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Ancient Indian Rock Cutting Technology- Indic Heritage Recognition

Learning about the different rock types and formations from the INDIC culture’s view -https://byjus.com/physics/types-of-rocks/

17 Most Unreal Rock Formations

Thursday, December 23, 2022

Task- Make the Plates Move!
Goal 1-Convection Currents Explanation Click Here
Goal 2- Let's Watch Moby and Tim explain Plate Tectonics and Convection: Click Here
Goal 3- Let's listen in to the Untamed Science Crew explain Plate Tectonics from Iceland!
Science Journal HW- Would you rather be the person who is the mover or the object that is being moved?

Thursday, December 22, 2022

Today's Goal- Visual-Auditory Learning
Let's Watch What Stress Does On Faults: Click here

Yellowstone National Park- ONE EXTREMELY LARGE VOLCANO
How To Do Yellowstone- Click Here
Let's view an expert explaining volcanoes and subduction zones
Let's view an expert and teachers demonstrating earthquakes 
Let's View an expert explaining what happens at the San Andreas Fault
Science Journal HW-  Do you think puzzles are beneficial for humans to do?

Monday, December 19- Friday December 23, 2022

Task-  Determine the information this graph has in relating to plate tectonic theory

Goal 1- Milky Way Movements
Goal 2- Describe, then compare two plate tectonic theory sources and how they explain it to you
Goal 3-  Revisiting puzzles and lab investigation reports
Science Journal HW
Monday Night- Do you feel scientists needed to share what they discovered about the earth's interior and movements with the public (us)?
Tuesday Night- Would you rather collide with, spread apart from, or slide pass someone shopping for gifts in a busy store?

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

 Here is our new claim that we will have to support to be true in the coming week after our lessons and activities teach us more about it-

Task- What's happening in this GIF? - click here

Task: -  The Moon's Light? Debate

Goal 1- Have You Seen The Moon Like This? Game

Goal 3 - Evidence and Experts to increase knowledge-

• Moon Movies
• Specific core idea and vocabulary
• Moon phases names and diagram
• Complete study guide on the moon's motions and effects on earth
• Watch and learn from my Sun-Earth-Moon System Motions Review

Task-  Play & Practice- Rotating Earth, Revolving Moon Effects In Our Sky

MY Childhood Moon Memory

Create a scene that describes a childhood memory you had with the moon. This can include movies, tv shows, parent stories, your own observation and curiosity, anything you can remember.... 

  *** It needs to be texturized on the paper- meaning make it 3D-using supply side materials

Thursday September 29, 2022

 Phenomenon-

 

 Goal 1-  Access to earth-sun relationship data for your study and practice click here

Goal 2-   Video Lessons on this earth and sun system relationship- click here

Thursday, September 29, 2022

 Goal 1: Science- Observing what's there and figuring out WHY!

Engineer- Using what's there to solve problems or dilemmas  

Technology- The new, updated results-devices, tools, systems, processes from science and engineering practices. 

Thursday September 29, 2022

IN CLASS  TASK- The purpose of this image is.....?   

Friday, September 9, 2022[

Goal 1: Please click on this link 9-11 Happened to understand what happened on this tragic day. And then watch the video below to listen to my experience as a 19 year-old college student during the 9/11 events. Have a conversation with family about your feelings, thoughts, questions. 

Monday, May 23, 2022

Just want to show you.... In The Field- So, What Is A Fossil?

Untamed Science Shows Us How Rocks Are Used For The History of Our Earth

Monday May 16- Friday May 20, 2022

 Goal 1- Beach Sand Phenomenon- With your teams, use clues from our past study on rock cycle to understand how this beach sand "got there"

 

Goal 2-Read: A Day on Bare Mountain.  Then, follow instructions on Google Classroom post.

Goal 3-- Mountain Age Probe Debate and Argue   Brittanica Video on Why
Goal 4- Walking The Cliffs with Untamed Science: weathering and erosion on Earth’s Surface. Fill In a window notes organizer on Google Classroom. 

Goal 5-Watch and Answer: Chemical and Mechanical Weathering Animation : Forces of Mechanical Weathering
Goal 6-. Beach Sand Probe Debate and Argue

Goal 7-

•  Untamed Science Crew takes us to The Grand Canyon to show us erosion’s power!
•  In The Field With Me- Bear Tooth Pass
• Take A Break- In The Field with me at Gros Vente Slide 
• In The Field with me- Weathering Rock and Resurgent Dome at Yellowstone
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Goal 8- Read this NEWSELA article on Erosion

VISUALS AND GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS TO LEARN WEATHERING AND EROSION

•  Break It Down, Move Around and Drop It Off ; Bill Nye Erosion Comedy
•  Which Is Which? ; How They Compare and Differ? ; Full Length Study Guide
• Stream Table Time Lapse ; Why Do Rivers Curve? ; Weathering and Erosion Show ; Geology Kitchen- Weathering ; Crash Course- Weathering and Erosion ; Areeba's Erosion Story 
• Soil Formation From Weathering and Erosion Study Guide

TASK- Master Gardener Science Mystery Read

ASSESS AND CHECK- Weathering and Erosion Quiz

1. Letter to Eddie Excellent Examples:  One ; Two ; Three

Friday May 13, 2022

MOVING ONTO EARTH'S SURFACE--- And what a wonderful place it is!!

