Earth Science Class Schedule for Spring 2014
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Fourth Quarter: April 7, 2014 to June 5, 2014
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Week
#18: May 27, 2014 to May 30, 2014
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday, 5/27/14:
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Due Wednesday,
5/28/14:
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Wednesday, 5/28/14:
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Due Thursday,
5/29/14:
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Thursday, 5/29/14:
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Due Friday, 5/30/14:
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Friday, 5/30/14:
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Due Your Final Exam Day:
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Week
#17: May 19, 2014 to May 23, 2014
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/19/14:
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Due Tuesday, 5/20/14:
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Tuesday, 5/20/14:
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Due Thursday, 5/22/14:
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Wednesday, 5/21/14:
- No classes due to
Be The Change Day
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Due Thursday,
5/22/14:
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Thursday, 5/22/14:
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Due Friday, 5/23/14:
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Friday, 5/23/14:
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Due Tuesday, 5/27/14:
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Week
#16: May 12, 2014 to May 16, 2014
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/12/14:
- Finish Universe video and questions: Alien Galaxies
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Due Tuesday,
5/13/14:
- Test on Chapter 30: Stars, Galaxies, Universe
next Tuesday, 5/13/14. Study
Guide Download.
- We are Stardust: Symphony of Science with
Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Richard Feynman, and Lawrence Krauss and Monsters of the Cosmos
Black Hole Video: This will help you to study up for the star life
cycles part of tomorrow’s test!
- Last Day to Turn in: Extra Credit
Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job!
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 Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory.
Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the
Earth! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 13, 2014.
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Tuesday, 5/13/14:
- Collect Griffith Observatory EC
- Test on Chapter 30: Stars, Galaxies, Universe
next Tuesday, 5/13/14. Study
Guide Download.
- Turn in Universe video
and questions: Alien
Galaxies
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Due Wednesday,
5/14/14 (Block Day):
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Wednesday, 5/14/14
(Block Day):
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Due Friday, 5/16/14:
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Friday, 5/16/14:
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Due Monday, 5/19/14:
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Week
#15: May 5, 2014 to May 9, 2014
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/5/14:
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Due Wednesday,
5/7/14 (Block Day):
- No
homework, unless you are doing extra credit below. J
- Extra Credit
Opportunity: Watch Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey:
Sisters of the Sun and write a summary of the whole video of no
less than a half page, 1.5 spaced, 1 inch margins for up to 15 points
extra credit. I highly recommend this opportunity, as it goes perfectly
with our curriculum right now! This will be due next Tuesday, May 6,
2014.
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Wednesday, 5/7/14
(Block Day):
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Due Thursday,
5/8/14:
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Thursday, 5/8/14:
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Due Friday, 5/9/14:
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Friday, 5/9/14:
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Due Monday, 5/12/14:
- Have a nice weekend!
- Test on
Chapter 30: Stars, Galaxies, Universe next Tuesday, 5/13/14. Study
Guide Download.
- Extra
Credit Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! 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 Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory.
Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the
Earth! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 13, 2014.
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Week
#14: April 28, 2014 to May 2, 2014
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 4/28/14:
- Warning:
DO NOT USE ANY VERSION of Microsoft Internet Explorer either at
school or at home until a patch is released by Microsoft! If you do,
make sure that you disable Flash.
- Quiz on light and astronomy: Review slides of 1-45 of Chapter 30
PowerPoint, Light:
The Astronomer’s Friend, Electromagnetic
Spectrum, Mystery Spectra, and Red
Shift, Blue Shift, front side only
- Turn in Light:
The Astronomer’s Friend, Electromagnetic
Spectrum, Mystery Spectra, and Red
Shift, Blue Shift, front side only after your quiz
- Pass back
Sun Tests for corrections
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Due Tuesday, 4/29/14:
- Correct Sun Tests I
passed back in class today.
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Tuesday, 4/29/14:
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Due Wednesday, 4/30/14 (Block Day):
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Wednesday, 4/30/14 (Block Day):
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Due Friday, 5/2/14:
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Friday, 5/2/14:
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Due Monday, 5/5/14:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Extra
Credit Opportunity: Watch Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey:
Sisters of the Sun and write a summary of the whole video of no
less than a half page, 1.5 spaced, 1 inch margins for up to 15 points
extra credit. I highly recommend this opportunity, as it goes perfectly
with our curriculum right now! This will be due next Tuesday, May 6,
2014.
