Earth Science Class Schedule for
Fall 2010
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Second Quarter: November 8, 2010 to January 28, 2011
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Week #18: January 10, 2011 to
January 14, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday,
1/18/11:
- Questions
about Fall
2010-2011 Final Exam Review Questions?
- Go
over section 8.2 homework
- Review
Sections 6.3 and all of Chapter 8 for a test on Sedimentary Rocks and
Geologic Time on Friday! This is the last chapter test of the semester
before the Final!
- Finish
M&M
Half Lives and Radiometric Dating Notes and Activity
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Due Tuesday,
1/19/11:
- Review
Sections 6.3 and all of Chapter 8 for a test on Sedimentary Rocks and
Geologic Time on Friday! This is the last chapter test of the semester
before the Final!
- Finish
M&M
Half Lives and Radiometric Dating Notes and Activity
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Wednesday,
1/19/11:
- Test
on Sedimentary Rocks Section 6.3 and Geologic Time Chapter 8 on Friday!
This is the last chapter test of the semester before the Final!
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Due Thursday,
1/20/11:
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Thursday,
1/20/11:
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Due Friday,
1/21/11:
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Friday, 1/21/11:
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Due Monday,
1/24/11:
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Week #17: January 10, 2011 to
January 14, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 1/10/11:
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Due Tuesday,
1/11/11:
- Read
Section 8.1, pages 185-190. Use this knowledge to complete the front
side of Ordering
Geologic Events if this was not done last week
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Tuesday,
1/11/11:
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Due Thursday,
1/13/11:
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Thursday,
1/13/11:
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Due Friday,
1/14/11:
- Review
Sections 6.3 and all of Chapter 8 for a test on Sedimentary Rocks and
Geologic Time next Wednesday! This is the last chapter test of the
semester before the Final!
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Friday, 1/14/11:
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Due Monday,
1/18/11:
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Week #16: January 3, 2011 to
January 7, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 1/3/11:
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Due Tuesday,
1/4/11:
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Tuesday, 1/4/11:
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Due Thursday,
1/6/11:
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Thursday,
1/6/11:
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Due Friday,
1/7/11:
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Friday, 1/7/11:
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Due Monday,
1/10/11:
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Week #15: December 13, 2010
to December 17, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
12/13/10:
- Go
over Plate Tectonic Travel worksheet
- Video: History Channel’s How the Earth was Made and questions:
finish going over and turn in
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Due Tuesday,
12/14/10:
- Come
to Geminid Meteor Shower
star party at Palm
Crest Elementary
School Monday night, 12/13/10 from 5:30 to
7:30 PM.
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Tuesday,
12/14/10:
- Collect
Mineral Museum EC
- Go
over Section 10.2 HW
- Internet
Investigation on Sea Floor Spreading and Plate Boundaries
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Due Thursday,
12/16/10:
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Thursday,
12/16/10:
- Go
over homework section 10.3
- Internet
Investigation on Sea Floor Spreading and Plate Boundaries: Finish
- Reuniting
Pangaea!
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Due Friday,
12/17/10:
- Review
Chapter 10 for test on Plate Tectonics
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Friday, 12/17/10:
- Chapter 10 Test: Plate Tectonics
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Due Monday,
1/3/11:
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Week #14: December 6, 2010 to
December 10, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 12/6/10:
- Go
over and collect section 9.1 and geologic map homework due last Friday
- Return
minerals tests for corrections
- Finish
Geologic
Map Reading Exercise and turn in
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Due Tuesday,
12/7/10:
- Correct
minerals tests handed back in class.
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Tuesday,
12/7/10:
- Collect
minerals test corrections
- Hand
out authorization form for Geminid
Meteor Shower star party at Palm Crest Elementary School next Monday
night, 12/13/10 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM.
- Video: History Channel’s How the Earth was Made and questions
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Due Thursday,
12/9/10:
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Thursday,
12/9/10:
- Go
over homework section 10.1
- Video: History Channel’s How the Earth was Made and questions
- Hand
out Plate Tectonic Travel worksheet
for homework
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Due Friday,
12/10/10:
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Friday,
12/10/10:
- Video: History Channel’s How the Earth was Made and questions
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Due Monday,
12/13/10:
- 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 14, 2010.
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Week #13: November 29, 2010
to December 3, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
11/29/10:
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Due Tuesday,
11/30/10:
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Tuesday,
11/30/10:
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Due Thursday,
12/2/10:
- Read
Section 9.1, pages 211-214 and page 66. Answer questions 4 and 5 on page
214 and answer questions 1-6 of the Map Skills Activity called
“Geologic Map of Bedrock in Ohio”
on page 208. These answers will be turned in on paper.
- Go
to Web
Geological Time Machine for help answering some of the homework
questions.
- Go
to Geologic Maps
for help to answer some of the questions.
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Thursday,
12/2/10:
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Due Friday,
12/3/10:
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Friday, 12/3/10:
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Due Monday,
12/6/10:
- 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 14, 2010.
