This week we began our new chapter on how Earth changes and why. We will be investigating different types of stress and strain on the crust and how this creates different landforms. We will also be related each type of stress to a particular type of plate boundary.

This week we went over our chapter 6 test and broke open geodes. The students enjoyed wielding hammers and seeing the surprise inside the rocks. I pray that your family has a restful and blessed Christmas break. Next semester, we will begin our study on plate...

We have finished our chapter on erosion and deposition. On Tuesday we reviewed for our test and played a Kahoot as part of our review. Grades will be posted later Thursday night and this will be the last grades for the quarter. We will spend some time doing...

This week we have been studying erosion. We have looked at how wind and water carry away sediment and deposit it in different locations to create different landforms. We also learned how streams begin near the higher elevations, become larger and faster as the slope...

This week the students took their chapter 5 test. We will begin chapter 6 on Thursday. We will be learning about erosion and deposition. Now that the rocks have weathered, now different forces are going to carry them to new locations and deposit them. In the process,...

This week we reviewed for the chapter 4 test on Monday and took the test on Tuesday. Tests will be sent home in the Thursday folders. On Thursday, we will do an online lab identifying rocks into the three different categories using what we have learned about...