 * Read the entire web page.
 * Do the Reading Strategies Activity (Predicting) for the Unit 2 Speed, Velocity and Acceleration article [[file:3_predicting.pdf]]
 * __Overview (Newton's Three Laws of Motion):__**
 * During the video I want you to identify 5 (or more) key points from the videos and construct a question either about a topic from the videos or about a topic we are studying in this unit.
 * Email me your 5 key points and question
 * I will respond to your email and either ask you to clarify your key points, clarify your question, or will ask you another question which you need to write an email in response to.

_ Read the Unit 2 Newton's Three Laws of Motion article here.
 * Read the entire web page.
 * Do the Reading Strategies Activity (Text Structure) for the Unit 2 Newton's Three Laws of Motion article [[file:4_identifying.pdf]]

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 * __Overview (Momentum):__**
 * During the video I want you to identify 5 (or more) key points from the videos and construct a question either about a topic from the videos or about a topic we are studying in this unit.
 * Email me your 5 key points and question
 * I will respond to your email and either ask you to clarify your key points, clarify your question, or will ask you another question which you need to write an email in response to.

_ Read the Unit 2 Momentum article here.
 * Read the entire web page and do the check your understanding questions at the bottom. Let Kevin know how you did!
 * Do the Reading Strategies Activity (Visualizing) for the Unit 2 Momentum article [[file:5_visualizing.pdf]]


 * __Overview (Universal Gravitation):__ **

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Watch the video above
 * During the video I want you to identify 5 (or more) key points from the videos and construct a question either about a topic from the videos or about a topic we are studying in this unit.
 * Email me your 5 key points and question
 * I will respond to your email and either ask you to clarify your key points, clarify your question, or will ask you another question which you need to write an email in response to.

_ Read the Unit 2 Universal Gravitation article here.
 * Read the entire web page and do the check for understanding questions at the bottom of the page. Let Kevin know how you did!
 * Do the Reading Strategies Activity (Inferencing) for the Unit 2 Universal Gravitation article [[file:6_inferencing.pdf]]


 * __Overview (Representing Data in a Graph):__ **

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media type="youtube" key="ohYQMEhl5Cc" height="315" width="420" Watch the videos above
 * During the video I want you to identify 5 (or more) key points from the videos and construct a question either about a topic from the videos or about a topic we are studying in this unit.
 * Email me your 5 key points and question
 * I will respond to your email and either ask you to clarify your key points, clarify your question, or will ask you another question which you need to write an email in response to.

_ Unit 2 Vocabulary Activity

__ ** Inertia and Speed Activities: ** __
 * __Practice and Application:__**


 * _ 3-1 Mass and Weight Concept Development Practice [[file:CD3-1.pdf]]
 * _ 3-2 Inertia Concept Development Practice [[file:CD3-2.pdf]]
 * _ Lab 6 Going Nuts - Inertia [[file:Lab6.pdf]]
 * _ Lab 7 Buckle Up! - Inertia [[file:Lab7.pdf]]
 * _ Lab 8 The Physics 500 - Measuring Speed [[file:Lab 8.pdf]]
 * _ Lab 9 The Domino Effect - Maximizing Average Speed [[file:Lab 9.pdf]]
 * _ VLab 3 Measuring Speed [[file:VLab3.pdf]]

