Earth Science Class Schedule for Fall 2015
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First Semester: August 12, 2015 to December 17, 2015
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Week
#17: December 7, 2015 to December 11, 2015 (No Block this Week)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 12/7/15:
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Due Tuesday, 12/8/15:
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Tuesday, 12/8/15:
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Due Wednesday, 12/9/15:
- Review Chapter 6
PowerPoint and Rock
Cycle and Igneous Rocks notes for Rock Cycle and Igneous Rocks Quiz,
Sections 6.1 and 6.2
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Wednesday, 12/9/15:
- Igneous Rock Lab: Finish
and Go over and turn in
- Quiz on Sections 6.1 and 6.2 on the rock cycle
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Due Thursday, 12/10/15:
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Thursday, 12/10/15:
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Due Friday, 12/11/15:
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Friday, 12/11/15:
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Due Monday, 12/14/15:
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Week
#16: November 30, 2015 to December 4, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 11/30/15:
- Internet Investigation on Rock
Cycle and Igneous Rocks: Finish from before break
- Do homework and/or extra credit as
seen to the right.
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Due Tuesday, 12/1/15:
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Tuesday, 12/1/15:
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Due Thursday, 12/3/15 (Block Day):
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Thursday, 12/3/15 (Block Day):
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Due Friday, 12/4/15:
- To be announced.
- Extra Credit Opportunity due when we return from break: Write a one
page report (at least), 1.5 spacing, 1” margins, size 12 Times New Roman
font on the geology of at least one place that you visited over the
Thanksgiving Break. This could be the beach, Hawaii, an interesting
cinder cone volcano that you see while heading to go snowboarding at
Mammoth, Grandma’s house in Yreka near Mt. Shasta, or even La Canada/the
local area if you don’t go anywhere. Take at least one picture of the
geological phenomena with you in it and insert it in to your
report of the place you visit. Your report MUST have an MLA works cited
(works cited not included in the one page requirement) indicating where
you got information on the place(s) you visited. Due to Google Classroom
by 3:30 PM on Friday, 12/4/15.
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Friday, 12/4/15:
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Due Monday, 12/7/15:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Next
Week
- Read Section 13.1 in your textbook, pages
318-324. Answer
Section 13.1 Questions Online. To be
posted.
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Week
#15: November 16, 2015 to November 20, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 11/16/15:
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Due Tuesday, 11/17/15:
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Tuesday, 11/17/15:
- Causes of Plate
Motion demonstration: Hot and Cold Cycles
- Paleomagnetism Activity: Finish
- Plate Tectonic
Travel worksheet
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Due Thursday, 11/19/15 (Block Day):
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Thursday, 11/19/15 (Block Day):
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Due Friday, 11/20/15:
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Friday, 11/20/15:
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Due Monday, 11/30/15:
- Have
a nice Thanksgiving week off!
- Extra
Credit Opportunity due when
we return from break: Write a one page report (at least), 1.5 spacing,
1” margins, size 12 Times New Roman font on the geology of at least one
place that you visited over the Thanksgiving Break. This could be the
beach, Hawaii, an interesting cinder cone volcano that you see while
heading to go snowboarding at Mammoth, Grandma’s house in Yreka near Mt.
Shasta, or even La Canada/the local area if you don’t go anywhere. Take
at least one picture of the geological phenomena with you in it
and insert it in to your report of the place you visit. Your report MUST
have an MLA works cited (works cited not included in the one page
requirement) indicating where you got information on the place(s) you
visited. Due to Google Classroom by 3:30 PM on Tuesday, 12/1/15.
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Week
#14: November 9, 2015 to November 13, 2015 (No School on Wednesday, 11/11/15
due to Veterans’ Day)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 11/9/15:
- Reuniting Pangaea activity
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Due Tuesday, 11/3/15:
- No
homework, unless you were one of the people who didn’t do last week’s
10.3 HWJ
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Tuesday, 11/10/15:
- Cosmos: Lost Worlds of Planet Earth Video and Questions:
Finish and Go over.
- Finish Reuniting Pangaea activity
- Plate Tectonic
Travel worksheet
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Due Wednesday, 11/4/15:
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Thursday, 11/12/15:
- Finish Reuniting Pangaea activity
- Plate Tectonic
Travel worksheet
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Due Friday, 11/6/15:
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Friday, 11/13/15:
- Go over/Turn in Reuniting Pangaea activity
- Finish Plate
Tectonic Travel worksheet
- Paleomagnetism Activity
- Next Week
- Test on Chapter 10 Test: Plate Tectonics on Tuesday.
