Monday – Week 9

Monday – Week 9

Greetings! We’ve entered “Week 9” – our final full week of the 1st quarter! I hope everyone is ready! Today we continued with our “Rock Dating 101” theme as we learned about radioactive/absolute dating using carbon-14 (C-14) and Uranium-238 (U-238).…

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Another Fact Friday Has Come and Gone

Another Fact Friday Has Come and Gone

Happy Friday! Can you believe we’ve made it through Week 8 of school already? This quarter has just flown by! Today we studied pages 28 – 37 in our Interactive Notebooks to prepare for Quiz 2.1 – Earth’s History. Students…

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Thinking for Thursday

Thinking for Thursday

Hey everyone, Just a quick post for today. A portion of our students attended the Cool Schools Field Trip to watch the Bobcats play & promote an anti-bullying campaign! The criteria for attending were: – No Ds or Fs in…

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Wednesday: Rock Dating 101

Wednesday: Rock Dating 101

Happy Middle-of-the-Week! Today we began our quest to determine the ages of rocks & fossils by looking at the Law of Superposition and relative dating. Here are our class notes written on page 37:  After that, students began working on…

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Text Tuesday: A Look at Pangaea

Text Tuesday: A Look at Pangaea

Greetings! We had another busy class as we engaged in notes, text, and a puzzle activity – all to learn about Pangaea (pronounced: pan-JEE-uh) and the Theory of Continental Drift! Below you will find our notes for today (written on page…

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