Mrs. Schneider, Earth Science

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Week of April 29th

I can't believe we are starting the last week of April!  
 
Homework: None
 
Weekly Agenda Section A: 
Monday:  Unit 9 Lesson 3 Lecture
Tuesday:  Unit Connections Activity
Wednesday: Socratic Seminar Prep for class tomorrow
Thursday: Socratic Seminar about Impacts caused by humans on all systems we have studied this year. 
 
Section A FINAL Project will be assigned Monday May 6th and will be due Thursday May 9th at 11:59 PM.  
 
Weekly Agenda Section B: 
Tuesday: Unit 9 Lesson 3 Lecture and Socratic Seminar Prep
Thursday: Socratic Seminar about Impacts caused by humans on all systems we have studied this year.  And Unit Connections Activity
Friday: NO CLASS due to Field trip
 
FINAL Project will be assigned Monday May 6th and will be due Friday May 10th at noon.  We will be on a field trip at that time but students will have class all week to work on their final project. 

Week of April 22nd

Congratulations on finishing your PSAT-9!
 
Homework: Unit 9 Lesson 1 Checkpoint Assignment --- paper
 
Weekly Agenda Section A:
Monday:  Unit 9 Pre-Test and Unit 9 Lesson 1 Lecture
Tuesday: Unit 9 Lesson 2 Lecture
Wednesday:  Forecast Limitations Activity
Thursday:  Unit 9 Lesson 3 Lecture 
 
Weekly Agenda Section B: 
Tuesday:  Unit 9 Pre-Test and Unit 9 Lesson 1 Lecture
Thursday: Unit 9 Lesson 2 Lecture and Forecasting Activity
Friday: Unit 9 Lesson 3 Lecture
 

Week of April 15th

Welcome to Testing Week!
 
Homework:  Unit 8 lesson 2 Check Point and Practice and Review
 
Weekly Agenda Section A: 
Monday:   Unit 8 Lesson 2 Lecture
Tuesday: Unit Connections Project
Wednesday:  NO SCHOOL due to SAT
Thursday:  PSAT 9, students need to be here for testing
Friday:  PSAT 10, no school.  PROM is tonight.
 
Weekly Agenda Section B:
Tuesday:
Unit 8 Lesson 2 Lecture and Unit Connections Project
Thursday: PSAT 9, students need to be here for testing
Friday: PSAT 10, no school.  PROM is tonight. 
 
Student's final for my class will be the week of May 6th due to my chaperoning the senior trip. 

Week of April 8th

Welcome back, I hope you had an amazing Spring Break!  We are going to be getting straight back to work!
 
Homework: Unit 8 Vocabulary in Teams
 
Weekly Agenda Section A: 
Monday:  Unit 8 Lesson 1 Lecture
Tuesday:  Cave movie and worksheet -- there will be a sub this day as I am chaperoning a field trip for Environmental Science
Wednesday:  Water Solubility Lab
Thursday:  Unit 8 Lesson 1 Checkpoint Assignment 
 
Weekly Agenda Section B: 
Tuesday:  Unit 8 Lesson 1 Lecture
Thursday: Water Solubility Lab and Unit 8 Lesson 1 Checkpoint Assignment 
Friday: Cave Movie and worksheet

Week of March 25th and April 1st

Happy Spring Break Everyone!
 
No Westgate classes until April 8th!

Students will still have FRCC but the bus will not run from Westgate.  Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. 

Thanks and enjoy the gift of time with your students

Week of March 18th

Last week before Spring break!  Remember that your students will have FRCC during Westgate Spring break; and there will not be the bus from Westgate. 
 
Homework: Unit 7 Practice and Review (in Teams)
 
Weekly Agenda Section A: 
Monday:  Unit 7 Lesson 3 Lecture
Tuesday: Unit 7 Connections and Map Activity
Wednesday: Unit 7 Study Review Game
Thursday: UNIT 7 TEST
 
Weekly Agenda Section B:
Tuesday: Unit 7 Lesson 2 and Lesson 3 Lecture
Thursday:  Unit 7 Lesson 3 Lecture Continued and Review Game
Friday: UNIT 7 Test

Week of March 11th

While students have FRCC spring break this week, they still have two more weeks until Westgate Spring Break.
 
Homework:  Unit 7 Vocabulary
 
Section A Weekly Agenda: 
Monday: Unit 7 Pre-Test and Unit 7 Lesson 1 Lecture
Tuesday: Unit 7 Lesson 1 Lecture continued, and 7.1 Checkpoint Assignment
Wednesday: Unit 7 Lesson 2 Lecture
Thursday: Make your own map activity
 
Section B Weekly Agenda: 
Tuesday: Unit 7 Pre-Test and Unit 7 Lesson 1 Lecture
Thursday: Unit 7 Lesson 2 Lecture
Friday: Make your own map activity
 
 

Week of March 4th

Holy  Cow, how is it March?
 
Homework: PSA Project
 
Instead of a test over Plate Tectonics, students will use class time this week and any time outside of class that they may need to make a PSA (Public Service Announcement) about plate tectonics and potential disasters linked to plate tectonics. 
 
