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Fourth Quarter: April 11, 2011 to June 16, 2011
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Week #18: June 6, 2011 to
June 10, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 6/6/11:
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Due Tuesday,
6/7/11:
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Tuesday, 6/7/11:
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Due Wednesday,
6/8/11:
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Wednesday,
6/8/11:
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Due Thursday,
6/9/11:
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Thursday,
6/9/11:
- The
Day’s Weather
- Humidity,
Clouds,
and Precipitation Patterns
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Due Friday,
6/10/11:
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Friday, 6/10/11:
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Due Monday,
6/13/11:
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Week #17: May 31, 2011 to
June 3, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday,
5/31/11:
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Due Wednesday,
6/1/11:
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Wednesday,
6/1/11:
- Collect
signed progress reports. Students need to sign them too and print the
parent’s name next to the signature!
- Turn
in Galaxies
and the Expanding Universe
- Test on Chapter 28, Light, Stars, Galaxies, and
Universe
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Due Thursday,
6/2/11:
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Thursday,
6/2/11:
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Due Friday,
6/3/11:
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Friday, 6/3/11:
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Due Monday,
6/6/11:
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Week #16: May 23, 2011 to May
27, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/23/11:
- Go
over Homework Section 28.2 (P.2)
- Using
Stellarium planetarium program
- Finish
Starfinder
Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics
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Due Tuesday,
5/24/11:
- Finish
Starfinder
Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics.
- Read
Section 28.2, pages 617-624. Answer
Section 28.2 Questions Online. Only 62 submissions received as of
Monday morning, so DO IT! You will see the same questions on
Friday’s TEST on Chapter 28!
- All
Griffith Observatory EC write-ups due!
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Tuesday,
5/24/11:
- Go
over Homework Section 28.2 (P. 4, 5, 6)
- Collect
Griffith
Observatory Extra Credit Write-ups
- Go
over and collect Starfinder
Lab: Zodiac, Constellations, and Star Characteristics.
- Universe video and questions:
Alien Galaxies: P. 2 Only
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Due Wednesday,
5/25/11 or Thursday, 5/26/11 (Block Day):
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Wednesday,
5/25/11 or Thursday, 5/26/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
5/27/11:
- Review for
Test on Chapter 28, Light, Stars, Galaxies, and Universe
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Friday, 5/27/11:
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Due Tuesday,
5/31/11:
- Have
a nice Memorial Day weekend!
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Week #15: May 16, 2011 to May
20, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/16/11 (Periods
2 and 4):
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Due Tuesday,
5/17/11:
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Tuesday,
5/17/11:
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Due Wednesday,
5/18/11 or Thursday, 5/19/11 (Block Day):
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Wednesday,
5/18/11 or Thursday, 5/19/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
5/20/11:
- Read
Section 28.2, pages 617-624. Answer
Section 28.2 Questions Online.
- JPL Open House
Extra Credit Write-ups. Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or
other learning events that you attend with you in the picture.
Write up a description of what you learned at each display and place the
image of the display next to the description.
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Friday, 5/20/11:
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Due Monday,
5/23/11:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit Possibility!
Go to the Griffith Observatory
and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at
least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at
each display and place the image of the display next to the description.
All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucalt
Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what
it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity has been extended to Tuesday, May
24, 2011.
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Week #14: May 9, 2011 to May 13,
2011 (No Block Schedule This Week due to STAR Testing)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/9/11:
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Due Tuesday,
5/10/11:
- Mystery
Spectra
- Complete
ES2803:
What Does the Spectrum of a Star Tell Us about Its Temperature? For
Extra Credit
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Tuesday,
5/10/11:
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Due Wednesday,
5/11/11:
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Wednesday,
5/11/11:
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Due Thursday,
5/12/11 (Periods 4, 5, and 6):
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Thursday,
5/12/11 (Periods 4, 5, and 6):
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Due Friday,
5/13/11:
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Friday, 5/13/11:
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Due Monday,
5/16/11
- Extra Credit Possibility!
Go to the Griffith Observatory
and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at
least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at
each display and place the image of the display next to the description.