- Extra
Credit Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! 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 Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory.
Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the
Earth! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 13, 2014.
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Week
#13: April 21, 2014 to April 25, 2014
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 4/21/14:
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Due Tuesday, 4/22/14:
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Tuesday, 4/22/14:
- Happy Earth Day!
- Starry Night High School Investigations on
Constellations and Star Lore
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Due Wednesday, 4/23/14 (Block Day):
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Wednesday, 4/23/14 (Block Day):
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Due Friday, 4/25/14:
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Friday, 4/25/14:
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Due Monday, 4/28/14:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Review slides of 1-45 of Chapter 30
PowerPoint, Light:
The Astronomer’s Friend, Electromagnetic
Spectrum, Mystery Spectra, and Red
Shift, Blue Shift, front side only for quiz on light and
astronomy Friday.
- You will turn in Light:
The Astronomer’s Friend, Electromagnetic
Spectrum, Mystery Spectra, and Red
Shift, Blue Shift, front side only after your quiz on Monday.
- Extra Credit Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! 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 Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory.
Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the
Earth! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 13, 2014.
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Week
#12: April 14, 2014 to April 18, 2014
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 4/14/14:
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Due Tuesday, 4/15/14:
- No homework
- Lunar Eclipse tonight! Greatest eclipse
at 12:46 AM!
- Only watch eclipse if your parents allow you to
stay up that late!
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Tuesday, 4/15/14:
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Due Wednesday, 4/16/14 (Block Day):
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Wednesday, 4/16/14 (Block Day):
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Due Friday, 4/18/14:
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Friday, 4/18/14:
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Due Monday, 4/21/14:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! 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 Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory.
Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the
Earth! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 13, 2014.
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Week
#11: April 7, 2014 to April 11, 2014
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 4/7/14:
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Due Tuesday, 4/8/14:
- Read
Section 29.1, pages 755-760. Answer Section 29.1 Questions Online. You
may have already done this before we left for break?
- Do corrections on Moon phase, eclipses, and tides
test.
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Tuesday, 4/8/14:
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Due Wednesday, 4/9/14 (Block Day):
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Wednesday, 4/9/14 (Block Day):
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Due Friday, 4/11/14:
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Friday, 4/11/14:
- Test on Section 29.1 and 29.2: The Sun as a Star.
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Due Monday, 4/14/14:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! 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 Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory.
Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the
Earth! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 13, 2014.
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Third Quarter: January 21, 2014 to March 28, 2014
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Week
#10: March 24 to March 28, 2014
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/24/14:
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Due Tuesday, 3/25/14:
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Tuesday, 3/25/14:
- Starry Night Activity on Planetary Orbits
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Due Wednesday, 3/26/14 (Block Day):
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Wednesday, 3/26/14 (Block Day):
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Due Friday, 3/28/14:
- No homework, unless you’ve got unfinished
assignments. The last day to turn in makeup for the third quarter is
Friday, 3/28/14!
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Friday, 3/28/14:
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Due Monday, 4/7/14:
- Have
a nice Spring Break!
- Extra Credit Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! 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 Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory.
Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the
Earth! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 13, 2014.
- Read
Section 27.2, pages 691-694. Answer
section 27.2 questions online.
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Week
#9: March 17 to March 21, 2014
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/17/14:
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Due Wednesday, 3/19/14 (Block Day):
- Review
for test on Moon phases, eclipses, and tides on Thursday. See Review
Study Guide for details.
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Wednesday, 3/19/14 (Block Day):
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Due Thursday, 3/20/14:
- Review for test on Moon phases,
eclipses, and tides on Thursday. See Review
Study Guide for details.
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Thursday, 3/20/14:
- Test on Section 28.2 and 21.3: Moon phases, eclipses,
and tides. See Review
Study Guide for details.
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Due Friday, 3/21/14:
- Come help at Open House Thursday night 6:00 to 8:30
PM for extra credit. See Mr. Traeger for sign-up sheet.
