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