Earth Science Class Schedule for
Spring 2010
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Fourth Quarter: April 12, 2010 to June 16, 2010
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Week #18: June 7, 2010 to
June 11, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 6/7/10:
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Due Tuesday, 6/8/10:
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Tuesday, 6/8/10:
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Due Wednesday,
6/9/10:
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Wednesday, 6/9/10:
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Due Thursday,
6/10/10:
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Thursday, 6/10/10:
- Humidity, Clouds, and Precipitation Patterns
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Due Friday,
6/11/10:
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Friday, 6/11/10:
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Due Monday, 6/14/10:
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Week #17: June 1, 2010 to
June 4, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday, 6/1/10:
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Wednesday,
6/2/10:
- Finish Extreme
Ice Surveys
- Review for test on
Chapter 22 and Section 25.3: Atmosphere and Climate Change
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Wednesday, 6/2/10:
- Guest speaker in west balcony. Dr. Bill Patzert and
Daniel Killam from JPL discuss El Niño
and Local Climate and Weather
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Due Thursday,
6/3/10 Block Day:
- Finish Extreme
Ice Surveys
- Review
for test on Chapter 22 and Section 25.3: Atmosphere and Climate Change
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Thursday,
6/3/10:
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Due Friday,
6/4/10:
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Friday, 6/4/10:
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Due Monday,
6/7/10:
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Week #16: May 24, 2010 to May
28, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/24/10:
- Pass back and correct
Chapter 30 Stars Test
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Due Tuesday,
5/25/10:
- Read Section 25.3, pages 641 to 646. Answer
Questions 1-7 page 646 and do vocabulary for #10 page 646.
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Tuesday,
5/25/10:
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Due Wednesday,
5/26/10 Block Day:
- Complete Chapter 30 Stars Test corrections if
not done
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Wednesday,
5/26/10 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
5/28/10:
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Friday, 5/28/10:
- Finish
essay in #33 of Climate Change Video and questions:
History Channel’s A Global
Warning and turn in
- Extreme
Ice Survey Internet
Investigation
- Next week
- Hand
out Atmosphere and Climate Change Homework Packet Rubrics
- Collect
Atmosphere and Climate Change Homework Packet Rubrics
- TEST
on Chapter 22 and Section 25.3: Atmosphere and Climate Change on
Thursday of next week
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Due Tuesday,
6/1/10:
- Have
a nice Prom and Memorial Day Weekend!
- Get
Atmosphere and Climate Change Homework Packet Rubrics together
- Review
for TEST on Chapter 22 and Section 25.3: Atmosphere and Climate Change
on Thursday of next week.
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Week #15: May 17, 2010 to May
21, 2010 (STAR Testing Week Schedule)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/17/10:
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Due Tuesday,
5/18/10:
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Tuesday,
5/18/10:
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Due Wednesday,
5/19/10 Block Day:
- Read Section 22.2, pages 555-560. Answer
questions 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 on page 560. Define the key terms electromagnetic spectrum, albedo,
greenhouse effect, conduction, and convection on page 555.
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Wednesday,
5/19/10 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
5/21/10:
- Read Section 22.3, pages 561-564. Define key terms page
561 and answer questions 1-5 page 564.
- Get progress reports signed. You sign too!
- JPL
Open House was on Saturday, May 15th and Sunday, May 16th,
2010! Take digital pictures and do a write-up on at least 5 exhibits
that you visit. You must give me some sort of proof that you attended!
Write-up is due no later than Friday, 5/21/10!
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Friday, 5/21/10:
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Due Monday,
5/24/10:
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Week #14: May 10, 2010 to May
14, 2010 (STAR Testing Week Schedule)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/10/10:
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Due Tuesday,
5/11/10:
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Tuesday,
5/11/10:
- Introduction
to Atmosphere, Weather, and Climate
- Pressure
demos
- Video
of balloon ride to 103,000 feet!
