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LaFayette Middle School

Monday: Review ocean floor, waves, and solar system 
 
Tuesday: Introduce the layers of Earth, demonstration using boiled egg and peach,Define crust, mantle, inner core and outer core making flipbook. Create Venn diagram of Earth's layers. Notes on layers of Earth. 
 
Wednesday; Make clay models of Earth's layers, complete comparsion chart of Earth's layers 
 
Thursday: Brainpop- Earth's layers and quiz, Writing Assignment: imagine you are traveling to the center of Earth, What would you do to prepare for this trip? 
 
Friday: TBA 

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Monday: Holiday 
 
Tuesday: Discuss oceans of the world, Define ocean terms: 
Continental Shelf, Continental slope, Submarine Canyon, Abyssal plain, Seamount, Guyot, Midocean Rdige, Rift Valley, Deep-sea trench. Create matching cards with terms to use later. 
 
Wednesday: Benchmark testing, Complete questions on oceanography, review terms 
 
Thursday: Virtual field trip of the ocean. Bingo to review vocab 
 
Friday:  

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Monday: Complete weather reading guide from CRCT coach book 
 
Tuesday: Severe weather notes, Watch Brainpop on Tornadoes and Hurricanes 
 
Wednesday: Study guide for test on Friday. Test will be an open note test. This test will include the water cycle, type of heat, severe weather and clouds. 
 
Thursday: We will visit the Marsh House during 2nd block and Review for the test 
 
Friday: Test on Weather 

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Monday: Notes on "Reason for Seasons". Watched "Brainpop" on "Seasons".Illustrated seasons in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. Reviewed vocab words. 
 
Tuesday: Take Health Assessment Survey in Computer lab. Mr. Eclipse.com webquest 
 
Wednesday: Complete CRCT Coach review for warm-up. Notes on ocean tides and watch Brainpop. Take Brainpop quiz. 
 
Thursday: Draw, color, and label pictures of spring tides and neap tides. 
 
Friday: Astronomy test 2 

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