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Finals Review in Google Classroom

Finals Review

Review for final!

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FINALS!!!!!! in Google Classroom

FINALS!!!!!!

Instructions:

1. Last minute study for exam
2. Take exam
3. Complete Study Guide to the Night Sky assignment.

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Lesson 7: Study Guide to the Night Sky in Google Classroom

Lesson 7: Study Guide to the Night Sky

Learning Target:
Students will continue to work on project from lesson 6.

Instructions:
1. Work on Study Guide to the Night Sky project

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Lesson 8: Study Guide Continued in Google Classroom

Lesson 8: Study Guide Continued

Learning target:
Students will complete Study Guide to Night Sky Project

Instructions:
1. Complete Study Guide

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Lesson 6: Constellations in Google Classroom

Lesson 6: Constellations

Learning Target:
Students will create a useable study guide covering constellations.

Instructions:
1. Constellations Powerpoint and Notes

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Lesson 5: The Night Sky in Google Classroom

Lesson 5: The Night Sky

Learning Target:
Students will locate stars on star map and color code them.

Instructions:
1. Powerpoint with notes
2. Star Map Handout

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Lesson 4: History of Astronomy - The Space Age in Google Classroom

Lesson 4: History of Astronomy - The Space Age

Learning Target:
Students will read and answer questions about the History of Astronomy in the Space Age


Instructions:
1. Read "History of Astronomy" Section 4, Breakthroughs During the Space Age
2. Answer questions on handout

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Lesson 3: History of Astronomy - Industrial Age in Google Classroom

Lesson 3: History of Astronomy - Industrial Age

Learning Target:
Students will read and answer questions about the History of Astronomy during the Industrial Age


Instructions:
1. Read "History of Astronomy" Section 3: Breakthroughs During the Industrial Age
2. Answer questions on handout

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Lesson 2: History of Astronomy - Breakthrough During the Middle Ages in Google Classroom

Lesson 2: History of Astronomy - Breakthrough During the Middle Ages

Learning Target: 
Students will read and answer questions about Astronomy in the Middle Ages


1. Read History of Astronomy section 2, Breakthrough During the Middle Ages
2. Answer questions on handout.

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Lesson 1: Early Astronomers in Google Classroom

Lesson 1: Early Astronomers

Learning Target:
Students will read and answer questions about Early Astronomers.


Instructions:
1. Read "History of Astronomy" section 1, Early Astronomers
2. Answer questions on handout

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Lesson 6: Exam review in Google Classroom

Lesson 6: Exam review

Learning Target:

Students will review unit 8 materials to prep for exam.


Instructions:
1. Unit review using powerpoints and Kahoot!
2. Makeup work for Units 7 and 8

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Lesson 7: Unit 8 Exam in Google Classroom

Lesson 7: Unit 8 Exam

Instructions:


1. Last minutes study for test.
2. Take Test.
3. Makeup work.

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Lesson 5: The Expanding Universe in Google Classroom

Lesson 5: The Expanding Universe

Learning Target:
Students will create a foldable on the formation of the solar system.

Instructions:
1. Powerpoint and notes
2. Complete Handout

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Lesson 4: Star Systems and Galaxies in Google Classroom

Lesson 4: Star Systems and Galaxies

Learning Target:
Students will create a model of our galaxy using yarn and pipe cleaners.

Instructions:
1. Powerpoint and notes
2. Create model of Galaxy

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Lesson 3: Life Cycle of a Star in Google Classroom

Lesson 3: Life Cycle of a Star

Learning Target:
Students will create comic of Star Life Cycle

Instructions:
1. Complete powerpoint and notes.
2. Compete worksheet.

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Lesson 2:  Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram Worksheet in Google Classroom

Lesson 2: Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram Worksheet

Learning Target:
Students will be able to answer questions using the H-R Diagram


Instructions:
1. Using Lesson 1 Powerpoint, complete special assignment handout.

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Lesson 1: Characteristics of Stars in Google Classroom

Lesson 1: Characteristics of Stars

Learning Target:
Students will rewrite Twinkle Little Star using star knowledge.

Instructions:
1. Powerpoint and Notes
2. Complete Handout

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Lesson 6: Solar System Exploration Project in Google Classroom

Lesson 6: Solar System Exploration Project

Learning Target:
Students will begin Solar System Project.

Instructions:
1. Follow instructions on handout to create your project.

