Thursday, December 15, 2011

*Woo Hoo 1st and 3rd periods!  You guys did such a great job on the final exam - look for some kind of reward when we return and enjoy your holiday. :)*

Remember to get a 1 or 1 1/2 inch 3 ring binder for the next semester if you would like to make notebooks easier for yourself.

HOMEWORK:  Per's 5 and 6 only

1. Due tomorrow - final benchmark review guide - STUDY STUDY STUDY AND SEE IF YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THE OTHER CLASSES!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

*It's the Finals Countdown!  Finish your study guide and STUDY STUDY STUDY  so you can do YOUR BEST!*

Mr. Hollister and I are looking for good, permanent indoor homes for the kittens we have raised this fall.  Take a look and contact us if you are interested.  Kittens!

AGENDA:

• Stamp Ch 5 Review Questions 1-26
• Finals Countdown Video
• Work on completing the Study Guide and STUDY!

HOMEWORK:

1. Due on the day of the final: Finish the Study Guide and do flashcards of the questions/answers for 30 points extra credit!

Monday, December 12, 2011

It's finals week!!!  Remember to take Pride in yourself, study hard every day, and do your best!
Benchmark Schedule:
    Wednesday:  Per. 1 & Per. 2
     Thursday:     Per. 3 & Per. 4
     Friday:         Per. 5 & Per. 6

AGENDA:

• Stamp ch. 4 study guide review
• Deserts Notes
• Notebook time - Turn in notebooks before the end of class!
• Study Guide time

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Tuesday: Study Guide Chapter 5 questions 1-26
2. Due the day of the final: EXTRA CREDIT - make flashcards of all 91 of the study guide questions and study them!!

Friday, December 9, 2011

*Notebook due Monday!!*

AGENDA:

• Hand out benchmark study guide
• Watch "Mystery of the Megaflood" and answer video questions
• Megaflood Website

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Monday: Study Guide Chapter 4 (questions 1-26)

Thursday, December 8, 2011

*Notebook and Test for Glaciers and Deserts on Monday!!*

AGENDA:

• Turn in signed grade printouts
• Stamp/Go Over Home work
• Glaciers Then and Now activity
• Notebook and Vocab Time

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Friday: 1st 5 vocab words

NOTEBOOK
LEFT SIDE                          RIGHT SIDE
1. Glaciers/Deserts               2. leave blank
3. Vocab p. 1                      4. vocab p. 2
5. Racetrack Reading          6. Quesitons*
7. Glaciers Notes                8. Questions*
9. Valley Glcrs Notes         10. Questions*
11. Glaciers Then & Now*   12. Student work - melting glaciers
13. Glacial Gouging Lab*

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

*Glaciers and Deserts Notebook due Monday!*

AGENDA:

• Stamp Homework
• Valley Glaciers Notes
• Extreme Ice Survery Page
• National Weather Service - Climate Change Articles
• Homework and Vocab Time
• hand out grades with most recent test score on them

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Thursday: Valley Glaciers Notes Questions

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

AGENDA:

• Stamp Homework
• Glaciers Notes
• Glaciers Lab

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Wednesday: Glaciers Notes Questions

Monday, December 5, 2011

AGENDA:

• Turn in Projects
• Grade notebooks and turn them in
• WATER TEST
• Racetrack Playa reading and  questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Tuesday: racetrack reading and questions

Friday, December 2, 2011

*Water TEST and NOTEBOOK Due Monday!*
**Water Project Due Monday!!**

AGENDA:

• Turn in stream table lab and rivers of CA lab
• Water Community Project

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Monday: Water Homework Notebook
2. Due Monday: Water Community Project

Thursday, December 1, 2011

*TEST and NOTEBOOK for the Water will be Monday!*

AGENDA:

• Stamp CA Water projects map and vocab p. 3 & 4
• Community Water Balance Project

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Monday: Community Water Balance Project

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

*The Water TEST and NOTEBOOK due date has been moved to Monday, Dec. 5!*

AGENDA:

• Finish groundwater notes
• CA Water Projects Notes
• Map and vocab p. 3& 4

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Thursday: Water projects map and vocab words pages 3 & 4

NOTEBOOK
LEFT SIDE                          RIGHT SIDE
19. Stages of a Rivers Life*   20. Student work about water
21. Vocab p. 3 & 4*             22. Sentences*
23. Groundwater Notes         24. Questions*
25. CA Wtr Projects Notes   26. CA Wtr Projects Map*

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

AGENDA:

• New Seats
• Groundwater Notes
• Questions and Map Lab time

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Wednesday:  Groundwater questions

Monday, November 28, 2011

*Welcome back!  I hope you had a nice break and are ready to work hard until our next break a few weeks away!*