See Chapter 10 Review Study Guide for details.
- Causes of Plate
Motion demonstration: Hot and Cold Cycles
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Due Monday, 11/16/15:
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Week
#13: November 2, 2015 to November 6, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 11/2/15:
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Due Tuesday, 11/3/15:
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Tuesday, 11/3/15:
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Due Wednesday, 11/4/15:
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Wednesday, 11/4/15:
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Due Friday, 11/6/15:
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Friday, 11/6/15:
- Cosmos: Lost Worlds of Planet Earth Video and Questions
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Due Monday, 11/9/15:
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Week
#12: October 26, 2015 to October 30, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 10/26/15:
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Due Tuesday, 10/27/15:
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Tuesday, 10/27/15:
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Due Wednesday, 10/28/15:
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Wednesday, 10/28/15:
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Due Friday, 10/30/15:
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Friday, 10/30/15:
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Due Monday, 11/2/15:
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Week
#11: October 19, 2015 to October 23, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 10/19/15:
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Due Tuesday, 10/20/15:
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Tuesday, 10/20/15:
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Due Wednesday, 10/21/15:
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Wednesday, 10/21/15:
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Due Friday, 10/23/15:
- Make sure that Mineral Research PowerPoint project is
finished and submitted to Google Docs and ready for the start of
presentations on Friday.
- Test corrections on Chemistry Quizzes handed back
last week are due by Friday.
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Friday, 10/23/15:
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Due Monday, 10/26/15:
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Week
#10: October 12, 2015 to October 16, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 10/12/15:
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Due Tuesday, 10/13/15:
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Tuesday, 10/13/15:
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Due Wednesday, 10/14/15:
- Review for Quarter 1 Benchmark Assessment on Friday,
10/16/15. The best way to do this is to study your test corrections.
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Wednesday, 10/14/15:
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Due Friday, 10/16/15:
- Review for Quarter 1 Benchmark Assessment on Friday,
10/16/15. The best way to do this is to study your test corrections.
- Read Section 7.1,
pages 155-158. Answer Section 7.1 Questions Online. Use the Class
Textbook Link and log in with the user name and password that
was given to you.
- JPL Open House Extra Credit. Up to 30 points possible for
doing a good job on the write-up. Write-ups: 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. Take notes and write up a description of what you learned at each
display and place the image of the display next to the description. Turn
this in no later than Friday, October 16, 2015! Turn it in
ELECTRONICALLY via Google
Classroom ONLY. DO NOT EMAIL it to me and DO NOT PRINT it. I
only want electronic documents for this assignment. Alternate
Assignment ONLY in case you cannot go to JPL this weekend: You MUST
have your parent EMAIL me verifying that you could not go to JPL this
weekend due to scheduling conflicts or being out of town. Tell me about
5 JPL missions, either
past, present, or future that you would like to research. You must write
at least a half page of content for each mission, 1.5 spaced, 1”
margins, Times New Roman Font, summarizing each mission. The alternate
assignment must have an MLA Works Cited page as the last page of
the document to be considered for extra credit. You only need a works
cited if you are not able to physically attend JPL Open House.
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Friday, 10/16/15:
- Quarter 1 Benchmark Assessment
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Due Monday, 10/19/15:
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Week
#9: October 5, 2015 to October 9, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 10/5/15:
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Due Tuesday, 10/6/15:
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Tuesday, 10/6/15:
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Due Wednesday, 10/7/15:
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Wednesday, 10/7/15:
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Due Friday, 10/9/15:
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Friday, 10/9/15:
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Due Monday, 10/12/15:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- JPL Open House Extra Credit. Up to 30 points possible for doing
a good job on the write-up. Write-ups: 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. Take notes and write up a description of what you learned at each
display and place the image of the display next to the description. Turn
this in no later than Friday, October 16, 2015! Turn it in
ELECTRONICALLY via Google
Classroom ONLY. DO NOT EMAIL it to me and DO NOT PRINT it. I
only want electronic documents for this assignment. Alternate
Assignment ONLY in case you cannot go to JPL this weekend: You MUST
have your parent EMAIL me verifying that you could not go to JPL this
weekend due to scheduling conflicts or being out of town. Tell me about
5 JPL missions, either
past, present, or future that you would like to research. You must write
at least a half page of content for each mission, 1.5 spaced, 1”
margins, Times New Roman Font, summarizing each mission. The alternate
assignment must have an MLA Works Cited page as the last page of
the document to be considered for extra credit. You only need a works
cited if you are not able to physically attend JPL Open House.