Opening Task- Watch Untamed Science's Beyond The Dirt

Goal 1-  Forces Shaping Earth's Geosphere- Adventures in Constructive and Destructive Forces ; Fast and Slow Changes To Earth's Surface : Images and Diagram Folder

Goal 2- Build Your Own Environment Challenge : Student Story Examples 

Goal 3- Complete: Spheres and Forces Quiz

Thursday May 12, 2022

GOAL 1- STAR BURST ROCK CYCLE DEMO LIVE FROM CLASS 

GOAL 2- Skipping Stones- A Geode You Say?--- Can I break it?

GOAL-3 LET GO EXPLORING UTAH feature length film-  Specific clips 

GOAL 4- EdPuzzle Rock Cycle Adventure with Mr. Bradley- posted on Google Classroom

GOAL 5- Rock Formation and Cycle Quiz-Click Here

BONUS- In The Field Hikes To Learn Rock Cycle with Ms. Mecka

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

 

BEING GEOLOGISTS ROCK COLLECTION HUNT AND GATHER!

Stop 1- Read All About It: How Rocks Are Made Article; Rocks and Minerals Study Guides and Notes

Stop 2-Travel With Untamed Science-Climb Through The Rock Cycle 

Stop 3- Listen in to Haley and Rob Rock Types ; My Red Rock Thoughts From Sedona, Az

Stop 4- Music to Your Ears: The Three Types Of Rock- Flocabulary ; Rock Type Song ; Another Rock Formation Song ; Rocks, Rocks,  Rocks Song

Stop 5- Get Messy and Creative with: Kitchen Geology: Rock Types ; Student Rock Concerts

Tuesday May 10, 2022

Hello! So, today it is important for you to watch all three videos in this playlist ... it will take you from my humble beginnings 10 years ago coming across this magical field of boulders (as an elementary school teacher) to the most updated understanding of the science of this phenomenon with my now 13yr old niece Mya.    

Monday May 9, 2022

In Class Discussions-  Which do you prefer- something to be "one of a kind" or a "mixed bag of things"? Does color, texture or size attract you most to an object you might want to buy?

Do It! TASK-  Minerals are necessary for us to live in the world.  

After watching videos from Goal 1, 2 and 3- write me a CER that agrees or disagrees with this claim. (submit on Google Classroom Post)

Goal 1- Mineral observations-Video to help

Goal 2-  Why Do We Mine and What Does It Do For Us- Let’s Find Out!

Goal  3- Take a look at these videos where a geologist explains:
    -Defining A Mineral With A Geologist
    - Like A Woodpecker, A Mineral Has Different Varieties
    - If You Look At All The Elements...
    - More Than One Property To Identify A Mineral
    - If It’s Not Grown, It’s Mined
    -Benefits of Rocks and Minerals In Our World   
    -Minerals For Medicine



Tuesday April 5, 2022

Video Review and Check In- Please Listen.

Goal 1- FIRST watch this video 

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then, click on How Do You Think They Will Travel? Challenge and complete

Friday February 25, 2022

Does this graph and yesterday's demonstration of Solstices and Equinoxes makes sense together?

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Do It!  TASK- Write 3 questions, 3 "I see..."statements" and 3 thoughts/opinions about this image in your notebook.

Engineers of Color

 Engineers of Color

Bill Nye: Scientific Curiosity Kept Our Ancestors Alive | Big Think

Thursday, March 18,- Friday March 26, 2021

Here is our new claim that we will have to support to be true in the coming week after our lessons and activities teach us more about it-

Task- What's happening in this GIF? - click here

Task: -  The Moon's Light? Debate

Goal 1- Have You Seen The Moon Like This? Game

Goal 3 - Evidence and Experts to increase knowledge-

• Moon Movies
• Specific core idea and vocabulary
• Moon phases names and diagram
• Complete study guide on the moon's motions and effects on earth
• Watch and learn from my Sun-Earth-Moon System Motions Review

Task-  Play & Practice- Rotating Earth, Revolving Moon Effects In Our Sky

Goal 4- Listen to CER Moon’s Light Debate Examples to learn how to structure your responses.

Goal  5- A quick look at how the moon's position to earth causes tides- click here  

Goal 6-  Take the quiz- Moon's Motions and Effects