HLP Thunderbird Archery: February 2015

Monday, February 23, 2015

February 23-27

Monday
Students will watch a video about the K-T boundary. If you were gone, carefully read this web page and watch the video here. Honors students - MESPOWs are #26 and #87.

Tuesday
Students will take notes as Benson explains weathering and erosion. If you were gone, it is important that you read chapter 5 in your text. (Honors - chapter 4)

Wednesday
Students will watch a video. If you are gone, print out the WS here and watch the video called How the Earth Was Made: The Alps.

Thursday
Students will take notes on a handout as Benson explains sedimentary rocks. If you were gone, read pages 76-79. (Honors 62-68)

Friday
We will review several concepts and then do some maintenance on our crystals that are growing in the jars. Here's the explanation about the dress.

Tuesday: Weathering and Erosion Cartoon

Tuesday: PowerPoint Presentation - Weathering and Erosion

Tuesday: Notes handout for PowerPoint Presentation: Weathering and Erosion

Tuesday: Bill Nye Video - Erosion (Watch it f you missed class.)

Tuesday: Washington Mudslide Interactive

Tuesday: Mass Wasting in Gates of Mountains

Tuesday: Mass Wasting in Jackson Hole

Tuesday: Mt. Rushmore Facelift

Tuesday: Photos of March 2011 Rockslide Near Billings

Tuesday: Rockslide Caught on Camera in Tennessee

Tuesday: Cleaning Lichens from Mt. Rushmore in 2005

Thursday: Formation of the Himalayas

Thursday: Coal Mine Near Colstrip

Thursday: Eagle Sandstone

Thursday: General Article About Limestone

Thursday: Madison Limestone

Thursday: An Ice Cave in the Madison Limestone

Thursday: The Belt Supergroup

Thursday: (YouTube Video) Virtual Tour of a Wyoming Strip Mine

Thursday: Montana Coal Mine

Thursday: Montana's Oldest Rocks

Friday: Chief Mountain

Friday: Sea Creatures in Glacier Park?

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

February 17-20: Test on Thursday

Monday
No school today.

Tuesday
Students will do a lab. During the lab they will determine the density of 3 different kinds of igneous rocks. Honors assignment: There is no MESPOW this week, but read through The Crown Butte Virtual Field Trip - Look at all of the photos/diagrams and read all of the explanations.

Wednesday
We will return and go over several recent assignments/labs, and review for the test. A review sheet will be provided.

Thursday
Students will take a test and then do a WS.

Friday
Students will do a lab titled, Frost Wedging. (If you were gone, click on the link and follow instructions.)

Question of the Week: Crown Butte is made of an igneous rock called "porphyry". Explain how this rock formed.

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: 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

Sunday, February 1, 2015

February 2-6

Monday
Students will take continue taking notes as Benson explains various hazards associated with volcanism. See links below if you were gone.

Tuesday
Benson will explain 3 great eruptions and we will finish the notes on volcanic hazards. Then students will set up a crystal growth lab. See links below if you were gone.

Wednesday
Students will watch a video called Earth's Deadliest Eruption. See links below for make-up assignment.

Thursday
Students will do a lab to called "Magma and Lava"

Friday
Students will take notes as Benson explains various types of volcanic formations.

Question of the week
How can geologists determine whether an igneous rock formed from lava that cooled above the surface, or from magma that cooled beneath the surface?

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

Monday/Tuesday: Mt. St. Helens Lava Dome

Monday/Tuesday: Deadliest Eruptions of All time

Monday/Tuesday: The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens

Monday/Tuesday: Benson's Three Days of Hiking - St. Helens and Rainier

Monday/Tuesday: Laki Eruption in Iceland 1783-1784

Monday/Tuesday: Mt. Rainier Mudflow (future)

Monday/Tuesday: Bodies at Pompeii

Monday/Tuesday: Krakatau Tsunami (1883)

Monday/Tuesday: Ship Survives Krakatau Tsunami (1883)

Monday/Tuesday: Ashfall Fossil Site in Nebraska

Monday/Tuesday: Mazama Ash near Helena