Hello everyone, sorry for the delay in getting this going, but here it is.
I will be done grading the Atmosphere poster hopefully by the end of the week. It takes a really long time as it is so involved.
-Homework-
Monday 10/2, None
Tuesday, air perssure handout
Wednesday, finish Bill Nye handout
Thursday, read pages 25-30 and do questions 1-4 to page 30
Friday, study for unit one test on Tuesday
Study for unit one test on Tuesday 10/10
Tueasday, (TEST) no homework
Wednesday, Read pages 42-45 and do questions 1-4 on page 45
Thursday, do active reading handout on Energy in the Atmosphere
Friday, Draw a picture explaining the greenhouse effect. The picture must be labeled.
Monday, 10/16 read pages 48-51 and answer questions 1-4 on page 51
Tuesday, Finish lab write up
Wednesday, none
Thursday, read pages 52-60 and answer questions 1-4 on page 60
Friday, finish Bill Nye handout
Monday 10/23, Finish active reading, all 20 questions
Tuesday-Friday work on lab. Due Monday
Monday, 10/30 Finish Global Winds handout
Tuesday, Finish Bill Nye video handout
Wednesday, Read pages 61 to 66 and answer questions 1-4 on page 66 and study for the quiz on sections 1-3 in chapter two
(Please note the quiz listed below has been changet to Thursday 11/2)
(The chapter two test is scheduled for Thursday 11/9. We will have a quiz Thursday 11/2. The quiz will be on sections 1-3 in chapter two)
Monday 11/21 Venn Diagram on Tornadoes and Hurricanes
Tuesday 11/22 Study for quiz on 11/23. The quiz will be on units one and two of chapter three.
Enjoy the Thanksgiving break. No homework!
Monday11/27 Read lab on Wind and Water in the Atmosphere
Tuesday 11/28-Friday 12/1 We will be doing a lab in class, the students should be going over their answers to the questions on the lab to be sure they are complete. The lab packet will be due the day after we finish our classwork. If needed we will work on the lab on Monday 12/4. We will begin section four of chapter three as soon as we finish the lab.
Chapter Three test will be on Tuesday 12/12
Monday 12/4 Finish Lab
Tuesday 12/5 Read pages 95-98 and answer questions 1-5 on page 98
Wennesday 12/6 Read pages 99-105 and answer questions 1-4 on page 105
Thursday 12/7 No homework except for study for the test
Friday 12/8 Finish the packet handed out in class today. Study for the test on 12/12
Monday 12/11 We will review in class today. The homework is to study for the test on 12/12
Tuesday 12/13 No homework
Wednesday and Thursday 12/14-15 Rea pages 112 to 118 and answer qusetions 1-5 on page 118. I will check this homework on Friday.
Change of plans, I just found out we do not do the last chapter of the textbook. (We only spent one day on it so far.) We will finish unit one on Thursday 12/14, watch a Bill Nye video on Friday 12/15 and have a quiz on Monday 12/18. The quiz will only be on unit one only. We will start the Geology part of the class on Tuesday 12/19.
Tuesday 12/19 Read pages 16-24 in the new textbook, Answer questions 1-4 on page 24. Cover your new book.
Wednesday 12/20 Finish handout on Earth's Interior. Cover your book.
Thursday 12/21 None
Friday 12/22 None
Tuesday 1/2 None, however students may take their posters home if they feel they need extra time to complete the project.
Wednesday 1/3 Read pages 25-27 and answer questions 1-5 on page 27. If students need more time to finish their poster they may take it home. The poster will be due at the beginning of class on Thursday.
Thursday 1/4: finish handout on convection currents
Friday 1/5 Finish Bill Nye handout. Finish Active reading, Earth's Interior
Monday 1/8 Finish Drifting Continents handout
Tuesday 1/9 None, planners will say to do the Drifting Continents handout #2, but we ended up not doing this.
Wednesday 1/10 Read pages 28-32 and answer questions 1-4 on page 32.
Thursday 1/11 Go over any center activity that you think needs improvement. Remember that the Pangea maps are due tomorrow 1/12. Don't forget to do the three questions at the bottom of the page you got in class.
Friday 1/12 Go over any center activity that you think needs improvement. Sea Floor Spreading packets will be due Wednesday 11/17
Tuesday 1/16 Read pages 33-39 and answer questions 1-5 on page 39. Go over any Sea Floor Center Spreading center activity that you think needs improvement.
Wednesday 1/17 Work on any center activities you think need improvement.
Thursday 1/18 Finish centers activities, they are due on Friday 1/19
Friday 1/19 (Please note change) Study for the Quiz on Monday on Unit 4 chapter 1 (Sea Floor Spreading). After the quiz on Monday we will begin the unit on Plate Tectonics.
