• New Curriculum Login Procedure (as of Dec 2018)!

    The curriculum publisher, Lab-Aids, has a new login procedure for students.  Here are the directions on how to register for access to the online information: 

    Students:

    • Go to the registration page: 
    • If necessary, select the New User? Register Here link.
    • Username is your apps4pps account (example: coesterl@apps4pps.net)
    • Create a password you will remember -- 6-20 characters
    • Write down your username and password in a place you will remember it.  On the inside of the front cover of your Science Notebook would be an excellent place!!
    • Enter first name, last name
    • Create your new Lab-Aids/SEPUP account using the access code for your grade level:
      • 6th: pps-students-grade6
      • 7th: pps-students-grade7
      • 8th: pps-students-grade8
    • Click Register
    • You can now login and use the updated online site at .

     

    SEPUP Geological Processes 
    Student Book - Click on this  to view the online pdf of the new Student Book.  This is a huge file so be patient while it loads.  Alternatively, if you would like a pdf of the entire unit, please email me at rgroom@pps.net and request the pdf.

    Geological Processes Student Book Single Activities

    Activity 1: Storing Nuclear Waste
    Activity 2: Investigating Groundwater
    Activity 3: Modeling Landslides
    Activity 4: Natural Hazards Caused by Earthquakes and Volcanoes
    Activity 5: Modeling Volcanic Eruptions
    Activity 6: Mapping Locations of Earthquakes and Volcanoes
    Activity 7: Observing Earth's Moving Surface
    Activity 8: Beneath Earth's Surface
    Activity 9: Modeling Earthquakes
    Activity 10: Plate Boundaries
    Activity 11: Understanding Plate Boundaries
    Activity 12: The Continent Puzzle
    Activity 13: The Theory of Plate Tectonics
    Activity 14: What Makes the Plates Move?
    Activity 15: The Rock Cycle
    Activity 16: Rocks as a Resource
    Activity 17: Enough Resources for All?
    Activity 18: Evaluating Site Risk


    Activity 1: Storing Nuclear Waste
    Background Information and Waste Considerations

    Activity 5: Modeling Volcanic Eruptions
       Use the worksheet below to guide you through this!  
    Volcano Explorer Worksheet

    Activity 10:  Plate Boundaries




    Unit C: Erosion and Deposition

    Activity 27: Investigating Boomtown's Weather


    Activity 30: Challenges of the Mississippi Delta
    NOVA Video: 

    Activity 31: Resistance to Erosion
    Video of materials weathering and eroding:  Material A      Material B       Material C
    Pictures of materials:  Material A mid-rain        Material A post-rain         Material A post-rain cave       Material C pre-rain

    Activity 32: Modeling Erosion
    Engineering Design Template - to download and WRITE IN  NOTE:  the file is a zipped Word file.  Save file as "Last Name Erosion Mitigation", i.e.  File Name: "Groom Erosion Mitigation")

    Engineering Design Typing Template - to download and TYPE IN (Note: the file is a zipped Word file, and font will change as you type in boxes. Save file as "Last Name Erosion Mitigation", i.e.  File Name: "Groom Erosion Mitigation")


    Activity 35:  Building in Boomtown

    Act 35 Evidence and Discussion Web Handout
    Act 35 AQ #1 Writing Template       Print and hand-write
       Once downloaded, click on 'File' then 'Make a Copy.'  Rename it "(your last name) Act 35 Evidence and Trade-offs" and it will be saved into your GoogleDrive.


    Unit D: Plate Tectonics - OLDER CURRICULUM UNIT PRIOR TO 2019

    REVISED PLATE TECTONIC UNIT (some differences from SEPUP links below)

    Activity 4:  Alfred Wegener - see Activity 42 below

    Activity 5:  Earth's Interior
    : quick discussion of different types of seismic waves)
    : shows the 'shadow zones' of seismic waves
    Apple/Egg/Earth Comparison Writing Template:  Note that if typing, you'll have to erase the lines.  REMEMBER TO USE THE SCORING RUBRIC TO GUIDE YOU!

    Activity 6:  Convection
    :  This video shows how hot cocoa and milk can demonstrate some amazing plate tectonic actions
    :  A cool animation of how these thermal energy transfer methods work

    Activity 7:  Seafloor Spreading
      The first 15 minutes of this reviews how we know about the inside of the Earth, seismic waves, Wegener and continental drift, and Hess' discovery of seafloor spreading.


     - lecture style - great animation discussion

    Activity 9: Mapping Plates
    Animation of Seismic Eruption computer simulation to show locations of earthquakes (circles) and volcanoes (triangles) since 1960.

    Activity 10: Understanding Plate Motions
     Minutes 15 - 20 discuss Plate Tectonics
    For Computer Simulation, scroll down to Act 47 below for the link.

    Activity 11: Volcanoes
       Use the worksheet below to guide you through this!  
    Volcano Explorer Worksheet

    Activity 36: Storing Nuclear Waste
    AQ #2 Evidence and Trade-offs Template    Note:  take out all the lines if typing directly into document.

    Activity 42:  Theory of Plate Tectonics
      



    Activity 43:  Measuring Earthquakes  
    Video segment on using triangulation to locate EQs
    Video segment on incoming tsunami wave
    Video segment on second larger incoming wave
     - GET TO HIGH GROUND IMMEDIATELY!  (click on 2nd video on the page)



    Activity 47:  Spreading Plate and Activity 48: Other Types of Plate Motion

    Plate Motion Simulation Observation Sheet (use this to accompany the online simulation)



    Unit E: Weather and Atmosphere

    Activity 51:  


    Activity 55:      Heating Earth's Surfaces
    Framing the Investigation Writing Frame GoogleDoc .  Open the link.  Once the document is open, go to File, then "Make a Copy".  Rename it as "(last name) HES Framing".

    Designing the Investigation Writing Frame GoogleDoc .  Open the link.  Once the document is open, go to File, then "Make a Copy".  Rename it as "(last name) HES Designing".

    Analyzing the Investigation Writing Frame GoogleDoc .  Open the link.  Once the document is open, go to File, then "Make a Copy".  Rename it as "(last name) HES Analyzing".

     

    Activity 62:  Traveling on the Water Cycle
    Here is a good  about the water cycle.  It's interactive!  And in the upper right corner, there are links to different ability levels of the cycle.  

    Activity 64:  Investigating Air:  

     

     

    U.S. Global Change Research Program
    Here are the resources that are part of the climate change project we've been doing.  The resources below are pdfs that you can download.  You can also go to the main .  You can also get a lot of information from the .  

    The entire 2009 report (used for this project) entitled: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States - click here.
    The introduction to climate change in general - click here.
    The cards and graphs to accompany the introduction about climate change - click here.
    The sector reports:
    Agriculture - click here.
    Ecosystems - click here.
    Energy - click here.
    Human Health - click here.
    Society - click here.
    Transportation - click here.
    Water - click here.

    The regional report for the Pacific Northwest - click here.

    The sector report Evidence and Trade-offs assignment - click here.

     

    Unit F: Earth in Space

    Activity 76: A Year Viewed from Space
        This is the simulation that goes along with the Activity.
      Watch this 4 minute video about what makes a leap year, and some cool details about our calendar!

    Activity 81: Moon Phase Simulator
      This is the simulation that goes along with the Activity.
    Be sure to check out other Moon Phase sites on the "Astronomy" page to the blue sidebar on my website.