Syllabus
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7th/8th Integrated Science, 2006-2007
The New School of Northern Virginia
Pamela Collins, Instructor
Focus Skills: Solves problems and applies effective research methods
Essential question: What will our planet look like and how will it behave in the future?
Students will study Ecology this quarter. Students will generate a geologic time line, lean about the origin of planet earth, identify fossils, explore erosion and soils, study rocks and identify limestone on discussions, map reading, demonstrations and group work. The class time will be spent on discussions, map reading, demonstrations and group work. Students will be doing their science exhibition during the third quarter.
Universal Classroom Rules:
Students must arrive for class on time
Students must come to class prepared
Students must sit in an appropriate manner for the class
Students may not behave in a manner that is distracting to others
Students must ask permission, at an appropriate time, in order to leave a classroom
Students who miss a day, for whatever reason, need to check about missed work with the teacher, or with a fellow student, before returning to class
Objectives:
o To understand the scientific method
o To know the major chages in landforms and species in our earth's history
o To be able to identify fossils
o To know the names of the different types of rocks and what type of rock they are (igneous, metamorphic, sedimenatry)
o To understand erosion and weathering
Text: Physical Science, Glencoe 1999
Week 1
? What is lab safety?
? What is the scientific method?
? What is the origin of the planet?
? Why is there life on earth, but not on the moon?
? Why doesn't Mars and Venus have life?
Quiz #1
Week 2
? What is known about Earth's geologic time scale?
Geologic time line
? What occured during Precambrian times?
? What did Precambrian's early atmosphere contain?
Quiz #2
? What occured during Paleozoic times?
Poster of life forms at the the various periods
Concept sorts
Quiz #3
Week 3
? What occured during Mesozoic times?
? What occured during Cenozoic times?
Quiz #4
Week 4
? What is the composition of the water at our local stream?
Trip to stream
? What is the composition of earth's present atmosphere?
Experiment of % of oxygen in air
? What is a mineral?
Creative essay on Minerals
? What is a rock?
? What are the types of igneous rocks?
? What are igneous rock features?
Quiz # 5
Week 5
? What are the types of metamorphic rocks?
? What are the types of sedimentary rocks?
Quiz # 6
Week 6
? What is the difference between chemical and mechanical weathering?
? What are the types of erosion?
? What are the types of soil?
? What is the deposition and erosion in a stream?
Trip to stream
? What is the rock cycle?
Quiz #7
? What are the types of maps?
Topographical map
Week 7
? What does limestone tell us?
? What is meant by the relative and absolute age of rocks?
Quiz # 8
Week 8
? What do we know about fossils?
? How do we identify index, trace and pseudofossils?
Quiz # 9
Grading:
Quizzes: 50 Points
Lab work/ classwork/ homework: 40 points (notes will be graded)
Friday Board Game: 10 points
7th/8th Integrated Science, 2006-2007
The New School of Northern Virginia
Pamela Collins, Instructor
Focus Skills: Solves problems and applies effective research methods
Essential question: What will our planet look like and how will it behave in the future?
Students will study Ecology this quarter. Students will generate a geologic time line, lean about the origin of planet earth, identify fossils, explore erosion and soils, study rocks and identify limestone on discussions, map reading, demonstrations and group work. The class time will be spent on discussions, map reading, demonstrations and group work. Students will be doing their science exhibition during the third quarter.
Universal Classroom Rules:
Students must arrive for class on time
Students must come to class prepared
Students must sit in an appropriate manner for the class
Students may not behave in a manner that is distracting to others
Students must ask permission, at an appropriate time, in order to leave a classroom
Students who miss a day, for whatever reason, need to check about missed work with the teacher, or with a fellow student, before returning to class
Objectives:
o To understand the scientific method
o To know the major chages in landforms and species in our earth's history
o To be able to identify fossils
o To know the names of the different types of rocks and what type of rock they are (igneous, metamorphic, sedimenatry)
o To understand erosion and weathering
Text: Physical Science, Glencoe 1999
Week 1
? What is lab safety?
? What is the scientific method?
? What is the origin of the planet?
? Why is there life on earth, but not on the moon?
? Why doesn't Mars and Venus have life?
Quiz #1
Week 2
? What is known about Earth's geologic time scale?
Geologic time line
? What occured during Precambrian times?
? What did Precambrian's early atmosphere contain?
Quiz #2
? What occured during Paleozoic times?
Poster of life forms at the the various periods
Concept sorts
Quiz #3
Week 3
? What occured during Mesozoic times?
? What occured during Cenozoic times?
Quiz #4
Week 4
? What is the composition of the water at our local stream?
Trip to stream
? What is the composition of earth's present atmosphere?
Experiment of % of oxygen in air
? What is a mineral?
Creative essay on Minerals
? What is a rock?
? What are the types of igneous rocks?
? What are igneous rock features?
Quiz # 5
Week 5
? What are the types of metamorphic rocks?
? What are the types of sedimentary rocks?
Quiz # 6
Week 6
? What is the difference between chemical and mechanical weathering?
? What are the types of erosion?
? What are the types of soil?
? What is the deposition and erosion in a stream?
Trip to stream
? What is the rock cycle?
Quiz #7
? What are the types of maps?
Topographical map
Week 7
? What does limestone tell us?
? What is meant by the relative and absolute age of rocks?
Quiz # 8
Week 8
? What do we know about fossils?
? How do we identify index, trace and pseudofossils?
Quiz # 9
Grading:
Quizzes: 50 Points
Lab work/ classwork/ homework: 40 points (notes will be graded)
Friday Board Game: 10 points
