Today classes finished notes and got answers corrected on the Earthquake Epicenters packet and the p.378 hmwk. We discussed volcanoes quite a bit and I answered many interesting questions.
Next week:
Monday we'll have a review game, or you may work on independent study or ask me questions.
Monday after school: Supervolcano Movie for those of you who want to attend. Popcorn and cookies privided, ok to bring soda or your own food too. Several parents have expressed interest in rating info/details (it's a BBC movie that was shown on the discovery channel in the US a couple of times in 2005). Get more details here at IMDb. Check out the reviews to get the best idea of what it's about since there's not much on the main page. It's rated 12 (see UK video classification system) since it does involve a scary subject, and there are deaths (millions) cited in the film. Mild bad language is minimal, and not glamorized. The only reasons I'm not showing it in class are: Time (2 hours = 2.5 class periods) and Fiction: it's not a documentary, although it's a pretty darn good docu-drama, not like most others. (Dante's Peak, Volcano, Twister, Titanic, Pearl Harbor, etc) As one critic put it, it's what isn't in this film that makes it good:
"No annoying child who refuses to obey his/her parents in a moment of dire emergency.
No cute dog to be dragged from the jaws of death.
No lean-jawed hero type performing super-human feats amid searing lava/magma/steam/boiling water.
No sweet young woman to grow progressively grubbier as she escapes impending disaster.
No tedious romance between the previous two characters.
No scenes of self-sacrifice as someone gets squashed under fallen debris - the squashed person gets out, and he lives!
No long winded,slow motion, pyrotechnic extravaganzas of major cities being blown up,crushed, swamped, engulfed, set on fire or otherwise obliterated."
Tuesday we'll have our exam - there will be a component that is multiple choice and a short answer / diagram / problem solving / essay portion depending on which test form you receive.
Wednesday I will display scores for the multiple choice exam and we'll follow up with one more video on volcanoes (the least focus on our test) that will be, as the others have been, very visual and interesting.
Thursday and Friday we'll start laying groundwork for out next unit: Electricity & Magnetism. This won't be closely connected with our current studies, but there will be a good deal of Earth Science in learning about the earth's magnetic field and also later in astronomical implications...
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