All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucalt
Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what
it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity has been extended to Tuesday, May
24, 2011
- Extra Credit Possibility!
Go to JPL Open
House. Take pictures of at least 5 displays, shows, or other
learning events that you attend with you in the picture. Write up
a description of what you learned at each display and place the image of
the display next to the description. This extra credit write-up will be
due on Friday, 5/20/11
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Week #13: May 2, 2011 to May
6, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 5/2/11:
- Secrets
of the Sun video and questions:
Finish
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Due Tuesday,
5/3/11:
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Tuesday, 5/3/11:
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Due Wednesday,
5/4/11 or Thursday, 5/5/11 (Block Day):
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Wednesday,
5/4/11 or Thursday, 5/5/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
5/6/11:
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Friday, 5/6/11:
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Due Monday,
5/9/11:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit Possibility!
Go to the Griffith Observatory
and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at
least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at
each display and place the image of the display next to the description.
All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucalt Pendulum
at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what it tells
you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 17,
2011.
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Week #12: April 25, 2011 to
April 29, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 4/25/11:
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Due Tuesday,
4/26/11:
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Tuesday,
4/26/11:
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Due Wednesday,
4/27/11 or Thursday, 4/28/11 (Block Day):
- Review
for Chapter 27 Test on Planets and Solar System
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Wednesday,
4/27/11 or Thursday, 4/28/11 (Block Day):
- Test on Chapter 27: Planets and Solar
System
- Introduction to Stars
- Tornado Outbreak in Alabama and how E = mc2
explains it
- Star Size Comparison
- Secrets
of the Sun video and questions:
start
- Give
out magic beads
- Solar
telescope observations
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Due Friday,
4/29/11:
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Friday, 4/29/11:
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Due Monday,
5/2/11:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit Possibility!
Go to the Griffith Observatory
and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at
least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at
each display and place the image of the display next to the description.
All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucalt
Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what
it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 3,
2011.
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Week #11: April 18, 2011 to
April 22, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 4/18/11:
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Due Tuesday,
4/19/11:
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Tuesday,
4/19/11:
- Go
over Section 27.2 and 27.3 Homework
- Saturn
video and questions
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Due Wednesday,
4/20/11 or Thursday, 4/21/11 (Block Day):
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Wednesday,
4/20/11 or Thursday, 4/21/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
4/22/11:
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Friday, 4/22/11:
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Due Monday,
4/25/11:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Work
on Work on research project PowerPoint: Could
Mars Support Life and Why is Earth the Goldilocks Planet? if
necessary. They are due on Tuesday, 4/26/11.
- Extra Credit Possibility!
Go to the Griffith Observatory
and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at
least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at
each display and place the image of the display next to the description.
All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucalt
Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what
it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 3,
2011.
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Week #10: April 11, 2011 to
April 15, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 4/11/11:
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Due Tuesday,
4/12/11:
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Tuesday,
4/12/11:
- Pass
out forms for Star Party at La Cańada Elementary on Thursday, 4/14/11
from 7-9 PM.
- Jupiter
video and questions
- 3rd
Quarter Grades due by 3 PM today! Report Cards will come out on Friday
in period 2! J L J
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Due Wednesday,
4/13/11 or Thursday, 4/14/11 (Block Day):
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Wednesday,
4/13/11 or Thursday, 4/14/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
4/15/11:
- Finish
Internet
Investigation on terrestrial planet surface processes and Jovian
planet surface processes
- Come
to the star party at La Cańada Elementary on Thursday night, 4/14/11
from 7-9 PM!
- Next Week
- Read
Section 27.3, pages 599-601. Answer Section 27.3 Questions Online.
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Friday, 4/15/11:
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Due Monday,
4/18/11:
- Have
a nice weekend!
- Extra Credit Possibility!
Go to the Griffith Observatory
and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at
least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at
each display and place the image of the display next to the description.
All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucalt
Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what
it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 3,
2011.