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Lesson 5: Comets and Asteroids in Google Classroom

Lesson 5: Comets and Asteroids

Learning Target:


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Lesson 4: Outer Planets in Google Classroom

Lesson 4: Outer Planets

Learning Target:
Students will create riddles describing the outer planets.

Instructions:
1. Powerpoint and notes
2. Outer Planets handout

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Lesson 3: Inner Planets in Google Classroom

Lesson 3: Inner Planets

Learning Target:
Students will create hashtags for each inner planet that describes physical attributes of each.

Instructions:
1. Powerpoint with notes
2. Inner Planets Foldable

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Lesson 2: The Sun in our Solar System in Google Classroom

Lesson 2: The Sun in our Solar System

Learning Target:
Students will write a Haiku about the Sun.

Instructions:
1. Powerpoint and notes
2. Activity
3. Makeup work

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Lesson 1: Solar System in Google Classroom

Lesson 1: Solar System

Learning Target:
Students will create a venn diagram that compares a geocentric and heliocentric model of the solar system.


Instructions:
1. Powerpoint and notes.
2. Venn diagram activity.
3. Make-up work.

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Lesson 6: Test Review in Google Classroom

Lesson 6: Test Review

Learning Target: 
Students will study for exam.


Instructions:
1. Complete any missing work.
2. Review for exam using Kahoot. 
3. Other things to review: How and why the seasons occur, the pattern of motions of the Earth and Moon's phases, Sun position relative to the season.

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Lesson 7: Unit Exam in Google Classroom

Lesson 7: Unit Exam

Learning Target:
Students will take exam.


1. Last minutes study for exam.
2. Take exam.

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Lesson 5: Tides in Google Classroom

Lesson 5: Tides

Learning Target:


Instructions:
1. Tides Powerpoint and Notes
2. Tides activity

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Lesson 4: Moon Phases and Eclipse in Google Classroom

Lesson 4: Moon Phases and Eclipse

Learning Target:


Instructions:
1. Powerpoint with notes.
2. Moon Phases foldable

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Lesson 3: Gravity in Space in Google Classroom

Lesson 3: Gravity in Space

Learning Target:


Instructions:
1. Powerpoint and Notes
2. Gravity activity

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Lesson 2: Seasonal Patterns in Google Classroom

Lesson 2: Seasonal Patterns

Learning Target:
Students will construct riddles about the four seasons.


Instructions:
1. Powerpoint with notes.
2. Seasons activity.

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Lesson 1: Earth and Moon Motion in Google Classroom

Lesson 1: Earth and Moon Motion

Learning Target:


Instructions:
1. Powerpoint with notes
2. Earth and Moon motion handout.

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Lesson 6: Test Review (Sub day) in Google Classroom

Lesson 6: Test Review (Sub day)

Learning target:
Students will use Kahoot and notes to review for exam.


Students will review for exam


Instructions:
1. Use Kahoot! to review for exam.
2. Complete any missing work.

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Lesson 7: Unit 5 Exam in Google Classroom

Lesson 7: Unit 5 Exam

Instructions:
1. Last minute study for Exam
2. Take Exam

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Lesson 5: Air Masses and Fronts in Google Classroom

Lesson 5: Air Masses and Fronts

Learning Target:
Students will complete lightning edpuzzle and Air Masses and Fronts handout

Instructions:
1. Powerpoint with notes
2. Activity

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Lesson 4: Winds in Google Classroom

Lesson 4: Winds

Learning Target:
Students will complete winds foldable.

Instructions:
1. Powerpoint with notes
2. Activity

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Lesson 3: Atmosphere Energy Transfer in Google Classroom

Lesson 3: Atmosphere Energy Transfer

Learning Target:
Students will align different electronic devices along the electromagnetic spectrum.

Instructions:
1. Powerpoint with notes
2. Activity

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Lesson 2: Earth's Atmosphere in Google Classroom

Lesson 2: Earth's Atmosphere

Learning Target:
Students will create a foldable reflecting what they learn about the Earth's atmosphere.

Instructions:
1. Powerpoint with Notes
2. Earth's atmosphere foldable

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Lesson 1: The Water Cycle in Google Classroom

Lesson 1: The Water Cycle

Learning Target:
Students will write a poem describing the water cycle.

Instructions:
1. Powerpoint with notes
2. Activity

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Lesson 7: Test Review in Google Classroom

Lesson 7: Test Review

Learning target:

Students will complete test review using paper review and Kahoot!


