Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Secret Messages! Disappearing Ink!



You can also apply heat from another source, such as a toaster.
►Read more here about how this works and how to get the ink to reappear.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Apologia General Science, Module 8, Uniformitarianism and Catastrophism

What we did at Sahm-I-Am

Students
Quizlet M8

Parents/Educators
Try a Bite of Trilobite! (I used Pepperidge Farm lemon cookies)
Trilobite Model - print on cardstock


(1)  p. 189-194, Uniformitarianism and the Geological Record
Those who believe in uniformitarianism believe this is how to get the geological column.


How Uniformitarianists view Index Fossils


The truth about the geological column  =)




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(2)  p. 195-197, Uniformitarianism and Evolution




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(3) p. 197b-202, Catastrophism and the Geological Record
Mt. St. Helens - examples of stratified layers in short spans of time, not millions of years.






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(4)  p. 202b-206, Catastrophism and the Fossil Record




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(5) p. 206-210a, Uniformitarianism or Catastrophism: Which is Better?
trilobite, coelacanth (SEE-luh-canth)








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(6) p. 210-213, Evolution: Another Weakness of Uniformitarianism