Monday 1/22 finish handout "The theory of Plate Tectonics" Please note our chapter one test will be on Friday 2/2. All students should be reviewing each night for the test.
Tuesday 1/23 finish handout "do you know your boundaries" Study for chapter one test on Friday 2/2.
Wednesday 1/24 No homework except to study in advance for the chapter one test on Friday 2/2.
Thursday 1/25 work on your lab. The lab is due Monday . Also read pages 42-47 in your text book and answer questions 1-4 on page 47. Sorry for pushing back the test date, the labs are taking longer than I expected.
Friday 1/26 Finish your puzzle lab, it is due monday. Continue to review for chapter one test on Friday 2/2.
Monday 1/29 Review for test.
Tuesday 1/30 Complete study guide # 2. This homework will be due on Thursday 2/1. If your lab needs work you should complete activities one and two tonight. The entire lab will be due Friday. Don't wait till the last minute to finish the lab, as Friday is test day.
Wednesday 1/31 Complete study guide # 2. Remember, chapter chapter one test is this Friday.
Thursday 2/1 Study for test. The test is Friday 2/2. Graham Slam lab also due tomorrow.
Friday 2/2 None
Monday 2/5 Read pages 146-149 and answer questions 1-5 on page 149.
Tuesday 2/6 Finish handout on Classifying rocks
Wednesday 2/7 None. I gave the students one extra day to turn in the handout on Classifying rocks. The homework is due tomorrow.
Thursday 2/8 Finish Bill Nye handout
Friday 2/9 Finish igneous rock handout
Monday 2/12 Finish Rocks and the Grand Canyon video handout
Tuesday 2/13 Read pages 150-153 and answer questions 1-5 on page 153 Quiz on Friday, Chapter 5 units 1-3
Thursday 2/15 Handout on Sedimentary rock. Quiz posponed to Tuesday.
Friday 2/16 Handout on Rocks from Reefs. I forgot we have off on Monday so the quiz is now going to be on Thursday. The quiz is on Units 1-3 in Chapter 5.
Tuesday 2/20 Read pages 154-158 and answer questions 1-4 on page 158. Study for the quiz on Thursday.
Wednesday 2/21 Study for quiz on Thursday
Thursday 2/22 Finish handout on metamotphic rock. All students must bring their book to class tomorrow.
Friday 2/23 Finish active reading on medamorphic rock.
Monday 2/26 Finish active reading on the rock cycle.
Tuesday 2/27 Read pages 166-169 and answer questions 1-5 on page 169. Just a note, we are tentatively going to have the chapter five test on Friday 3/9.
Wednesday 2/28 Work on the questions from the lab today. We will continue with the lab tomorrow. The lab will be due on Friday.
Thursday 3/1 Please finish your lab questions tonight, they will be due tomorrow.
Friday 3/2 Finish handout on the rock cycle. Remember to get a start on the pre-write part of the writing project.
Monday 3/5 Complete pre write for the "letter to a young rock" paper. The pre write is due tomorrow. The next part of the paper, the edited rough draft will be due on Thursday. We will revue for the test on Thursday and Friday. The final draft is due Monday. The chapter five test is also Monday. Do not wait until the weekend to start to study for the test and work on your final draft.
Tuesday 3/6 Work on Lab, study for test on Monday.
Wednesday 3/7 Finish "letter to a young rock" rough draft. Finish lab. Study for Chapter Five test on Monday 3/12
Thursday 3/8 Finish study guide. Work on paper. Study for test on Monday.
Friday 3/9 Finish your final draft of the "Letter to a young rock" paper. The pre-write, rough draft, and the final draft are due Monday. Study for the chapter five test, it is Monday.
Monday 3/12 No homework. Get a good nights sleep tonight.
Tuesday. 3/13 Finish the active reading on Earth's crust in motion.
Wednesday 3/14 No new homework! Remember I will check the homework from period 5 and 6 tomorrow.
Thursday 3/15 None. Get a good nights sleep for PSSA's tomorrow.
Friday 3/16 None. Rest up for more PSSA testing on Monday.
Monday 3/19 None. Rest up for the last day of PSSA testing tomorrow.
Tuesday 3/20 No homework. Any student who is doing arts and crafts at Peec needs to bring in a plain white T-shirt ASAP. The T- shirt should be clearly labeled with your name and day grup #.
Wednesday 3/21 Finish Bill Nye Handout
Thursday 3/22 Review questions 1-4 on page 61 and review questions 1-4 on page 69
Friday 3/23 Review Questions 1-4 on page 77 Remember to bring boots or old sneakers to school on Monday as we will be in the woods behind school during class learning orienteering. Also the Kappa wetland trip has been set for May 8 and 9. Half of the team will go each day. Tentatively I have 3rd and 4th period going on the 8th, and 5th and 6th period going on the 9th. After the break I will be sending home information on the trip.