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Third Quarter: February 1, 2011 to April 1, 2011
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Week #9: March 28, 2011 to
April 1, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/28/11:
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Due Tuesday,
3/29/11:
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Tuesday,
3/29/11:
- Turn
in The
Pilgrim Tides
- Test on Motion of the
Solar System: Sections 4.3, 24.3, 25.2, and 26.2
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Due Wednesday,
3/30/11 or Thursday, 3/31/11 (Block Day):
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Wednesday,
3/30/11 or Thursday, 3/31/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
4/1/11:
- Finish
Internet
Investigation on terrestrial planet surface processes ES2708 only if not
finished in class. This will be due when we return from Spring Break on
April 11, 2011.
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Friday, 4/1/11:
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Due Monday,
4/11/11:
- Have
a nice Spring Break!
- Extra Credit Possibility!
Go to the Griffith Observatory
and take a digital camera along with a note book. Take pictures of at
least 5 displays, shows, or other learning events that you attend with
you in the picture. Write up a description of what you learned at
each display and place the image of the display next to the description.
All students who do this extra credit must tell me about the Foucalt
Pendulum at the entrance to the observatory. Observe it and tell me what
it tells you about the rotation of the Earth! This extra credit opportunity will be in effect until May 3,
2011.
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Week #8: March 21, 2011 to
March 25, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/21/11:
- Go
over Section 25.2 Homework
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Due Tuesday,
3/22/11:
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Tuesday,
3/22/11:
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Due Wednesday,
3/23/11 or Thursday, 3/24/11 (Block Day):
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Wednesday,
3/23/11 or Thursday, 3/24/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
3/25/11:
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Friday, 3/25/11:
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Due Monday,
3/28/11:
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Week #7: March 14, 2011 to
March 18, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/14/11:
- Traeger
out today L
- Universe:
Beyond the Big Bang video and questions:
historical astronomy and Kepler’s Laws of Motion
- Announcement: The
Astronomy observations originally scheduled for tonight at Palm Crest
Elementary have been postponed. The new date will be this Wednesday,
3/16/11 from 7-9 PM.
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Due Tuesday,
3/15/11:
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Tuesday,
3/15/11:
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Due Wednesday,
3/16/11 or Thursday, 3/17/11:
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Wednesday,
3/16/11 or Thursday, 3/17/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
3/18/11:
- Last
chance to do earthquake test corrections! Due Friday!
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Friday, 3/18/11:
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Due Monday,
3/21/11:
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Week #6: March 7, 2011 to
March 11, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 3/7/11:
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Due Tuesday,
3/8/11 or Wednesday, 3/9/11 (Block Day):
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Tuesday, 3/8/11
or Wednesday, 3/9/11 (Block Day):
- Hand
out Authorization forms for Moon Party at Palm Crest Elementary next
Wednesday, 3/16/11 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM.
- Go over Weights
on Other Worlds worksheet and collect
- Google
Moon ® Internet
Investigation and worksheet
on lunar geology and the missions of Apollo: Finish and turn in
- Hand
back Earthquake Tests for corrections
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Due Thursday,
3/10/11:
- Finish
Google Moon ® Internet
Investigation and worksheet
on lunar geology and the missions of Apollo if not done in class.
- Study
for Section 25.1 Quiz on Lunar Geology and Impact Cratering on Friday
- Correct
Earthquake Tests
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Thursday, 3/10/11:
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Due Friday,
3/11/11:
- Finish
Internet
Investigation on asteroid impact cratering
- Study
for Section 25.1 Quiz on Lunar Geology and Impact Cratering on Friday
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Friday, 3/11/11:
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Due Monday,
3/14/11:
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Week #5: February 28, 2011 to
March 4, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 2/28/11:
- Earthquake
Test Scores
- Yosemite Institute
pictures
- Questions/comments
about last week’s work with the substitute?
- Christchurch,
NZ Earthquake from last week
- Introduction
to Astronomy Chapters 25-28
- Mapping
the Universe Assignment: Get in to groups of no greater than 4 and
no fewer than 2. Take the terms that we identified together in lecture
and put them in to a map of the Universe. You should show how each term
relates to the other terms. You should also define each term that you
use.