AGENDA:

• Stamp vocab sentences for pages 1&2 of the vocab
• Tales of the San Joaquin video with questions
• San Joaquin River article (Fresno Bee)
• Rivers Map lab time

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Tuesday: student work about water in your life (look at front of your notebook for the 16 choices you have - choose 1 and complete it in your notebook)

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

*Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!  Enjoy your holiday and remember all we have to be thankful for!  Gobble Gobble :)*

AGENDA:

• Stamp Vocab p. 2 (except for per. 1)
• Stream Table Lab & River Map Lab

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Monday: 1 sentence for each vocab word on both vocab page 1 & 2
2. Due Monday: PER 1 ONLY - Vocab p. 2

Monday, November 21, 2011

*Only 2 days of school this week - let's make them count!*

AGENDA:

• Stamp vocab p. 1
• Finish Work of Streams Notes
• Stages of a Rivers life ws
• vocab p. 2

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Tuesday: Finish stages of a rivers life ws
2. Due Tuesday: vocab p. 2

Friday, November 18, 2011

AGENDA:

• Turn in grade check - signed
• Stamp/go over homework
• CA Rivers Map
• Work of streams notes

HOMEWORK

1. Due Monday: Vocab p. 1
2. color the rivers map for extra credit if you want

NOTEBOOK
LEFT SIDE                     RIGHT SIDE
1. Water Unit                     2. Objectives
3. Vocab p. 1*                   4. Sentences x 1
5. Vocab p. 2  *                 6. Sentences x 1
7. Running Wtr Nts            8. Questions*
9. Wtr Cycle Diagram*      10. Water Cycle Q's*
11. CA Precip Map*         12. Precip Q's*
13. Water Facts*               14. Water Facts p. 2*
15. Drinking Wtr Rdng       16. Drinking Wtr Q's*
17. CA Rivers Map*          18. Work of Streams Notes
19. Stages of Rvrs Life*

Thursday, November 17, 2011

AGENDA:

• Stamp/Review Homework
• Return Notebooks and give grade printouts
• CA Precipitation Map and Questions
• CA Precipitation Map

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Friday: grade printout - signed
2. Due Friday: CA precipitation map and questions

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

OBJECTIVE:
#1.  Explain the path a molecule of water would follow in the water cycle if it started in the ocean and then ended up in the ocean again (must show at least 5 different parts of the water cycle).

AGENDA:

• Finish running water notes
• Water cycle diagram and questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Thursday: Water Cycle Diagram and Questions as well as the Running water questions from yesterday.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

AGENDA:

• Stamp/go over homework
• Runing Water Notes

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Wednesday: Running Water Questions

Monday, November 14, 2011

*Mrs. H out to get a radionuclide scan of the osteoma (bone tumor)on her skull - back tomorrow!

AGENDA:

• Draw and color pictures of the 10 water facts and then explain them in your own words.

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Tuesday: Finish Water Bottle reading questions
2. Due Tuesday: Finish water fact pictures etc...

Thursday, November 10, 2011

*Tomorrow is Veterans Day - go out and thank a vet for helping to keep our country safe and free!*

AGENDA:

• Turn in Notebook and Ecological Footprint WS
• Stamp/ Review/ Turn in study guide
• Take Weathering Test
• Water Bottles Reading and Questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Tuesday: Water Bottle Reading Questions

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

*TEST and NOTEBOOK tomorrow! Ch. 5 - Weathering!*

OBJECTIVE:
#4. What are mass movements and what are the 4 triggers of mass movements?

AGENDA:

• Turn in lab/grade check
• Mass Movements Notes
• Work Time - notebook or study guide

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: Notebook
2. Due tomorrow: Ecological Footprint WS
3. Due tomorrow: Study Guide

NOTEBOOK
LEFT SIDE                RIGHT SIDE
19. Soils Notes           20. Soils Questions*
21. Rdng Soil Chart    22. Mass Movement Notes

*Must have a stamp for full credit!
**Earlier notebook list can be found in an earlier blog post.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

*The TEST and NOTEBOOK have been moved to THURSDAY!! Take advantage of the extra time and study and do a great job!*

OBJECTIVE:
#3.  What is soil and why does it erode?

AGENDA:

• Stamp soils questions
• Soils Chart WS
• Erosion "Lab"
• Erosion "Lab"
• Hand out grade printout - to be signed

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: Finished Erosion "Lab"
2. Due tomorrow: parent signature on grade
3. Due Thursday: Ecological Footprint WS

Monday, November 7, 2011

AGENDA:

• Stamp Vocab, nitrogen cycle diagram and questions
• Soils Notes
• Soils questions time

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: Soils questions
2. Due Thursday: Ecological Footprint WS

Thursday, November 3, 2011

*Mrs. H will be in Yosemite tomorrow for a teaching conference.  You will watch a video on how Yosemite came to be on Earth - enjoy and be good!*

OBJECTIVES:
 #1. Explain the difference between mechanical and chemical weathering.
 #2. Describe the effects of temperature and surface area on the rate of weathering.

