Earth Science Class Schedule for
Spring 2011
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Fourth Quarter: April 11, 2011 to June 16, 2011
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Week #18: June 6, 2011 to
June 9, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 6/6/11:
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Due Tuesday, 6/7/11:
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Tuesday, 6/7/11:
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Due Wednesday,
6/8/11:
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Wednesday, 6/8/11:
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Due Thursday,
6/9/11:
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Thursday, 6/9/11:
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Due Monday, 6/13/11:
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Week #17: May 31, 2011 to
June 3, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday,
5/31/11:
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Due Wednesday,
6/1/11:
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Wednesday,
6/1/11:
- Test
on Chapter 30: Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
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Due Thursday,
6/2/11:
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Thursday,
6/2/11:
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Due Friday,
6/3/11:
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Friday, 6/3/11:
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Due Monday,
6/6/11:
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Week #16: May 23, 2011 to May
27, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/23/11:
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Due Tuesday,
5/24/11:
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Tuesday,
5/24/11:
- Collect
Griffith Observatory Extra Credit write-ups
- Go
over Section 30.1 Homework questions
- Starfinder
Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics: Finish
- Universe video and questions:
Alien Galaxies
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Thursday,
5/26/11 (Block Day):
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Thursday,
5/26/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
5/27/11:
- Review
Chapter 30 for test on Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe.
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Friday, 5/27/11:
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Due Tuesday,
5/31/11:
- Have
a nice Memorial Day weekend!
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Week #15: May 16, 2011 to May
20, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/16/11:
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Due Tuesday,
5/17/11:
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Tuesday,
5/17/11:
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Thursday,
5/19/11 (Block Day):
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Thursday,
5/19/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
5/20/11:
- Read
Section 30.1, pages 775-780. Answer
Section 30.1 Questions Online.
- JPL Open House
Extra Credit Write-ups. Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or
other learning events that you attend with you in the picture.
Write up a description of what you learned at each display and place the
image of the display next to the description.
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Friday, 5/20/11:
- Starfinder
Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics: Make Starfinders
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Due Monday,
5/23/11:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit Possibility!
Go to the Griffith Observatory
and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at
least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at
each display and place the image of the display next to the description.
All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucalt
Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what
it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity has been extended to Tuesday, May
24, 2011
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Week #14: May 9, 2011 to May
13, 2011 (No Block Schedule This Week due to STAR Testing)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/9/11:
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Due Tuesday,
5/10/11:
- Mystery
Spectra
- Complete
ES2803:
What Does the Spectrum of a Star Tell Us about Its Temperature? For
Extra Credit
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Tuesday,
5/10/11:
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Due Wednesday,
5/11/11:
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Wednesday,
5/11/11:
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Due Thursday, 5/12/11:
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Thursday,
5/12/11:
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Due Monday,
5/16/11:
- Extra Credit Possibility!
Go to the Griffith Observatory
and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at
least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at
each display and place the image of the display next to the description.
All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucalt
Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what
it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity has been extended to Tuesday, May
24, 2011
- Extra Credit Possibility!
Go to JPL Open
House. Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or other
learning events that you attend with you in the picture. Write up
a description of what you learned at each display and place the image of
the display next to the description. This extra credit write-up will be
due on Friday, 5/20/11.
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Week #13: May 2, 2011 to May
6, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/2/11:
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Due Tuesday,
5/3/11:
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Tuesday, 5/3/11:
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Thursday, 5/5/11
(Block Day):
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Thursday, 5/5/11
(Block Day):
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Due Friday,
5/6/11:
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Friday, 5/6/11:
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Due Monday,
5/9/11:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit Possibility!
Go to the Griffith Observatory
and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at least
5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with you
in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at each
display and place the image of the display next to the description. All
students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucalt
Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what
it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 3,
2011.
