Benson's Handouts

Below are links to many (not all) of the handouts used in Benson's Earth Science classes at Helena High School. Click on the link to print the handout (worksheet, lab, etc.). R stands for "Regular Earth Science, H stands for "Honors Earth Science, and B means that the handout is used for both Regular and Honors classes.

Topics and Sequence (B)
Guidelines for Earth Science (R)
Guidelines for Honors Earth Science (H)
MESPOW Sheet (H)
Montana Map Activity (R)
Icewater Lab (B)
Montana Map Activity (H)
Density Lab (B)
Lab: The Briny Deep (H)
Lab: The Briny Deep (R)
Review Sheet for Sept. Test (B)
Notes Handout: The Hole in the Ozone Layer (B)
Worksheet: Greenhouse Effect (R)
Worksheet: Greenhouse Effect (H)
Worksheet: Carbon Footprint (H)
Notes Handout: Global Warming (B)
Worksheet: Temperature (H)
Worksheet: Temperature (R)
Review Sheet for October Test (B)
Notes Handout: Humidity Topics (B)
Notes Handout: Cloud Formation (B)
Recipe for a Cloud Lab (R)
Recipe for a Cloud Lab (H)
Notes Handout: Cloud Topics (B)
WS: Vapor, Clouds, Precipitation (R)
WS: Vapor, Clouds, Precipitation (H)
Pressure WS (R)
Pressure WS (H)
Convection Lab (B)
Prevailing Wind WS (H)
Prevailing Wind WS (R)
Review Sheet for November Test (B)
WS: Weather, Storms (R)
WS: Weather, Storms (H)
WS: Weather, Storms (H)
Map Activity: Blizzard of 1993 (H)
Map Activity: Blizzard of 1993 (R)
Thunderstorm Hazards Notes Handout (B)
Latent Heat Activity aka "Microburst Lab" (B)
Tornadoes Notes Handout (B)
Hurricane Notes Handout (B)
December Extra Credit (R)
Tree Ring Activity (B)
NOVA: Magnetic Storm (B)
WS: Plate Tectonics (R)
WS: Plate Tectonics (H)
Notes Handout: Plate Tectonics (B)
Video: The Deepest Place on Earth (B)
Review Sheet for Semester Final (B)
Notes Handout for Laser Disc: Volcanism (B)
Worksheet: Volcanism (H)
Worksheet: Volcanism (R)
Honors Project Handout (H)
Honors Project Topics (H)
Natural Disaster Paper for Honors (H)
Mystery of the Megavolcano (video) (B)
Notes Handout: Volcanic Hazards (B)
Lab: Cooling Magma and Lava (B)
Crown Butte Virtual Field Trip (H)
Video WS: Earth's Deadliest Eruption (B)
Make-up Assignment for Video: Earth's Deadliest Eruption (R)
Notes Handout: Volcanic Formations (B)
Notes Handout: Plutonic Formations (B)
Yosemite Video WS (B)
Notes Handout: Igneous Rocks (B)
Igneous Rock Lab (B)
Igneous Rock Density Lab (B)
Radiometric Dating Assignment (H)
Radiometric Dating Assignment (R)
Study Guide for February Test (B)
WS: Weathering and Erosion (R)
WS: Chapter 4 (H)
Lab: Frost Wedging (B)
Notes Handout: Weathering and Erosion (B)
Video WS/handout for "The Alps" (B)
WS: Carbon Cycle (H)
WS: Rock Cycle (B)
WS: Rock Station (B)
WS: Geology (H)
WS: Geology (R)
Make-Up Assignment for Boiling Stones Lab (R)
Geology Maps Activity (H)
Notes Handout: Earthquakes (B)
WS for March 12, 2015 (R)
WS for March 12, 2015 (R)
Video: Ultimate Earthquake (B)
Notes Handout: Earthquake Hazards (B)
Notes Handout: Montana Earthquakes (B)
Groundwater WS (H)
WS: Water (R)
Carbon Cycle Assignment (H)
Notes Handout: Groundwater (B)
Water Cycle Diagram, Terms (B)
Map Activity: USA Drainage Basins (H)
Map Activity: USA Drainage Basins (R)
Make-Up Assignment for Map Activity: Montana Rivers
Island Watershed Activity (B)
Bakken WS (H)
Notes Handout: Helena Water (B)
Make-Up Assignment for Map Activity: Helena Area Watersheds (B)
Video WS: The Last Extinction (B)
Review for April-May Test (B)
Extra Credit for Periods 1, 3, 4 (R)
Video: Failure is Not an Option (B)
Notes Handout: NASA Topics (B)
Notes Handout: Moon Topics (B)
History of Astronomy WS (H)
Earth Motions WS (B)
Notes Handout: Solar Cycles (B)
Video WS: Solar Blast (B)
Notes Handout: Comets, etc. (B)
Planets WS (H)
Solar System WS (R)
Video WS: Invisible Universe (R)
Study Guide for Semester Exam (B)

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