7th Grade Earth Science

Date

Objective/ Procedure

Handouts/ Labs

Homework

1/19

1/20

Mid Sum 3 Review-1 TSWBAT

1.Use molds and sediments to create the environment needed to form a fossil

2. Understand that fossils that are found in rock layers are the index to the Earth providing the information about the history of the changes that have taken place on Earth

3. Go over p. 34.Thinking About Index Fossils to better understand the work of the early paleontologists

NJCCCS 5.1  & 5.8

1/21

1. Review timelines and fossils, unconformities, eras, periods, and major events in Earth History

2. Complete p. 35. Mid Sum 3 Review Sheet to prepare for the upcoming test

3. Go over p. 28. Relative Ages of Rocks / Evolution and Geologic Time to understand how the ages of rocks are determined and how organisms changed over time& p. 29  Early Earth History/Middle and Recent Earth History to review the events that happened in the Palezoic- Cenozoic Eras &p. 30 Fossils/Extinction of Dinosaurs to understand the theory of how the dinosaurs became extinct & 33. Theory of Plate Tectonics/Before Pangaea, Rodina to review the early geologists and Pangea

NJCCCS 5.1  & 5.8

1/22

1/23

Mid Sum 3 TSWBAT

1. Demonstrate knowledge of timelines, fossils, unconformities, eras, periods, and major events in Earth History on an evaluation using: Quizstar Online Quiz

2. Explore Igneous and Metamorphic rocks using the Earth History Multimedia Website: Username: wtbscience
             Password: bloomingdale

NJCCCS 5.1  & 5.8