April 2 - 5

Monday 4-2-07
Activity: Geologic Time Scale, timeline of earth's history

Websites:
http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/physical/tillery/tutorialtest/GeoTime/GTimFra.html

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/contents.html

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/geotime.html

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/geologictime.php

Tuesday 4-3-07
Activity: Geologic Time Scale, timeline of earth's history

Wednesday 4-4-07
Mrs. Curreri will be out today due to a field trip to Fairview Lakes.
Activity: Bill Nye video on history of earth and evolution
Homework: SG 17-2, Read 17-2

Thursday 4-5-07
Mrs. Curreri will be out today due to a field trip to Fairview Lakes.
Activity: Finish Bill Nye video, read 17-3 in class, complete SG 17-3

Friday 4-6-07
NO SCHOOL, Happy Easter, enjoy spring break!!!

March 26 - 30

Monday 3-26-07
Activity: Online tutorial on plate tectonics
Homework: Homework: Study for quiz tomorrow
Websites:
http://library.thinkquest.org/17701/high/index.html


Tuesday 3-27-07
Activity:Quiz on Plate Tectonics, Earthquake online tutorial
Homework:
Websites:
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/quakes/overview/

http://projects.crustal.ucsb.edu/understanding/

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/http://www.sciencecourseware.org/VirtualEarthquake/VQuakeExecute.html

Wednesday 3-28-07
Activity:“Dating the Fossil Record” activity, observe and analyze fossils
Homework:SG 16-1
Websites:
http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/Fossiltypes.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/Geologictime.html

http://go.hrw.com/resources/go_sc/hst/ia/hstl08.htm

Thursday 3-29-07
Activity:“The Great Fossil Find” activity, Rock Layers SMART board presentation
Homework:SG 16-2
Websites:
http://gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/reldat_exercises.html

Friday 3-3-0-07
Activity:Radioactivity & Half-life experiment

Websites:
http://www.gcse.com/radio/halflife.htm

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/dating/radio_carbon.html

http://go.hrw.com/activities/frameset.html?main=2278.html

March 19-23

CONGRATULATIONS 8TH GRADERS...YOU SURVIVED THE GEPA!

We still have two marking periods to complete, so keep meeting your assignment deadlines and improving your study habits.


Monday 3-19-07
Activity:Guest Speaker from Trans Options

Tuesday 3-20-07
Activity:“Mystery of the Far Flung Fossils” activity
Homework:SG 15-1
Websites:
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Continents.shtml

http://www.historyoftheuniverse.com/cdmovie.html

http://www.greenon.k12.oh.us/IndianValley/TIC/grade8/jenkins/continentaldrift.html

http://www.scotese.com/earth.htm

http://www.scotese.com/newpage13.htm

Wednesday 3-21-07
Activity:Model, describe and label diagrams of plate boundaries
United Streaming Video: http://www.unitedstreaming.com/search/assetDetail.cfm?guidAssetID=E936D178-9D65-4CE6-886F-E10C84062305
Homework: SG 15-2
Websites:
http://www.geo.lsa.umich.edu/~crlb/COURSES/270/Lec12/Lec12.html

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/glossary/s_u/sea_flr_spread.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Continents.shtml

Thursday 3-22-07
Activity:Guest Speaker Jen Sheehan from NJ Watershed Program

Friday 3-23-07
Activity:Online tutorial on plate tectonics
Homework:SG 15-3, quiz Tuesday on Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
Websites:
http://library.thinkquest.org/17701/high/index.html

http://discoverourearth.org/student/tectonics/continental_drift.html

March 5-9

Students will be participating in GEPA practice and problem-solving questions all week in order to prepare for the GEPA next week. Hopefully, practicing this week will help ease the stress levels of the 8th graders in anticipation for next week.
Remember to eat breakfast and go to sleep early!!


NOTEBOOK CHECK THIS FRIDAY!!!


Check out the NJ Department of Education's website Science standards and sample GEPA questions here:

http://www.state.nj.us/njded/assessment/ms/sample/test_book_sci.pdf

http://www.njpep.org/assessment/TestSpecs/ScienceGEPA/index.html

http://www.state.nj.us/njded/assessment/ms/sample/science_score_guide.pdf