- Lawnchair
Larry
- Earth: The Biography: Atmosphere video and questions
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Due Wednesday,
5/12/10 Block Day:
- Read Section 22.1, pages 547-554. Answer questions
1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 on page 554. Define the key terms atmosphere, ozone, atmospheric
pressure, troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere on
page 547.
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Wednesday,
5/12/10:
- Stamp/go over HW
Section 22.1
- Finish Earth: The Biography: Atmosphere
video and questions
- Global Heat Budgets Energy
Checkbook Activity
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Due Thursday,
5/13/10:
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Thursday,
5/13/10:
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Due Monday,
5/17/10:
- Extra
Credit Opportunity: JPL Open House is on
Saturday, May 15th and Sunday, May 16th, 2010!
Take digital pictures and do a write-up on at least 5 exhibits that you
visit. You must give me some sort of proof that you attended! Write-up
is due no later than Friday, 5/21/10!
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Week #13: May 3, 2010 to May
7, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/3/10:
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Due Tuesday,
5/4/10:
- Read
Section 30.3, pages 789-792. Answer questions 1-5 page 792. Define words
in #8: galaxy, elliptical galaxy,
Milky Way galaxy, irregular galaxy, barred spiral galaxy, and spiral
galaxy.
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Tuesday, 5/4/10:
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Due Wednesday,
5/5/10 Block Day:
- Red
Shift, Blue Shift: front side only
- Watch Mt. St. Helens: Back
from the Dead at 8:00 PM on Tuesday night, 5/4/10 on KCET Channel
28 (Channel 3 on Charter Cable). Write a half page to 1 page
description of what you learned. Turn this in by Friday for up to 10
points of EXTRA CREDIT!
- Come to star party from 7:45 to 9:30 PM at Palm
Crest Elementary on Wednesday night, 5/5/10. You must bring your signed
field trip permission slip with you!
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Wednesday,
5/5/10 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
5/7/10:
- Read
Section 30.4, pages 793-796. Answer questions 1-4 page 796. Define words
in #8: cosmic background
radiation, dark energy, red shift, dark matter, big bang theory, and
galaxies.
- Review for Test
on Monday, 5/10/10 on chapter 30.
- Get star
unit homework packets ready to turn in
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Friday, 5/7/10:
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Due Monday,
5/10/10:
- Have
a nice weekend! Mother’s Day is on Sunday, 5/9/10. Do something
nice for your mother and/or someone you care about!
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Week #12: April 26, 2010 to
April 30, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 4/26/10:
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Due Tuesday,
4/27/10:
- Read Section 29.2, pages 761-764. Answer questions
1-5 page 764 and define words in key terms page 761: sunspot, prominence, solar flare,
coronal mass ejection, aurora.
- Do drawing of the Sun for the post-video questions
of Secrets of the Sun video and questions
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Tuesday,
4/27/10:
- Stamp/go over HW Section 29.2
- Finish Secrets of the Sun video and questions.
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Due Wednesday,
4/28/10 Block Day:
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Wednesday,
4/28/10 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
4/30/10:
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Friday, 4/30/10:
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Due Monday,
5/3/10:
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Week #11: April 19, 2010 to
April 23, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 4/19/10:
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Due Tuesday,
4/20/10:
- Read
Section 30.1 pages 776-780. Answer questions 2-6 page 780. Define words
in key terms on page 775: star,
Doppler Effect, light-year, parallax, apparent magnitude and absolute
magnitude.
- Do homework on page 3 of Starfinder
Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics if not done.
Last chance!
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Tuesday,
4/20/10:
- Finish light intensity
lab
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Due Wednesday,
4/21/10 Block Day:
- Read Section 30.1 pages 776-780. Answer
questions 2-6 page 780. Define words in key terms on page 775: star, Doppler Effect, light-year,
parallax, apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude.
