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Welcome!
What's New in
Class?
March -- We are
currently studying planets and other objects of the Solar System
such as asteroids, comets, and plutoids.
Next, we will
begin our study of the sun, stars and galaxies.
Up-coming: Spring
Break will be April 3rd - 11th.
The end of the 3rd
Quarter will be April
16th!!!
Mrs. Hagman's Favorites:
 Color -- purple
Season --
summer
Holiday -- Fourth
of July
Ice cream --
Oreo
Animal -- horse
Book -- Where the Red Fern Grows, A Tree
Grows in Brooklyn, The Secret Life of Bees
Movie -- Mr.
Deeds,
TV Shows --
Friends, The Office
Music -- Dave
Matthews Band, Sarah McLaughlin, Nora Jones
Outdoors Activities -- hiking, camping,
tennis, surfing, rock climbing
Indoors Activities
-- reading, cooking, sleeping
College -- Western
Washington University
Subject in school
-- Art, Choir, PE, Science
People -- husband, children (Lindsey and
Clayton), sister, Mrs. Patrick
 EARTH SCIENCE
 What is my child learning and why?
Scientific method, how scientists think, act and record
information, measurement, rocks and minerals, fossils, geologic
time scale, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, astronomy,
weather and oceanography.
How will Earth Science learning develop or enhance
other learning such as biology, physics, math, reading and
writing?
There are many ways our science class enhances the learning of
other subject areas and other science genres. For instance,
at this point in the year we have: completed an "art" project when we drew scientific
illustrations and labeled our diagrams; we have used math when we played the "Bouncing
Decimal Game"; we have used math when we found the averages of
trials, we have used math when we added, subtracted, multiplied and
divided on numerous occasions, we have used math when rounding and
simplifying, we have written
work everyday in science class including: making lists,
making a concept map, writing short answer responses, explaining
reasons, using complete sentences,writing a report on Earth Science
careers, doing research using references from our school library
and technology such as the Internet; we have used reading skills both technical and
expository with focus on such topics as vocabulary and reading text
or nonfiction work. Earth Science includes studies on
chemistry of: Earth,
minerals and rocks, Earth's atmosphere, matter, and the states of
matter; biology of: fossils
and the geologic time scale; physics of: earthquakes and astronomy
and light.
How are my child's teachers preparing my child for
more challenging levels?
We cover a lot of content
concerning Earth and Space Science, but we also focus on several
skills such as organization
through the use of a Science Notebook and Daily Planner, how to
collaborate and
communicate by working with
a partner or in small groups, and how to care for and show
respect when using school
property including science tools. We also teach basic skills
such as measurement as a base for building other science skills in future
classes.
 What is being
taught to prepare my child for the WASL examination?
We teach and practice
science writing for the WASL throughout the school year. We
begin by teaching the proper way to include all the information
needed in a hypothesis (an If,then,because statement), then move
into what to include in a materials list (re-reading the given
materials list), then technical writing of procedures, and making
data tables and other scientific illustrations, finally making
conclusions. We also focus on the systems of objects or
scenarios and describe how to identify energy transfer.
How can parents support students to help them be
successful and reach their highest potential?
Parents can do many things to support students to help them be
successful and reach their highest potential:
- encourage school; make it a priority
- ask what was learned or how his/her day was at school
- enforce a routine for bed time to make sure students get enough
rest/sleep
- supporting your child's health by maintaining an ideal body
weight through eating healthy and getting enough exercise or
activity
- get your students involved in something that gives them a
Positive Mental Attitude (PMA); for example, team sports, scouts,
clubs, music, arts, dance, etc.
101
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT EARTH SCIENCE
1. DENSITY is the
MASS (or weight) / volume
(the amount of stuff). When a substance is heavy for its
size, it has greater density.