AGENDA:

• Stamp Weathering questions and graphing practice ws's
• Nitrogen Cycle art and questions
• Nitrogen Cycle Diagram (2nd diagram down)

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Monday: Vocab cards
2. Due Monday: Nitrogen Cycle art and questions (Diagram is in chapter 5 of your book or can be found on at the link above)
3. Due Thursday, Nov. 10: Ecological Footprint WS

NOTEBOOK
LEFT SIDE                        RIGHT SIDE
1. Weathering Unit              2. Objectives
3. Hydro Frack Rdng         4. Questions*
5. Vocab p. 1                    6. Sentences (x1)
7. Vocab p. 2                    8. Sentences (x1)
9. Weathering Notes        10. Questions* / S.W.
11. Weathering Lab         12. Lab Graph*
13. Lab Questions*         14. How to graphs
15. Graph practice*         16.
17. Nitro Read/q's*         18. Nitro cycle art* (30pts)

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

*Early Out day -school is out for students at 12:30. Go home and use all the extra time to clean your room and study!!*

AGENDA:

• Weathering Lab Answers
• Making Graphs
• On-line Graphing Practice

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Tomorrow: graphs ws
2. Due Monday: Vocab
3. Due Nov. 10: Ecological Footprint WS

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

OBJECTIVE:
#1. Explain the effect of temperature and surface area on the rate(speed) of weathering.

AGENDA:

• Finish Weathering Notes
• Weathering Lab
• Vocab, questions and notebook time

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: Weathering Notes questions
2. Due Monday: vocab cards
3. Due Nov. 10:  Ecological Footprint WS

Monday, October 31, 2011

*Happy Halloween everyone!  Be safe, kind, and courteous and eat your vegetables!!!*

AGENDA:

• Stamp/Go Over homework
• Weathering Notes
• Weathering Questions and Student work

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Wednesday: Weathering Questions and student work (choices 1-16)
2. Due Monday: Vocab words
3. Due Nov. 10: Ecological Footprint WS

Friday, October 28, 2011

AGENDA:

• Turn in Notebooks
• Stamp & Review the Study Guide
• Take Resources TEST
• Begin Reading about Hydraulic Fracturing

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Monday: Hydraulic Fracturing Reading and Questions
2. Due Nov. 10: Ecological Footprint WS

Thursday, October 27, 2011

*TEST and NOTEBOOK Due Tomorrow!!*

AGENDA:

• Resource Rules and Regs Notes
• Questions and Study Guide Time

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Tomorrow: Rules Q's
2. Due Tomorrow: Study Guide
3. Due Tomorrow: Resources Notebook
4. Due Nov. 10: Ecological Footprint WS

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

*TEST and NOTEBOOK Friday!*

AGENDA:

• Stamp/Go Over City of Hollister Questions and Map
• Protecting Resources Notes

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Tomorrow: Protecting Resources Questions (and maybe Rules Q's depending on how far we get today)
2. Due Nov. 10: What is my Ecological Footprint ws

NOTEBOOK
LEFT SIDE                      RIGHT SIDE
1. Earth's Resources           2. Objectives
3. Vocab p. 1*                   4. sentences (x1)
5. Vocab p. 2*                   6. sentences (x1)
7. Vocab p. 3*                   8. sentences (x1)
9. Earth's Rsrcs Notes       10. Mineral Rsrcs*
11. Fossil Fuel Chart *      12. Earth's Rsrcs Q's*
13. U.S. Coal Map*         14.
15. Alt. Energy Rsrcs        16. Q's
17. Air, Land....Notes       18. Water, Air..Q's
19. City of H Map*          20. Q's *
21. Protect Rscrs Nts       22. Q's*
23. Resources Rules...      24. Q's*

*Requries a stamp for full credit.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

*TEST and NOTEBOOK due Friday**

AGENDA:

• City of Hollister Map
• City of Hollister Questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: City of Hollister Map and Questions

Monday, October 24, 2011

*TEST and NOTEBOOK Friday!!*

AGENDA:

• Stamp Vocab
• Natural Resources Notes
• Natural Resources Questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Tomorrow: Natural Resources Questions
2. Due Friday: Noteobook and TEST

Friday, October 21, 2011

*Footage of the construction of dams along the Stanislaus River.  Thanks PG& for making this available!
        Tri-Dam project footage

AGENDA:

• Turn in signed grade printout.
• Energy Conservation at Home with Guest Speakers from UC MERCED - Thanks Ladies for a great lesson!
• Begin Natural Resources notes if time

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Monday: vocab cards
2. Due Monday: Alternative Energy Questions
1. Turlock Irrigation District (TID)
3. Due Friday: Notebooks and a TEST!
4. PRACTICE ENERGY CONSERVATION AT HOME - MAKE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT TODAY FOR A GREENER WORLD! :)

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

OBJECTIVE:
#3. Explain what alternative energy resources are and give 1 example.

