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Beginning of Quarter 4-April 7th

May 21 and 22

Review for solar system test

Blue day- 5/23

White day-5/27

HW- Study for solar system test and quarter 2 review due 5/28(blue day and 5/29 white day)

May 19 and 20

Review of phases and seasons

HW- WOrk on quarter one and quarter two reviews

Solar system test Friday 23rd and Tuesday 27th (white day)

 

May 15 and 16th:

  1. Eclipses- reading pp. 660-664
  2. Complete Reading Sheet Moons
  3. Lab- Modeling Eclipses
  4. Front loading words activity- lunar and solar  eclipse

HW- Finish exti ticket if it was not finished in class and work on quarter two review

 

May 13 and 14

Phases of the moon- Text pp. 662

Follow up worksheet

Space Case Activity

May 9 and May 12:

Causes of day/night and seasons

  • Reading pp104-107- follow up sheet and cornell notes
  • Use moon and sunrise data to complete analysis(graded assignment)
  • Video Sun/Moon/Earth

May 5-8

MSA TESTING!!!!

HW- take home tests should be turned in!!!!

 

April 30th and May 1st

IN class- MSA Review

Homework:  Data collection due 5/8 and Take home test due May 5 and 6th

 

April 28 and 29

Review for MSA

Review gravity

HW: Data collection

April 23 and 24th:

In class- reviewed rotation and revoution, analysis worksheet and BCR

Homework- Continue data collection

 

April 21 and 22

  • In class- Revolution lab and graphic organizer (using pp. 684-649)
  • Front loading words rotation and revolution (pp. 630-631)

Homework- Finish graphic organizer and BCR, News article due next class

 

April 17th and 18th:

1.  Created a model of the solary system and evaluated model

2.  Venn diagram- comparing inner and outer planets

 

Homework:  

1.  News article-  due 4/22 and 4/23

2.  Data collectin

3.  Complete worksheet- The Planets of our Solar System (pp 648-659)- due next class 

 

April 15th and 16th

1.  Quiz on galaxies

2.  Constructed and analyzed model of the Milky Way

Homework:

News article and data collection

 

April 11 and 14th-

Researching on internet- galaxies and the Milky Way, video- Measure for Measure

Homework

1.  Continue data collection

2. News article due 4/22 and 4/23

3.  Quiz next class- galaxies

 

April 9 and 10

Group activity- analyzing Hubble Deep Space Images

Reading on galaxies pp. 596-597 and  complete graphic organizer

 

Homework- Collect data and news article

 

April 7th and 8th-

In class- Discussed components of universe and galaxies,space pre-test cosmic survey, reading pp568-569 and pp. 587

Homework- Data collection- due May 8 , 2008 and News Article due April 22nd and 23rd

www.weatherbug.com

 

 

 

Beginning of Quarter 3: January 28, 2008

 

March 31st and April 1st

BENCHMARK TEST

 

March 27 and 28:

Reviewed for benchmark test- completed review and worked on dodecahedron

HW- MSA review and STUDY:  Benchmark Monday and Tuesday

 

March 25th and 26th

1.  Reviewed for Science MSA- practice test in the lab

2.  Reviewed for Benchmark 3- dodecahedron

White day- weather  quiz

HW-STUDY and complete review sheet

March 19th:

Reviewed and tracked hurricanes

Completed Weather Pop Quiz

Turned in completed weather journals (70 points)

Reviewed varizbles and fair testing

HW- Benchmark- March 31, 2008

March 17th and 18th:

Reviewed formation of hurricanes and tornadoes, shared news articles and collected weather data for Day 5

Completed BCR: Formation of hurricanes

HW:  Begin studying for benchmark- review climate and weather notes

 

March 13 and 14

Reading pp 496-500- complete graphic organizer telling how stroms are formed

Video- describe formation of hurricanes and tornadoes

HW_ Complete sequesnce chain for hurricanes and tornadoes; news article

March 11 and 12

Tools- Read pp 483-484 (humidity)504-507 and construct a table showing the tool, what it measures and how it works

Video- Weather Fundamentals

 Collect weather data for day 3

Complete exit ticket

HW- News article due 3/17 and 3/18- make sure journals are up to date!

March 7 and 10-

Fronts- read pp 492-493, viewed visual concepts and United Streaming video

Complete front- loading words for fronts and front graphic organizer

Collect weather data for day2

HW- News article due 3/17 and 3/18, finish exit ticket- fronts

 

March 5th and 6th:

Read pp 490-491- Air masses, complete front loading words and graphic organizer on the back of page 5 in your weather journal

Completed analyzing air masses- in journal

Collected day 1 of weather data

United Streaming video

HW- News article

 

 

 

March 3 and 4:

Reviewed climate and took test on climate

Constructed weather  journal and completed worksheets comparing Celsius and Farenheit

HW_-Finish Celsius and Farenheit worksheets

February 26th and 27th:

Stations- use atlases to infer factors that influence climate

HW- Test- March 3- Blue day

March 4th- White day

Reveiw sheet should be completed for homework

News articles due no later than Friday

February 21 and 22

Reading pp 416-423- explain how currents influence climate

Label a map with currents and wind patterns

Follow up- Factors influencing climate

 HW- NEWS ARTICLE

 

February 19 and 20th

In class- MSA practice and reading on planetary winds- pp460-461

HW- MSA climate practice and news article- news article due 2/26 and 2/27

February 11 and 12th:

In class- reviewed latitude and longitude, used atlases to determine factors influencing climate, Ubited Streaming video

 

HW:  News article due  2/27

3Blue- Finish A Tale of Three Climates

 

February 7 and 8

Review water cycle and complete quiz- hydroshpere and atmosphere

HW- news article

FEBRUARY 5 AND 6:

  • Reading PP 309-311 and 320-323 -Water cycle
  • Supplemental Reading and Visual Concepts
  • LAb- What Goes Up
  • Diagram- label
  • Quiz- 2/7 and 2/8- hydrosphere and atmosphere

HW- finish review sheet

News article due 2/27 and 2/28

February 1 and 4th:

  1. Reading pp. 448-453- Cornell notes
  2. Complete graphic organizer
  3. Video- on the air and folow up
  4. Earth's Amazing Atmosphere- finish for homework

Homework- Finish Earth's Amazing Atmosphere

News Article Due- 2/27 and 2/28

January 30th and 31st:

Reading pp. 448-449- describe structure and composition of earth's atmosphere, complete What it is/ WHat it's nont

Follow up- Atmosphere

United streaming video- atmosphere

HW- News article due February 27th and 28th

 

January 28th and 29th-

Class- Introduced Earth's systems

HW- Write a 4-5 sentence summary explaining how earth's systems work together

   Earth's four main spheres are.........



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