Mini Lessons Assignments

 We're turning the tables!  Each of you will present a 10-12 minute long mini-lesson about your topic.  We're going in a very specific order so that each lesson builds on the previous.  You'll need to use the book for the basic info about your topic and come up with the big idea (definition) of what your topic means.  Additionally, while it will be fun to hear from other folks, it's always fun to have a video, hands on activity and game.

These will start on the 12th of January.

Remember the basics:

• 10-12 minutes in length
• Present the main ideas of your topic
• Choose one vocabulary term for your classmates to learn
• Incorporate an activity, video, or mini game (you may NOT go over on time) into your presentation if you'd like
• Wrap up your lesson by checking for understanding.  You can ask review questions or give a pop quiz of two  or three questions. 
• You're also graded on your response and participation during the presentations from your peers. 

Other things to think about:

• You can email me power points or links to pull up on the computer and Smart board in class. 
•  If you need copies, you'll need 16 of them and you may make them at home or bring them to me to copy at least 1 day BEFORE your presentation.  I will not make copies for you on the day of presentation. 

Here's a link to the rough draft of the rubric.  It will give you an idea of what's important and how to approach the assignment for a great outcome.
https://docs.google.com/a/ccsoly.com/document/d/19P4KfrxnOiO4O9_soiWAZPZKYWs8_gUnwnalzPy_OlM/edit

If you need help, my planning period is from 1:20-1:50 daily as well as on Fridays from 12:35-1:15, and 2:10-2:50.

TOPICS and DATES were assigned in class December 17th and students were reminded on the 18th and 19th.  I will post them on the blog on or around January 5th. 

Earthquake!

Seismic waves
 p waves s waves

dip-slip fault
strike-slip fault
fault creep
normal fault
reverse fault
thrust fault

epicenter
focus
liquefaction
Mercalli and Richter scales
seismographs
surface waves  (Love  and Rayleigh)

Remember, look up the vocab to be an informed listener and participant in class discussion.

Can you feel the mountains tremble?

 This week it's all about how wiggly the world really is! Why don't we perceive it? These things move slowly and our lives are fairly brief compared to thousands of years it takes to make a mountain.  (And if it happened quickly, chances are good we wouldn't survive the crazy event to tell about it!)  But if we lived 900 years like Methusaleh, maybe we'd notice just how movable the mountains and continents are!

As usual, stuff is grouped together to help you organize it in your notes and in your head.


Continental Drift 
Tectonics
Convection Current


PLATE BOUNDARIES (the following are all types)
convergent--- with its friends subduction and trench
divergent-- with its friends seafloor spreading and midocean ridges
transform - it has no vocabulary friends

Stress- geologic not human! There are types because scientist LOVE to sort things into groups.
tensional
compressional
shearing

Deformation
Folding
Fracture
Hanging wall/footwall

Orogenesis
Mountain ranges
Plateau