AGENDA:

• Stamp/discuss homework
• Alternative Resources Notes
• Turlock Irrigation District (TID)

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: as many of the Alternative Q's as possible (depends on how far we get in the notes)
2. Due Monday: Vocab cards

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

OBJECTIVE:
#2. Explain what fossil fuels are and how they form.

AGENDA:

• Finish Earth's Resources Notes (per 5 & 6 only)
• Fossil Fuels Chart*
• US Coal Map*
• Earth's Resources Questions

* stamped in class for full credit (except per. 1)

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: Earth's Resources Questions
2. Due Monday: Vocab cards

NOTEBOOK
LEFT SIDE                        RIGHT SIDE
1. Earth's Resources            2. Objectives
3. Vocab p. 1                      4. sentences (x1)
5. Vocab p. 2                      6. sentences (x1)
7. Vocab p. 3                      8. sentences (x1)
9. Earth's Rsrcs Notes       10. Mineral Rsrcs. Q's*
11. Fossil Fuels Chart*      12. Earth's Rsrcs Q's*
13. US Coal Map*            14.

* must be stamped for full credit

Monday, October 17, 2011

AGENDA:

• New Calendars
• Earth's Resources Notes

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: Mineral Resources Questions (not 1st period)
2. Due Monday:  Vocab cards

Friday, October 14, 2011

*Last Day of the Quarter - 1st quarter grades will be out next week!*

AGENDA:

• Turn in 1st Quarter Calendars and Study Guides
• Take 1st Quarter Benchmark Test (will be counted as 10% of the semester grade)
• Sit in silence and contemplate how smart you are! :)

HOMEWORK:

1. NONE - ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND! :)

Thursday, October 13, 2011

*Benchmark Exam tomorrow - is 10% of your semester grade!  STUDY STUDY STUDY*
Review the Rock Cycle in an awesome video made by Shannon Reid!  Great Job!
         Rock Cycle Video

AGENDA:

• Work on Benchmark Study Guide
• Ask Mrs. H questions about the study guide.

HOMEWORK:

1. Finish and study benchmark study guide
2. STUDY STUDY STUDY  for tomorrows benchmark test!

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

~Minimum day today - school is out at 12:30 for students.~
*Rocks TEST and NOTEBOOK due today!*
**Friday is the last day of the quarter - study for the benchmark test!**

AGENDA:

• Turn in notebooks
• Take Rocks test
• Begin Benchmark Study guide

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Friday: Benchmark study guide - do as much as you can tonight! :)  Do the easy questions first!

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

*NOTEBOOKS and ROCKS TEST tomorrow.  There will be 0 time to work on notebooks in class tomorrow, so make sure they are ready to turn in!!
**Friday is the end of the quarter and we are taking the benchmark.  Be sure to review chapters 1, 2, 12, 13, and 3 and complete the study guide you will get tomorrow!**
- Tomorrow is an early out day - school ends at 12:30!-

AGENDA:

• Review Sed Rocks Chart / finish notes
• Sed Rocks Lab
• Notebook and homework time - use this time well as notebooks are due immediately upon arrival to class tomorrow!

HOMEWORK:

1. Sed Rocks Lab questions
2. Notebook - due tomorrow
3. STUDY FOR ROCKS TEST TOMORROW!

NOTEBOOK
LEFT SIDE                                RIGHT SIDE
21. Sed Rocks Notes                22. Sed Rocks Q's
23. Sed Rocks LAB*                24. Sed Rocks Lab q's

Earlier notebook pages are listed on earlier posts. 

Monday, October 10, 2011

*Rocks TEST and NOTEBOOK on Wednesday!*
**QUARTER ENDS FRIDAY- BENCHMARK TEST = 10% OF SEMESTER GRADE SO STUDY HARD!!!**

OBJECTIVE:
#4. Describe sedimentary rocks and how they form.

AGENDA:

• Stamp vocab cards & turn in grade printouts
• Sedimentary Rocks Notes
• Homework & Notebook time

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Tuesday: Sed Rocks Questions
2. Due Wednesday: Rocks Notebook
3. STUDY FOR ROCKS TEST ON WEDNESDAY!

