1. Warm Up-7 th Grade Monday, August 24 Out of the items below, what would you consider to be a rock? How did you make your decision? Jagged boulder Small stone Pebble Piece of sand Smooth boulder Large stone Piece of gravel Dust from two stones rubbed together Homework Due Today: No Homework due today Homework: *Finish Rock ID Lab Questions

2. Warm Up-7 th Grade Tuesday, August 25 Is it a rock? List all the things that you think are a rock and explain your reasoning behind it. Homework Due Today: Checking for your Rock ID questions Please have out your science fair packet-I’m collecting it Homework: *No Homework Cement Block Dried mud Hardened lava Asphalt Glass Piece of clay pot Coral limestone Iron ore concrete Coal Brick Gravestone Marble statue granite

3. Warm Up 7 th Grade Wednesday, August 26 No 7 th Grade Science- Block Schedule Homework Due Today: No Homework due today Homework: * No Homework

4. Warm Up- 7 th Grade Thursday, August 27 The Esposito family went hiking on a tall mountain. Mrs. Esposito picked up a shell fossil on the top of the mountain. The fossil was once a shelled organism that lived in the ocean. The family had different ideas about how the fossil ended up there. This is what they thought: Mrs. Esposito: A bird picked up the organism and dropped the shell as it flew over the mountains Mr. Esposito: Water, ice, or wind eventually carried the fossil to the top of the mountain Rosa: A mountain formed in an area that was once covered by ocean Sofia: The fossil flowed out of a volcano that rose up from the ocean floor Who do you agree with and WHY? Homework Due Today: Nothing due today Homework: * Science Fair Hypothesis due Friday * Finish “Journey on the Rock Cycle” if not completed in class

5. Warm Up-7 th Grade Friday, August 28 Three friends were walking along a beach in New England. They looked closely at the sand and noticed it was made up of tiny particles of rock. They had different ideas about where the sand came from. Molly: I think the sand came from distant mountains and landforms Fidel: I think the sand came from rocks on the ocean floor Lynn: I think the sand came from undersea mountains and sea floor formations Which friend do you agree with and why? Homework Due Today: Science Fair Hypothesis due today Homework: No Homework