Instructions:
1. Complete review sheet
2. Review using Kahoot! (both links are the same, I just added an extra one so that we don't go over the user limit)
3. Complete any missing or late work.

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Lesson 6: Researching Plate Tectonics in Google Classroom

Lesson 6: Researching Plate Tectonics

Learning Target:
Students will label a world map according to tectonic plate activity.

Instructions:
1. Complete Plate Tectonics activity (handout)

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Lesson 5: Plate Tectonics in Google Classroom

Lesson 5: Plate Tectonics

Learning target:


Instructions:
1. Powerpoint with Cornell Notes
2. Plate Boundary Chart activity

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Lesson 4: Seafloor Spreading in Google Classroom

Lesson 4: Seafloor Spreading

Learning Target:
Students will create a sea floor spreading model


1. Powerpoint with Cornell Notes
2. Create sea floor spreading model

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Lesson 3: Continental Drift in Google Classroom

Lesson 3: Continental Drift

Learning Target:
Students will label a map of Pangea and provide evidence for continental drift


Instructions:
1. Powerpoint with Cornell Notes
2. Pangea Map Activity

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Lesson 2: Convection in the Mantle in Google Classroom

Lesson 2: Convection in the Mantle

Learning target:
Students will draw and label three types of heat transfer.


Instructions:
1. Powerpoint with cornell notes
2. Name that heat transfer activity

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Lesson 1: Layers of the Earth  in Google Classroom

Lesson 1: Layers of the Earth

Learning target:
Students will describe the layers of the earth using an analogy


Instructions:
1. Powerpoint with Cornell Notes
2. Analogy activity

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Lesson 5: Earthquake test review in Google Classroom

Lesson 5: Earthquake test review

Learning Target:
Students will review for exam.

Instructions:
1. Complete review sheet.
2. Complete Kahoot! challenge.

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Lesson 6: Unit Exam in Google Classroom

Lesson 6: Unit Exam

Learning Target:
Students will take Unit Exam

Instructions:
1. Study for Exam
2. Take Exam
3. Catch-up work

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Lesson 4: Tsunamis in Google Classroom

Lesson 4: Tsunamis

Learning Target:
Students will create a brochure with info about Tsunamis

Instructions:
1. Overhead presentation with Cornell Notes.
2. Create Tsunami Brochure using specification on handout.

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Lesson 3: Measuring and Locating Earthquakes in Google Classroom

Lesson 3: Measuring and Locating Earthquakes

Learning Targets:
Students will identify the way that we measure and locate earthquakes.


Instructions:
1. Slides presentation and Cornell Notes
2. Interpret and analyze earthquake activity handout

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Lesson 2: Seismic Waves in Google Classroom

Lesson 2: Seismic Waves

Learning Targets:
Students will construct visual representations of seismic waves.


Instructions:
1. Lecture with Cornell Notes
2. Complete Seismic Wave handout

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Lesson 1: Earthquakes and Faults in Google Classroom

Lesson 1: Earthquakes and Faults

Learning Target:
Students will label the different kinds of fault lines accurately.


1. Go over Unit 1 Exam, explain test corrections
2. Earthquakes and Faults Lecture with Notes
3. Draw, color, and label the three types of faults on a blank piece of paper.

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Lesson 6: Unit Review in Google Classroom

Lesson 6: Unit Review

Learning target:
Students will study for Unit 2 Exam


Instructions:
1. Use review material to study for Unit 2 Exam

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Lesson 5: Waves and Tides in Google Classroom

Lesson 5: Waves and Tides

Learning Target:
Students will describe how an ocean wave forms.


Instructions:
1. Vocab Quiz
2. Lecture on slides and fill out Cornell Notes
3. Complete "Do the Wave" activity.

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Lesson 4: Ocean Surface Currents  in Google Classroom

Lesson 4: Ocean Surface Currents

Learning Target:
Students will identify what causes ocean surface currents.


Instructions:
1. Lecture on slides, fill out Cornell Notes
2. Catch up on missing work.

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Lesson 3: Ocean Currents in Google Classroom

Lesson 3: Ocean Currents

Learning Target:
Students will describe how Ocean Currents influence weather patterns on Earth.


Instructions:
1. Class lecture on slides, complete Cornell Notes.
2. Complete EdPuzzle
3. Catch up Unit 2 Work

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Lesson 2: Features of the Ocean Floor in Google Classroom

Lesson 2: Features of the Ocean Floor

Learning Target:
Students will describe the main features of the ocean floor.


