Thursday, 1/22/2026

Starter: On pages 62 and 63 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #6 Jan 29^th

●         Earth & Engineering Test Feb 2^nd

●         Cell Theory Quiz Feb 12^th

Lesson: Taipei 101

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnZbySHm9Qs&ab_channel=JonathanEatsFun (1^st 32:01, 2^nd 22:07, 3^rd 20:30)

Wednesday, 1/21/2026

Starter: On pages 62 and 63 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         6. Get a piece of Scratch Paper for your Model Earth.

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #6 Jan 29^th

●         Earth & Engineering Test Feb 2^nd

●         Cell Theory Quiz Feb 12^th

Lesson: Taipei 101

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnZbySHm9Qs&ab_channel=JonathanEatsFun (1^st 8:06, 2^nd 4:45, 3^rd 2:30)

Tuesday, 1/20/2026

Starter: On pages 62 and 63 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         5. What is a strategy they use for skyscrapers to reduce shearing stress from wind?

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #6 Jan 29^th

●         Earth & Engineering Test Feb 2^nd

●         Cell Theory Quiz Feb 12^th

Lesson: Taipei 101

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Article https://docs.google.com/document/d/1caAZM1K-oHezDuDUQp9d_ANWKjfznfdc/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true 

●         Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnZbySHm9Qs&ab_channel=JonathanEatsFun (1^st ?, 2^nd ?, 3^rd ?)

Friday, 1/16/2026

Starter: On pages 62 and 63 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         4. Empty the Return Slot (Update the Table of Contents, Tape things into your notebook, anything not picked up will be thrown away at the end of class)

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #6 Jan 29^th

●         Earth & Engineering Test Feb 2^nd

●         Cell Theory Quiz Feb 12^th

Lesson: Earth Building Quiz

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

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Thursday, 1/15/2026

Starter: On pages 62 and 63 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         3. What should the stilts be like for a house that sits near a river that floods every spring?

Agenda

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 16^th

●         Notebook Check #6 Jan 29^th

●         Earth & Engineering Test Feb 2^nd

●         Cell Theory Quiz Feb 12^th

Lesson: Engineering Structures Day II

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Houses Built on Stilts page 66 (2^nd 9, 3^rd 9)

o    https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1szH-mpN8b082iXBMggNrgFN5eJBnvxWs/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

●         Skyscrapers Page 67 (1^st 3)

o    https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/174r2WfzZYWkMWFFJPd_-IWlxELxjsw2q/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Wednesday, 1/14/2026

Starter: On pages 62 and 63 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         2. Open to your Standard II Vocabulary and spend the next three minutes silently reviewing them.

Agenda

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 16^th

●         Notebook Check #6 Jan 29^th

●         Earth & Engineering Test Feb 2^nd

●         Cell Theory Quiz Feb 12^th

Lesson: Engineering Structures Day I

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Houses Built on Stilts page 66

o    https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1szH-mpN8b082iXBMggNrgFN5eJBnvxWs/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

●         Skyscrapers Page 67

o    https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/174r2WfzZYWkMWFFJPd_-IWlxELxjsw2q/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Tuesday, 1/13/2026

Starter: On pages 62 and 63 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Video/Discussion for 1^st Period

●         Gum Email

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 16^th

Lesson: ITRE Ch 4 Review

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         ITRE CH 4 Concept Mapping

●         https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F7CVABtCPBSpXjyNkkwJKCxyyWi4DiLR/view?usp=sharing

Monday, 1/12/2026

Starter: On pages 62 and 63 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Hall Passes

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 16^th

Lesson: ITRE Ch 4 Review

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         ITRE CH 4 using Summaries

●         https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F7CVABtCPBSpXjyNkkwJKCxyyWi4DiLR/view?usp=sharing

Friday, 1/9/2026

Starter: On pages 62 and 63 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         1. Write “Prepare notebook.” Label pages 62 and 63 as Starters, number pages 62 to 78 with the evens on the left and the odds on the right. Then get a new Table of Contents from the Front Table, trim it to fit and tape it onto page 64.

