WELCOME TO EARTH SCIENCE

Mr. Murphy Room 1507

 

Welcome Students and Parents to Mr. Murphy's Earth Science web site. Using the links above you will find everything you need to know about my Earth Science class.

General Information and Syllabus includes grading procedures, rule and regulations, information about extra help and a course syllabus that summarizes all the earth science topics we will cover in the semester.

Information posted in class should always be considered more accurate than the information posted here.

Web Resources are useful web sites for learning about a variety of earth science topics.

Textbook Web Site - out textbook manufacturer has done an excellent job constructing an informative and user friendly web site. It includes the entire textbook on-line, interactive quizzes, animations for reinforcing key principles and many many chapter specific web links.

Students will be provided two CD's that contain the entire textbook and many other resources to aid them in their earth science studies.

Up-to-date grades are available at SPAN

PARENTS PLEASE NOTE- Sometimes schedule changes are made at the last minute, especially homework assignments.

DAILY SCHEDULE
SPRING 2008

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February

March

April

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June

JANUARY

Day JAN CLASSWORK HOMEWORK PROJECTS
Mon 21

HOLIDAY
Tues
22
  • Welcome
  • Seating, name tents
  • Basic Rules
  • What to expect
  • Review syllabus
  • What I expect from you
  • Intro Textbook exercise - chapter posters in groups of 2
  • start VOCAB cards - review procedures
  • Complete information sheet
  • search for Earth Science Current event
Wed 23

BELLWORK - review Bellwork procedures, complete p

  • assign textbooks and CD's
  • collect INFO sheets
  • Complete information sheet
  • search for Earth Science Current event
Thur
24

BELLWORK -

  • NOTEBOOK procedures
Fri
25

BELLWORK - p5 #1-3

  • Graphing notes
  • graphing practice
finish graphs

 

Day JAN CLASSWORK HOMEWORK PROJECTS
Mon 28

BELLWORK - p 10 #1-3

  • graphing review, Brainstretcher 2/3
  • Measure notes - handouts
  • Metric conversions
  • Metric mania worksheet
Tues
29

BELLWORK - p17 # 1-3

  • Measurement activities
Wed 30

BELLWORK -

Thur
31

BELLWORK -

  • WINTERFEST, short class
  • V- October Sky

FEBRUARY
FRI 1
BELLWORK -
   

 

Day FEB CLASSWORK HOMEWORK PROJECTS
Mon 4

BELL WORK -

 
STUDY for Test
Tues
5

BELL WORK - turn in UNIT 1 bell work and Unit 1 notebook

  • TEST Unit 1
  • "October Sky
GRW 22.1 & 22.2
Wed 6

BELL WORK - 621 # 1-3

  • Early Astronomers

 
GRW 22.3
Thur 7

BELL WORK - 629 # 1-6

  • Earth-Sun-Moon Relations
Ch 22 Word Wise
Fri
8

BELL WORK - 634 # 1-3

  • The Moon
  • V- finish October Sky
CH 22 Review p639 # 1-23

 

Day FEB CLASSWORK HOMEWORK PROJECTS
Mon 11

BELL WORK - define VOCAB p 644

  • CH 22 Quiz
  • GRW 23.1
  • CH 23 Notes
  • Solar System Project

 
GRW 23.1
Tues
12

BELL WORK - p648 # 1-5

  • complete Planets Poster
  • GRW 23.2
  • Planet Charts
  • V - PLANETS
GRW 23.2 and 22.3
Wed 13

BELL WORK - 653 # 1-4

  • Planet Chart Questions
  • CH 23 Notes, Need To Know
  • V - Venus Revealed
  • Sun's Angle activity Day #2

GRW 23.4
Thur 14

BELL WORK - 659 # 1-4

  • Other Solar System Stuff
  • V - Asteroids-Deadly Impact
  • Review Ch 23 GRW's
  • CH 23 Chap Rev.

P 669 # 1-25

Study for quiz

Fri
15

BELL WORK - 664 # 1-4

  • QUIZ - CH 23
  • Activity - Solar System Scale
  • M - Deep Impact

GRW 24.1 and 24.2

Study Roots

 

Day   CLASSWORK HOMEWORK PROJECTS
Mon 18
HOLIDAY
Tues
19
TEACHER WORKDAY
Wed 20

Bell Work -

  • ROOTS QUIZ
  • NOTES - CH 24
GRW 24.3
Thur 21

Bell Work - turn in Bell Work and Notebook

  • TEST CH 22 and 23
Fri
22

Bell Work -

  • M - Deep Impact

 

Day   CLASSWORK HOMEWORK PROJECTS
Mon 25
Bell Work -
Tues
26
Bell Work -
Wed 27
Bell Work -
Thur 28
Bell Work -
Fri
29
Bell Work -

MARCH

Day   CLASSWORK HOMEWORK PROJECTS
Mon 3
Bell Work -
Tues
4
Bell Work -
Wed 5
Bell Work -
Thur 6
Bell Work -
Fri
7
Bell Work -