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Week #12: November 15, 2010
to November 19, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
11/15/10:
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Due Tuesday,
11/2/10:
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Tuesday,
11/16/10:
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Due Thursday,
11/4/10:
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Thursday,
11/18/10:
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Due Friday,
11/5/10:
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Friday,
11/19/10:
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Due Monday,
11/29/10:
- 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 14, 2010.
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Week #11: November 8, 2010 to
November 10, 2010 (Shortened Week
due to Veterans’ Day. No Block Schedule this week!)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 11/8/10:
- Go
over Section 5.2 homework from last week
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Due Tuesday,
11/9/10:
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Tuesday,
11/9/10:
- Go
over Section 7.1 Homework
- Pass
back papers and chemistry quizzes
- Minerals
as Resources Section 7.1
- The MII Baby
- High
Tech Trash
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Due Wednesday,
11/10/10:
- Review
for Test on Sections 5.1, 5.2, and 7.1 on Wednesday
- Correct
chemistry quizzes. Due next Monday.
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Wednesday,
11/10/10:
- Test
on Sections 5.1, 5.2, and 7.1 on Wednesday on Minerals and Mineral
Resources
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Due Monday,
11/15/10:
- 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 14, 2010.
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First Quarter: August 31, 2010 to November 5, 2010
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Week #10: November 1, 2010 to
November 5, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 11/1/10:
- Hand
out photo release forms for JPL Field trip to get signed.
- Announcement
of Extra Credit Opportunity: See
homework for weekend!
- Basics
of Mineralogy: What are minerals and how do they form?
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Due Tuesday,
11/2/10:
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Tuesday,
11/2/10:
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Due Thursday,
11/4/10:
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Thursday,
11/4/10:
- Field
Trip to JPL for EPOXI Mission Presentations
from the JPL
Education Department!
- We
will meet at the flag pole at 8:30 AM for our walk up to JPL. We will
return to LCHS at 12:00 Noon. You will only be excused for period 1, 3,
and the first part of STEP from 8:30 AM to 12:00 Noon. You must
attend period 1 from 7:50 to 8:30, STEP from the time we return until
lunch, and all of period 5! You are with the Earth Science class 3rd
period, so no worries there.
- Students
who are absent or who miss this event shall do a 2 page minimum (text
not including works cited), 1.5 spaced, size 12 font Times New Roman, 1
inch margins research paper with MLA parenthetical documentation on the EPOXI Mission and comets in general.
You MUST have an MLA works cited for your research paper and plagiarism
is strictly prohibited. See Mrs. Bozzani in the IRC to
obtain a Noodle Tools
account to do the MLA works cited and to ask her what plagiarism means
and how you can avoid it!
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Due Friday,
11/5/10:
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Friday, 11/5/10:
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Due Monday,
11/8/10:
- 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 14, 2010.
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Week #9: October 25, 2010 to
October 29, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
10/25/10:
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Due Tuesday,
10/26/10:
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Tuesday,
10/26/10:
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Due Thursday,
10/28/10:
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Thursday,
10/28/10:
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Due Friday,
10/29/10:
- Study
section 4.1 for a Quiz on Friday on Basic Chemistry
- Correct
Earth Structure Tests
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Friday,
10/29/10:
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Due Monday,
11/1/10:
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Week #8: October 18, 2010 to
October 22, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
10/18/10:
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Due Tuesday,
10/19/10:
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Tuesday,
10/19/10:
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Due Thursday,
10/21/10:
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Thursday,
10/21/10:
- Traeger
out today for jury duty L
- National
Geographic Video: Splendid Stones.
Write a short essay about what you learned from the video and give this
to the sub.
- Go
over and turn in chemistry practice problems 3-3.
- Turn
in Atomic Structure Internet
Investigation ES0501
- Hand
out chemistry practice sheet 3-3. Start working problems 1-15.
- I
was going to cover the following had I not had jury duty.
- Great
California
ShakeOut today at 10:21 AM Thursday!
- Preparedness Now
video
- ShakeOut
scenario earthquake
wave animations
- Go
over practice sheet 3-3 for homework.
- Periodic Table of Videos
- Properties
of Matter Lab
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Due Friday,
10/22/10:
- Work
problems 1-15 on chemistry practice sheet 3-3
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Friday,
10/22/10:
- Traeger
out today for jury dutyL
- Minerals: Building Blocks of the
Earth video and questions
- Minerals/Rocks
crossword puzzle
- Go
over/collect problems 1-15 on chemistry practice sheet 3-3
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Due Monday,
10/25/10:
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Week #7: October 11, 2010 to
October 15, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
10/11/10:
- Hand
out field trip forms for JPL field trip on November 4th. We
will be going to learn more about the JPL EPOXI
mission. Ask your parents to chaperone!
- Go
over Section 2.1 homework from last week.
- Hand
back papers
- Hand
back maps tests and go over how to do test corrections.
- Hand
out progress reports to get signed.
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Due Tuesday,
10/12/10:
- Get
field trip forms for JPL field trip on November 4th signed by
your parents. We will be going to learn more about the JPL EPOXI
mission. Ask your parents to chaperone!
- Do
test corrections on maps test.
- Get
progress reports signed by a parent. You sign too!