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Due Tuesday,
3/1/11 or Wednesday, 3/2/11 (Block Day):
- Find
the Moon tonight and describe its appearance. Look for planets as well
and describe their appearance. Write your observations down on paper.
Also note the time and date that you went out to observe.
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Tuesday, 3/1/11
or Wednesday, 3/2/11 (Block Day):
- Announcement:
the Astronomy Institute will have its first meeting this Wednesday,
March 2, at 2:45 in Room 712. This institute is directed by Steve Edberg
of JPL and former LCHS parent. You really want to do this if you want to
go more in depth in to a particular study of astronomy!
- Discussion
about last night’s homework
- What is a Planet?
video
- Video Why
Isn’t Pluto a Planet Anymore?
- Mapping
the Universe Assignment: Get in to groups of no greater than 4 and no
fewer than 2. Take the terms that we identified together in lecture and
put them in to a map of the Universe. You should show how each term
relates to the other terms. You should also define each term that you
use.
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Due Thursday,
3/3/11:
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Thursday,
3/3/11:
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Due Friday,
3/4/11:
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Friday, 3/4/11:
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Due Monday,
3/7/11:
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Week #4: February 22, 2011 to
February 25, 2011 (Traeger at Yosemite
Institute this week!)
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday,
2/22/11:
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Due Wednesday,
2/23/11 or Thursday, 2/24/11:
- Finish
Volcano Eruption Prediction
from class if not done. Make sure to turn in to Mrs. Smither on block
day!
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Wednesday, 2/23/11
or Thursday, 2/24/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday, 2/25/11:
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Friday, 2/25/11:
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Due Monday,
2/28/11:
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Week #3: February 14, 2011 to
February 17, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 2/14/11:
- Happy
Valentine’s Day! Today’s Horoscope Riddle: You will find
______________ in seismic surface waves that exhibit side-to-side motion
like a snake!
- Seismic
Waves and Earthquake Plotting: Continue
- Test
on Sections 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.2, and 11.3 during second half of block
day this week!
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Due Tuesday,
2/15/11:
- Read
Section 10.2, pages 217-221. Complete Virtual
Earthquake Lab Online. Make sure that you follow all instructions
carefully and that you bring me a printout certificate showing you
completed the online lab!
- Complete
Putting
Down Roots in Earthquake Country booklet and home safety
assessment worksheet.
Due on Block Day, 2/16/11 or 2/17/11. Worth 20 points test credit! Go here for
Word® Document to type in to.
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Tuesday,
2/15/11:
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Due Block Day
Wednesday, 2/16/11 or Thursday, 2/17/11:
- Read
Section 10.3, pages 222-226. Complete Earthquake Safety Assessment in
assignment below as a way of assessing your understanding of section
10.3.
- Complete
Putting
Down Roots in Earthquake Country booklet and home safety
assessment worksheet.
Due on Block Day, 2/16/11 or 2/17/11. Worth 20 points test credit! Go here for
Word® Document to type in to.
- Review
for Test on Sections 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.2, and 11.3 during second half
of block day this week!
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Wednesday, 2/16/11
or Thursday, 2/17/11 (Block Day):
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Due Tuesday,
2/22/11:
- Have
a nice 4-day weekend!
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Week #2: February 7, 2011 to
February 9, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Monday, 2/7/11:
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Due Tuesday,
2/8/11:
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Tuesday, 2/8/11:
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Due Wednesday, 2/9/11
or Thursday, 2/10/11:
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Wednesday,
2/9/11 or Thursday, 2/10/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
2/11/11:
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Friday, 2/11/11:
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Due Monday,
2/14/11:
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Week #1: February 1, 2011 to
February 4, 2011
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Classwork
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Homework
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Tuesday, 2/1/11:
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Due Wednesday,
2/2/11 or Thursday, 2/3/11:
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Wednesday,
2/2/11 or Thursday, 2/3/11 (Block Day):
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Due Friday,
2/4/11:
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Friday, 2/4/11:
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Due Monday,
2/7/11:
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