Tyler Hollow
Welcome to Mr. Tyler Hollow’s class!
I am very excited for another year at Helena High School. This is my 8th year at HHS and each year I love my job more and more. I really enjoy the students at Helena High School and appreciate their willingness to work hard and be involved and problem solve through critical thinking.
I teach Earth Science and Biomed 4, which is an upper level research class. They are both laboratory-based and focused on the process of science. I am passionate about Science and am excited to work with students in the Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) fields. Students will be thinking like Scientists and doing Scientific work every day using the Science and Engineering Practices.
For Biomed 4 student’s class material can be found on the LMS link.
- News from Tyler Hollow
- Click Here for Biomed 4
- Click Here for Syllabus and Student Life Resources
- Science Circus
- Click Here for Research and Current Event Resources
- Click Here for Nature of Science Unit
- Click here for Hydrology Unit
- Click Here for Atmosphere Unit
- Click Here for Weather and Storms Unit
- Click here for Astronomy Unit
- Click Here for Plate Tectonic Unit
- Click Here for Volcano Unit
- Click Here for Earthquake Unit
- Click Here for Geologic Time Unit
Earth Science Week-at-a-glance for Monday, May 21, 2018
Monday – Volcanism “Searching for Home Plate”
Tuesday – Finish “Searching for Home Plate”, Notes on Volcanism
Wednesday – Field Trip to Trout Creek Canyon. Current Event for those students that stayed in class.
Thursday- Asarco Film, Notes on Volcanoes.
Friday – Volcano and Earthquake Unit Test Review
Earth Science Week-at-a-Glance for Monday, May 14 2018
Monday – Earthquake building project “Shake, Rattle and Roll.”
Tuesday – Virtual Quake Quiz,
Wednesday – Presentation on Volcanism
Thursday – Volcanism “Searching for Home Plate.”
Earth Science Week-at-a-Glance for Monday May 7th, 2018
Monday – Notes on Earthquake Waves
Tuesday – Activity on reading seismograms, “Can you read a quake?”
Wednesday – Activity on reading a Travel-time graph and Locating a quake.
Thursday – Earthquake Project Day 1
Friday – Quiz, Earthquake Project Day 2
Earth Science week-at-a-glance for Monday, April 30, 2018
Monday – Notes on Earthquakes, Earthquake Prediction Model Lab.
Tuesday- Earthquake Prediction Model Lab
Wednesday – Students will be taking the second round of ACT aspire for science.
Thursday- Students will be either with Vigilante Academy, working on floats, or completing make-up work in their classes.
Friday – Vigilante Parade Day!
Earth Science Week-at-a-glance for Monday, April 23, 2018
Monday – Students read pages 314 to 317 in Earth Science textbook and took 2-column notes from the reading.
Tuesday – Students completed a film guide on “Himalayan Megaquake.”
Wednesday – Students wrote notes from teacher presentation on faulting and started a fault model.
Thursday – Students completed the fault model and analyzed the features associated with the model.
Friday – Student will investigate earthquakes using a Earthquake Prediction Model.
Earth Science Week-at-a-Glance for Monday, April 16, 2018
Monday – Plate Tectonic Feature Research
Tuesday – Plate Tectonic Feature Research and Group Presentation
Wednesday – Plate Tectonic Test Review
Thursday – Plate Tectonic Test/Earthquake Review
Friday – Earthquake Introductions
Earth Science Week-at-a-Glance for Monday, April 9, 2018
Monday – Sea Floor Spreading – “Earning your Stripes” activity.
Tuesday – Plate Boundary Template
Wednesday – Plate Tectonic Module
Thursday – Plate Tectonic Module
Friday – Quiz, Modeling
Earth Science Week-at-a-Glance for Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Monday – Easter Break
Tuesday – Start of 4th quarter. Continental Drift Activity
Wednesday – Notes on Continental Drift
Thursday – Reading on Earth’s Magnetic Reversals
Friday – Lab: Convection Currents.
Earth Science Week-at-a-glance for Monday, March 19, 2018
Monday – Overview of Glaciers and my trip to Canada, Reading on Earthquake waves.
Tuesday – No school for 9th graders due to CRT and ACT testing of Sophomores and Juniors.
Wednesday – Magnetism Module
Thursday – Finish Magnetism Module and Take Notes on Earth’s Magnetic Field.
Friday – Quiz on Earth’s Interior and follow-up activity on magnetism.
Make-up assignment: I am offering students a make-up assignment that will replace their lowest grade of the quarter. The make-up assignment is a current event that can be found on my web page; students will be getting a hard copy.
Earth Science Week-at-a-Glance for Monday, March 12, 2018
I will be gone this week, so changes to grades will occur on Tuesday of the following week. Grades are up-to-date as of Friday, March 9th.
Monday- Students will complete Plate Tectonic Textbook Questions.
Tuesday – Students will take notes on Earth’s interior. Then they will start Earth’s Interior Model.
Wednesday – Student will complete the Earth’s Interior Model.
Thursday – Students will watch a film called “Alps” and complete a film guide.
Friday – Students will watch a presentations from the Montana Conservation Corp in the Little Theater.
Have a great week!
Click Here for Biomed 4
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Documents
Click Here for Syllabus and Student Life Resources
Please view Earth Science syllabus and course outline. Helpful resources for student life will also be placed here.