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Friday, 3/21/14:
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Due Monday, 3/24/14:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit Possibility: Up to 45 points for doing a good job! 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 Foucault Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory.
Observe it and tell me what it tells you about the rotation of the
Earth! The Foucault Pendulum does NOT count as one of your 5 required
exhibits. This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until
May 13, 2014.
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Week
#8: March 10 to March 14, 2014
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/10/14:
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Due Tuesday, 3/11/14:
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Tuesday, 3/11/14:
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Due Wednesday, 3/12/14 (Block Day):
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Wednesday, 3/12/14 (Block Day):
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Due Friday, 3/14/14:
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Friday, 3/14/14:
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Due Monday, 3/17/14:
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Week
#7: March 3 to March 7, 2014
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/3/14:
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Due Tuesday, 3/4/14:
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Tuesday, 3/4/14:
- Go over/turn in Starry Night Activity on Asteroids and
Comets: This must be done on a classroom computer. See Traeger for
assignment.
- Section 28.4 quiz on asteroids, comets, and their impacts
and craters. Go
here for 28.4 Study Guide.
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Due Wednesday, 3/5/14 (Block Day):
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Wednesday, 3/5/14 (Block Day):
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Due Friday, 3/7/14:
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Friday, 3/7/14:
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Due Monday, 3/10/14:
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Week
#6: February 24 to February 28, 2014
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 2/24/14:
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Due Tuesday, 2/25/14:
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Tuesday, 2/25/14:
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Due Wednesday, 2/26/14 (Block Day):
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Wednesday, 2/26/14 (Block Day):
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Due Friday, 2/28/14:
- Review section 28.4 for quiz on asteroids, comets,
and their impacts and craters next Monday.
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Friday, 2/28/14:
- Starry Night Activity on Asteroids and Comets: This
must be done on a classroom computer. See Traeger for assignment.
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Due Monday, 3/3/14:
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Week
#5: February 19 to February 21, 2014 (Traeger
at NatureBridge Yosemite this week)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Wednesday, 2/19/14:
- Lesson backup in case technology goes down: Video and Questions: History
Channel’s The
Universe: The Inner Planets Mercury and Venus
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Due Thursday, 2/20/14:
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Thursday, 2/20/14:
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Due Friday, 2/21/14 (Block Day):
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Friday, 2/21/14 (Block Day):
- Deadly Comets and Meteors video and questions
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Due Monday, 2/24/14:
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Week
#4: February 10, 2014 to February 13, 2014
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 2/10/14:
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Due Tuesday, 2/11/14:
- Go to Moon and Jupiter observations at Palm Crest
Elementary 6-8 PM tonight for EC!
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Tuesday, 2/11/14:
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Due Thursday, 2/13/14 (Block Day):
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Thursday, 2/13/14 (Block Day):
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Due Wednesday, 2/19/14:
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Week
#3: February 3 to February 7, 2014
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 2/3/14:
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Due Tuesday, 2/4/14:
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Tuesday, 2/4/14:
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Due Thursday, 2/6/14 (Block Day):
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Thursday, 2/6/14 (Block Day):
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Due Friday, 2/7/14:
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Friday, 2/7/14:
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Due Monday, 2/10/14:
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Week
#2: January 27 to January 31, 2014
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 1/27/14:
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Due Tuesday, 1/28/14:
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Tuesday, 1/28/14:
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Due Thursday, 1/30/14 (Block Day):
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Thursday, 1/30/14 (Block Day):
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Due Friday, 1/31/14:
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Friday, 1/31/14:
- Go
over section 12.3 Homework
- Finish
Plotting Earthquakes Internet Investigation
- Test on Sections 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3: Crustal
Deformation and Earthquakes on Thursday, 2/6/14. Study Guide
forthcoming.
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Due Monday, 2/3/14:
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Week
#1: January 21, 2014 to January 24, 2014
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday, 1/21/14:
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Due Thursday, 1/23/14 (Block Day):
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Thursday, 1/23/14 (Block Day):
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Due Friday, 1/24/14:
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Friday, 1/24/14:
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Due Monday, 1/27/14:
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