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Second Quarter: November 2, 2009 to January 28, 2010
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Week #19: January 25, 2010 to
January 28, 2010 (Final Exam Week!)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 1/25/10:
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Due Your
Final Exam Day:
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Your
Final Exam Day:
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Due Monday,
2/1/10:
- Enjoy
your 3-day weekend after finals! We will be in our new home, room 228,
in the new semester!
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Week #18: January 19, 2010 to
January 22, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday,
1/19/10:
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Due Wednesday,
1/20/10:
- Read
Section 10.4, pages 228 to 229. Do questions 1-3 page 229. There is no
vocabulary.
- Complete
Putting
Down Roots in Earthquake Country booklet and home safety
assessment worksheet.
Due this week on Friday, January 22, 2010. Worth 20 points test credit!
Go here
for Word® Document to type in to.
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Wednesday,
1/20/10:
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Due Thursday,
1/21/10:
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Thursday,
1/21/10 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
1/22/10:
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Friday, 1/22/10:
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Due Monday,
1/25/10:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Download
the Fall 2009 Final Review Sheet in MS
Word® format and in PDF
format. Also download the Final
Exam Schedule. Answering ALL of the questions on your own and
turning them in on the Day of the Final will add 10 points to your final
exam grade. You can’t beat that, now can you?
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Week #17: January 11, 2010 to
January 15, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 1/11/10:
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Due Tuesday,
1/12/10:
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Tuesday,
1/12/10:
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Due Wednesday, 1/13/10
or Thursday, 1/14/10:
- Read
Section 10.2, pages 217 to 221. Define key vocabulary page 217 and
answer questions 1-5 page 221.
- Complete Putting
Down Roots in Earthquake Country booklet and home safety
assessment worksheet.
Due next week on Friday, January 22, 2010. Worth 20 points test credit!
Go here
for Word® Document to type in to.
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Wednesday,
1/13/10 or Thursday, 1/14/10 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
1/15/10:
- Do 10-minute mini lab on page 219 entitled
“Interpreting a Travel Time Graph.”
- Read
Section 10.3, pages 222 to 226. Do key vocabulary page 222 and questions
1-4 page 226.
- Complete
Putting
Down Roots in Earthquake Country booklet and home safety
assessment worksheet.
Due next week on Friday, January 22, 2010. Worth 20 points test credit!
Go here
for Word® Document to type in to.
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Friday, 1/15/10:
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Due Tuesday,
1/19/10:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Download
the Fall 2009 Final Review Sheet in MS
Word® format and in PDF
format. Also download the Final
Exam Schedule. Answering ALL of the questions on your own and
turning them in on the Day of the Final will add 10 points to your final
exam grade. You can’t beat that, now can you?
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Week #16: January 4, 2010 to
January 8, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 1/4/10:
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Due Tuesday,
1/5/10:
- Read
Section 10.1, pages 214 to 216. Define key vocabulary page 214 and
answer questions 1-5 page 216.
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Tuesday, 1/5/10:
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Due Wednesday,
1/6/10 or Thursday, 1/7/10:
- Read
Section 11.2, pages 238 to 241. Define key vocabulary page 238 and
questions 1-7 page 241.
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Wednesday,
1/6/10 or Thursday, 1/7/10 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
1/8/10:
- Read
Section 11.3, pages 243 to 245. Define key vocabulary page 243 and
questions 1-5 page 245.
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Friday, 1/8/10:
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Due Monday,
1/11/10:
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Week #15: December 14, 2009
to December 18, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
12/14/09:
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Due Tuesday,
12/15/09:
- Read
Section 9.3, pages 202 to 204. Diagram/Define key vocabulary page 202
and questions 1-3 page 204.
- Also
read the article entitled “Predicting Eruptions, Saving
Lives” on page 205. Write a 7 sentence paragraph MINIMUM
describing how scientists predicted the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo and how that prediction
saved lives.
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Tuesday,
12/15/09:
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Due Wednesday,
12/16/09 or Thursday, 12/17/09:
- Read
Section 9.4, pages 206-207. Define Answer questions 1-6 page 207.
- Get
Progress Reports signed. You sign too!
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Wednesday,
12/16/09 or Thursday, 12/17/09 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
12/18/09:
- Review
for Test on Sections 6.1, 6.2, and all of Chapter 9
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Friday,
12/18/09:
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Due Monday,
1/4/10:
- Have
a nice Winter Break!