 

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Day
OCT
 CLASSWORK HOMEWORK PROJECTS
Mon
29
 TEACHER WORKDAY    
Tues
30
CH 4 Alternative Energy
  • Review Ch 4 GRWS 1 thru 4
  • V - Alternative Energy choices and Power Shift
  • Ch 4 review - p121 # 1-21, p122 # 22-28
GRWS 5.1
Wed
31

CH 5 Weathering, Soil and Mass Movements

  • BW - p132 #1-4
  • Notes - 5.1
  • V - Weathering and Erosion
  • LAB - Surface Area/tTemp Effects
GRWS 5.2
Thur
NOV
1

CH 5 Weathering, Soil and Mass Movements

  • BW - p142 #1-5
  • Notes - 5.2
  • LAB - Soil Absorption rates
GRWS 5.3
Fri
2

CH 5 Weathering, Soil and Mass Movements

  • BW - p 147 #1-4
  • Notes - 5.3
  • V - Mass Wasting
  • V - NGS - Landslides

p 149 # 1-5

Ch 5 WW

Day NOV CLASSWORK HOMEWORK PROJECTS
Mon 5

CH 5 Weathering, Soil and Mass Movements

  • BW
  • Mass Movement Notes
  • V - Mass Movements
CH 5 Chap Rev p 153 # 1-24, p 154 # 25-29
 
Tues 6

CH 6 Running Water/Ground Water

  • BW - Study for quiz
  • QUIZ Ch 5
  • NOTES - CH 6 - make your own
Study for test  
Wed 7

CH 6 Running Water/Ground Water

  • BW - p163 #1-5
  • TEST Ch 5 only
  • Finish Self-directed CH 6 Notes
  • Start GRWS 6.1
GRWS 6.1, 6.2
 
Thur 8

CH 6 Running Water/Ground Water

  • BW - 170#1-4
  • GEODE - Streams
  • Review 6.1, 6.2 GRWS
  • V - Water Issues

GRWS 6.3

Study for Quiz

 
Fri 9

CH 6 Running Water/Ground Water

  • BW - p 179 #1-5
  • Review 6.3 GRWS
  • CH 6 QUIZ
  • GEODE - Ground Water
  • Finish Water Video
Study for test  

 

Day NOV CLASSWORK HOMEWORK PROJECTS
Mon
12
HOLIDAY
Tues
13

TEST Ch 6 + Notebook Check and BW collected

  • BW - Turn in Notebooks and BW
  • Notes - 7.1 Glaciers
GRWS 7.1
Wed
14

Ch 7 Glaciers, Deserts, and Wind

  • 198 #1-4
  • Glaciers LAB
GRWS 7.2
Thur
15

Ch 7 Glaciers, Deserts, and Wind

  • BW - 202 # 1-4
  • Notes 7.2 Deserts + 7.3 Wind Shapes Land
  • Finish Glaciers Lab
GRWS 7.3
Fri
16

Ch 7 Glaciers, Deserts, and Wind

  • BW - 207 # 1-4
  • CH 7 QUIZ

 

Day NOV CLASSWORK HOMEWORK PROJECTS
Mon
19

Ch 7 Glaciers, Deserts, and Wind

  • TEST CH 7
Tues
20

CH 8 Earthquakes

Wed
21
Thanksgiving
Thur
22
Thanksgiving
Fri
23
Thanksgiving

 

Day NOV CLASSWORK HOMEWORK PROJECTS
Mon
26

V - Fire Down Below - introduction to interiors Earth dynamics

GRWS - 8.1, 8.2

Tues
27
Plate Tectonics
Wed
28
Plate Tectonics
Thur
29
Plate Tectonics
Fri
30
Earthquakes

DECEMBER

Day DEC CLASSWORK HOMEWORK PROJECTS
Mon
3
Earthquakes
Tues
4

EARLY RELEASE

Earthquakes and Tsunami

Wed
5
Volcanoes
Thur
6
Volcanoes
Fri
7

Mountain Building

 

Day DEC CLASSWORK HOMEWORK PROJECTS
Mon
10

Mountain Building

Review
Tues
11
TEST
Wed
12
Geologic Time
Thur
13
Geologic Time
Fri
14
Geologic Time

 

Day DEC CLASSWORK HOMEWORK PROJECTS
Mon
17
Geologic Time
Tues
18
Astronomy
Wed
19
Astronomy
Thur
20
Astronomy
Fri
21
Astronomy

HOLIDAY BREAK

Day DEC CLASSWORK HOMEWORK PROJECTS
Mon
31
HOLIDAY
Tues
JAN
1
HOLIDAY
Wed
2
TEST
Thur
3
Oceans
Fri
4
Oceans

 

Day JAN CLASSWORK HOMEWORK PROJECTS
Mon
7
Oceans
Tues
8
Oceans
Wed
9
Oceans
Thur