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Week #12: April 25, 2011 to
April 29, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 4/25/11:
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Due Tuesday,
4/26/11:
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Tuesday,
4/26/11:
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Thursday,
4/28/11 (Block Day):
- Review
Sections 27.3, 27.4, 28.3, and 28.4 for test on the Solar System and
Planets
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Thursday,
4/28/11 (Block Day):
- Test on Sections 27.3, 27.4, 28.3,
28.4 on the Solar System and Planets
- Tornado Outbreak in Alabama and how E = mc2
explains it
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Due Friday,
4/29/11:
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Friday, 4/29/11:
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Due Monday,
5/2/11:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit Possibility!
Go to the Griffith Observatory
and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at
least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at
each display and place the image of the display next to the description.
All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucalt
Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what
it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 3,
2011.
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Week #11: April 18, 2011 to
April 22, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 4/18/11:
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Due Tuesday,
4/19/11:
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Tuesday,
4/19/11:
- Go
over homework section 28.3
- Saturn
video and questions
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Thursday,
4/21/11 (Block Day):
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Thursday,
4/21/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
4/22/11:
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Friday, 4/22/11:
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Due Monday,
4/25/11:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Work
on Destination
Solar System Project if needed. Due Tuesday, 4/26/11.
- PowerPoint
Basics
- Extra Credit Possibility!
Go to the Griffith Observatory
and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at
least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at
each display and place the image of the display next to the description.
All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucalt
Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what
it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 3,
2011.
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Week #10: April 11, 2011 to April
15, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 4/11/11:
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Due Tuesday,
4/12/11:
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Tuesday,
4/12/11:
- Pass
out forms for Star Party at La Cańada Elementary on Thursday, 4/14/11
from 7-9 PM.
- Jupiter
video and questions
- 3rd
Quarter Grades due by 3 PM today! Report Cards will come out on Friday
in period 2! J L J
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Thursday,
4/14/11 (Block Day):
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Thursday,
4/14/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
4/15/11:
- Come
to the star party at La Cańada Elementary on Thursday night, 4/14/11
from 7-9 PM!
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Friday, 4/15/11:
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Due Monday,
4/18/11:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit Possibility!
Go to the Griffith Observatory
and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at
least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at
each display and place the image of the display next to the description.
All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucalt
Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what
it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 3,
2011.
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Third Quarter: February 1, 2011 to April 1, 2011
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Week #9: March 28, 2011 to
April 1, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/28/11:
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Due Tuesday,
3/29/11:
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Tuesday,
3/29/11:
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Thursday,
3/31/11 (Block Day):
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Thursday,
3/31/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
4/1/11:
- Finish
Internet
Investigation on terrestrial planet surface processes ES2708 only if not
finished in class. This will be due when we return from Spring Break on
April 11, 2011.
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Friday, 4/1/11:
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Due Monday,
4/11/11:
- Have
a nice Spring Break!
- Extra Credit Possibility!
Go to the Griffith Observatory
and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at
least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at
each display and place the image of the display next to the description.
All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucalt
Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what
it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 3,
2011.
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Week #8: March 21, 2011 to
March 25, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/21/11:
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Due Tuesday,
3/22/11:
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Tuesday,
3/22/11:
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Thursday, 3/24/11
(Block Day):
- Do
last night’s section 27.2 homework if not done.
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Thursday,
3/24/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
3/25/11:
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Friday, 3/25/11:
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Due Monday,
3/28/11:
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Week #7: March 14, 2011 to
March 18, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/14/11:
- Traeger
out today L
- Universe:
Beyond the Big Bang video and questions:
historical astronomy and Kepler’s Laws of Motion
- Announcement: The
Astronomy observations originally scheduled for tonight at Palm Crest
Elementary have been postponed. The new date will be this Wednesday,
3/16/11 from 7-9 PM.
