MAJOR PROJECT: Students are working on a science project: To design and build an Earthquake-Safe House. This project is due on November 7th and it is worth 200 points. This project was assigned on Oct 23rd. If students or parents have any questions regarding this project, please contact me at 855 8661 (Ex-34).
Monday: Students will work on an activity "can bracing prevent building collapse". Later we'll go over sec-1, 2 and 3 on Earthquakes to get ready for the test on tuesday.
Tuesday: Test on Earthquakes. After the test students will get a new handout on "Volcanoes and plate tectonics". We'll discuss about converging boundaries, diverging boundaries, volcanic belts, and hot spot volcanoes. Work on the study guide.
Wednesday: Students will get some time in class to work on the study guide from sec-1. Then we'll discuss sec-2, Properties of magma. Students will learn the physical and chemical properties of magma, viscosity of magma, and magma composition. Later they will watch a video on Volcanoes.
Thursday: Discussion on sec-3, Volcanic eruptions. Students will learn about the kinds of volcanic eruptions, stages of volcanic activity, monitoring volcanoes, science and history of volcanoes. Next they will work on the study guide.
Friday: "Earthquake-safe house" project is due today. Students will present their projects to the class.
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