Homework: Copy notes and vocab terms from the blog into your science notebook:

Other notes to add from today’s lesson:

Date – Dec. 1 23 26, 2016

Topic: History of Earth’s Atmosphere

Obj: TSW:  Use eight cards to :

• —  Use cards to see how & why relative amounts of CO₂ & O₂ have changed over Earth’s history.
• —  extract (or, take out) & sequence (or, put in order) information describing  history of Earth’s atmosphere; and
• —  explore role of organisms in modifying composition of atmosphere

Vocab: (write the word in your notes, write the words and definition in your vocab section:

—  Composition – what is something made of. Ex: our atmosphere is made of 71% N₂, 21% O₂, varying amounts of water vapor (H₂O), and a total of 1% of Ar, Ne, Kr, CO₂, CH4, and H.___

—  Geologic time – Earth’s 4.4 billion years’ history is broken down by Paleontologists into periods (or eras or epochs) of thousands, millions, or billions of years when certain organisms or geological events dominated earth’s development.

Notes to add from tomorrow’s lesson:

Date:      Dec. 1, 2016                 ATL:  Thinking skills. Combine information from

Topic: Atmosphere & Climate                        different sources.             IBPC: Thinker

Obj:   TSW read about the relationship between Earth’s atmosphere and its weather and climate.

Vocab: (write the word in your notes, write the words and definition in your vocab section:

          Wind - The horizontal movement of air from areas of higher pressure toward areas of lower pressure.