Earth Science Class Schedule for
Fall 2009
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Second Quarter: November 2, 2009 to January 28, 2010
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Week #19: January 25, 2010 to
January 29, 2009 (Final Exam Week!)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 1/25/10:
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Due Thursday,
1/28/10:
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Thursday,
1/28/10:
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Due Monday, 2/1/10:
- Enjoy your 3-day weekend after
finals! We will be in our new room 228 in the second semester!
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Week #18: January 19, 2010 to
January 22, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday,
1/19/10:
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Due Wednesday,
1/20/10:
- Read Section 12.2 in
your textbook, pages 301-304. Answer questions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 on page
304 with full sentences.
- Concept map and define
the terms in question #8 on page 300: Seismograph, seismogram, epicenter, P-wave, S-wave, magnitude,
and intensity.
- Complete Putting Down
Roots in Earthquake Country booklet and home safety assessment worksheet.
Due next week on Friday, 1/22/10. Worth 20 points test credit! Go here for
Word® Document to type in to.
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Wednesday,
1/20/10:
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Due Thursday,
1/21/10:
- Read Section 12.3 in
your textbook, pages 305-308. Answer questions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 on page
308 with full sentences.
- Concept map and define
the terms in question #8 on page 308: earthquake, earthquake-hazard level. damage, tsunami, safety,
and prediction.
- Complete Putting
Down Roots in Earthquake Country booklet and home safety
assessment worksheet.
Due next week on Friday, 1/22/10. Worth 20 points test credit! Go here for
Word® Document to type in to.
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Thursday,
1/21/10:
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Due Friday,
1/22/10:
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Friday, 1/22/10:
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Due Monday,
1/25/10:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Download
the Fall 2009 Final Review Sheet in MS
Word® format and in PDF
format. Also download the Final
Exam Schedule. Answering ALL of the questions on your own and
turning them in on the Day of the Final will add 10 points to your final
exam grade. You can’t beat that, now can you?
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Week #17: January 11, 2010 to
January 15, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 1/11/10:
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Due Tuesday,
1/12/10:
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Tuesday,
1/12/10:
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Due Wednesday,
1/13/10 Block Day:
- Complete
Putting
Down Roots in Earthquake Country booklet and home safety
assessment worksheet.
Due next week on Friday, 1/22/10. Worth 20 points test credit! Go here for
Word® Document to type in to.
- Read Section 12.1 in
your textbook, pages 294-300. Answer questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 on
page 300 with full sentences.
- Concept map and define
the terms in question #11 on page 300: earthquake, seismic wave, body wave, surface wave, P wave, S wave,
Rayleigh Wave, and Love Wave.
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Wednesday,
1/13/10 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
1/15/10:
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Friday, 1/15/10:
- Earthquake Safety
Presentations
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Due Tuesday,
1/19/10:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Download
the Fall 2009 Final Review Sheet in MS
Word® format and in PDF
format. Also download the Final
Exam Schedule. Answering ALL of the questions on your own and
turning them in on the Day of the Final will add 10 points to your final
exam grade. You can’t beat that, now can you?
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Week #16: January 4, 2010 to
January 8, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 1/4/10:
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Due Tuesday,
1/5/10:
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Tuesday, 1/5/10:
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Due Wednesday,
1/6/10 Block Day:
- Read
Section 11.1 in your textbook, pages 273-278. Answer questions 2, 3, 4,
6, and 7 on page 278 with full sentences.
- Concept
map and define the terms in question #12 on page 278: stress, compression, strain, tension,
shear stress, folds, faults.
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Wednesday,
1/6/10 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
1/8/10:
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Friday, 1/8/10:
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Due Monday,
1/11/10:
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Week #15: December 14, 2009
to December 18, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
12/14/09:
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Due Tuesday,
12/15/09:
- Read
Section 13.1 in your textbook, pages 318-324. Answer questions 1-6 and
concept map #10 on page 324 with full sentences.