Monday 3/26 No homework
Tuesday 3/27 No homework, however be prepared for a quiz on the first three units of chapter two on Thursday 4/12. Enjoy your break.
Tuesday 4/10 Review questions 1-4 on page 81 I have decided not to have a quiz on Thursday. We will have the Chapter two test on Monday 4/16. Please begin to study for the test.
Wednesday 4/11 Finish the earthquake video handout. Remember the chapter two test is on Monday 4/16.
Thursday 4/12 Finish the chapter two study guide we worked on in class today. Chapter two test Monday.
Friday 4/13 Study for the chapter two test on Monday 4/16.
Monday 4/16 None. If you did not take the test today, please come prepared to take it tomorrow during lunch or after school. We will begin the Volcano unit tomorrow.
Tuesday 4/17 Read pages 88-91 and answer questions 1-4 on page 91.
Wednesday 4/18 None, but remember the lab on Volcanos and Plates will be collected after we finish it tomorrow. We will only work on the lab for a short time in class.
Thursday 4/19 Read pages 93-102 and answer questions 1-4 on page 102.
Friday 4/20 Finish the handout on Volcanic Activity.
Monday 4/23 Read pages 103-107 and answer questions 1-4 on page 107.
Tuesday 4/24 none
Wednesday 4/25 Finish the Video handout. Do the handout on volcanic landforms. I will check both of these on Friday as tomorrow attendance will be low. I will also check questions 1-4 on page 107 on Friday.
Thursday 4/26 none. Remember I will check the HW from yesterday, tomorrow.
Friday 4/27 Complete handout on types of volcanoes. The chapter three test is tentatively set for Monday 5/7
Monday 4/30 Finish America's most dangerous volcano handout
Tuesday 5/1 Study for the chapter three test on Monday 5/7
Wednesday 5/2 Finish Lab
Thursday 5/3 Complete the study guide. Remember, the chapter three test is Monday 5/7.
Friday 5/4 Study for the chapter three test on Monday. As I mentioned in class the test does not cover section 4, only 1,2, and 3.
Monday 5/7 None, however if you did not bring your textbook today, please do so tomorrow and leave it in your locker. I will collect any outstanding books on Thursday.
Tuesday 5/8 (periods 5 and 6) Read pages 16-22 and answer questions 1-5 on page 22.
Wednesday 5/9 (periods 3 and 4) Read pages 16-22 and answer questions 1-5 on page 22.
Thursday 5/10 finish handout on properties of water
Friday 5/11 finish lab. If you missed class because of the music practice you do not have to make up the lab.
Monday 5/14 Vocab and question sheet.
Tuesday 5/15 Read pages 23-29 and do questions 1-5 on pg. 29
Wednesday 5/16 The Giver was great. No homework today.
Thursday 5/17 Finish the Bill Nye video sheet. Read pages 32-35 and answer questions 1-4 on page 35.
Friday 5/18 Paragraph one from the water cycle writing project is due on Monday.
Monday 5/21 Paragraph 2 if you are doing a 3 paragraph paper. Paragraphs 2 and 3 if you are doing a 5 paragraph paper. Remember the complete rough draft is due Wednesday.
Tuesday 5/22 Finish your rough draft of the water cycle paper. Remember the final draft is due on Friday.
Wednesday 5/23 Read pages 42-52 and answer questions 1-5 on page 52.
Thursday 5/24 Finish vocabulary cartoon. Finish water cycle paper Note: We will not be doing unit two of chapter two. We will have a combined chapter one and two test on Friday 6/1. As the end of the year is rapidly aproaching we are going to speed things up to finish the oceanography unit.
Friday 5/25 Read pages 65-74 and answer questions 1-5 on pages 67 and 74. Chapter one and two test is on Friday 6/1. Unit two of chapter two will not be on the test. Please study over the break.
Tuesday 5/29 Study for test on Friday 6/1.
Wednesday 5/30 Finish the study guide.
Thursday 5/31 Study for test tomorrow. All students must bring their books to class tomorrow, we are having a book check.
Friday 6/1 Read pages 114-126 and answer questions 1-4 on page 121 and questions 1-5 on page 126
Monday 6/4 Work on lab. Complete any part of the lab you can do outside of class.
Tuesday 6/5 Finish the density lab, it is due tomorrow.
Wednesday 6/6 Read pages 127-131 and answer questions 1-4 on page 131.
Wednesday 6/7 Read pages 131-140 and answer questions 1-4 on page 140. Review your saved papers and your book for the final next week.
Thursday 6/8 review for the final.
Friday 6/8 Finish oceanography study guide
Monday 6/11 Work on study guides. Remember the science final is second on Thursday 6/15
Tuesday 6/12 Work on study guides.
Wednesday 6/13 Study for the final tomorrow.
Thursday 6/14 Enjoy your summer.
