Hello everyone,
I hope you all had a great winter break and enjoyed the holidays with friends and family. When we returned from break, we eased into things and watched the film A Million Miles Away on Amazon Prime, which is the real-life story of a Mexican American astronaut who achieved his lifelong dream of going to space. We reflected on our goals and dreams for the long term and for the year. Last week, we started our Earth Materials & Systems Unit.
WHERE WE ARE:
We spent last week learning about Conduction, Convection, and Radiation (the three types of heat transfer). Students will need to know these concepts as we explore Plate Tectonics and Weather & Climate later this year. We also reviewed states of matter and phase changes. This included some dancing (moving like matter) and a lab.
Below: Photo of some students using their Digital Notebooks while doing rotations and looking at and answering questions on different demonstrations related to Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.
WHERE WE ARE GOING:
This week, although very short, we had a quiz on the topics from last week and will start a refresher on the water cycle. We'll talk about the role of water on Earth, and all of this will tie into Weathering and Erosion as we start talking about Geology topics in this unit. Those topics include the Structure of the Earth, Rock Types/Rock Cycle, Plate Tectonics, Continental Drift, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and the Geologic Time Scale.
As always, if you have any questions, please reach out to me (curtis_silverwood@conestogavalley.org) and follow Science With Silverwood on Instagram (@sciencewithsilverwood).
Thank you,
Mr. Silverwood
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