Friday, October 7, 2011

*NOTEBOOKS AND TEST for Rocks Unit next Wednesday!!*
**End of Quarter is next Friday (in 1 week)!  Work hard to earn the grade that you want!**

AGENDA:

• Finish Metamorphic Rocks Notes
• Meta Rx LAB
• Hand out current grade printouts to get signed.
• Notebook and Vocab time

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Monday: Lab Questions
2. Due Monday: ALL VOCAB CARDS - DEFINTIONS AND PICTURES!
3. Due Monday: Parent Signature on grade printout.
4. Due Wednesday: Rocks Notebook

NOTEBOOK
LEFT SIDE                              RIGHT SIDE
17. Meta Rocks Notes             18. Meta Rocks Questions
19. Meta Rocks LAB*             20. Meta Rx Lab Questions

Thursday, October 6, 2011

*NOTEBOOKS AND TEST  on ROCKS next Wednesday!  This is the last test and notebook of the quarter!*

OBJECTIVE:
#3. Explain what metamorphic rocks are and how they form.

AGENDA:

• Igneous Rocks QUIZ
• Metamorphic Rocks Notes
• Notebook and Homework time

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Friday: Meta Rocks Notes questions
2. Due Monday: Ch. 3 Vocab
3. Due Wednesday: Rocks Notebook

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

*2 WEEKS LEFT IN THE QUARTER - WORK HARD TO GET YOUR GRADES UP!!*

OBJECTIVE:
#2. Describe the two types of igneous rocks and how they form.

AGENDA:

• Stamp homework questions
• Igneous Rocks Lab
• Notebook and Vocabulary word time

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Thursday: Igneous Rocks Lab questions
2. Due Monday: Vocab words (3 pages)
1. shoud be able to define and draw pictures for the following words today:  Rock, Rock Cycle, Igneous Rock, Magma, Lava, Intrusive Igneous Rock, Extrusive Igneous Rock, Porphyritic Texture, Coarse Grained, Fine Grained.

NOTEBOOK:
LEFT SIDE                                 RIGHT SIDE
1. Rocks!                                    2. Objectives
3. Vocab p. 1                              4. Sentences (x1)
5. Vocab p. 2                              6. Sentences (x1)
7. Vocab p. 2                              8. Sentences (x1)
9. Rock Cycle Reading               10. Reading questions*
11. Rock Cycle Art*                  12. Rock Cycle Questions*
13. Igneous Rock Notes             14. Questions*
15. Ig Rocks Lab                       16. Lab Questions*

~Notebooks will be due next Wednesday and cannot be accepted late, as it is the end of the quarter.  Make sure you are staying on top of it!!

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

*END OF QUARTER IN 2 WEEKS!!*

AGENDA:

• Stamp/Review homework
• Igneous Rocks Notes
• Igneous Rocks photos
• Igneous Rocks questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Wednesday: Igneous Rocks questions
2. Due Monday: Vocab cards

Monday, October 3, 2011

*2 weeks left in the quarter!!  Study and work hard and do what you need to do to bring your grades up!

OBJECTIVE:
#1. Describe what the rock cycle is and what it shows us about rocks.

AGENDA:

• Stamp rock cycle reading questions
• Rock Cycle Art and questions
• A rock cycle that is SIMILAR but not the same as the one in class.
• Rock Cycle Web sites to help you:
• Interactive Rock Cycle- great animations!!
• Good Animation of how Rock Cycle Works

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Tuesday: Rock Cycle art and questions

Friday, September 30, 2011

AGENDA:

• Turn in Minerals Notebook
• Stamp/review/turn in study guide
• Minerals TEST
• Rock Cycle reading and questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Monday: Rock Cycle reading and questions

Thursday, September 29, 2011

*Minerals TEST and NOTEBOOK tomorrow!!*

AGENDA:

• Why National Parks?  (cute bear video)
• Baby Bears Video
• Mineral ID Lab (turn in at end of class)
• Study guide/ notebook time

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Friday:  Minerals Test Study Guide
2. Due Friday: Minerals Notebook
3. STUDY STUDY STUDY!!!

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

*Mrs. H is back from Yosemite.  Check out the front page publicity our students in Wildlink Club got!!!  Mod Bee Wildlink Article


OBJECTIVE:
#4. Explain how to use mineral characteristics to identify an unknown mineral.

AGENDA:

• Stamp vocab/drawings
• Mineral characteristics notes
• Mineral Properties (interactive - explore the site)
• How to ID Minerals
• practice with mineral key

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Friday:  notebook and minerals TEST - be prepared!!