Documents
Science Circus
Students have an opportunity to participate at Science Circus this year. Science Circus attracts over a thousand people each year to Helena High and students showcase amazing Science phenomenon. Earth Science students will develop their own project in class for a project grade. They will also be given the opportunity to present their project at Science Circus for extra credit. See documents for more information.
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Click Here for Research and Current Event Resources
Here you will find great articles to read for completing an Earth Science current event. These resources will also be helpful for researching Earth Science related topics for projects during the year.
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Documents
Click Here for Nature of Science Unit
Students will engage in Science and Engineering Practices so they think like scientists and work like scientists. Student will apply the Metric System and Measuring to investigate scientific questions through experimental design.
Click here for Hydrology Unit
Students will explore the water cycle in depth, spending time engaging in fun activities in surface water, groundwater and glaciers. Hydrology Unit is covered in Chapter 6 in the Earth Science text book if students need additional support.
Links
- Hydrological Cycle Video
- Stream Table Dynamics
- White Water Rafting the Zambezi River, Tanzania Africa
- Check out this Kayaker in the Zambezi River Africa
- Watershed animation
- Deltas
- Why do rivers curve?
- Where did our water come from?
- Milltown Dam Removal
- Ten-mile Creek Watershed
- Rafting the Colorado River
Click Here for Atmosphere Unit
- Students will explore the layers of the atmosphere and investigate the Ozone Layer and develop an opinion on Climate Change based on analysis of evidence.
Links
- Stratosphere Jump
- Tour of Atmosphere
- Cryosphere
- Scishow Climate Change
- Misconceptions on Temperature
- Misconceptions on Heat
- New York Times Article Carbon Dioxide Levels
- NASA Climate Page
- Exploding Ice from Methane
- Carbon Cycling
- Link 1 Internet Investigation for Carbon Cycle
- Link 2 Internet Investigation
- Link 3 Internet Investigation
- Link 4 Internet Investigation
Click Here for Weather and Storms Unit
Students will investigate weather patterns, cloud formations, storms and effects of difference of pressure.
Links
- Relative Humidity at Football Practice
- NOAA Helena, Montana Forecast
- Coriolis Effect and Toilet Swirls
- Can Crushing Demonstration
- "What is the Recipe for a Cloud?"
- What would you feel like in a vacuum in space?
- Tanker Crushed
- Weather Channel Maps
- Convection Causes Wind Activity
- Wind Map
- Real Time Weather Map
- Total Recall pressure scene
- "Unchained Goddess" Weather Review
Click here for Astronomy Unit
Astronomy is the study of the area outside of earth’s atmosphere. Students will investigate craters on moon and the reason for phases of the moon. Students will explore the universe’s laws and scientific theories such as gravitational attractions effects on planets. Students will study star composition and technology that has led to the understanding of our universe.
Links
- View NASA web page.
- Watch these NASA science casts
- Scale of the Universe
- Big Bang theory explained by Stephen Hawking
- Hidden Figures Trailer
- Failure is Not An Option Video
- Scale model of stars compared to earth
- Hubble Telescope NASA
- The Expanding Universe Nova
- Newton and Einstein - The Elegant University
- Gravity Explained
- Kepler Spacecraft
- The Life Cycle of a Star
Click Here for Plate Tectonic Unit
Students will explore Earth’s interior and the dynamics of plate movement. Students will investigate different types of plate boundaries and their resulting features.
Links
Click Here for Volcano Unit
Students will explore the dynamics of volcanism by learning the origin of igneous rocks and why volcanoes occur.
Links
- Dissolved gas demonstration
- Read this to learn more about Lake Nyos disaster
- Great animation of Volcanics and Plate Tectonics
- Volcano Project Check out this web page on Yellowstone Volcanism
- Watch this Volcano Dive in the South Pacific
- Go here to complete the Crown Butte Field Trip for a replacement grade.
- Mt. St. Helens
- Check this out! Alex Honnold Climbs Half Dome in Yosemite (Big Batholith)
- Volcano Project USGS site for volcanoes
- Volcano Project Volcano World
- Volcano Project Student Resources in Context
- Volcano Project Science in Context
- Volcano Project Craters of the Moon
- Volcano Project Smithsonian Institute
- Volcano Project Use this site for finding pictures
- Volcano Project Go here for citation help
- Volcano Project Hawaiian Volcanism
- Volcano Project Volcanoes and Volcanic Eruptions at Geology.com
Click Here for Earthquake Unit
Student will investigate how earthquake happen and the resulting features. Students will learn three different types of faults, how to locate and earthquake epicenter and the hazards of earthquakes.
Links
- Cascadia quake 1700s
- Watch this great video on Earthquake basics from National Geographic
- Great site to learn about earthquake waves.
- Go here to access the Virtual Quake Lab
- Chech out these amazing Earthquake Simulations
- Look at these amazing picture of Hebgen Lake Earthquake of 1959
- Can we predict Earthquakes?
- Largest Quakes in U.S.A
- Base-isolation video
- Another Base-isolation video, only super big.
- Click here for up-to-date Earthquakes around the world from USGS
Click Here for Geologic Time Unit
Geologic Time Unit will take the students on a Journey Back into Time and investigate Relative Time, Absolute Time and the figure out how Scientists use Radiometric Dating to create the Geologic Time Scale