Assignment will be posted in Teams, and will be completed individually and may not be done with partners.  As this is taking the place of a test grade for this unit. 

Week of February 26th

Wow, this month was gone in the blink of an eye!
 
Homework: Unit 6 Lesson 3 and 4 Checkpoint assignment (paper) 
 
Weekly Agenda Section A: 
Monday:  Unit 6 Lesson 3 Lecture
Tuesday: Earthquake and Subduction Boundaries Activity
Wednesday:  Unit 6 Lesson 4 Lecture
Thursday: SCHNEIDER OUT -- Plate lingo Game
 
Weekly Agenda Section B: 
Tuesday:  Unit 6 Lesson 3 Lecture
Thursday: Unit 6 Lesson 4 Lecture and Volcano Introduction Video
Friday: Plate lingo Game 

Week of February 19th

Students have begun their study of Tectonic Plates and seem to be enjoying it.
 
Homework: Unit 6 Vocab -- in Teams. This assignment was assigned on Monday February 12th and is due Monday February 26th due to the quantity of vocab terms for this unit.
 
Agenda Section A: 
Monday: NO SCHOOL due to President's Day
Tuesday: Finish Unit 6 Lesson 1 Lecture, Lesson 1 Checkpoint Worksheet, Liquid vs Solid Core Experiment
Wednesday:  Earthquake FAQ Worksheet
Thursday:  Unit 6 Lesson 2 Lecture
 
Agenda Section B: 
Tuesday: Finish Lesson 1 Lecture, Lesson 1 Checkpoint Worksheet, Liquid vs Solid Core Experiment
Thursday:  Earthquake FAQ Worksheet
Friday: Lesson 2 Lecture 

Week of February 5th

This week we will be wrapping up our time in Outer Space and beginning our time studying plate tectonics. 
 
Homework: None
 
Weekly Agenda Section A: 
Monday: 
Practice and Review
Tuesday: Jenga Study Game
Wednesday: Unit 5 Test
Thursday: Unit 6 Pre-Test and Earthquake Studying History
 
Weekly Agenda Section B: 
Tuesday: Practice and Review and Jenga Study Game
Thursday: Unit 5 Test
Friday: Unit 6 Pre-test and Introduction to Earthquakes 

Week of January 29th

How is January almost over?  So we have had a shift in the order of the unit, due to me being out sick two days the week of January 22nd. 
 
Homework:  Unit 5 Lesson 3 and Lesson 4 Checkpoint Assignment  (paper)
 
Weekly Agenda Section A: 
Monday: Unit 5 Lesson 3 Lecture
Tuesday: Sounds of the Universe Exploration
Wednesday: Unit 5 Lesson 4 Lecture
Thursday: Modeling the Expanding Universe Lab
 
Weekly Agenda Section B: 
Tuesday:  Unit 5 Lesson 3 Lecture and Sounds of the Universe Exploration
Thursday:  Unit 5 Lesson 4 Lecture
Friday: Modeling the Expanding Universe Lab

Week of January 22nd

Welcome back from the week of crazy schedules full of holidays and frigid temperatures, I hope you all stayed safe and warm. 
 
Homework: Unit 5 Lesson 2 Checkpoint Assignment (paper)
 
Weekly Agenda Session A: 
Monday: Lecture for Unit 5 Lesson 2
Tuesday: Finish lecture and guided notes
Wednesday: Exploring the Expanding Universe Activity
Thursday: Space Exploration Activity
 
Weekly Agenda Session B: 
Tuesday: Lecture for Unit 5 Lesson 2
Thursday: Modeling the Expanding Universe Activity
Friday: Space Exploration Activity 

Week of January 8th

Welcome back and I hope you had an amazing and relaxing break!
 
Homework: Unit 5 Vocabulary (electronic assignment in Teams, due on Tuesday the 16th due to no school on Monday the 15th)
 
Weekly Agenda Section A:
Monday:  Science Reset, Lab Safety Contract Review 
Tuesday:  Pre-Test, and Begin Lecture Unit 5 Lesson 1
Wednesday:  Finish Lecture Unit 5 Lesson 1 an begin Unit 5 Lesson 1 Check Point Assignment
Thursday:  Finish Unit 5 Lesson 1 Check Point Assignment in class
 
Weekly Agenda Section B: 
Tuesday:  Science Reset, Lab Safety Contract Review and Unit 5 Pre-Test
Thursday: Unit 5 Lesson 1 Lecture begin Unit 5 Lesson 1 Check Point Assignment
Friday: Finish Unit 5 Lesson 1 Check Point Assignment

Week of December 4th

How is it December already?  Where did this semester go
 
Homework: None
 
Weekly Agenda:
Final Projects will be assigned in Teams at 8:00 AM on Monday December 4th.  Students will have all of their class periods this week to complete their finals; they are allowed to work on them outside of class but should not need to.   FINAL PROJECTS ARE DUE THURSDAY DECEMBER 7TH AT 3:30 PM; NO EXCEPTIONS. 
 
Please let me know if you have any questions.