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Week #14: December 7, 2009 to
December 11, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 12/7/09:
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Due Tuesday,
12/8/09:
- Mineral Museum Extra Credit Writeup
- JPL
Lecture Extra Credit Writeup
- Review
for Beyond Question® Responder Quiz on Rock Cycle and Igneous Rocks
(Sections 6.1 and 6.2)
- Finish
Igneous
Rock Lab questions if needed
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Tuesday,
12/8/09:
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Due Wednesday,
12/9/09 or Thursday, 12/10/09:
- Read
Section 9.1, pages 194-198. Define key vocabulary on page 194 and answer
questions 1-5 page 198.
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Wednesday,
12/9/09 or Thursday, 12/10/09 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
12/11/09:
- Read
Section 9.2, pages 199 to 201. Define key vocabulary page 199 and
questions 1-5 page 201.
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Friday,
12/11/09:
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Due Monday,
12/14/09:
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Week #13: November 30, 2009
to December 4, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
11/30/09:
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Due Tuesday,
12/1/09:
- Read
Section 6.1, pages 118-120 in your textbook. Define key vocabulary on
page 118. Answer section review questions 1-5 on page 120.
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Tuesday,
12/1/09:
- Stamp/go
over HW Section 6.1
- Igneous
Rocks notes:
finish
- Internet
Investigation on Rock Cycle and Igneous Rock Formation
- Announce
Extra Credit Opportunity for Thursday night. See homework due Friday for
details.
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Due Wednesday,
12/2/09 or Thursday, 12/3/09:
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Wednesday,
12/2/09 or Thursday, 12/3/09 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
12/4/09:
- Read
Section 6.2, pages 121-126. Diagram and define key vocabulary on page
121 and questions 1-6 page 126.
- Review
Sections 6.1 and 6.2 for Quiz
- ANOTHER
EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: Go to JPL on
Thursday night at 7 PM or PCC on Friday night at 7 PM to watch the von Kármán Lecture Series about Monitoring
Earth's Changing Land Surface. This lecture is being conducted by Michael Abrams, an LCHS parent. If you cannot go to JPL or
PCC, watch the lecture live on the Webcast on Thursday night at
7 PM. Write down what you learned from the lecture and turn this in to
me by Tuesday, 12/8/09. Writing it in notes form (bullets) is okay, but
writing it in essay form will get you more points, up to 10 points of
classwork extra credit. The lecture will last approximately 1 hour.
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Friday, 12/4/09:
- Stamp/go
over HW Section 6.2
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Due Monday,
12/7/09:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Go
to the LA County Museum of Natural History’s E. Hadley Stewart,
Jr. mineral
museum for extra credit! Do a report on 5 minerals that you saw. You
should include all of their physical/chemical properties, where they are
found, and what they are used for. Take digital pictures of each mineral
at the museum and put into your report. Your report can be done in
either MS Word or PowerPoint. You must save your receipt as proof that
you went to the museum. 20 points of classwork extra credit possible if
you do a really good job! You must have an MLA works cited if you use an
outside source other than the notes you take at the museum. The last day to turn in this
extra credit will be Tuesday, December 8, 2009.
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Week #12: November 16, 2009 to
November 20, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
11/16/09:
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Due Tuesday,
11/17/09:
- Read
Section 8.2, page 176 to 179. Diagram and define key vocabulary page 176
and questions 1-7 page 179.
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Tuesday,
11/17/09:
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Due Wednesday,
11/18/09 or Thursday, 11/19/09:
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Wednesday,
11/18/09 or Thursday, 11/19/09 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
11/20/09:
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Friday,
11/20/09:
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Due Monday,
11/30/09:
- Have
a nice Thanksgiving Break!
- Go
to the LA County Museum of Natural History’s E. Hadley Stewart,
Jr. mineral
museum for extra credit! Do a report on 5 minerals that you saw. You
should include all of their physical/chemical properties, where they are
found, and what they are used for. Take digital pictures of each mineral
at the museum and put into your report. Your report can be done in
either MS Word or PowerPoint. You must save your receipt as proof that
you went to the museum. 20 points of classwork extra credit possible if
you do a really good job! You must have an MLA works cited if you use an
outside source other than the notes you take at the museum. The last day
to turn in this extra credit will be Tuesday, December 8, 2009.