NOTEBOOK
LEFT SIDE                        RIGHT SIDE
19. Minerals Notes             20. 6 mineral groups
21. How to build p. 1*        22. How to build  p. 2*
23. Properties of minerals    24. Mineral ID practice

Friday, September 23, 2011

*Mrs. H will be gone on Monday and Tuesday to be in Yosemite with Wildlink.  The class will have a sub for these days.  They will watch and awesome video about the crystal caves in Mexico on Monday and then will do some other classwork on Tuesday.*

*MINERALS TEST AND NOTEBOOK NEXT FRIDAY, SEP. 30!!*

OBJECTIVES:
  #2. Explain what makes something a mineral.
  #3. Describe the 4 ways that minerals form.

AGENDA:

• Group Poster Time
• Formation of Minerals
• Animations that show mineral crystallization
• "Orbiting" for data

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Wednesday:  Finish the remaining vocab cards for the minerals unit.
2. Notebook - be sure everything is taped in in the correct order and that all of the work is complete!  They will be due again next Friday, Sep. 30!

Thursday, September 22, 2011

AGENDA:

• Changes of States of Matter
• Work Time
• Element Symbols Worksheet*
• New Elements Reading questions*
• Matter Poster*
• Color the periodic table (solid, liquid, gas) *
• Begin vocab words (element, atom, periodic table, solid, liquid, gas)
• Tape pages into your notebook

          * needs a stamp for full credit

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: any pages that should have been stamped today (*)
2. By Friday: extra credit relative dating worksheet.

NOTEBOOK:
LEFT SIDE                         RIGHT SIDE
1. Minerals Unit                    2. Objectives
3. Vocab p. 1                      4. sentences (x1)
5. Vocab p.2                       6. sentences (x1)
7. Vocab p. 3                      8. sentences (x1)
9. Bigger than a house...      10. Big Crystals Q's*
11. Atoms... notes              12. Matter Poster*
13. Periodic Table *           14. Elements of...*
15. Two ultraheavy ...         16. Ultraheavy...Q's*
17. Changes of State           18. Original student work

* requires a stamp for full credit

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

*Notebooks should be finished and returned to you tomorrow! *

OBJECTIVE:
#1. Describe what atoms are and explain how they create all the matter in the world.

AGENDA:

• New Seats
• Test Scores
• Stamp/Review homework
• Atoms, elements and matter notes
• Interactive Periodic Table
• Another interactive periodic table
• FREE Elementals App (like the ones in the video)
• MEET THE ELEMENTS song by They Might Be Giants
• Begin homework

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow:  elements worksheet and reading questions
2. By Friday: Extra Credit relative dating sequences

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

*Geologic Time TEST and NOTEBOOK today!!*

AGENDA:

• Turn in notebooks.
• Stamp/Review/Turn in Study Guide
• Geologic Time Test
• Crystals Reading page and questions
• More about Giant Crystals

HOMEWORK:

1. Crystals reading questions- Due tomorrow!
2. Extra Credit Relative Dating - optional, but DUE no later than FRIDAY!

Monday, Septemer 19, 2011

*Geologic Time TEST and NOTEBOOK  due tomorrow!!*

AGENDA:

• Turn in grade printouts
• Finish half life problems
• Putting it all together worksheet
• Study Guide time

HOMEWORK:

1. Study guide - due at begining of class tomorrow.
2. Notebook - Due at begining of class tomorrow!
3. Extra credit relative dating sequences - you have until Friday!

NOTEBOOK
LEFT SIDE                           RIGHT SIDE
23. Putting it all together   

All other notebook page orders can be found in previous posts.     

Friday, September 16, 2011

*Rally Schedule today.*
**TEST and NOTEBOOK for Geologic Time - Tues., 9/20!**

AGENDA:

• Finish Absolute Dating
• Half Life Lab
• grade handed out

HOMEWORK:

1. parent signature on grade printout - return for 20 points
2. finish lab questions
3. extra credit relative dating sequences - due by Wed. 9/21

NOTEBOOK
LEFT SIDE                               RIGHT SIDE
17. Fossils: a record of....            18. questions*
19. Absolute dating notes            20. Half live questions
21. Candyum Lab p. 1                22. Lab p. 2 (questions)

Thursday, September 15, 2011

*Maps TEST and NOTEBOOK moved to Tuesday, Sep. 20!!*

OBJECTIVE:
#4. Describe how to use 1/2 lives to find the age of a rock.

AGENDA:

• Stamp vocab cards
• Fossil Correlation
• Absolute Dating
• Radioactive Dating Game
• Another Radiometric dating explanation

HOMEWORK:

1. half live problems
2. extra credit rock sequences - Due no later than Wed. 9/21.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

*Vocab cards with definition and a picture are due at the beginning of class tomorrow!*

*Geo Time TEST and NOTEBOOK next Monday, Sep. 19!*

OBJECTIVE:
#3.  Explain how geologists use fossils to separate the geologic time scale.

