Monthly Archives: February 2012

Good afternoon. Today’s objective was to  investigate the effect of different types of volcanoes based on their magma composition and the location of volcanoes due to plate tectonic activity. We started the lesson with ring of fire warm up. We then … Continue reading →

Tomorrow we will be working mapping volcanoes around the world. Please make sure to return the Inside Earth textbook along with your worksheet tomorrow. It will be graded. All missing/incorrect work needs to be turned in by Friday March 2nd … Continue reading →

Good afternoon! Today’s objective was to describe how the composition of magma effects how volcanoes are formed. We started the lesson with volcano check up 1. Then we went over the unit assesment and BCR. We then viewed Mr. Parr’s … Continue reading →

Today we had our test for the first half of the 3 unit. Before the test we reviewed with two great (yes, they are GREAT) videos:  and . Monday we will be coming back to volcanoes 🙂

Good afternoon. It’s hard to believe next week is the middle of the 3rd quarter already! Our objective was to describe how land formations occur from plate boundary interactions. We started the lesson with  earthquake risk warm up. From there we … Continue reading →

There are 2 great tutorials for the testing the struture of a building during an earthquake. Check them out: Make a Quake Quake it, Don’t Shake it

Good afternoon. Today’s objective was to describe how volcanos are formed at plate boundaries and describe the importance of silica dioxide in magma in classifying volcanos. We started the lesson with Earthquake Scales Questions using Earthquake Scales. We then went onto … Continue reading →

Today’s objective was to examine how seismologists monitor and measure earthquakes. We started the lesson with earthquake waves warm up. We then went onto taking notes using  Monitoring Earthquakes. We then moved onto Earthquake Scales Questions using Earthquake Scales. We finished … Continue reading →

Good afternoon. Today’s objective was to examine how seismologists monitor and measure earthquakes. We started the lesson with earthquake 2 warm up. The we went over Earthquake Travel Graph. Then we used Earthquakes Quick Flick Notes to capture information as we … Continue reading →

Below are a list of programs for middle school students interested in science: Middle School Stem Education at West Point. http://www.dean.usma.edu/departments/cme/cse/projects/index.php   New for 2012! The Army-Navy Bridge Design Contest for 6th and 7th graders! Check it out here  http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/armynavy.htm … Continue reading →