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Week #11: November 9, 2009 to
November 13, 2009 (No school on Wednesday, 11/11/09)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 11/9/09:
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Due Tuesday,
11/10/09 or Thursday, 11/12/09 Block Day:
- Read
Section 8.1, page 172 to 175. Define key vocabulary page 172 and questions
1-5 page 175.
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Tuesday,
11/10/09 (Block Day Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 11/12/09 (Block Day Periods
1, 3, 5):
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Due Friday,
11/13/09:
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Friday,
11/13/09:
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Due Monday,
11/16/09:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Go
to the LA County Museum of Natural History’s E. Hadley Stewart,
Jr. mineral
museum for extra credit! Do a report on 5 minerals that you saw. You
should include all of their physical/chemical properties, where they are
found, and what they are used for. Take digital pictures of each mineral
at the museum and put into your report. Your report can be done in
either MS Word or PowerPoint. You must save your receipt as proof that
you went to the museum. 20 points of classwork extra credit possible if
you do a really good job! You must have an MLA works cited if you use an
outside source other than the notes you take at the museum. The last day
to turn in this extra credit will be Tuesday, December 8, 2009.
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Week #10: November 2, 2009 to
November 6, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 11/2/09:
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Due Tuesday,
11/3/09:
- Get
progress reports signed. You sign too.
- Read
Section 5.3, pages 104-107 in your textbook. Define key vocabulary on
page 104. Answer section review questions 1-5 on page 107.
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Tuesday,
11/3/09:
- Collect
signed progress reports for periods 1, 2, and 3
- Hand
out progress reports to periods 5 and 6
- Yosemite
Institute Applications
- Stamp/go
over HW Section 5.3
- Mineral
Groups
- Mineral
Identification Labs
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Due Wednesday,
11/4/09 or Thursday, 11/5/09:
- Get
progress reports signed. You sign too.
- Read
Section 5.4, pages 108-111 in your textbook. Define key vocabulary on
page 108. Answer section review questions 1-4 on page 111.
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Wednesday,
11/4/09 or Thursday, 11/5/09 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
11/6/09:
- Read
Section 7.1, pages 144-147 in your textbook. Define key vocabulary on
page 144. Answer section review questions 1-4 on page 147.
- Review
for test on sections 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, and 7.1.
- Get Chapter
5 and 7.1 HW Packets ready to turn in
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Friday, 11/6/09:
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Due Monday,
11/9/09:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Go
to the LA County Museum of Natural History’s E. Hadley Stewart,
Jr. mineral
museum for extra credit! Do a report on 5 minerals that you saw. You
should include all of their physical/chemical properties, where they are
found, and what they are used for. Take digital pictures of each mineral
at the museum and put into your report. Your report can be done in
either MS Word or PowerPoint. You must save your receipt as proof that
you went to the museum. 20 points of classwork extra credit possible if
you do a really good job! You must have an MLA works cited if you use an
outside source other than the notes you take at the museum. The last day
to turn in this extra credit will be Tuesday, December 8, 2009.
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First Quarter: August 31, 2009 to October 30, 2009
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Week #9: October 26, 2009 to
October 30, 2009 (No school on Wednesday, 10/28/09)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
10/26/09:
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Due Tuesday,
10/27/09:
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Tuesday,
10/27/09 (Block Day Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 10/29/09 (Block Day Periods
1, 3, 5):
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Due Friday,
10/30/09:
- Read
Section 5.2, pages 96-102 in your textbook. Define key vocabulary on
page 96. Answer section review questions 1-6 on page 102.
- Do Internet
Investigation ES0506 on Crystallization
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Friday,
10/30/09:
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Due Monday,
11/2/09:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Go
to the LA County Museum of Natural History’s E. Hadley Stewart,
Jr. mineral
museum for extra credit! Do a report on 5 minerals that you saw. You
should include all of their physical/chemical properties, where they are
found, and what they are used for. Take digital pictures of each mineral
at the museum and put into your report. Your report can be done in
either MS Word or PowerPoint. You must save your receipt as proof that
you went to the museum. 20 points of classwork extra credit possible if
you do a really good job! You must have an MLA works cited if you use an
outside source other than the notes you take at the museum. The last day
to turn in this extra credit will be Tuesday, December 8, 2009.
Due Next Week
- Read
Section 5.3, pages 104-107 in your textbook. Define key vocabulary on
page 104. Answer section review questions 1-5 on page 107.