AGENDA:

• Fossils Diagrams and questions
• all other notes questions
• vocab card time

HOMEWORK:

1. vocab cards - Due tomorrow!

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

*Next TEST: Geologic Time - Monday, Sep. 19th.
*Next Notebook Check: Geologic Time Unit - Monday, Sep. 19th.

OBJECTIVES:
#1. Explain how geologists figure out in which order rocks are deposited on Earth.
#2. Describe what fossils are and explain how they form.

AGENDA:

• Notebook Setup together as a class
• Fossils Notes
• Correlation with fossils (if time)

HOMEWORK:

1. Fossils Notes questions
2. vocab cards - definitions and pictures Due Thursday!!!

NOTEBOOK
LEFT SIDE                             RIGHT SIDE
1. Geologic Time Unit               2. Objectives
3. The Geo Time Scale rdng.    4. Geo Time Q's*
5. Vocab cards p. 1                 6. vocab sentences
7. Vocab cards p. 2                 8. vocab sentences
9. Geo Principles Notes          10. Questions*
11. Relative Dtng Activity       12. Relative Dtng w/Fossils
13. Relative Dtng Practice      14. Relative Dtng Part 2
15. Fossils Notes                   16. Questions*

*items must be stamped for full credit

Monday, September 12, 2011

*Tonight is BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT!!  Come and meet the teachers who are guiding your student on their academic journey this year!  We can't wait to meet you. :)*

AGENDA:

• Finish Geologic Principles Notes
• Geologic Sequences
• More relative dating practice
• more info on relative dating
• Practice Quiz on Relative Dating and Geo Principles

HOMEWORK:

1. Finish Geo Principle Questions
2. Finish Geo Sequences & Practice Sequence Part 2
3. Vocab cards - definition and picture DUE Thursday!

Friday, September 9, 2011

*Notebooks will be finished next week and returned on Tuesday.
Test scores will be shared on Tuesday too.

OBJECTIVE:
#1. Explain how geolgists figure out in which order rocks are deposited on Earth.

AGENDA:

• Stamp / Review Geo time questions
• Relative Dating Activity
• Geologic Principles Notes
• Questions / vocab

HOMEWORK:

1. Geologic Principle questions (per. 1, 3,4 &5 up to question #8; per 6 up to question 6.)
2. Vocab cards (definitions and pictures) - Due Thursday!!!

Thursday, September 8, 2011

*Mrs. H out - sub today!*

AGENDA:

• Turn in Maps Notebook
• Stamp/review study guide
• Take Maps TEST
• Geologic Time reading and questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Read Geo time article and answer questions- Due Tomorrow!

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

*Maps TEST and NOTEBOOK Due tomorrow!*
- notebook order can be found on several earlier blog posts.  Look for it in blue underneath the homework section!

OBJECTIVE:
#4. Describe how to make a profile of a topographic map.

AGENDA:

• Finish Logos country topo map questions
• Simple Topo profiles
• How to make a topo profile
• Study Guide

HOMEWORK:

1. Finish study guide - due tomorrow at the beginning of class.
2. STUDY FOR TEST! :)
3. Notebook - be sure it is together for tomorrow - it will be collected at the beginning of class.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

*Maps TEST and Notebook this Thursday!!Study!!*

AGENDA:

• Turn in grade printouts
• Logos country topographic map and questions
• Topo Map Help
• More topo map practice
• Topo profiles (if time)

HOMEWORK:

1. finish profiles (if they were started)
2. Study for Maps Test - Thrusday!
3. Get notebook together - Due Thursday!

NOTEBOOK
LEFT SIDE                        RIGHT SIDE
17.  Logos Country Map     18. Questions
19. Profiles (2)                    20. Matching maps and profiles

Please see earlier days for other Maps Notebook information.

Friday, September 2, 2011

*Maps TEST and Notebooks Due next Thursday, Sep. 8!*

OBJECTIVE:
#3. Explain how the contour lines on a topographic map show elevation.

AGENDA:

• Tropical Storm Katia
• Wunderground Info on Katia
• Hurricane Ike Questions
• Logos Country Topo map
• Grade printout

HOMEWORK:

1. Get grade printout signed and bring back Tuesday - 20 points!
2. Study for the Maps test next Thursday.

NOTEBOOK:
LEFT SIDE                          RIGHT SIDE
13. Hurricane Ike Map*         14. Map questions*
15. Map Scale Notes             16. Logos Map (you drew)

*Notebook items with a star must be stamped for full credit.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES:

1. Make your notebook neat and colorful - personalize it!
2. Bring in tape - 5 points each roll (up to 5 rolls allowed before progress report cutoff on 9/9.
3. ExtraCredit Book Questions -16 possible points!
1. COPY and ANSWER any of the Assessment questions for chapter 1 (q’s 1-16, found on page 29) at the end of the chapter.
2. Please LABEL YOUR PAPER clearly with your name, period, Chapter 1 Assessment Questions Extra Credit and the question #’s. Correct answers will receive 1 extra credit point each.

