2. Monday 8/25 How do geologists use radiometric dating? Be specific!

3. Tuesday 8/26 How do we know that the law of superposition is true?

4. Wednesday 8/27 What characteristics are necessary for a fossil to be considered an index fossil?

5. Thursday 8/28 What is the difference between an extrusion and an intrusion?

6. Friday 8/29 Why is it important to make arguments based on evidence instead of opinion?

7. Tuesday 9/2 Why is it important to set goals for yourself? What is your yearly goal?

8. Wednesday 9/3 What have we learned so far that still stumps you? Why do you think this is?

9. Thursday 9/4 Please take this time to talk to your table about what you may have missed in yesterday’s visited learning stations, because we will not be revisiting stations you have already been to.

10. Friday 9/5 What kind of evidence can we draw from rock strata?

11. Monday 9/8 What is the difference between Uniformitarianism and Catastrophism?

12. Tuesday 9/9 How does uniformitarianism and catastrophism affect rock strata differently?

13. Wednesday 9/10 How are index fossils useful to geologists? You should have more than one thing written down here.

14. Thursday 9/11 Rate yourself 1-5, 1 being completely clueless to 5 being you could write me a small essay on History of the Earth. If you are a 1 tell me what you can do to learn this information.

15. Friday 9/12 How could use information in your article that you received yesterday as evidence in your writing today?

16. Monday 9/15 What kinds of things can be used as “evidence” for this class? I should see more than one answer.

17. Tuesday/Wednesday What do you need to look at before the Summative on Thursday?

18. Friday 9/19 How do you think Mr. Alford did yesterday? Likes/dislikes How much time will you need today to finish summative?

19. Monday 9/22 What do you think continental drift means?

20. Tuesday 9/23 Where do you predict the world’s fossil fuels to be?

21. Wednesday 9/24 Why do you think the Middle East is so rich in fossil fuel?

22. Friday 9/26 Someone please pass out the green GROW folders. Ask any questions you may have about the assignment we have spent the last few days on. Especially if you did not finish, because then it is due as homework.

23. Monday 9/29 How are our energy, mineral, and groundwater resources the result of past and current geoscience processes?

24. Humans depend on Earth’s land, ocean, atmosphere, and biosphere for many different resources. Minerals, freshwater, and biosphere resources are limited, and many are not renewable or replaceable over human lifetimes. These resources are distributed unevenly around the planet as a result of past and current geoscience processes.

25. Tuesday 9/30 What is groundwater? Why is it so important to us?