Unit
6: Earth History
Lauren Ard
Santa Clara High School
Tucson, Arizona
For this unit,
we will be doing almost all of our activities together.
All of the activities and the dates we are doing them are
listed below. They are due at the latest on January 18.
No work will be accepted after January 18 unless you are
absent that day.
The activities
in bold are required for every student to do. The activities
not in bold are your choice to do, and you will have time
to do them on January 15-17, but you should also do them
earlier if you finish our other activities early.
F: 0 – 100 Points
D: 101 – 110
Points
C: 111 – 130
Points
B: 131 – 145
Points
A: 146 – 160
Points
| Description |
Date |
Points |
Score |
| Take
Cornell Notes on the entire unit. |
- |
10 |
|
| Do the
“Conclusion” worksheet for your science fair project. |
December
19 |
20
|
|
| Do the
“Identifying Grand Canyon Rocks” activity.
|
January
7 |
10 |
|
| Do
the “Correlating Grand Canyon Rocks” activity.
|
January
8 |
20 |
|
| Do
the “Index Fossils” activity. |
January
9 |
20 |
|
| Do the
“Adding Machine Tape Timeline.” |
January
10-11 |
40 |
|
| Add
the Grand Canyon rock formations to your timeline.
|
January
14 |
20 |
|
| Watch the
Bill Nye video on “Fossils” and take one side
of a page of Cornell Notes while watching. |
January
15-17 |
10 |
|
| Read an
AR book about Earth History. They can be found on
Mrs. Ard’s desk. You CANNOT check them out – they
must stay in my room! If you score a 100% you get
15 points. If you score 80-99% you get 10 points.
If you score below 80%, you get 0 points. |
January
15-17 |
10-15 |
|
| Do the
“Personal History” worksheet. |
January
15-17 |
15 |
|
| Read “Rocks,
Fossils, and Time” on page 76-79 in the soft cover
book and answer the questions on the worksheet.
|
January
15-17 |
20 |
|
| Read “A
Fossil Primer” on page 83-88 in the soft cover book
and answer the questions on the worksheet. |
January
15-17 |
20 |
|
| Do the
“Rock Layers” worksheet. |
January
15-17 |
30 |
|
Dr Kathie Nunley
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