2. Oil will float on water; oil is less dense than water
3. Fresh water is less dense than salt water; fresh water will
float on salt water; water will become more dense, the more salt is
added
4. A helium balloon will rise/float because the helium air is less
dense than the atmosphere/air
5. Density = Mass / Volume
6. Density can be used to identify substances. A small piece
of gold and a large piece of gold will have the SAME density.
7. Temperature is the measurement of how hot or cold something
is.
8. Temperature is usually measured in Celsius in science.
9. Minerals are naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a
definite composition and atoms arranged in a repeating pattern.
10. Rocks are made up of a variety of elements and minerals.
11. Properties used to identify minerals are: color, luster,
streak, fracture, hardness, and specific gravity.
LUSTER
FRACTURE/CLEAVAGE
12. Birthstones are minerals.
13. There are three main categories of rocks: igneous, sedimentary,
and metamorphic.
14. IGNEOUS rocks are
formed from the cooling and hardening of magma or lava.
15. MAGMA is molten
material inside the earth.
16. Lava is molten material outside on the surface of the
earth.
17. Igneous rocks can be classified into two major types: intrusive
or extrusive.
18. Intrusive igneous rocks have larger crystals and are formed
underground. Granite is an example.
19. Extrusive igneous rocks have small or no visible crystals and
are formed on the surface of the earth. Pumice, obsidian, and
basalt are examples.
20. SEDIMENTARY rocks are
rocks formed from sediments (loose materials such as pieces of
rock, gravel, sand, silt, clay, mineral grains or the remains of
plants and animals) that are compacted and/or cemented
together.
21. Sedimentary rocks can be classified into three major types:
detrital, chemical, and organic.
22. Detrital sedimentary rocks are rocks that have sediments such
as conglomerate, breccia, sandstone, or shale.
23. Chemical sedimentary rocks are rocks that form from evaporation
or precipitation such as halite (rock salt).
24. Organic sedimentary rocks are rocks that form from the remains
of plants or animals such as limestone or coal.
25. METAMORPHIC rocks are
formed when heat (to make or become hot) and pressure change the
composition of rocks so that they partially melt and the minerals
rearrange into parallel wavy layers or have mineral grains that
change or grow to appear deformed.
26. There are two basic types of metamorphic rocks, foliated
and nonfoliated. Examples of metamorphic rocks are slate,
schist, gneiss (NICE), marble and quartize.
27. The ROCK CYCLE is a
continuous cycle of forming and changing rock from one rock type to
another using processes such as, weathering and erosion, heat and
pressure or complete melting of rock material.
28. FOSSILS are the remains
of plants or animals that have been preserved over time.
Fossils are preserved where conditions for decomposition are poor;
the plant or animal is protected from scavengers and
microorganisms, in a place that has very little moisture, oxygen or
warmth.
29. The necessary conditions so that plants and animals might
be fossilized are: trapped in sap/amber, ice or tar; dried in sand,
at the bottom of a lake or sea, covered in volcanic ash
30. Here is the type of fossilization that can occur: molds, casts,
imprints, petrified, original remains, carbonaceous film, and
trace.
31. The earth is made up of three main layers: CRUST, MANTLE, and CORE. The crust is the outermost
layer and is very thin in comparison to the rest of the
planet. The crust is anywhere from 5 - 35 km deep. The
oceanic crust is the thinnest part of the crust. The mantle
is middle layer. The core is the center layer. The core
is composed of iron and nickel. The inner core is solid and
the outer core is liquid.
32. PLATE TECTONICS is the
theory that Earth's crust is broken up into sections, called
plates, that slowly move over the mantle
33. CONVECTION is the
transfer of heat by a flow of heated material; occurs in gases or
liquids (Examples are: boiling water, lava lamp, cream in coffee,
etc.)
34. HEAT does NOT rise, but hot gases or liquids DO rise!
Remember that if you touch the bottom of a pan or pot, you will get
burned (because heat does not rise)! If you still believe
that heat rises, then try it for yourself (Just kidding,
do not try this at
home!).
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