__ ** Motion Activities: ** __ __ ** Air Resistance/Friction Activities: ** __ __ ** Acceleration Activities: ** __ __ ** Action/Reaction and Collisions Activities: ** __ __ ** Impulse and Momentum Activities: ** __ __ ** Free Fall Activities: ** __
 * _ Lab 10 Reaction Time - Accelerated Motion [[file:Lab 10.pdf]]
 * _ Lab 11 Merrily We Roll Along - Accelerated Motion [[file:Lab 11.pdf]]
 * _ Lab 12 Blind as a Bat - Graphical Analysis of Motion [[file:Lab 12.pdf]]
 * _ Lab 13 Bring Home the Bacon - Accelerated Motion [[file:Lab 13.pdf]]
 * _ VLab 2 Newton's First Law [[file:VLab2.pdf]]
 * _ 6-1 Friction Concept Development Practice [[file:Ch6CD6-1.pdf]]
 * _ Fan Cart Physics Gizmo [[file:FanCartPhysicsSE (1).doc]]
 * _ Lab 14 What a Drag! - Effects of Air Resistance [[file:Lab 14.pdf]]
 * _ Lab 15 Impact Speed - Effect of Air Friction on Falling Bodies [[file:Lab 15.pdf]]
 * _ VLab 9 Acceleration and Friction [[file:VLab9.pdf]]
 * _ 6-2 Force and Acceleration Concept Development Practice [[file:Ch6CD6-2.pdf]]
 * _ 6-3 Racing Day with a=F/m Concept Development Practice [[file:Ch6CD6-3.pdf]]
 * _ 6-4 Force Vector Components Concept Development Practice [[file:Ch6CD6-4.pdf]]
 * _ Fan Cart Physics Gizmo [[file:FanCartPhysicsSE (1).doc]]
 * _ Lab 18 Getting Pushy - Variable Affecting Acceleration [[file:Lab18.pdf]]
 * _ Lab 19 Constant Force and Changing Mass - Mass and Acceleration [[file:Lab19.pdf]]
 * _ Lab 20 Constant Mass and Changing Force - Force and Acceleration [[file:Lab20.pdf]]
 * _ VLab 5 Inclined to Roll [[file:VLab5.pdf]]
 * _ VLab 6 Acceleration of Gravity [[file:VLab6.pdf]]
 * _ VLab 8 Newton's Second Law [[file:VLab8.pdf]]
 * _ VLab 9 Acceleration and Friction [[file:VLab9.pdf]]
 * _ 7-2 Newton's Third Law Concept Development Practice [[file:Ch7CD7-2.pdf]]
 * _ Lab 21 Tension - Action and Reaction [[file:Lab21.pdf]]
 * _ Lab 22 Tug-of-War - Action and Reaction [[file:Lab22.pdf]]
 * _ VLab 10 Newton's Third Law [[file:VLab10.pdf]]
 * _ 2D Collisions Gizmo [[file:2DCollisionsSE.doc]]
 * _ Air Track Gizmo [[file:AirTrackSE.doc]]
 * _ Lab 25 Go Cart - Two-Body Collisions [[file:Lab25.pdf]]
 * _ VLab 10 Newton's Third Law [[file:VLab10.pdf]]
 * _ 8-1 Momentum Concept Development Practice [[file:Ch8CD8-1.pdf]]
 * _ Lab 23 Egg Toss - Impulse [[file:Lab23.pdf]]
 * _ Air Track Gizmo [[file:AirTrackSE.doc]]
 * _ Lab 24 Conserving Your Momentum - Conservation of Momentum [[file:Lab24.pdf]]
 * _ VLab 11 Conservation of Momentum [[file:VLab11.pdf]]
 * _ 4-1 Free Fall Speed Concept Development Practice [[file:CD4-1.pdf]]
 * _ Free Fall Laboratory Gizmo [[file:FreeFallSE.doc]]
 * _ Lab 43 Apparent Weightlessness - Free Fall [[file:Lab43.pdf]]

__ ** Universal Gravitation Activities: ** __
 * _ 13-1 Inverse-Square Law Concept Development Practice [[file:Ch13CD13-1.pdf]]
 * _ 13-2 Force and Weight Concept Development Practice [[file:Ch13CD13-2.pdf]]
 * _ 13-3 Gravitational Interactions Concept Development Practice [[file:Ch13CD13-3.pdf]]
 * _ 13-4 Our Ocean Tides Concept Development Practice [[file:Ch13CD13-4.pdf]]
 * _ Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws Gizmo [[file:OrbitalMotionSE.doc]]
 * _ Gravitational Force Gizmo [[file:GravitationalForceSE.doc]]
 * _ VLab 15 Universal Gravitation [[file:VLab15.pdf]]
 * _ VLab 16 Gravitational Interactions [[file:VLab16.pdf]]

