Watch the video below, then take the quiz on the rock cycle. Be sure to show Mrs. Rodgers your score before you leave the page!
Rock Cycle Quiz
February 22nd, 2009 by missierodgers · No Comments · geology
Tags: geology·minerals·rock cycle·rocks·science
Nitrogen in Nature or Look at Leaves
April 7th, 2008 by missierodgers · 10 Comments · Earth science, soil
This post is due Monday, April 14. This week we are finishing the study on plants and their parts, we will learn about the nitrogen cycle, and we will be going on a leaf walk to compare leaves and their qualities. You get to choose which of the 2 activities you would like to do.
1. Describe 2 different ways that nature makes the nitrogen useful for us.
2. Take a leaf walk in your yard or neighborhood. Compare the leaves you find in shape and color, and decide how the leaves are alike and different. Decide if the shapes of the leaves are helpful to the plant they came from and why or why not.
Tags: leaves·nitrogen cycle
Systems and How They Work Together
March 31st, 2008 by missierodgers · 10 Comments · Earth science, soil
Your post this week is due next Monday, April 7. We are studying systems and how they work together, and parts of plants and how they work together, too. Examples of systems include cars, the human body, businesses, sports teams, classrooms, and schools. Choose one of these examples or one you know of and compare each of their parts to the parts of a plant. Describe the job each part does and how that is similar to the jobs of the plant parts.
What’s in Your Yard?
March 24th, 2008 by missierodgers · 9 Comments · soil
This post is due by Monday, March 31. Since we are doing several experiments with soil this week, I want you to go and get some dirt from your front yard and your back yard. Describe the dirt from each of your samples. Describe their color, the sizes of the pieces, and what you see in each of them. Which sample do you think plants would grow best in? Why?
Is it EROSION or WEATHERING?
March 7th, 2008 by missierodgers · 24 Comments · Earth science
This week (March 10) we are discussing different types of soil and their characteristics. We are also reviewing the effects of erosion and weathering on soil. Describe an example of erosion and an example of weathering that you see in your neighborhood.
Tags: erosion·soil·weathering
Something Fishy About This?
February 26th, 2008 by missierodgers · 24 Comments · geology, paleontology
Most of the fossils we have seen this week are sea creatures, such as urchins, oysters, crabs, etc. However, they were all found in and around north Texas, which is hundreds of miles from the ocean. Why do you think so many fossils of aquatic animals are commonly found in our neighborhood?
Tags: fossils·geology·paleontology·science
