Watch the following video: Fossils: Window into the Past
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Answer the following questions from the video above on page 51 in notebook.
1. What is a fossil?
What are some different kinds of fossils?
What is paleontology?
What types of information about prehistoric life can fossils provide?
How is paleontology related to geology?
How do fossils tel us things about the history of Earth?
What are the oldest fossils? How old are they?
What is evolution?
How do fossils about horses provide information about evolution?
Name a couple of things you learned from this film?
1. What is a fossil?
What are some different kinds of fossils?
What is paleontology?
What types of information about prehistoric life can fossils provide?
How is paleontology related to geology?
How do fossils tel us things about the history of Earth?
What are the oldest fossils? How old are they?
What is evolution?
How do fossils about horses provide information about evolution?
Name a couple of things you learned from this film?
4/7/16: Fossil reading from textbook: See vocabulary above and then scroll down for what to do. Put information in notebook on the following pages.
Key conceps on page 53, 2 column notes page 54, sequence chart, page 55, foldable about fossils page 56
Key conceps on page 53, 2 column notes page 54, sequence chart, page 55, foldable about fossils page 56
4/12: Worksheet on relative dating and Finding Clues in the Rock Layers : See teacher for worksheet
4/13/16: Theory of Continental Drift: Notes given from power point.
4/15/16: Geologic Time
Watch the following videos to understand Earth's Geologic Time
Watch the following videos to understand Earth's Geologic Time
4/15/16: Geologic Time Scale: Watch the video and take notes on page 62 in your notebook. Divide your paper in 3's one labeled:
Geologic Scale Life in Earth's Past Events in Earth's Past
Take at least 10 notes per section.
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Geologic Scale Life in Earth's Past Events in Earth's Past
Take at least 10 notes per section.
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4/18/16: Quiz on 8.E.2
Essential Vocabulary and go over standards
Essential Vocabulary and go over standards
4/19/16: close notes and power point on how species change over time
4/21/16: Study guide: 8.E.2 & 8.L.4
4/25/16: Starting review packets in class. There are 6 of them. Students will have 4 weeks to complete all 6. The grades are as follows: classwork grade, average quiz grade and test grade for each packet.
Packets can be gotten from the teacher only. Students will be given one packet and they must keep up with the packet to get credit.
Packets can be gotten from the teacher only. Students will be given one packet and they must keep up with the packet to get credit.
4/26/16: Packet work