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Week #8: October 19, 2009 to
October 23, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
10/19/09:
- Traeger
out todayL
- National
Geographic Video: Splendid Stones.
Write down 10 things that you learned from the video and give this to
the sub.
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Due Tuesday,
10/20/09:
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Tuesday,
10/20/09:
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Due Wednesday,
10/21/09 or Thursday, 10/22/09:
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Wednesday,
10/21/09 or Thursday, 10/22/09 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
10/23/09:
- Read
Section 5.1, pages 90-95 in your textbook. Define key vocabulary on page
90. Answer section review questions 1-5 on page 95.
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Friday,
10/23/09:
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Due Monday,
10/12/09:
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Week #7: October 12, 2009 to
October 16, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
10/12/09:
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Due Tuesday,
10/13/09 or Wednesday, 10/14/09:
- Read
Section 4.1, pages 70-74 in your textbook. Define key vocabulary words
on page 70 and answer questions 1-5 page 74.
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Tuesday,
10/13/09 or Wednesday, 10/14/09 Block Day:
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Due Thursday,
10/15/09:
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Thursday,
10/15/09:
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Due Friday,
10/16/09:
- Prepare
your home for the next earthquake. Go to ShakeOut
to find out how.
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Friday,
10/16/09:
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Due Monday,
10/19/09:
Due Tuesday,
10/20/09
- Read
Section 5.1, pages 90-95 in your textbook. Define key vocabulary on page
90. Answer section review questions 1-5 on page 95.
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Week #6: October 5, 2009 to
October 9, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 10/5/09:
- Pasadena
Topographic Map Lab
- Pass
out 1st quarter 6th week progress reports to get
signed by a parent/guardian. You sign too.
- Pass
back work and nature of science tests for corrections
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Due Tuesday,
10/6/09:
- Review
for Test on Remote Sensing Technology, GIS, GPS, and Maps: Sections 3.1,
3.2, and 3.3
- Get
1st quarter 6th week progress reports signed by a
parent/guardian. You sign too.
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Tuesday,
10/6/09:
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Due Wednesday,
10/7/09 or Thursday, 10/8/09:
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Wednesday, 10/7/09
or Thursday, 10/8/09 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
10/9/09:
- Review
for Test on Remote Sensing Technology, GIS, GPS, and Maps: Sections 3.1,
3.2, and 3.3
- Get homework
packets for chapter 3 together and ready to turn in
- Do
you have a telescope and the desire to wake up at 4:30 in the morning on
Friday? If so, check out the LCROSS
Lunar Impact with the south pole of the moon in search of H2O
and other useful compounds on Friday morning, 10/9/09 at 4:30 AM! More LCROSS
Information. If you do not have a telescope, watch the impacts on NASA
TV!
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Friday, 10/9/09:
To Be Continued
Next Week:
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Due Monday,
10/12/09:
Due Tuesday,
10/13/09:
- Read
Section 4.1, pages 70-74 in your textbook. Define key vocabulary words
on page 70 and answer questions 1-5 page 74.
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Week #5: September 28, 2009
to October 2, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 9/28/09:
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Due Tuesday,
9/29/09:
- Study
Map
Basics lab and section 3.1 and 3.2 in your textbook for a quiz
tomorrow
- Finish
questions on Geocaching lab. Go to Internet
Investigations to find the two links you will need to answer the
questions.
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Tuesday,
9/29/09:
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Due Wednesday, 9/30/09
or Thursday, 10/1/09:
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Wednesday,
9/30/09 or Thursday, 10/1/09 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
10/2/09:
- Read
Section 3.3, pages 53 to 57 in your textbook. Diagram and Define key
vocabulary words on page 53. Answer section review questions 1-6 on page
57.
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Friday, 10/2/09:
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Due Monday,
10/5/09:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Review
for Test next Tuesday on Remote Sensing Technology, GIS, GPS, and Maps: Sections
3.1, 3.2, and 3.3
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Week #4: September 21, 2009
to September 25, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 9/21/09:
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Due Tuesday,
9/22/09:
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Tuesday,
9/22/09:
- Finish
Map
Basics and turn in with your map you drew last week.
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Due Wednesday,
9/23/09 or Thursday, 9/24/09:
- Finish
Internet
Investigation on Remote Sensing Technology
- Back
to School Night is on Wednesday, 9/23/09 at 7:00 PM. Please invite your
parents to come meet me!
