April 30, 2020

Resource Documents: 

• Today's video PLEASE WATCH!

• Week at a Glance document: 4/27-5/1

• Distance Learning Presentation 4/27-5/1

• Check your grades on Synergy and check Amplify for comments on your work.

• Please email me if you have questions: julia_lopez@pvusd.net

Success Criteria
I can use a sim to discover the processes that form sedimentary and igneous rocks.

Agenda
1. Watch today's video for instructions
2. Open the Distance Learning Presentation
3. Log in to Amplify through Clever.com

• Go to Rock Transformations Unit, Lesson 2.1, Activity 2: Exploring How Magma and Sediment Form.

• Do all four pages in the activity using the simulation. Fill in all the answers on page 1 and 2. Read the definitions on page 3 and 4. Press Update/Hand In/Next Activity

April 29, 2020

Resource Documents: 

• Today's video PLEASE WATCH!

• Week at a Glance document: 4/27-5/1

• Distance Learning Presentation 4/27-5/1

• Check your grades on Synergy and check Amplify for comments on your work.

• Please email me if you have questions: julia_lopez@pvusd.net

Success Criteria
I can review and sort evidence about the rocks in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains to determine how they formed.

Agenda
1. Watch today's video for instructions
2. Open the Distance Learning Presentation

• Lesson 1.5, Activity 3: Evaluating Rock Observations
• No need to go to Amplify, follow the instructions in the presentation
• Record your evidence in your science notebook using the title “Evaluating Rock Observations"
• Answer the questions in the presentation

April 28, 2020

Resource Documents: 

• Today's video PLEASE WATCH!

• Week at a Glance document: 4/27-5/1

• Distance Learning Presentation 4/27-5/1

• Check your grades on Synergy and check Amplify for comments on your work.

• Please email me if you have questions: julia_lopez@pvusd.net

Success Criteria
I can create a model to show the materials and processes that form sedimentary and igneous rocks.

Agenda
1. Watch today's video for instructions
2. Open the Distance Learning Presentation
3. Log in to Amplify and go to Lesson 1.5

• Complete Activity 1. Press Update/Hand In/Next Activity

4. Modeling How Rocks Form

• Use the instructions on the presentation
• Draw models in your science notebook

April 27, 2020

Resource Documents: 

• Today's video PLEASE WATCH!

• Week at a Glance document: 4/27-5/1

• Distance Learning Presentation 4/27-5/1

• Check your grades on Synergy and check Amplify for comments on your work.

• Please email me if you have questions: julia_lopez@pvusd.net

Success Criteria
I can actively read, highlight, and annotate the article "Rocks on the Beach".

Agenda
1. Watch today's video for instructions
2. Open the Distance Learning Presentation
3. Log in to Amplify and go to Lesson 1.4, Activity 5

• Actively read the article “Rocks on the Beach” 
• Write at least one question and one summary statement per paragraph. 
• Answer the question. Press Update/Hand In/Next Activity

April 24, 2020

Resource Documents: 

• Today's video PLEASE WATCH!

• Week at a Glance document: 4/20-4/24

• Distance Learning Presentation 4/20-4/24

• Check your grades on Synergy and check Amplify for comments on your work. Progress reports are coming out soon, so get your late work done today!

• Please email me if you have questions: julia_lopez@pvusd.net

Success Criteria
I can use evidence to identify how rock samples formed.

Agenda
1. Watch today's video for instructions
2. Open the Distance Learning Presentation and start on the slide that says: Friday April 24 (Slide #32). Follow along to do the following activities:

• Formation of Igneous Rocks - Watch the Video
• Formation of Sedimentary Rocks - Watch the animation
• Compaction and Cementation - Look at the visuals and read the captions
• Key Concepts and Rock Characteristic Chart - Read both slides
• Science Notebook - Title “Identifying Rock Samples” Look back at the Rock Hand Samples - What type of rock do you think it is? What is your evidence? Record your ideas in the data table as shown in the slide presentation

April 23, 2020

Resource Documents: 

• Today's video PLEASE WATCH!

• Week at a Glance document: 4/20-4/24

• Distance Learning Presentation 4/20-4/24

• Check your grades on Synergy and check Amplify for comments on last week's work.

• Please email me if you have questions: julia_lopez@pvusd.net

Success Criteria

I can explore rocks in my yard or neighborhood, and identify evidence of how they might have formed.

Agenda

1. Watch today's video for instructions
2. Go to Amplify through Clever.com
3 Go to Lesson 1.3: Investigating How Rocks Are Formed:

• Activity 4: Family Homework Experience, Exploring Rocks at Home (fill out the table on Amplify and click Hand In)

April 22, 2020

Resource Documents: 

• Today's video PLEASE WATCH!

• Week at a Glance document: 4/20-4/24

• Distance Learning Presentation 4/20-4/24

• Check your grades on Synergy and check Amplify for comments on last week's work.