__ ** Graphing Activities: ** __ **__Assessment:__** (Choose 1 from below)* _ Unit 2 Test _ 5 Paragraph Essay _ Project media type="youtube" key="OFU2jwl8Uwg" height="315" width="420"
 * _ Distance-Time Graphs Gizmo [[file:DistanceTimeSE.doc]]
 * _ Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs Gizmo [[file:DistanceTimeVelocitySE.doc]]
 * _ VLab 4 Graphing Motion [[file:VLab4.pdf]]
 * Unit 3: Sound **
 * __Overview:__ **

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Watch the videos above
 * During the video I want you to identify 5 (or more) key points from the videos and construct a question either about a topic from the videos or about a topic we are studying in this unit.
 * Email me your 5 key points and question
 * I will respond to your email and either ask you to clarify your key points, clarify your question, or will ask you another question which you need to write an email in response to.

_ Read the Unit 3 article here. _ Unit 3 Vocabulary Activity
 * Read the entire web page.
 * Do the Reading Strategies Activity (Summarizing) for the Unit 3 article [[file:1_summarizing.pdf]]
 * __Practice and Application:__** _ Unit 3 Questions Activity _ Math Practice [[file:Ch26 MP.pdf]] _ Concept-Development Practice [[file:Ch26 CD26-1.pdf]] _ Lab 72 [[file:Lab 72.pdf]] _ Sound Beats and Sine Waves Gizmo [[file:SoundBeatsSineWaves SE.doc]] _ Doppler Shift Gizmo [[file:DopplerShiftSE.doc]]
 * __Assessment:__ ** (Choose 1 from below)*

_ Unit 2 Test _ 5 Paragraph Essay   _ Project media type="youtube" key="JmC-vjQGSNM" height="315" width="420"
 * Unit 4: Plate Tectonics **
 * __Overview:__ **

Watch the video above
 * During the video I want you to identify 5 (or more) key points from the videos and construct a question either about a topic from the videos or about a topic we are studying in this unit.
 * Email me your 5 key points and question
 * I will respond to your email and either ask you to clarify your key points, clarify your question, or will ask you another question which you need to write an email in response to.

_ Read the Unit 4 article here. _ Unit 4 Vocabulary
 * Read the entire web page (top to bottom)
 * Do the Reading Strategies Activity (Questioning) for the Unit 4 article [[file:2_questioning.pdf]]

_ Plate Tectonics Gizmo _ Conduction and Convection Gizmo  _ Mountain Making Community Connection  _ Model of Sea-Floor Spreading __ ** Choose 1 from the following 2 activities: ** __ **__Assessment:__** (Choose 1 from below)* _ Unit 2 Test _ 5 Paragraph Essay   _ Project media type="youtube" key="SRaInMDNyE8" height="315" width="560" media type="youtube" key="K8dDq3el_tQ" height="315" width="420" Watch the videos above
 * __Practice and Application:__ **
 * _ Building Pangaea Gizmo [[file:Building_Pangaea_SE.doc]]
 * _ Plate Tectonics: Putting Together the Puzzle [[file:plate tectonics puzzle.pdf]]
 * Unit 5: Rocks ****__Overview:__** media type="youtube" key="ihfKNRdlE2E" height="315" width="420"
 * During the videos I want you to identify 5 (or more) key points from the videos and construct a question either about a topic from the videos or about a topic we are studying in this unit.
 * Email me your 5 key points and question
 * I will respond to your email and either ask you to clarify your key points, clarify your question, or will ask you another question which you need to write an email in response to.

_ Read the Unit 5 article here and here. _ Unit 5 Vocabulary _ Rock Classification Gizmo _ Rock Cycle Gizmo _ Rocks All Around Community Connection _ Identifying Rocks Lab _ Rock Cycle: Once You Learn, You Never Forget _ Rock Types: A Rocky Trail of Clues _ Unit 1 Test _ 5 Paragraph Essay _ Project
 * Read both web pages all the way through!
 * Do the Reading Strategies Activity (Predicting) for the Unit 5 article [[file:3_predicting.pdf]]
 * __Practice and Application:__ **
 * __Assessment:__** (Choose 1 from below)*