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Second Quarter: November 8, 2010 to January 28, 2011
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Week #18: January 18, 2011 to
January 21, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday,
1/18/11:
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Due Wednesday,
1/19/11:
- Review
Sections 6.3 and all of Chapter 29 for a test on Sedimentary Rocks and
Geologic Time on Friday! This is the last chapter test of the semester
before the Final!
- Finish
M&M
Half Lives Activity
- Correct
Plate Tectonics Tests
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Wednesday,
1/19/11:
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Due Thursday,
1/20/11:
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Thursday,
1/20/11:
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Due Friday,
1/21/11:
- Correct
Plate Tectonics Tests
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Friday, 1/21/11:
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Due Monday,
1/24/11:
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Week #17: January 10, 2011 to
January 14, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 1/10/11:
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Due Tuesday,
1/11/11:
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Tuesday,
1/11/11:
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Due Wednesday,
1/12/11 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 1/13/11 (Period 5):
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Wednesday,
1/12/11 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 1/13/11 (Period 5):
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Due Friday,
1/14/11:
- Review
Sections 6.3 and all of Chapter 29 for a test on Sedimentary Rocks and Geologic
Time on Friday! This is the last chapter test of the semester before the
Final!
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Friday, 1/14/11:
- Review
Sections 6.3 and all of Chapter 29 for a test on Sedimentary Rocks and
Geologic Time next Wednesday! This is the last chapter test of the
semester before the Final!
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Due Tuesday,
1/18/11:
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Week #16: January 3, 2011 to
January 7, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 1/3/11:
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Due Tuesday,
1/4/11:
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Tuesday, 1/4/11:
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Due Wednesday,
1/5/11 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 1/6/11 (Period 5):
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Wednesday,
1/5/11 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 1/6/11 (Period 5):
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Due Friday,
1/7/11:
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Friday, 1/7/11:
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Due Monday,
1/10/11:
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Week #15: December 13, 2010
to December 17, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
12/13/10:
- Stamp/Go
over Plate Tectonic Travel worksheet
from last week. Check ANSWERS,
CORRECT, and then TURN IN FOR CREDIT.
- Internet
Investigations ES0802 and ES0810 on Sea Floor Spreading and the
formation of the Hawaiian Islands
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Due Tuesday,
12/14/10:
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Tuesday,
12/14/10:
- Collect
Mineral Museum EC
- Collect
Mineral Test Corrections
- Go
over Section 8.2 HW
- Plate Boundaries and
Landforms
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Due Wednesday,
12/15/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 12/16/10 (Period 5):
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Wednesday,
12/15/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 12/16/10 (Period 5):
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Due Friday,
12/17/10:
- Review
Chapter 8 for test on Plate Tectonics
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Friday,
12/17/10:
- Chapter
8 Test: Plate Tectonics
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Due Monday,
1/3/11:
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Week #14: December 6, 2010 to
December 10, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 12/6/10:
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Due Tuesday,
12/7/10:
- Correct
minerals tests handed back in class today.
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Tuesday,
12/7/10:
- Hand
out authorization form for Geminid
Meteor Shower star party at Palm Crest Elementary School next Monday
night, 12/13/10 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM.
- Video: History Channel’s How the Earth was Made and questions
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Due Wednesday, 12/8/10
(Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 12/9/10 (Period 5):
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Wednesday,
12/8/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 12/9/10 (Period 5):
- Go over
section 8.1 homework
- Why
Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis was not a theory: The
Scientific Method
- Video: History Channel’s How the Earth was Made and questions
- Hand
out and start on Homework: Plate Tectonic Travel worksheet
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Due Friday,
12/10/10:
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Friday,
12/10/10:
- Video: History Channel’s How the Earth was Made and questions:
finish and turn in
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Due Monday,
12/13/10:
- 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 14, 2010.
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Week #13: November 29, 2010
to December 3, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
11/29/10:
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Due Tuesday,
11/30/10:
- Get
Arroyo Seco Field Trip forms signed. Not getting these signed means you
will have to sit in the IRC and do a 2 page research paper on the
geology of the San Gabriel Mountains on
block day! It’s much more fun and engaging to go on the field
trip!
- Finish
Igneous Rocks notes.
Hint: You can find the answers in my PowerPoint for chapter 6!
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Tuesday,
11/30/10:
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Due Wednesday,
12/1/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 12/2/10 (Period 5):
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Wednesday, 12/1/10
(Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 12/2/10 (Period 5):
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Due Friday,
12/3/10:
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Friday, 12/3/10:
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Due Monday,
12/6/10:
- 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 14, 2010.
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Week #12: November 15, 2010
to November 19, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
11/15/10:
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Due Tuesday,
11/16/10:
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Tuesday, 11/16/10:
- Go
over homework section 6.1
- Rock
Cycle Demo?