Agenda

●         Start of Class

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 16^th

Lesson: SeaFloor Spreading

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=DLwJT_igmls

●         Worksheet https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pKc7PZJIT_jHp4ZVbie--9iycpJiCpTT/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Thursday, 1/8/2026

Starter: On pages 52 and 53 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         (Do not write this) Fill out your notebook check score sheet at the front of your notebook with today’s date, the notebook check worth and the pages of the notebook check. Then get a purple notebook check slip off the front counter and start totaling up your notebook. Condition 4, Score sheet 5, Starters 12, Be the teacher 5, Table of Contents 3 Pages numbered 10, Titles 10, Page content 10 (52-61) Total 59 pts

Agenda

●         Missing Work

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 16^th

Lesson: Notebook Check #5

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

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Wednesday, 1/7/2026

Starter: On pages 52 and 53 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         12. What type of Stress comes from pulling forces?

Agenda

●         Tests Quizzes

●         Hall Passes May now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         All work for 2^nd term due

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 16^th

Lesson: Mountain Building Notes

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Mountain Building Notes pages 60 & 61 (1^st 29, 2^nd 23, 3^rd 20)

●         https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ju8cDoZSWkakBF4cryl54841yuKP6ppz/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Tuesday, 1/6/2026

Starter: On pages 52 and 53 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         11. What type of plate boundary produces Large Earthquakes?

Agenda

●         Assignment Setup/Turn in

●         Hall Passes May now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         All work for 2^nd term due Jan 7^th

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 16^th

Lesson: Mountain Building Notes

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Mountain Building Notes pages 60 & 61 (1^st 11, 2^nd 7, 3^rd 6)

●         https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ju8cDoZSWkakBF4cryl54841yuKP6ppz/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Monday, 1/5/2025

Starter: On pages 52 and 53 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         10. Prepare pages 60 & 61 for taking notes on Mountain Building.

Agenda

●         Locker Use

●         Notebook Check #5 Jan 8^th

●         Hall Passes May now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         All work for 2^nd term due Jan 7^th

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 16^th

Lesson: Mountain Building Notes

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Mountain Building Notes pages 60 & 61 (1^st 11, 2^nd 7, 3^rd 6)

●         https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ju8cDoZSWkakBF4cryl54841yuKP6ppz/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Friday, 12/19/2025

Starter: On pages 52 and 53 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         9. What is an element of scale that we had to compromise on to make our model Earth’s functional?

Agenda

●         Hall Passes May now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         Notebook Check #5 Jan 5^th

●         All work for 2^nd term due Jan 7^th

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 16^th

Lesson: Model Earth Day Labeling

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Label the different layers in your model

o   Inner Core 1230 km (6000 to 5200)

o   Outer Core 2200 km (5200 to 4500)

o   Mantle 3 layers (3500 to 1000)

▪          Lithosphere 30 to 280 km

▪          Asthenosphere 560 km

▪          Mesosphere 2230 km (lower mantle)

o   Crust 30 to 50 km (1000 to 0) (3^rd convection currents)

o   Hydrosphere (on the blue)

o   Biosphere (on a continent)

o   Atmosphere (either on the blue or you can cut out a small cloud)

Thursday, 12/18/2025

Starter: On pages 52 and 53 write down the starter. Answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Hall Passes May now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         Notebook Check #5 Jan 5^th

●         All work for 2^nd term due Jan 7^th

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 16^th

Lesson: Model Earth Day Labeling

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Label the different layers in your model

o   Inner Core 1230 km (6000 to 5200)

o   Outer Core 2200 km (5200 to 4500)

o   Mantle 3 layers (3500 to 1000)

▪          Lithosphere 30 to 280 km

▪          Asthenosphere 560 km

▪          Mesosphere 2230 km (lower mantle)

o   Crust 30 to 50 km (1000 to 0)

o   Hydrosphere (on the blue)

o   Biosphere (on a continent)

o   Atmosphere (either on the blue or you can cut out a small cloud)