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Tuesday,
10/12/10:
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Due Thursday,
10/14/10:
- Review
sections 27.1 and 2.1 for a test on Friday on Earth’s formation
and structure.
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Thursday,
10/14/10:
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Due Friday,
10/15/10:
- Review
sections 27.1 and 2.1 for a test on Friday on Earth’s formation
and structure.
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Friday,
10/15/10:
- Test
on Sections 27.1 and 2.1 on Earth’s formation and structure
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Due Monday,
10/18/10:
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Week #6: October 4, 2010 to
October 8, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 10/4/10:
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Due Tuesday,
10/5/10:
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Tuesday,
10/5/10:
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Due Thursday,
10/7/10:
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Thursday,
10/7/10:
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Due Friday,
10/8/10:
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Friday, 10/8/10:
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Due Monday,
10/11/10:
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Week #5: September 27, 2010
to October 1, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 9/27/10:
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Due Tuesday,
9/28/10:
- Review
for test on Chapter 3 on Maps on Tuesday
- Pasadena
Topographic Map Lab: finish
- If
you are absent for the Pasadena Topographic Map Lab, you can go to the Google Earth
Library to download the Pasadena Topographic Map in to Google Earth.
Scroll down the page and click on the link “Download with Google
Earth.” This will add the .KML file to your computer and Google
Earth will automatically launch. You will want to search for La Cañada
and then download the Pasadena Quadrangle Map by clicking inside the
blue boundaries portrayed by the KML file in Google Earth.
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Tuesday,
9/28/10:
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Due Thursday,
9/30/10:
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Thursday,
9/30/10:
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Due Friday,
10/1/10:
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Friday, 10/1/10:
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Due Monday,
10/4/10:
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Week #4: September 20, 2010
to September 24, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 9/20/10:
- Go
over homework section 3.2 from last week
- Go
over and turn in Geocaching Lab from last Thursday
- Go here, here,
and here to
find out more about the GPS technology we use in class.
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Due Tuesday,
9/21/10:
- Finish
Geocaching Lab from last Thursday if needed.
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Tuesday,
9/21/10:
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Due Thursday,
9/23/10:
- Mr.
Traeger apologizes, but he did not have time to publish the homework on
Tuesday afternoon. The homework that he assigned due Thursday will now
be due on Friday. Check back for the homework due on Friday. I will post
the link for that soon.
- Remind
your parent(s) to come to back to school night on Wednesday night!
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Thursday,
9/23/10:
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Due Friday,
9/24/10:
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Friday, 9/24/10:
- Go
over section 3.3 homework
- Pasadena
Topographic Map Lab: Finish
- If
you are absent for the Pasadena Topographic Map Lab, you can go to the Google Earth
Library to download the Pasadena Topographic Map in to Google Earth.
Scroll down the page and click on the link “Download with Google
Earth.” This will add the .KML file to your computer and Google
Earth will automatically launch. You will want to search for La Cañada
and then download the Pasadena Quadrangle Map by clicking inside the
blue boundaries portrayed by the KML file in Google Earth.
- Review
Chapter 3 for Test on Tuesday
- Next
week
- Test
on Chapter 3 on Maps on Tuesday
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Due Monday,
9/27/10:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Review
for test on Chapter 3 on Maps on Tuesday
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Week #3: September 13, 2010
to September 17, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 9/13/10:
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Due Tuesday,
9/14/10:
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Tuesday,
9/14/10:
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Due Thursday,
9/16/10:
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Thursday,
9/16/10:
- Pass
back and go over Map
Basics
- Go
over Section 3.1 and 3.2 vocabulary
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Due Friday,
9/17/10:
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Friday, 9/17/10:
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Due Monday, 9/20/10:
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Week #2: September 7, 2010 to
September 10, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday, 9/7/10:
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Due Wednesday,
9/8/10:
- Get
class materials (binder, paper,
pens/pencils, ruler, calculator)
- Cover
your textbook
- Get class
guidelines signed
- Bring
money for lab donation requests
- Read
pages 31-33 in your textbook. Answer questions
online.
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Wednesday,
9/8/10:
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Due Thursday,
9/9/10:
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Thursday,
9/9/10:
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Due Friday,
9/10/10:
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Friday, 9/10/10:
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Due Monday, 9/13/10:
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Week #1: August 31, 2010 to
September 3, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday,
8/31/10:
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Due Wednesday,
9/1/10:
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Wednesday,
9/1/10:
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Due Thursday,
9/2/10:
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Thursday,
9/2/10:
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Due Friday,
9/3/10:
- Get
class materials (binder, paper,
pens/pencils, ruler, calculator)
- Cover
your textbook
- Get class
guidelines signed
- Bring
money for lab donation requests
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Friday, 9/3/10:
- Receipt
lab donation requests
- Collect
class
guidelines signatures.
- Check
for binders, calculators, and covered textbooks
- Beyond
Question® Responder use agreements
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Due Tuesday,
9/7/10:
- Have
a nice Labor Day weekend!
- Get
class materials (binder, paper,
pens/pencils, ruler, calculator)
- Cover
your textbook
- Get class
guidelines signed
- Bring
money for lab donation requests
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