We are continuing to study the unique landforms that are created by different forms of stress and different types of boundaries. We have learned that each boundary has its own type of stress: compression occurs at convergent boundaries, tension occurs at divergent...
We are continuing to learn about the Periodic Table. This week we even made our own Alien Periodic Table to help us understand that repeating patterns are the building blocks of the organization of this table. We have learned about how Mendeleev and Moseley...
This week we began our study of Earth's Dynamics. This will take the information that we learned about last chapter on plate tectonics and plate boundaries and tie this into the landforms that we have. We will be exploring mountain building. This week, we specifically...
Thursday is test day. Our students will be taking their Chapter 9 test. Grades will be posted in RenWeb later this evening. Our next chapter is studying the Periodic Table of Elements in more detail. We will also be doing an "Alien Periodic Table" activity to help...
This week we have spent several days working on the periodic table and learning the facts that can be found about each element. We spent quite a bit of time learning the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons that each element contains. The students realized that...
We have finished our study of continental drift and plate tectonics. Our test for chapter 7 is today, Thursday. Grades will be posted on RenWeb later in the evening. This is also the end of the quarter, so grades that are on posted will be the grade for the quarter....