Upper Middle School

With this product students will: - understand why we say the Sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west. -understand why we have different lengths of daytime throughout the year. -calculate a speed at which the Earth rotates. (thus, The Sun appears to move). - draw the Earth in relation to the Sun for Summer and Winter solstices. -show a fuller understanding of the Earth's rotation and the effect it has on the progression of daytime vs night time.

Students will test their understanding of the Density formula be solving for all 3. Students will then test their understanding of what happens to density when and object is cut in half. (See back)

Students will: - learn how Sedimentary Rocks are formed. -write a direct relationship between particle size and distance traveled in the process of deposition. -graph the above relationships -correlate map symbols (sedimentary rock symbols) to sedimentary rock units. ---This worksheet uses a 'Scheme for Sedimentary Rock Identification' taken directly for the New York State Earth Science Regents Reference Tables Page 7.-----

Students will relate the relative density of objects to water's density by comparing 'how much of the object is above the water line. Students will then cut and paste objects onto the beaker of water. Students will visually see what happens to an object's density when it is cut in half.