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Due Tuesday,
3/15/11:
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Tuesday,
3/15/11:
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Thursday,
3/17/11 (Block Day):
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Thursday,
3/17/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
3/18/11:
- Do
Earthquake Test corrections
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Friday, 3/18/11:
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Due Monday,
3/21/11:
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Week #6: March 7, 2011 to
March 11, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/7/11:
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Due Tuesday,
3/8/11 (Block Day):
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Tuesday, 3/8/11
(Block Day):
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Due Thursday,
3/10/11:
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Thursday,
3/10/11:
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Due Friday,
3/11/11:
- Finish
Internet
Investigation on asteroid impact cratering
- Study
for Section 28.1 Quiz on Lunar Geology and Impact Cratering on Friday
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Friday, 3/11/11:
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Due Monday,
3/14/11:
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Week #5: February 28, 2011 to
March 4, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 2/28/11:
- Earthquake
Test Scores
- Yosemite Institute
pictures
- Questions/comments
about last week’s work with the substitute?
- Christchurch,
NZ Earthquake from last week
- Introduction
to Astronomy Chapters 26-30
- Mapping
the Universe Assignment: Get in to groups of no greater than 4 and
no fewer than 2. Take the terms that we identified together in lecture
and put them in to a map of the Universe. You should show how each term relates
to the other terms. You should also define each term that you use.
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Due Tuesday,
3/1/11(Block Day):
- Find
the Moon tonight and describe its appearance. Look for planets as well
and describe their appearance. Write your observations down on paper. Also
note the time and date that you went out to observe.
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Tuesday, 3/1/11
(Block Day):
- Announcement:
the Astronomy Institute will have its first meeting this Wednesday,
March 2, at 2:45 in Room 712. This institute is directed by Steve Edberg
of JPL and former LCHS parent. You really want to do this if you want to
go more in depth in to a particular study of astronomy!
- Discussion
about last night’s homework
- What is a
Planet? video
- Video Why
Isn’t Pluto a Planet Anymore?
- Mapping
the Universe Assignment: Get in to groups of no greater than 4 and
no fewer than 2. Take the terms that we identified together in lecture and
put them in to a map of the Universe. You should show how each term
relates to the other terms. You should also define each term that you
use.
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Due Thursday,
3/3/11:
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Thursday,
3/3/11:
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Due Friday,
3/4/11:
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Friday, 3/4/11:
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Due Monday,
3/7/11:
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Week #4: February 22, 2011 to
February 25, 2011 (Traeger at Yosemite
Institute this week!)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday,
2/22/11:
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Due Thursday,
2/24/11:
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Thursday,
2/24/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
2/25/11:
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Friday, 2/25/11:
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Due Monday,
2/28/11:
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Week #3: February 14, 2011 to
February 17, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 2/14/11:
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Due Tuesday,
2/15/11:
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Tuesday,
2/15/11:
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Due Thursday,
2/17/11 (Block Day):
- Study
for test on Sections 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, and 12.3 on Earthquakes
- Read
Section 12.3, pages 305-308. Complete Earthquake Safety Assessment assignment
below as a way of assessing your understanding for section 12.3.
- Complete
Putting
Down Roots in Earthquake Country booklet and home safety
assessment worksheet.
Due this week on Thursday, 2/17/11. Worth 20 points test credit! Go here for
Word® Document to type in to.
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Thursday,
2/17/11 (Block Day):
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Due Monday,
2/22/11:
- Have
a nice 4-day weekend!
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Week #2: February 7, 2011 to February
11, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 2/7/11:
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Due Tuesday,
2/8/11:
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Tuesday, 2/8/11:
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Due Thursday,
2/10/11 (Block Day):
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Thursday,
2/10/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
2/11/11:
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Friday, 2/11/11:
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Due Monday,
2/14/11:
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Week #1: February 1, 2011 to
February 4, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday, 2/1/11:
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Due Thursday,
2/3/11 (Block Day):
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Thursday, 2/3/11
(Block Day):
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Due Friday,
2/4/11:
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Friday, 2/4/11:
- Go over
homework sections 12.1
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Due Monday,
2/7/11:
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