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Wednesday,
4/21/10 Block Day:
- Finish Starfinder
Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics
- Stamp/go over HW Section 30.1
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Due Friday,
4/23/10:
- Write down and discuss ONE thing that you will
change or implement in your life in honor of Earth Day on Thursday,
4/22/10. It must be doable and should list the steps necessary to
achieve your goal! Go here and here
and here
for ideas.
- Read
Section 30.2, pages 781-788. Answer Questions 1-8 page 788. Define words
in question 13: main-sequence star, nebula, supergiant, white dwarf,
planetary nebula, black hole, supernova, protostar, giant star, pulsar,
and neutron star.
- Study Section 30.2 for a QUIZ on star
life cycles Friday!
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Friday, 4/23/10:
- Stamp/go
over HW Section 30.2 and talk about Earth Day. Go here and here
and here
for ideas.
- QUIZ
on Section 30.2, star life cycles
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Due Monday,
4/26/10:
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Week #10: April 12, 2010 to
April 16, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 4/12/10:
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Due Tuesday,
4/13/10:
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Tuesday,
4/13/10:
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Due Wednesday,
4/14/10 Block Day:
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Wednesday,
4/14/10 Block Day:
- Traeger outL
- Starfinder
Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics
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Due Friday,
4/16/10:
- Do homework on page 3
of Starfinder
Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics
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Friday, 4/16/10:
- Go
over homework
- Go
over star life cycles
- Work
on Starfinder
Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics
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Due Monday,
4/19/10:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Do
homework on page 3 of Starfinder
Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics if not done.
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Third Quarter: February 1, 2010 to April 2, 2010
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Week #9: March 29, 2010 to
April 2, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/29/10:
- Traeger outL
- Deadly Comets and Meteors video and questions
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Due Tuesday,
3/30/10:
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Tuesday,
3/30/10:
- Traeger outL
- Secrets of the Sun
video and questions
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Due Wednesday,
3/31/10 Block Day:
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Wednesday,
3/31/10 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
4/2/10:
- Read Section 29.1,
pages 755-760. Answer questions 2-6 page 760 and define words in
question 11: sun, hydrogen,
helium, nuclear fusion, core, radiative zone, convective zone.
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Friday, 4/2/10:
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Due Monday,
4/12/10:
- Have
a nice Spring Break! Watch out for sunburns and keep an eye on the Ultraviolet Index.
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Week #8: March 22, 2010 to
March 26, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/22/10:
- Traeger outL
- Outer Planets video and questions
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Due Tuesday,
3/23/10:
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Tuesday,
3/23/10:
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Due Wednesday,
3/24/10 Block Day:
- Read Section 28.3 Satellites of Other Planets, pages
733 to 738. Answer questions 1-7 on page 738 and define the word Galilean Moon.
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Wednesday,
3/24/10 Block Day:
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Due Friday, 3/26/10:
- Read
Section 28.4 Asteroids, Comets, and Meteoroids, pages 739 to 744.
Answer questions 1-7 on page 744 and define the words Asteroid, Comet, Oort Cloud, Kuiper
Belt, meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite.
- Get Planets
HW Packet ready to turn in
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Friday, 3/26/10:
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Due Monday,
3/29/10:
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Week #7: March 15, 2010 to
March 19, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/15/10:
- Quiz
on Sections 27.2 and 27.3
- Start
Jupiter video and questions
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Due Wednesday,
3/17/10 Block Day:
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Wednesday,
3/17/10 Block Day:
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Due Thursday,
3/18/10:
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Thursday,
3/18/10:
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Due Friday,
3/19/10:
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Friday, 3/19/10:
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Due Monday,
3/22/10:
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Week #6: March 8, 2010 to
March 12, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/8/10:
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Due Tuesday,
3/9/10:
- Read Section 27.3 The Inner Planets, pages 695 to
700. Answer questions 1-6 on page 700 and define the word terrestrial planet.
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Tuesday, 3/9/10:
- Hand out progress
reports to take home and get signed. You sign too!