Instructions:
1. Ocean floor lecture, complete Cornell Notes
2. Complete Ocean Floor Foldable

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Lesson 1: The Importance of our Oceans in Google Classroom

Lesson 1: The Importance of our Oceans

Learning Target:
Student will show how and why the Oceans are important to life on earth.


Instructions:
1. Lecture over slides and complete Cornell Notes handout.
2. Write "Save our oceans" article

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Lesson 8: Rock and Mineral Creation Project in Google Classroom

Lesson 8: Rock and Mineral Creation Project

Learning Target:
Students will demonstrate their knowledge of Rock and Mineral creation through a project.


Instructions: 
THIS IS A TEST GRADE, THE SECOND TEST GRADE FOR THIS SIX WEEK PERIOD
1. Create a project that will reflect what we have learned about Rock and Mineral creation in Unit 1. Use the attached Rubric as an outline to ensure that you are able to complete the project with the expected amount of material included. Choose from the following types of projects:


1. Write a short story (fictional, creative story).
2. Create a cartoon with several panels that tell the process of rock/mineral formation.
3. Complete two one-pagers (on paper, not on slides), one for rock and one for mineral formation.

Due:

Lesson 8 Continued in Google Classroom

Lesson 8 Continued

Continue to work on Lesson 8 Project. it will be due by the end of the class period.

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Lesson 7: Rock Cycle in Google Classroom

Lesson 7: Rock Cycle

Learning Target:

Students will make a graphic organizer that accurately reflects the rock cycle.


Instructions:
1. Complete the Minerals Slides from Lesson 5 if you have not done so.
2. Complete the Rock Cycle Graphic Organizer assignment (handout). Follow all instructions to make a high quality piece of work.

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Lesson 6: Sedimentary Rock in Google Classroom

Lesson 6: Sedimentary Rock

Learning target:
Students will describe the process that makes sedimentary rocks form.


1. Slides presentation as a class. Complete Cornell Notes that go along with the slides.
2. Complete Sedimentary Rock Acrostic Poem assignment.

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Lesson 5: Slides Project in Google Classroom

Lesson 5: Slides Project

Learning Targets:
Express Knowledge gained on Minerals and Rocks via a slide presentation


Instructions:
1. Create a Slides presentation that reflects your knowledge of minerals. Open the attached slides and follow the template. You will find information on three different minerals. Use the following criteria to make a high quality project:


Background/theme: Do not use a white background. It is boring and no one wants to look at a boring presentation. Change the colors or themes, use background images, or make it interesting or eye catching in some other manner.


Photos: Use high quality images, not just the first pics you come to. Format them so that they aren't stretched out or grainy. Use images on every slide.


Information: Make sure the info is accurate and listed in a format that is easy to read and adds to the presentation. Use bullet points instead of a single text box with a jumbled bunch of information packed into one sentence.


This is a Test Grade

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Lesson 4: Igneous Rocks in Google Classroom

Lesson 4: Igneous Rocks

Learning Target:
Students will identify the characteristics of the three main types of rocks.


Instructions:
1. Slides presentation and Cornell Notes (handout)
2. Complete Igneous Rock Foldable

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Lesson 3: Metamorphic Rocks in Google Classroom

Lesson 3: Metamorphic Rocks

Learning Target:

Students will describe the process that forms a metamorphic rock.


Instructions:
1. Follow along with slides and complete Cornell Notes (handout)
2. "Managing Metamorphic Rocks" Activity (handout)
3. Vocab quizlet with remaining time.

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Lesson 2 - Mineral Identification in Google Classroom

Lesson 2 - Mineral Identification

Learning Targets:
Student will:
Identify which mineral properties are most important to identification
Know how minerals are identified
Identify the seven properties of mineral identification


Instructions:
1. Follow along with slides as a class
2. Use slides to complete Cornell notes
3. Begin mineral identification cutout

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Lesson 1: Mineral Characteristics in Google Classroom

Lesson 1: Mineral Characteristics

Learning Targets:
Student will:
Describe what a mineral, element, and crystal is
Explore the differences and similarities
Learn the characteristics of each


Instructions: 
1. Follow along with the Slides and complete the Cornell Notes (handout)
2. Answer the summary at the end of notes
3. Begin work on Minerals Wanted Poster (handout)