- Review
sections 6.1 and 6.2 for quiz on rock cycle and igneous rocks.
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Tuesday,
12/15/09:
- Quiz
on Sections 6.1 and 6.2 on Rock Cycle and Igneous Rocks
- Inside the Volcano video and questions
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Due Wednesday,
12/16/09 Block Day:
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Wednesday,
12/16/09 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
12/18/09:
- Read
Section 13.2 in your textbook, pages 325-330. Answer questions 1-7 on
page 330 with full sentences and define words in concept map #10.
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Friday,
12/18/09:
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Due Monday,
1/4/10:
- Have
a nice Winter Break!
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Week #14: December 7, 2009 to
December 11, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 12/7/09:
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Due Tuesday,
12/8/09:
- Mineral Museum and JPL Lecture Extra
Credit Assignments?
- Read
Section 6.1 in your new textbook, pages 124-128. Answer questions 1, 2,
3, 7, and 8 on page 128 with full sentences.
- Concept
map and define the terms in question #9 on page 128: rock, igneous rock, sedimentary rock,
metamorphic rock, and rock cycle.
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Tuesday,
12/8/09:
- Collect Mineral Museum
and JPL Lecture Extra Credit Assignments
- Stamp/go
over HW Section 6.1
- Internet
Investigation on Rock Cycle ES0602 and Igneous Rock Formation ES0603
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Due Wednesday,
12/9/09 Block Day:
- Read
Section 6.2 in your new textbook, pages 129-134. Answer questions 1, 3,
and 4 on page 134 with full sentences.
- Concept
map and define the terms in question #9 on page 134: igneous rock, magma, coarse grained,
fine grained, felsic, mafic, and intermediate.
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Wednesday,
12/9/09 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
12/11/09:
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Friday,
12/11/09:
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Due Monday,
12/14/09:
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Week #13: November 30, 2009
to December 4, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
11/30/09:
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Due Tuesday,
12/1/09:
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Tuesday,
12/1/09:
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Due Wednesday,
12/2/09 Block Day:
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Wednesday,
12/2/09 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
12/4/09:
- Review
Sections 10.1 and 10.2 for Plate Tectonics Test
- ANOTHER
EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: Go to JPL on
Thursday night at 7 PM or PCC on Friday night at 7 PM to watch the von Kármán Lecture
Series about Monitoring
Earth's Changing Land Surface. This lecture is being conducted
by Michael Abrams,
an LCHS parent. If you cannot go to JPL or PCC, watch the lecture live
on the Webcast
on Thursday night at 7 PM. Write down what you learned from the lecture
and turn this in to me by Tuesday, 12/8/09. Writing it in notes form
(bullets) is okay, but writing it in essay form will get you more
points, up to 10 points of classwork extra credit. The lecture will last
approximately 1 hour.
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Friday, 12/4/09:
- Plate
Tectonics Test on Sections 10.1 and 10.2
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Due Monday,
12/7/09:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Go
to the LA County Museum of Natural History’s E. Hadley Stewart,
Jr. mineral
museum for extra credit! Do a report on 5 minerals that you saw. You
should include all of their physical/chemical properties, where they are
found, and what they are used for. Take digital pictures of each mineral
at the museum and put into your report. Your report can be done in
either MS Word or PowerPoint. You must save your receipt as proof that
you went to the museum. 20 points of classwork extra credit possible if
you do a really good job! You must have an MLA works cited if you use an
outside source other than the notes you take at the museum. The last day to turn in this
extra credit will be Tuesday, December 8, 2009.
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Week #12: November 16, 2009
to November 20, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
11/16/09:
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Due Tuesday,
11/17/09:
- Read
Section 10.1 in your new textbook, pages 238-246. Answer questions 1-6
page 246 with full sentences.
