Wednesday Class

Today we finished out studies of coral reefs by watching an IMAX movie on coral reefs. It does a great job of connecting what we learn in paleontology to present day situations.

Tuesday Class

Today in class we did an internet activity on coral reefs. The information can be found on our resource page! Or by clicking here.

Friday Class

Today in science class we finished up the station work on this section of fossils. The passport and geological time activity will be due on Tuesday.

Thursday Class

Today in class we continued on the the fossils stations that we started earlier in the week.

Tuesday Class

Today we begin a session of fossil stations. We will call this Fossils #1 Station Work. The following is the description of what is being done at each station. By tomorrow most of the documents should be available on the resource section of our website.

Station 1 (Mr. Wandel): Coral Reef DVD Station with Questions. Grade: Passport Only.

Station 2 (Mr. Wandel): Ordovician Station. See the provided sheet for directions. Grade: Passport and completed sheet to be used on open note quiz.

Station 3 (Mr. Wandel): Power Point Station. See the attached sheets for activity. Grade: Passport and completed sheet to be used for review sheet later in unit.

Station 4 (Mr. Malefyt): Silurian Time Period Station: See the attached sheets for activity. Grade: Passport and completed sheet to be used on open note quiz.

Station 5 (Mr. Malefyt): Geological Time Period Activity: See the attached sheet for activity. Grade: Passport and completed activity will be handed in.

Station 6 (Mr. Malefyt): Devonian Time Period Activity: See attached sheet for activity. Grade: Passport and completed sheet to be used on open note quiz.

Wednesday Class

Today in science class we did a activity called, "How do we use rocks to Examine Geological History?" This lab is not available online. A due date was not assigned today for this lab.

Monday and Tuesday Class

Monday: We did a variety of things to prepare for tomorrow's test. We did a review CPS quiz and studied the review sheets. We also introduced to the students our next unit on fossils. We did this with a short movie and response session.

Tuesday: Test Day!

Other than the test, there is currently no homework assigned.

Friday Class

Today in science class we handed in the stories and illustrations that we did on the rock cycle. We spent time reviewing for Tuesday's test and ended class with a friendly jeopardy competition between Mr. Wandel's class versus Mr. Malefyt's class.
The Test is next Tuesday.

Thursday Class

Today in science class we took our Rock ID test.
See previous posts for what is due tomorrow.

Wednesday Class

Today in science class we had a number of things happening. First of all we addressed the following dates and their importance:
Thursday (Tomorrow): Rock ID Lab Test
Friday: Story Due and Artistic Rock Cycle Activity Due
Next Tuesday: Rock Test (Written)

Therefore, today in class we did the following:
1. Created a "cheat-cheat" for the rock id test tomorrow. This was done on a regular piece of paper and any information was/is fair.
2. The rocks were available for observation and study.
3. A review sheet for next weeks test was available. Students started to work on this.
4. Time was given to work on assignments due on Friday. Most student's did not get this far.

Many of these documents, including the review sheet, are available on our resource page.

Tuesday Class

Today in science we did an artistic activity on the rock cycle. A copy of today's activity can be found on our resource page. There is no due date set for this yet, but will likely be early next week. The only homework that is currently assigned is the creative writing story on the rock cycle that is due this week Friday.

Monday Class

Today in science class we worked (for the last time in class) on our Rock Cycle Creative Stories. Information for this can be found on our resource page. This creative writing activity will require two things being handed in: 1. Rough Draft. 2. Final Draft.
Those two things will be due on this week FRIDAY!

Therefore, the current homework assigned is the Rock Cycle Creative Story which is due on Friday.