WEATHERING AND EROSIONN. Sassaman – 7th grade Science

TODAY’S FIRST FIVE….

EVERYONE get your Kindle

You may NOT play GAMES (ie. Cool Math, any Apps, etc.)

You MAY check your grades, read the news (NewsHog app), explore other INFORMATIONAL apps.

DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES

View the images on the next slide.

Make a list (one/sticky) of some differences between each picture.

Make a list (one/sticky) of some similarities between each picture.

DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES

Hurricane Sandy, October 2012 – New Jersey

Dust bowl, 1935 - Texas

DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES

March 18, 2007 October 31, 2012

DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH…

Use you Kindle to search

for images, videos, person

accounts, stories, etc.

about both Hurricane

Sandy and The Dust Bowl.

If you find something you’d like to share (either great story or just awesome video/image), write the

website info on a sticky and place on the board.

TURNED TO DUST… Read the article ‘Turned to Dust’ from the April 2012 Science World magazine.

Complete your ‘Ask, Answer, Learn’ reading guide after you read. Use your AAL reading guide along with the article to complete the ‘Then and Now’ page in your notes packet.

COMPLETE PARTS 1 AND 2 VOCABULARY…

WEATHERING INTERACTIVE – HOW ARE MATERIALS FROM THE EARTH BROKEN DOWN?

Purpose – In this virtual Lab, you will examine the effects of two kinds of weathering: mechanical and chemical.

Directions – Investigate all 4 scenes in this interactive. Be sure to click on BOTH effect buttons and fully describe the ‘before’ and ‘after’ weathering scene.

How Fast can it Fizz?? - Activity

Turn to page 40 of your textbook, Earth’s Changing Surface.

Read the DISCOVER activity at the top of the page.Use the materials provided in class to complete this activity.

Once complete, open up SOCRATIVE on your Kindle and enter Room number 791033.

Input your answers then SUBMIT.

COMPLETE PARTS 3 AND 4 IN NOTES…

Use textbook pp. 40-45 to help!

Stormy Debate

• Read “Stormy Debate” in the September issue of Science world (p. 20-22).

• Complete your ‘Ask, Answer, Learn’ reading guide after you read.

• In your notes packet, complete the Gather Support worksheet using this article information.

ASK – Turn section headings into questions

(who, what, why, when, where, how).ANSWER – Answer the question using info

from section.LEARN – add detail to your answer (key terms and other info) by including supporting

info from the article.

EXTRA,

EXTRA…

BrainPOP videosUSERNAME: 17870PASSWORD: Seals

Weathering and Climate

animationNational Geographic

Education – Weathering

(photos/info)

Weathering Photos and

causes

Mechanical weathering - photos/info

ONLINE QUIZZES ON WEATHERING…

Weathering and Erosion (10 questions)

Rocks and Weathering (10 questions)

Types of Weathering (10 questions)

BrainPOP videosUSERNAME: 17870PASSWORD: Seals

Watch and take the Quizzes!