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Tuesday,
11/17/09:
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Due Wednesday,
11/18/09 Block Day:
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Wednesday,
11/18/09 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
11/20/09:
- Read
Section 10.2 in your textbook, pages 247-254. Answer questions 1-6 page
254 with full sentences.
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Friday,
11/20/09:
- Stamp/go
over Section 10.2 in your textbook
- Collect
Chapter 10 HW Packets
- Reuniting
Pangaea Lab: Finish and turn in
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Due Monday,
11/30/09:
- Have
a nice Thanksgiving Break!
- Go to
the LA County Museum of Natural History’s E. Hadley Stewart, Jr. mineral
museum for extra credit! Do a report on 5 minerals that you saw. You
should include all of their physical/chemical properties, where they are
found, and what they are used for. Take digital pictures of each mineral
at the museum and put into your report. Your report can be done in
either MS Word or PowerPoint. You must save your receipt as proof that
you went to the museum. 20 points of classwork extra credit possible if
you do a really good job! You must have an MLA works cited if you use an
outside source other than the notes you take at the museum. The last day
to turn in this extra credit will be Tuesday, December 8, 2009.
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Week #11: November 9, 2009 to
November 13, 2009 (No school on Wednesday, 11/11/09)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 11/9/09:
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Due Tuesday,
11/10/09 Block Day:
- Get
homework
packets for sections 4.1, chemistry practice problems #1-15, section
5.1, and section 5.2 ready to turn in.
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Tuesday,
11/10/09 Block Day:
- Mineral
Identification Lab: Finish, Go over, and Turn in
- Collect
homework
packets for sections 4.1, chemistry practice problems #1-15, section
5.1, and section 5.2
- Test
on Sections 4.1, 5.1, and 5.2 on chemistry and minerals.
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Due Friday,
11/13/09:
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Friday,
11/13/09:
- Introduction
to Earth history and plate tectonics
- Plate
Tectonics video
and questions
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Due Monday,
11/16/09:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Go
to the LA County Museum of Natural History’s E. Hadley Stewart,
Jr. mineral
museum for extra credit! Do a report on 5 minerals that you saw. You
should include all of their physical/chemical properties, where they are
found, and what they are used for. Take digital pictures of each mineral
at the museum and put into your report. Your report can be done in
either MS Word or PowerPoint. You must save your receipt as proof that
you went to the museum. 20 points of classwork extra credit possible if
you do a really good job! You must have an MLA works cited if you use an
outside source other than the notes you take at the museum. The last day
to turn in this extra credit will be Tuesday, December 8, 2009.
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Week #10: November 2, 2009 to
November 6, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 11/2/09:
- Quiz
on Section 5.1
- Mineral
video
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Due Tuesday,
11/3/09:
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Tuesday,
11/3/09:
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Due Wednesday,
11/4/09 Block Day:
- Read
Section 5.1 in your textbook, pages 102-108. Answer questions 1-6 on
page 108 with full sentences.
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Wednesday,
11/4/09 Block Day:
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Due Friday, 11/6/09:
- Read
Section 5.2 in your new textbook, pages 109-114. Answer questions 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, and 9 (Vocabulary Concept Map) on page 114 with full
sentences.
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Friday, 11/6/09:
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Due Monday,
11/9/09:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Go
to the LA County Museum of Natural History’s E. Hadley Stewart,
Jr. mineral
museum for extra credit! Do a report on 5 minerals that you saw. You
should include all of their physical/chemical properties, where they are
found, and what they are used for. Take digital pictures of each mineral
at the museum and put into your report. Your report can be done in
either MS Word or PowerPoint. You must save your receipt as proof that
you went to the museum. 20 points of classwork extra credit possible if
you do a really good job! You must have an MLA works cited if you use an
outside source other than the notes you take at the museum. The last day
to turn in this extra credit will be Tuesday, December 8, 2009.
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First Quarter: August 31, 2009 to October 30, 2009
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to see previous weeks.