- Igneous
Rocks notes
- Internet
Investigation on Rock Cycle and Igneous Rock Formation: Finish
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Due Wednesday,
11/17/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 11/18/10 (Period 5):
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Wednesday,
11/17/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 11/18/10 (Period 5):
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Due Friday,
11/19/10:
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Friday,
11/19/10:
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Due Monday,
11/29/10:
- 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 14, 2010.
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Week #11: November 8, 2010 to
November 10, 2010 (Shortened Week
due to Veterans’ Day. No Block Schedule this week!)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 11/8/10:
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Due Tuesday,
11/9/10:
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Tuesday,
11/9/10:
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Due Wednesday,
11/10/10:
- Review
for Test on Sections 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, and 7.1 on Wednesday
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Wednesday,
11/10/10:
- Test
on Sections 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, and 7.1: Minerals and Mineral Resources
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Due Monday,
11/15/10:
- 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 14, 2010.
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First Quarter: August 31, 2010 to November 5, 2010
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Week #10: November 1, 2010 to
November 5, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 11/1/10:
- Announcement
of Extra Credit Opportunity: See
homework for weekend!
- Quiz
on Section 5.1: Chemistry (Period 6 only due to Friday’s fire
drill)
- Basics
of Mineralogy: What are minerals and how do they form?
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Due Tuesday,
11/2/10:
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Tuesday,
11/2/10:
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Due Wednesday,
11/3/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 11/4/10 (Period 5):
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Wednesday,
11/3/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 11/4/10 (Period 5):
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Due Friday,
11/5/10:
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Friday, 11/5/10:
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Due Monday,
11/8/10:
- 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 14, 2010.
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Week #9: October 25, 2010 to
October 29, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 10/25/10:
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Due Tuesday,
10/26/10:
- Finish
Minerals/Rocks crossword puzzle from last Friday
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Tuesday,
10/26/10:
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Due Wednesday,
10/27/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 10/28/10 (Period 5):
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Wednesday, 10/27/10
(Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 10/28/10 (Period 5):
- Wednesday
Periods 2, 4, 6
- Go
over answers to Chemical
Formula Practice
- Traeger
out today for personal reasonsL
- National
Geographic Video: Splendid Stones.
Write a short essay about what you learned from the video and give this
to the sub.
- Hand
back Earth Structure Tests for Corrections.
- Thursday
Period 5
- Go
over answers to Chemical
Formula Practice
- Hand
back Earth Structure Tests for Corrections.
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Due Friday,
10/29/10:
- Study
Section 5.1 for Chemistry Quiz.
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Friday,
10/29/10:
- Quiz
on Section 5.1: Chemistry
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Due Monday,
11/1/10:
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Week #8: October 18, 2010 to
October 22, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
10/18/10:
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Due Tuesday,
10/19/10:
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Tuesday,
10/19/10:
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Due Wednesday,
10/20/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 10/21/10 (Period 5):
- Work
all problems on chemistry practice sheet 3-3
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Wednesday,
10/20/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 10/21/10 (Period 5):
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Due Friday,
10/22/10:
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Friday,
10/22/10:
- Traeger
out today for jury dutyL
- Minerals: Building Blocks of the
Earth video and questions
- Minerals/Rocks
crossword puzzle
- Collect
Atomic Structure Internet
Investigation ES0501
- Next
Week for Period 5
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Due Monday,
10/25/10:
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Week #7: October 11, 2010 to October
15, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday,
10/11/10:
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Due Tuesday,
10/12/10:
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Tuesday,
10/12/10:
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Due Wednesday, 10/13/10
(Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 10/14/10 (Period 5):
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Wednesday,
10/13/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 10/14/10 (Period 5):
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Due Friday,
10/15/10:
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Friday,
10/15/10:
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Due Monday,
10/18/10:
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Week #6: October 4, 2010 to
October 8, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 10/4/10:
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Due Tuesday,
10/5/10:
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Tuesday,
10/5/10:
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Due Wednesday,
10/6/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 10/7/10 (Period 5):
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Wednesday,
10/6/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 10/7/10 (Period 5):
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Due Friday,
10/8/10:
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Friday, 10/8/10:
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Due Monday,
10/11/10:
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Week #5: September 27, 2010
to October 1, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 9/27/10:
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Due Tuesday,
9/28/10:
- Review
for Test Block Day on Remote Sensing Technology, GIS, GPS, and Maps:
Sections 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3
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Tuesday,
9/28/10:
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Due Wednesday,
9/29/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 9/30/10 (Period 5):
- Review
for Test Block Day on Remote Sensing Technology, GIS, GPS, and Maps:
Sections 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3
- If
you are absent for the Pasadena Topographic Map Lab, you can go to the Google Earth
Library to download the Pasadena Topographic Map in to Google Earth.