- Review for Quarter 1 Benchmark Assessment on
Wednesday, 10/14/15. The best way to do this is to study your test
corrections.
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Week
#8: September 28, 2015 to October 2, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 9/28/15:
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Due Tuesday, 9/29/15:
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Tuesday, 9/29/15:
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Due Wednesday, 9/30/15:
- Complete interior of earth test corrections. Follow
these instructions for
how to do test corrections. Corrections are always due 1 week after I
hand them back to you.
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Wednesday, 9/30/15:
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Due Friday, 10/2/15:
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Friday, 10/2/15:
- Section 4.1 Quiz on
basic chemistry
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Due Monday, 10/5/15:
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Week
#7: September 21, 2015 to September 25, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 9/21/15:
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Due Tuesday, 9/22/15:
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Tuesday, 9/22/15:
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Due Wednesday, 9/23/15:
- No homework, but do
last night’s homework if you didn’t.
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Wednesday, 9/23/15:
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Due Friday, 9/25/15:
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Friday, 9/25/15:
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Due Monday, 9/28/15:
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Week
#6: September 14, 2015 to September 18, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 9/14/15:
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Due Tuesday, 9/15/15:
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Tuesday, 9/15/15:
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Due Wednesday, 9/16/15:
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Wednesday, 9/16/15:
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Due Friday, 9/18/15:
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Friday, 9/18/15:
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Due Monday, 9/21/15:
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Week
#5: September 8, 2015 to September 11, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday, 9/8/15:
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Due Wednesday, 9/9/15:
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Wednesday, 9/9/15:
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Due Friday, 9/11/15:
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Friday, 9/11/15:
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Due Monday, 9/14/15:
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Week
#4: August 31, 2015 to September 4, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 8/31/15:
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Due Tuesday, 9/1/15:
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Tuesday, 9/1/15:
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Due Wednesday, 9/2/15:
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Wednesday, 9/2/15:
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Due Friday, 9/4/15:
- Please
invite your parents to come to back to school night on Wednesday night.
My presentation for this class will be in my room 311 and will start at
6:30 PM.
- Read Section 2.1, pages 27-30. Answer
Section 2.1 Questions Online. Use the Class Textbook Link
and log in with the user name and password that was given to you.
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Friday, 9/4/15:
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Due Tuesday, 9/8/15:
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Week
#3: August 24, 2015 to August 28, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 8/24/15:
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Tuesday, 8/25/15:
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Tuesday, 8/25/15:
- Class
shortened today due to the fire drill.
- Start
reading section 27.1 from textbook in class
- Start
homework for tonight.
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Wednesday, 8/26/15:
- Read
Section 27.1, pages 685 to 687. Use the Class Textbook Link
and log in with the user name and password that was given to you. Answer
Questions Online. You must log out of any private gmail account you
have and log in to your mylcusd gmail account before you can do this
homework.
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Wednesday, 8/26/15:
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Due Friday, 8/28/15:
- Read
Section 27.1, pages 688 to 690. Use the Class Textbook Link
and log in with the user name and password that was given to you. Answer
27.1, Part 2 Questions Online. You must log out of any private gmail
account you have and log in to your mylcusd gmail account before you can
do this homework.
- Review
for quiz on Friday about the Formation of the Solar System and Earth.
See NOVA Origins video and questions
and section 27.1 homework for details on what to study.
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Friday, 8/28/15:
- Quiz on NOVA Origins video and questions
and section 27.1 homework on formation of solar system and Earth.
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Due Monday, 8/31/15:
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Week
#2: August 17, 2015 to August 21, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 8/17/15:
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Tuesday, 8/18/15:
- Cover
your class textbooks.
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Tuesday, 8/18/15:
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Wednesday, 8/19/15:
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Wednesday, 8/19/15:
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Due Thursday, 8/20/15:
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Thursday, 8/20/15:
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Due Friday, 8/21/15:
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Friday, 8/21/15:
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Due Monday, 8/24/15:
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Week
#1: August 12, 2015 to August 14, 2015
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Classwork
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Homework
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Wednesday, 8/12/15:
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Due Thursday, 8/13/15:
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Thursday, 8/13/15:
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Due Friday, 8/14/15:
- Give lab
donation requests to parents and bring money if your
parents are willing
- Get
class materials
(binder, paper, pens/pencils, ruler, calculator)
- Cover
your textbook
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Friday, 8/14/15:
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Due Monday, 8/17/15:
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