• Please email me if you have questions: julia_lopez@pvusd.net

Success Criteria

I can use a simulation to investigate how sediment and magma change to form different kinds of rock.

Agenda
1. Watch today's video for instructions
2. Go to Amplify through Clever.com
3 Go to Lesson 1.3: Investigating How Rocks Are Formed:

• Activity 2: Forming Rocks in the Simulation (answer questions in your notebook)
• Activity 3: Considering How Rocks Form (Press Hand In on Amplify)

April 21, 2020

Resource Documents: 

• Today's video PLEASE WATCH!

• Week at a Glance document: 4/20-4/24

• Distance Learning Presentation 4/20-4/24

• Check your grades on Synergy and check Amplify for comments on last week's work.

• Please email me if you have questions: julia_lopez@pvusd.net

Success Criteria

I can carefully observe pictures of rocks and record detailed observations.

Agenda

1. Watch today's video for instructions

2. Go to Amplify through Clever.com

3 Go to Lesson 1.2: Studying Rock Formations and Samples and complete the following:

• Activity 3: Observing Hand Samples of Rock (modified)
• You will look at pictures of rocks in the presentation
• Record your observations in Amplify (page 3 of Activity 3)
• Press Hand In

April 20, 2020

Resource Documents: 

• Today's video PLEASE WATCH!

• Week at a Glance document: 4/20-4/24

• Distance Learning Presentation 4/20-4/24

• Check your grades on Synergy and check Amplify for comments on last week's work.

• Please email me if you have questions: julia_lopez@pvusd.net

Success Criteria

I can use information from a video and slides to understand that rocks from different locations can be made of the same materials.

Agenda

1. Watch today's video for instructions

2. Go to Amplify through Clever.com, navigate to the 7th Grade page, click on our new unit: Rock Transformations

3 Go to Chapter 1: Rock Formations, Lesson 1.2: Studying Rock Formations and Samples and complete the following:

• Activity 1: Warm Up (complete in Amplify and hand in)
• Watch Video (in presentation)
• Activity 2: Thinking Like a Geologist (complete in your notebook)

April 17, 2020

Resource Documents: 

• Today's video PLEASE WATCH!!!
• Week at a Glance document: 4/13-4/17
• Distance Learning Presentation 4/13-4/17
• Check your grades on Synergy and check Amplify for comments on last week's work.
• Please email me if you have questions: julia_lopez@pvusd.net

Success Criteria:  

• I can reflect on my learning for this unit by completing an end of unit quiz and a notebook check assignment.

Agenda

1. Watch today's video for instructions
2. Click here for the Plate Tectonics Unit Assessment Google Form. You can only take it once, so take your time. You may use your notebook/resources. Press Submit
3. Go to Google Classroom and complete the Notebook Check Assignment

April 16, 2020

Resource Documents: 

• Today's video PLEASE WATCH!!!
• Week at a Glance document: 4/13-4/17
• Distance Learning Presentation 4/13-4/17
• Check your grades on Synergy and check Amplify for comments on last week's work.
• Please email me if you have questions: julia_lopez@pvusd.net

Success Criteria:  

• I can reflect on my learning for this unit by completing a self assessment activity in Amplify online.

Agenda

1. Watch today's video for instructions
2. Log in to Amplify through Clever.com and go to Lesson 3.4, Activity 5: Self Assessment
• Select "yes" or "not yet" for each statement (if your answer is "not yet", now is the time to look through your notes and the Amplify activities to find the answers to the questions) Remember: tomorrow is the final quiz for the plate tectonics unit.
• Use detailed, complete sentences to explain your answer.
• Press Hand In

April 15, 2020

Resource Documents: 

• Today's video PLEASE WATCH!!!
• Week at a Glance document: 4/13-4/17
• Distance Learning Presentation 4/13-4/17
• Check your grades on Synergy and check Amplify for comments on last week's work.
• Please email me if you have questions: julia_lopez@pvusd.net

Success Criteria:  

• I can connect evidence to support a claim about how the Mesosaurus fossils ended up so far apart.

Agenda

1. Watch today's video for instructions
2. Log in to Amplify through Clever.com and go to Lesson 3.4, Activity 3: Reasoning About Plate Motion
• Read the two claims
• Use the reasoning tool to connect each piece of evidence to the claim you think is strongest
• When you are done filling out the table, press Hand In

April 14, 2020

Resource Documents: 

• Today's video PLEASE WATCH!!!
• Week at a Glance document: 4/13-4/17
• Distance Learning Presentation 4/13-4/17
• Check your grades on Synergy and check Amplify for comments on last week's work.
• Please email me if you have questions: julia_lopez@pvusd.net

Success Criteria:  

• I can use evidence from a simulation to draw a sketch showing how the African Plate and the South American Plate moved over 200 million years.

