中學科學（第 4 學期）：Nearpod、實驗室和專案的樂趣（地球科學）

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*THIS CLASS MEETS LIVE BUT IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS A SELF-PACED/PRE-RECORDED CLASS* (message me if you can't find the link)

This is a fun, interactive, and rigorous 16-week course which meets once each week! This class can be taken as a stand-alone course (the learners are not required to take all 4 semester of this curriculum). This course is based on national science standards and includes many hands-on activities. 

Course Structure:

*1 live meeting per week (45 min each); part lecture/part interactive slides and labs
*Optional 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. We will try to do/start these assignments during class as often as possible.


COURSE SYLLABUS:

Week 1: Rock Cycle (Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic Rocks)
Nearpod slides and activities

Week 2: Rock Cycle (Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic Rocks) - PART 2
Nearpod slides and activities
Rock Cycle Lab 
Rock Cycle Diagram
Quiz

Week 3: Fossils, Relative Dating of Earth's Materials
Nearpod slides and activities
Gather Fossils

Week 4: Fossils, Relative Dating of Earth's Materials - PART 2
Nearpod slides and activities
Landscape Drawing and Labeling Activity
Fossils Show & Tell
Quiz

Week 5: Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Tsunamis
Nearpod slides and activities

Week 6: Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Tsunamis - PART 2
Nearpod slides and activities
Plate Tectonics Lab
Earth Science Storytime: Well-known Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes
Quiz

Week 7: Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Tsunamis
Nearpod slides and activities
Build and Erupt a Volcano (Elephant Toothpaste, anyone?)

Week 8: Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Tsunamis - PART 2
Nearpod slides and activities
Build and Erupt a Volcano (Elephant Toothpaste, anyone?)
Quiz

Week 9: Water, Ice, Erosion 
Nearpod slides and activities
Edible Erosion Lab (weathering, erosion, glaciers, icebergs, landslides, mudslides)

Week 10: Water, Ice, Erosion - PART 2
Nearpod slides and activities
Edible Erosion Lab (weathering, erosion, glaciers, icebergs, landslides, mudslides)
Glacier Calving Video
Quiz

Week 11: Weather, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Lightning 
Nearpod slides and activities
Lightning Lab

Week 12: Weather, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Lightning - PART 2
Nearpod slides and activities
Earth Science Storytime: Well-known Tornadoes/Hurricanes/Lightning Strikes
Bingo
Quiz

Week 13: Climate Zones
Nearpod slides and activities
Climate Zones Breakout/Escape Room 

Week 14: Climate Zones - PART 2
Nearpod slides and activities
Quiz

Week 15: Earth's Energy and Resources
Nearpod slides and activities

Week 16: Earth's Energy and Resources - PART 2
Nearpod slides and activities
Bingo
Research your local power company (how do they get energy?)
Earth's Resources Project

I also have Sem 1, Sem 2, and Sem 3 of this class available. These are the topics covered in each of my 7th grade curriculum quarter classes:

Sem 1: Scientific Method, Living Things, Light and Matter, Plant/Animal Cells, Organization of Living Things, Photosynthesis, Cell Cycle.
Sem 2: Mendel/Genetics, Punnet Squares, DNA, DNA Mutations, Hybrid Organisms, Classification, Intro to Plants, Photosynthesis.
Sem 3: What is an Animal?, In/Vertebrates, Skeletal System, Circulatory System, Respiratory System, Nervous System, Digestive System. 
Sem 4: Rock Cycle, Fossils/Fossil Layer, Plate Tectonics, Meteorology, Clouds, Weather, and Natural Disasters.