Skip to main content
Main Menu Toggle
We Are Accepting Enrollment Forms For Next School Year -- 2024/2025 -- Apply Today!
Placeholder text, please change
  1. Earth and Space Systems Science (Period 3)
  2. Assignments

Earth and Space Systems Science (Period 3) Assignments

Instructor
Tamara Wells
Terms
Fall 2019
Spring 2020
Department
Science
Description
The goal of Earth and Space Systems Science is to introduce students to the scientific theories and practices that are foundational to building an understanding of our planet's place in the universe, its history, and the systems that determine its weather, climate, and physical features.  We will explore the hydrosphere, geosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and the impacts humans are having in each of these spheres. We will investigate both challenges and solutions for current issues in Earth and Space Science Systems.

Files


Assignment Calendar

Upcoming Assignments RSS Feed

No upcoming assignments.

Past Assignments

Due:

Assignment

Please use the chapters in your CK classroom, including graphics and videos to help you answer the questions on your handout. You should already have joined the CK classroom last semester, but the class codes are copied below, if you need them. 
 
 
Period 2 Class Code 5n1v8
Period 3 Class Code 02pwh

Due:

Assignment

Please complete your Minerals note page using the attached pdf. 

Due:

Assignment

Please use the linked powerpoints to fill out your notes on Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary Rocks. You may ignore the Minerals notes for today. :-) These notes are homework if not completed in class. They are due at the end of class or tomorrow, Tuesday, February 4th.
 

Igneous rocks:

http://bit.ly/1pLuarF

Sedimentary Rocks:

http://bit.ly/1MCbMvY

Metamorphic rocks:

http://bit.ly/1SnATPQ

Due:

Assignment

1. Please subscribe to this website - using the button on the right - to your class - ESS P2 or P3 - as a student. This will allow me to email the class as a whole. 
 
2. Please sign up for our Quizlet Class where you will find a study set for your final to practice with.
 
3. Please sign up for your CK12.org class. Here you will be able to find all of the chapters we have covered so far under "Shared Resources" just in case you have lost a text package along the way.  
 
P2 CLASS CODE: 5n1v8
P3 CLASS CODE: 02pwh
 
Thank you!
 

Due:

Assignment

Note- Projects are due on Tuesday, November 5th

You will have all of the period on Monday, November 4th, to work on your projects in class. 

Planet Project Research Resources


https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/


https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/our-solar-system/


National Geographic Solar System Playlist on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=libKVRa01L8&list=PLivjPDlt6ApTHMisqbFv2SmJ7x0333mFz


www.Ck12.org - Sign in to your Gmail first then sign up for your class period. There are available chapters for the Inner Planets, Outer Planets, and Other Objects in the Solar System. 


Period 2 class join with CLASS CODE: 5n1v8


Period 3 class join with CLASS CODE: 02pwh

 

FOR THE FOLLOWING THREE DOCUMENTS -

1. REQUEST ACCESS AND THEN MAKE A COPY.

2.MAKE SURE YOU ARE SIGNED IN TO YOUR OWN GMAIL.

3. SAVE TO YOUR OWN DRIVE

4. SHARE WITH YOUR PARTNER.

 

Research Organizer and Task List (make a copy!)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1siaPq5Z2xA8MkdiDOay0sS7ECC-Jac6R-7qTtaQJvfw/edit?usp=sharing

 

Rubric and Peer Review

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_Q3Zi67uLKfLYVw-TYYLifkvF6hwKhkqaGagTCTrvlc/edit?usp=sharing

Research Project Peer Learning Evaluation

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S_QhXVWk-bnnry4-I3wNHLwTNSkVBue2pwsdsU_OpMk/edit?usp=sharing

Due:

Assignment

Homework for ESS Students - Field Trip to the Fair Instructions
 
1. Come to office hours on Thursday, October 24th, or Friday, October 25th to pick up the guided notes package and Crash Course Intro to the Solar System handouts.
2. Fill in the notes using the attached pdf called TW Solar System Notes.
3. Complete the cue questions, summary, and your basic diagram of the solar system including the sun, the 8 planets, the asteroid belt, dwarf planet Pluto, the Kuiper Belt, and the Oort Cloud. 
4. Watch the Crash Course Astronomy #9 and fill in the answers on your sheet. 
5. Bring this all in on Monday to receive your marks. :-)
 
 

Due:

Assignment

Please use the pdf Big Bang Theory Powerpoint.pdf to create Cornell notes for tomorrow's lecture. 

Due:

Assignment

Exploring the Doppler Effect and Redshift
 
1. With your partner, sign in to one of your google accounts. 
2. Download the attachment.
3. Rename the document with your names and the subject of the exploration.
4. Share the document with the other partner.
5. Work through the simulations and type your answers into your document.
6. When you are finished, email your titled, completed exploration to [email protected]
7. Due before class on Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019.

Due:

Assignment

Organize and type your set of questions into our driving question board. 
 
 
Period 3