Scroll down the page and click on the link “Download with Google
Earth.” This will add the .KML file to your computer and Google
Earth will automatically launch. You will want to search for La Cañada
and then download the Pasadena Quadrangle Map by clicking inside the
blue boundaries portrayed by the KML file in Google Earth.
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Wednesday,
9/29/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 9/30/10 (Period 5):
- Pasadena
Topographic Map Lab: Turn in
- Test
on Remote Sensing Technology, GIS, GPS, and Maps: Sections 3.1, 3.2, and
3.3
- Introduction
to Section 4.1: Formation and structure of the Earth
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Due Friday,
10/1/10:
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Friday, 10/1/10:
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Due Monday,
10/4/10:
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Week #4: September 20, 2010
to September 24, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 9/20/10:
- Go
over section 3.2 homework from last week
- Go
over questions for Geocaching Lab from last block day.
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Due Tuesday,
9/21/10:
- Finish
Geocaching Lab from last block day. Use Google Earth if you did not find
all of the sites.
- Go here, here,
and here to
find out more about the GPS technology we use in class.
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Tuesday,
9/21/10:
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Due Wednesday,
9/22/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 9/23/10 (Period 5):
- Mr.
Traeger apologizes, but he did not have time to publish the homework on
Tuesday afternoon. The homework that he assigned due Wednesday or
Thursday will now be due on Friday. Check back for the homework due on
Friday. I will post the link for that soon.
- Remind
your parent(s) to come to back to school night on Wednesday night!
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Wednesday,
9/22/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 9/23/10 (Period 5):
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Due Friday,
9/24/10:
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Friday, 9/24/10:
- Go
over section 3.3 homework
- Pasadena
Topographic Map Lab: Finish
- If
you are absent for the Pasadena Topographic Map Lab, you can go to the Google Earth
Library to download the Pasadena Topographic Map in to Google Earth.
Scroll down the page and click on the link “Download with Google
Earth.” This will add the .KML file to your computer and Google
Earth will automatically launch. You will want to search for La Cañada
and then download the Pasadena Quadrangle Map by clicking inside the
blue boundaries portrayed by the KML file in Google Earth.
- Review
for Chapter 3 Test on Block Day
- Next
week
- Test
on Remote Sensing Technology, GIS, GPS, and Maps: Sections 3.1, 3.2, and
3.3 on Block Day
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Due Monday,
9/27/10:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Review
for Test Block Day on Remote Sensing Technology, GIS, GPS, and Maps:
Sections 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3
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Week #3: September 13, 2010
to September 17, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 9/13/10:
- Introduction
to Google Earth®. Use Google Earth® to become fluent with latitude
longitude coordinates in Map
Basics
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Due Tuesday,
9/14/10:
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Tuesday,
9/14/10:
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Due Wednesday,
9/15/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 9/16/10 (Period 5):
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Wednesday,
9/15/10 (Periods 2, 4, 6) or Thursday, 9/16/10 (Period 5):
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Due Friday,
9/17/10:
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Friday, 9/17/10:
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Due Monday,
9/20/10:
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Week #2: September 7, 2010 to
September 10, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday, 9/7/10:
- Receipt
lab donation requests
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Due Wednesday,
9/8/10:
- Get
class materials (binder, paper,
pens/pencils, ruler, calculator)
- Cover
your textbook
- Get class
guidelines signed
- Bring
money for lab donation requests
- Read
Section 1.2, pages 8-12 in your textbook. Answer Section
1.2 Questions.
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Wednesday,
9/8/10:
- Receipt
lab donation requests
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Due Thursday,
9/9/10:
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Thursday,
9/9/10:
- Receipt
lab donation requests
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Due Friday,
9/10/10:
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Friday, 9/10/10:
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Due Monday,
9/13/10:
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Week #1: August 31, 2010 to
September 3, 2010
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday,
8/31/10:
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Due Wednesday,
9/1/10:
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Wednesday,
9/1/10:
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Due Thursday,
9/2/10:
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Thursday,
9/2/10:
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Due Friday,
9/3/10:
- Get
class materials (binder, paper,
pens/pencils, ruler, calculator)
- Cover
your textbook
- Get class
guidelines signed
- Bring
money for lab donation requests
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Friday, 9/3/10:
- Receipt
lab donation requests
- Collect
class
guidelines signatures.
- Check
for binders, calculators, and covered textbooks
- Beyond
Question® Responder use agreements
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Due Tuesday,
9/7/10:
- Have
a nice Labor Day weekend!
- Get
class materials (binder, paper,
pens/pencils, ruler, calculator)
- Cover
your textbook
- Get class
guidelines signed
- Bring
money for lab donation requests
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