- JPL Field Trip Signups
for March 19 and March 24, 2010
- Stamp/go over HW
Section 27.3
- Pass back/go over Moon
Tests
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Due Wednesday,
3/10/10 Block Day:
- Get
progress reports signed. You sign too!
- Do
Moon test corrections
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Wednesday,
3/10/10 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
3/12/10:
- Review
sections 27.2 and 27.3 for quiz
- Read Section 27.4 The Outer Planets, pages 701 to
708. Answer questions 1-7 on page 708 and define the words gas giant and Kuiper Belt.
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Friday, 3/12/10:
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Due Monday,
3/15/10:
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Week #5: March 1, 2010 to
March 5, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/1/10:
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Due Wednesday,
3/3/10 Block Day:
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Wednesday,
3/3/10 Block Day:
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Due Thursday,
3/4/10:
- Read Section 27.2,
pages 691-694. Answer questions 1-4 page 694 and define words in
question 9: retrograde motion, geocentric,
heliocentric, ellipse, foci, gravity, and inertia.
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Thursday,
3/4/10:
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Due Friday,
3/5/10:
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Friday, 3/5/10:
- Traeger out at a
conferenceL.
- Video and Questions:
History Channel’s The
Universe: The Inner Planets Mercury and Venus
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Due Monday,
3/8/10:
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Week #4: February 22, 2010 to
February 26, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 2/22/10:
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Due Tuesday,
2/23/10:
- Observe
the moon tonight and draw what you see. Tell me the time you observed
the moon at and the name of the phase that it is currently in. What
direction of the sky (North, East, South, or West) is the moon in when
you observe it?
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Tuesday,
2/23/10:
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Due Wednesday,
2/24/10 Block Day:
- Read
Section 21.3, pages 531-534. Answer questions 1-4 page 534 and define
words in question 10: tide, tidal
range, spring tide, neap tide, tidal oscillation, tidal current, flood
tide, and ebb tide.
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Wednesday,
2/24/10 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
2/26/10:
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Friday, 2/26/10:
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Due Monday,
3/1/10:
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Week #3: February 16, 2010 to
February 19, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday, 2/16/10:
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Due Wednesday,
2/17/10:
- Google Moon ® Internet
Investigation and worksheet
on lunar geology and the missions of Apollo: Finish if not done
- Study for quiz on lunar geology section 28.1
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Wednesday,
2/17/10 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
2/19/10:
- Read
Section 28.2, pages 725-732. Answer questions 1-6 page 732 and define
key terms on page 725: apogee,
perigee, eclipse, solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, phase.
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Friday, 2/19/10:
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Due Monday,
2/22/10:
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Week #2: February 8, 2010 to February
11, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 2/8/10:
- Stamp/go over HW
Section 28.1 from last week
- Hand out lunar crossword
puzzle
- Pass back papers from the
first semester
- Finish History
Channel’s Universe Series Moon video and questions
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Due Tuesday,
2/9/10:
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Tuesday, 2/9/10:
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Due Wednesday,
2/10/10 Block Day:
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Wednesday,
2/10/10 Block Day:
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Due Tuesday,
2/16/10:
- Have a nice 4-day
weekend!
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Week #1: February 1, 2010 to
February 5, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 2/1/10:
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Due Tuesday,
2/2/10:
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Tuesday, 2/2/10:
- Classifying the Cosmos activity
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Due Wednesday,
2/3/10 Block Day:
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Wednesday,
2/3/10 Block Day:
- Classifying the Cosmos activity:
Finish
- Introduction
to the Moon
- History
Channel’s Universe Series Moon video and questions
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Due Friday,
2/5/10:
- Read Section 28.1,
pages 719 to 724. Answer questions 1-6 page 724 and define vocabulary
words in #9.
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Friday, 2/5/10:
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Due Monday,
2/8/10:
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