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Wednesday,
9/23/09 or Thursday, 9/24/09 Block Day:
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Due Friday,
9/25/09:
- Read
Section 3.2, pages 48 to 51 in your textbook. Go here for
online textbook. Define key vocabulary words on page 48. Answer section
review questions 1-4 page 51.
- Read
article on page 52 called Linking Information and Location.
Define GIS and what it is used for.
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Friday, 9/25/09:
- Stamp/go
over HW section 3.2
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Due Monday,
9/28/09:
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Week #3: September 14, 2009
to September 18, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 9/14/09:
- The
Checks
Lab and the scientific inquiry process: Finish and turn in
- Go
over Scientist Drawings
- What
can science study and how can it study it? Sunsets,
Souls, and Senses
- The
difference between theories and laws
- A
reading called On Earth as in the
Heavens from Neil De Grasse Tyson’s book entitled Death
by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries
- Review
for Test on Chapter Sections 1.2 (Earth System Spheres and
Interactions), 2.1 (The Scientist’s Mind), and 2.2 (Scientific
Methods of Inquiry)
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Due Tuesday,
9/15/09:
- Review
Chapter Sections 1.2 (Earth System Spheres and Interactions), 2.1 (The
Scientist’s Mind), and 2.2 (Scientific Methods of Inquiry) for a
test on Tuesday!
- Bring
scientist drawings and answers to DHMO reading to turn in before the
test on Tuesday.
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Tuesday,
9/15/09:
- Test
on Chapter Sections 1.2 (Earth System Spheres and Interactions), 2.1
(The Scientist’s Mind), and 2.2 (Scientific Methods of Inquiry)
- Collect
scientist drawings and answers to DHMO reading
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Due Wednesday,
9/16/09 or Thursday, 9/17/09:
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Wednesday,
9/16/09 or Thursday, 9/17/09 Block Day:
- A
reading called Coming to Our
Senses from Neil De Grasse Tyson’s book entitled Death
by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries
- Discussion
about the tools of the earth scientist (Section 2.3)
- Draw
maps of the world and your neighborhood
- Notes
on map components and projections
- Macintosh
Laptop computer use agreements and assignments
- Map
Basics and introduction to latitude/longitude coordinates
- Introduction
to Google Earth®. Use Google Earth® to become fluent with latitude
longitude coordinates in Map
Basics
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Due Friday,
9/18/09:
- Read
Section 3.1, pages 44 to 47 in your textbook. Go here for
online textbook if you don’t have your book yet. Define key
vocabulary words on page 44. Answer section review questions 1-6 page 47
using full sentences.
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Friday, 9/18/09:
- Stamp/Go
over homework section 3.1
- Map
Basics and introduction to latitude/longitude coordinates
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Due Monday,
9/21/09:
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Week #2: September 8, 2009 to
September 11, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday, 9/8/09:
- Check
for binders and calculators and covered textbooks.
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Due Wednesday,
9/9/09:
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Wednesday,
9/9/09:
- Check
for binders and calculators and covered textbooks.
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Due Thursday,
9/10/09:
- Draw
what a scientist looks like on an 8.5 x 11 blank sheet of paper. Be
prepared to share your drawing in class on Thursday.
- Read
Chapter Section 2.1
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Thursday,
9/10/09:
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Due Friday,
9/11/09:
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Friday, 9/11/09:
- Check
for binders and calculators and covered textbooks.
- Test
on Chapter Section 1.2 and Chapter 2 next Tuesday, 9/15/09
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Due Monday,
9/14/09:
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Week #1: August 31, 2009 to
September 4, 2009
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 8/31/09:
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Due Tuesday,
9/1/09:
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Tuesday, 9/1/09:
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Due Wednesday,
9/2/09:
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Wednesday,
9/2/09:
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Due Thursday,
9/3/09:
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Thursday,
9/3/09:
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Due Friday,
9/4/09:
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Friday, 9/4/09:
- Computer
password verification and Internet
Investigation in IRC. Do not come to the classroom. Go directly to
the IRC.
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Due Tuesday,
9/8/09:
- Have
a nice Labor Day weekend!
- Get
class materials (binder, paper,
pens/pencils, ruler, calculator)
- Cover
your textbook
- Get class
guidelines signed
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