Agenda

1. Watch today's video for instructions and how to use the sim
2. Log in to Amplify through Clever.com and go to Lesson 3.4, Activity 1: Warm Up
3. Use the Sim to show how the African Plate and South American Plate moved:
• Include fossils and GPS markers
• Draw a sketch in your notebook showing the results of your Sim mission
• Title: "Recreating Mesosaurus in the Sim"
• Answer the three discussion questions in complete sentences below your sketch

April 13, 2020

Resource Documents: 

• Today's video PLEASE WATCH!!!
• Week at a Glance document: 4/13-4/17
• Distance Learning Presentation 4/13-4/17
• Check your grades on Synergy and check Amplify for comments on last week's work.
• Please email me if you have questions: julia_lopez@pvusd.net

Success Criteria:  

• I can use evidence from a video and maps to explain the  composition of the super-continent Gondwanaland.

Agenda

1. Watch today's video for instructions and a discussion of the maps in the presentation
2. Watch Reconstructing Gondwanaland Video
3. Use the presentation: Look at map, and answer discussion questions in your science notebook. Title: “Reconstructing Gondwanaland”

Did you know that Antarctica was once green? Watch this video to learn about it!

April 9, 2020

Check your science grade on Synergy! If you didn't take Friday's Plate Boundaries Quiz, scroll to Friday's blog and click on the link to take it!!

Resource Documents: 

• Today's video PLEASE WATCH!!!
• Week at a Glance document: 4/6-4/9
• Distance Learning Presentation 4/6-4/9

Success Criteria:  

• I can actively read an article to understand the evidence of slow plate motion over time.

Agenda

1. Go to Amplify through Clever.com and navigate to the Plate Tectonics Unit, Chapter 3, Lesson 3.3 "Reconstructing Gondwanaland"
2. Complete Activity 2: Actively Re-read "A Continental Puzzle"
• Re-read the article, focusing on the Guiding Questions in the margin
• Highlight information that helps you answer the guiding questions
• Press Hand In.

Curious about the Giant Easter Bunny that once roamed the Earth?!! Here's a video you can watch about how scientists used evidence of Earth history to figure out how this bunny evolved. Have a Great Weekend!!

Please email me if you have questions: julia_lopez@pvusd.net

April 8, 2020

Check your science grade on Synergy! If you didn't take Friday's Plate Boundaries Quiz, scroll to Friday's blog and click on the link to take it!!

Resource Documents: 

• Today's video
• Week at a Glance document: 4/6-4/9
• Distance Learning Presentation 4/6-4/9

Success Criteria:  

• I can use actively read an article to identify evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics.

Agenda

1. Go to Amplify through Clever.com and navigate to the Plate Tectonics Unit, Chapter 3, Lesson 3.2 "A Continental Puzzle"
2. Complete Activity 3/4: Actively Read "A Continental Puzzle"
• Review the Active Reading Guidelines
• Include a Question Annotation and a Summary Statement Annotation for each paragraph.
• Reflect on your annotations in Activity 4. 
• Press Hand In.

Please email me if you have questions: julia_lopez@pvusd.net

April 7, 2020

Check your science grade on Synergy! If you didn't take Friday's Plate Boundaries Quiz, scroll to Friday's blog and click on the link to take it!!

Resource Documents: 

• Today's video
• Week at a Glance document: 4/6-4/9
• Distance Learning Presentation 4/6-4/9

Success Criteria:  

• I can use evidence from a simulation to determine the rate of plate motion.

Agenda

1. Go to Amplify through Clever.com and navigate to the Plate Tectonics Unit, Chapter 3, Lesson 3.1
2. Click on Activity 2: Observing How Plates Move
• Study the map.
• Look at the two examples of rate
• Follow the instructions for using the Sim
• Record your data in the table, and press Hand In

Please email me if you have questions: julia_lopez@pvusd.net

April 6, 2020

Welcome Back!! 

Resource Documents: 

• Today's video
• Week at a Glance document: 4/6-4/9
• Distance Learning Presentation 4/6-4/9

Success Criteria:  

• I can use multiple pieces of evidence to show that the plate boundary between the South American Plate and the African Plate is divergent.

Agenda

1. Go to Amplify through Clever.com and navigate to the Plate Tectonics Unit, Chapter 2, Lesson 2.5
2. Click on Activity 2: Interpreting a Plate Boundary Evidence
• Read the Email from the Museum
• Look at the map and read/think about the discussion questions.
3. Click on Activity 3: Modeling Plate Motion
• Read the instructions, "goal" and "do" (refer to the presentation for more resources).
• Draw a model of the plate boundary between the South American Plate and the African Plate in your notebook. Title: “Modeling Plate Motion”

What came first, the chicken or the egg? Watch this great Bird School Project video for the answer to this and other student questions!!

Please email me if you have questions: julia_lopez@pvusd.net