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Week #9: October 26, 2009 to
October 30, 2009 (No school on Wednesday, 10/28/09)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
10/26/09:
- Notes
on the periodic table
- Atomic
Structure internet
investigation: FINISH and turn in.
- Hand
out chemistry practice sheet 3-3
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Due Tuesday,
10/27/09 Block Day:
- Work
problems 1-15 on chemistry practice sheet 3-3
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Tuesday,
10/27/09 Block Day:
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Due Thursday,
10/29/09:
- Review
for Quiz on Section 4.1
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Friday,
10/30/09:
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Due Monday,
11/2/09:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Go
to the LA County Museum of Natural History’s E. Hadley Stewart,
Jr. mineral
museum for extra credit! Do a report on 5 minerals that you saw. You
should include all of their physical/chemical properties, where they are
found, and what they are used for. Take digital pictures of each mineral
at the museum and put into your report. Your report can be done in
either MS Word or PowerPoint. You must save your receipt as proof that
you went to the museum. 20 points of classwork extra credit possible if
you do a really good job! You must have an MLA works cited if you use an
outside source other than the notes you take at the museum. The last day
to turn in this extra credit will be Tuesday, December 8, 2009.
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Week #8: October 19, 2009 to
October 23, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
10/19/09:
- Traeger
out todayL
- National
Geographic Video: Splendid Stones.
Write down 10 things that you learned from the video and give this to
the sub.
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Due Tuesday,
10/20/09:
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Tuesday,
10/20/09:
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Due Wednesday,
10/21/09 Block Day:
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Wednesday,
10/21/09 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
10/23/09:
- Read
Section 4.1 in your textbook, pages 81-86. Answer questions 1-8 on page
86 with full sentences.
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Friday,
10/23/09:
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Due Monday,
10/12/09:
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Week #7: October 12, 2009 to
October 16, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
10/12/09:
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Due Wednesday,
10/14/09:
- Read
Section 2.1 in your textbook, pages 27-30. Define Key Terms on page 27.
Answer questions 1-6 on page 30 with full sentences.
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Wednesday,
10/14/09 Block Day:
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Due Thursday,
10/15/09:
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Thursday,
10/15/09:
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Due Friday,
10/16/09:
- Prepare
your home for the next earthquake. Go to ShakeOut
to find out how.
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Friday,
10/16/09:
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Due Monday,
10/19/09:
Due Tuesday,
10/20/09:
- Read
Section 4.1 in your new textbook, pages 81-86. Answer questions 1-8 on
page 86 with full sentences.
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Week #6: October 5, 2009 to
October 9, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 10/5/09:
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Due Tuesday,
10/6/09:
- Read
Section 3.3 in your textbook, pages 63-68. Answer questions 1, 2, 3, 4,
7, and 10 on page 68 with full sentences.
- Get
progress reports signed by a parent/guardian. You sign too.
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Tuesday,
10/6/09:
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Due Wednesday,
10/7/09 Block Day:
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Wednesday,
10/7/09 Block Day:
- LCROSS
Lunar Impact with the south pole of the moon in search of H2O
and other useful compounds on Friday morning, 10/9/09 at 4:30 AM! More LCROSS
Information. If you do not have a telescope, watch the impacts on NASA
TV!
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Due Friday,
10/9/09:
- Do
you have a telescope and the desire to wake up at 4:30 in the morning on
Friday? If so, check out the LCROSS
Lunar Impact with the south pole of the moon in search of H2O
and other useful compounds on Friday morning, 10/9/09 at 4:30 AM! More LCROSS
Information. If you do not have a telescope, watch the impacts on NASA
TV!
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Friday, 10/9/09:
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Due Monday,
10/12/09:
Due Tuesday,
10/13/09:
- Read
Section 2.1 in your textbook, pages 27-30. Define Key Terms on page 27.
Answer questions 1-6 on page 30 with full sentences.
