Dominando las ciencias de la Tierra en la escuela secundaria: actividades prácticas, laboratorios y juegos (Q4)

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This is a fun, hands-on, and rigourous 8-week earth science course (featuring the "Volcano Building and Erupting Lab" in week 4!) which is made up of pre-recorded lessons, nearpod interactive slides, interaction in the Outschool classroom, and hands-on assignments. This course is Q4 of 4 quarters. All 4 quarters are equal to a full year of 7th grade science standards (but 5th, 6th, and 8th graders are welcome to join, too!). This class can be taken as a stand-alone course (the learners are not required to take all 4 quarters of this curriculum).

*Please note that I also have this class available as an ongoing, live class in a separate listing.

Course Structure:

1.	1-2 pre-recorded video lessons each week. Lessons and assignments will be uploaded to the classroom each Monday morning at 10am (eastern time).
2.	Homework or projects will be assigned in the Outschool Classroom and can be turned in within the classroom, or be sent to me in a private message.
3.	Most assignments consist of foldables, labs, educational tech-games, or other fun activities!

During the pre-recorded video lessons, I will teach the material using nearpod interactive slides, and any necessary props or websites. After each lesson an assignment will be given and can be uploaded in the classroom or sent to me in a private message. There will be opportunities for class interaction in the Outschool classroom and learners are free to message me at any time.

The workload each week in this class will be the equivalent to a full week in a regular science classroom. However, you are your learner's homeschool "administrator" and are welcome to downsize the workload as you see fit (please communicate to me your plans to do this). There will be an informal, fun quiz each week. 

Course Syllabus (each week subject to change):

Week 1: Rock Cycle (Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic Rocks)

Nearpod slides and activities
Rock Cycle Lab 
Rock Cycle Diagram
Weekly quiz


Week 2: Fossils, Relative Dating of Earth's Materials

Nearpod slides and activities
Landscape Drawing and Labeling Activity
Gather Fossils
Weekly Quiz


Week 3: Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Tsunamis

Nearpod slides and activities
Plate Tectonics Lab
Earth Science Storytime: Well-known Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes
Weekly quiz


Week 4: Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Tsunamis

Nearpod slides and activities
Build and Erupt a Volcano (Elephant Toothpaste, anyone?)
Weekly quiz

Week 5: Water, Ice, Erosion 

Nearpod slides and activities
Edible Erosion Lab (weathering, erosion, glaciers, icebergs, landslides, mudslides)
Glacier Calving Video
Weekly quiz

Week 6: Weather, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Lightning 

Nearpod slides and activities
Lightning Lab
Earth Science Storytime: Well-known Tornadoes/Hurricanes/Lightning Strikes
Bingo
Weekly Quiz

Week 7: Climate Zones

Nearpod slides and activities
Climate Zones Breakout/Escape Room 
Find and describe your climate zone
Weekly Quiz

Week 8: Earth's Energy and Resources

Nearpod slides and activities
Bingo
Research your local power company (how do they get energy?)

I also have Q1, Q2, and Q3 of this class available (in FLEX format). As an alternative, I have the entire 7th grade curriculum in an ongoing, live class format (levels 1 and 2). These are the topics covered in each of my 7th grade curriculum quarter classes:

Q1: Scientific Method, Living Things, Light and Matter, Plant/Animal Cells, Organization of Living Things, Photosynthesis, Cell Cycle.
Q2: Mendel/Genetics, Punnet Squares, DNA, DNA Mutations, Hybrid Organisms, Classification, Intro to Plants, Photosynthesis.
Q3: What is an Animal?, In/Vertebrates, Skeletal System, Circulatory System, Respiratory System, Nervous System, Digestive System. 
Q4: Rock Cycle, Fossils/Fossil Layer, Plate Tectonics, Meteorology, Clouds, Weather, and Natural Disasters.