Friday, February 6, 2015

February 9-13

Monday
Students will take take notes as Benson explains several aspects of mineral formation, including crystals. IMPORTANT: Print out the Crown Butte Virtual Field Trip and hand it in by the end of the week. Your score on this assignment will replace your lowest score so far this quarter. Honors students - The MESPOW is #115.

Tuesday
Students will take notes as Benson explains "plutonic formations". If you were gone, read through the Crown Butte Virtual Field Trip and read/watch all the resources posted in the links below. Read pages 295-297.

Wednesday
Students will watch a video about the geology of Yosemite Park. If you are gone, print the handout here and then watch the video here.

Honors students will take notes today and then watch the video on Friday.

Thursday
Students will take notes as Benson explains various types of igneous rocks. Read 70-74.

Honors students will do the lab today (see Friday links below - If you are gone, print the lab and follow instructions).

Friday
Students will do a lab titled, "Igneous Rocks". If you were gone, see the links below for Friday - Print out the lab handout and follow directions.

Honors students will watch the video today (see Wednesday). Honors students: Print the handout here and then watch the video here.

Question of the week
If plutonic formations form beneath the surface, why can they be found standing above the surface today?

Click on the links below to see many resources related to this unit.

Tuesday: Plutons Animation
Tuesday: Plutons Animation
Tuesday: Benson and Daughter Climb Devils Tower (photo album)
Wednesday: Longer Video (13-min) about Alex Honnold Climbing
Wednesday: Excellent Video About Hiking Onto Half Dome
Thursday: Ringing Rocks
Thursday/Friday: Igneous Rocks Pictures
Friday: Igneous Rocks Lab Handout
Friday: Igneous Rocks Lab

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