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Week #5: September 28, 2009
to October 2, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 9/28/09:
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Due Tuesday,
9/29/09:
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Tuesday,
9/29/09:
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Due Wednesday,
9/30/09 Block Day:
- Read
Section 3.2 in your textbook, pages 57-62. Answer questions 1-7 on page
62 with full sentences.
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Wednesday,
9/30/09 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
10/2/09:
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Friday, 10/2/09:
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Due Monday,
10/5/09:
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Week #4: September 21, 2009
to September 25, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 9/21/09:
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Due Tuesday,
9/22/09:
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Tuesday,
9/22/09:
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Due Wednesday,
9/23/09 Block Day:
- Read
Section 3.1 in your textbook, pages 53-56. Answer questions 1-6 on page
56 with full sentences.
- Back
to School Night is on Wednesday, 9/23/09 at 7:00 PM. Please invite your
parents to come meet me!
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Wednesday,
9/23/09 Block Day:
- Stamp/go
over HW Section 3.1
- Map
Basics and Google Earth®.
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Due Friday,
9/25/09:
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Friday, 9/25/09:
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Due Monday,
9/28/09:
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Week #3: September 14, 2009
to September 18, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 9/14/09:
- The Checks
Lab and the scientific inquiry process: Go through hypotheses
- Go over
how to use your textbook and how to do homework
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Due Tuesday,
9/15/09:
- Read
Section 1.2 in your textbook entitled “Science as a Process”
on pages 9-11.
- Define
the highlighted words observation, hypothesis, independent
variables, and dependent variables.
- Answer
review questions 1-5 on page 16.
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Tuesday,
9/15/09:
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Due Wednesday,
9/16/09 Block Day:
- Review
sections 1.2 and page 33 (section 2.2) for a test on Wednesday, 9/16/09.
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Wednesday,
9/16/09 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
9/18/09:
- Draw
a map of your local neighborhood within a 0.6 mile (1 kilometer) radius
of your house. Include roads, parks, the fire perimeter, schools,
churches, shopping centers, dams, creeks, drainage ditches, and any
other landmarks that are notable. Do
not look at any sources such as MapQuest®, Google Earth®, etc.!
This needs to be your own concept of what your map should look like!
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Friday, 9/18/09:
- Stamp/Discuss
maps of local neighborhood
- Introduction
to maps and map
basics
- MacBook
Use Agreements
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Due Monday,
9/21/09:
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Week #2: September 8, 2009 to
September 11, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday, 9/8/09:
- Computer
password verification and Internet
Investigation in IRC. Do not come to the classroom. Go directly to
the IRC.
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Due Wednesday,
9/9/09:
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Wednesday,
9/9/09:
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Due Thursday,
9/10/09:
- Draw
what a scientist looks like on an 8.5 x 11 blank sheet of paper. Be prepared
to share your drawing in class on Thursday.
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Thursday,
9/10/09:
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Due Friday,
9/11/09:
- Read
Section 1.2 in your textbook entitled “Science as a Process”
on pages 9-11.
- Define
the highlighted words observation, hypothesis, independent
variables, and dependent variables.
- Answer
review questions 1-5 on page 16.
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Friday, 9/11/09:
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Due Monday,
9/14/09:
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Week #1: August 31, 2009 to
September 4, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 8/31/09:
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Due Tuesday,
9/1/09:
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Tuesday, 9/1/09:
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Due Wednesday,
9/2/09:
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Wednesday,
9/2/09:
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Due Thursday,
9/3/09:
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Thursday,
9/3/09:
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Due Friday,
9/4/09:
- Get
class materials (binder, paper,
pens/pencils, ruler, calculator)
- Cover
your textbook
- Get class
guidelines signed
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Friday, 9/4/09:
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Due Tuesday, 9/8/09:
- Have
a nice Labor Day weekend!
- Get
class materials (binder, paper,
pens/pencils, ruler, calculator)
- Cover
your textbook
- Get class
guidelines signed
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