 AGENDA:

• Hurricane Katia
• Wunderground Info for Hurricane Katia
• Finish Hurricane Ike Map*
• Map Questions*
• Lat & Long Vacation Map*
• Vocab Cards* (officially due tomorrow)
• Time to work on extra credit questions if desired

HOMEWORK:

1. Vocab Cards - definition and picture due tomorrow.
2. any other notebook work (like vocab sentences) that you need to do.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

AGENDA:

• Tropical Storm Katia
• Wundergroung Info on Katia
• Wunderground Map of all Tropical Storms in World
• Go Over Lat & Long practice worksheet answers
• Plot Hurricane Ike
• Hurricane Ike questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Vocab cards - definition and pictures due Friday!
2. Lat & Long Vacation worksheet - due tomorrow!

NOTEBOOK
LEFT SIDE                              RIGHT SIDE
9.  Lat & Long Notes                10. Battleship
11. Lat & Long Practice            12. Lat & Long Vacation
13. Hurricane Ike Map*            14. Map Questions*

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

OBJECTIVE:
#2. Explain how we use latitude and longitude to locate a specific place on Earth.

AGENDA:

• Stamp HW questions
• Latitude and Longitude Notes
• Latitude and Longitude Practice
• Battleship
• Online Battleship Game
• Lat and Long practice worksheets

HOMEWORK:

1. Lat & Long practice worksheets.
2. vocab  cards - due Friday!

Monday, August 29, 2011

OBJECTIVE:
#1.  Name 2 different types of maps and what they can show us.

AGENDA:

• Stamp Turlock Map
• Hurricane Irene
• Types of Maps Notes
• Notes questions
• Vocab Cards

HOMEWORK:

1. Finish Maps Notes questions - due tomorrow!
2. Vocab cards - word, definition and small picture - Due Friday!
3. Paragraph about your map of Turlock.  What did you include and why?

NOTEBOOK

LEFT SIDE                            RIGHT SIDE
1. Mapping the Earth              2. Objectives
3. Turlock Map                      4. Paragraph about map
5. Vocab Cards                     6. Sentences (2 for each word).
7. Types of Maps Notes        8. Questions*

*Must be stamped (these are due tomorrow for a stamp)

Friday, August 26, 2011

OBJECTIVE:
#4. Demonstrate what you have learned about science and Earth's spheres by correctly answering test questions.

AGENDA:

• Hurricane Irene
• Google map of hurricane path
• Wunderground Hurricane Info
• Test Review
• Unit 1 TEST
• Make a map of Turlock assignment

HOMEWORK:

1. Complete your map of Turlock. Remember, as long as your map has the following, you can make this map any way you want, though it must be drawn by hand.
1. your house.
2. at least 10 important places that are important to you.
3. Pitman High School.
4. A title.
5. A legend.
6. A north arrow (north will always be at the top of the map).
7. use at least 3 different colors.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

*Notebooks Due Today!*
*Quiz on Chapter 1 tomorrow!*

OBJECTIVE:
#3.  Name and describe 1 piece of evidence for changes in the Earth's magnetic field.

AGENDA:

• Hurricane Irene Update
• Irene News (SFGate)
• Irene Photos
• Weather Underground Data for Irene
• Turn in notebooks
• Video (Magnetic Storm) and video questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Reveiw chapter 1 in your book for a quiz tomorrow.  Don't worry about section 3 on Maps.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

*Notebooks Due tomorrow!
- Science and Sphere's TEST (very small) on Friday!*

OBJECTIVE:
#2. Describe the shape of Earth's magnetic field.

AGENDA:

• Hurricane Irene
• Virginia Earthquake
• USGS Earthquake info
• Laughtershocks
• SF Chronicle Article
• Magnetosphere Lab and lab questions
• work time

HOMEWORK:

1. Finish lab questions.
2. be sure your notebook is complete!  2 pages or original student work due tomorrow.

NOTEBOOK

LEFT SIDE                        RIGHT SIDE
11.  Earth's Spheres Notes   12. Questions
13. Magnetosphere Lab       14.  Lab questions

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

*Notebooks Due Thursday!*

AGENDA:

• Makeup work forms/policy
• Objectives
• Hurricane Irene
•   Hurricane Irene Info
• Earth's Sphere's notes
• Earth's spheres questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Finish Earth's spheres questions - due at beginning of class tomorrow.

Monday, August 22, 2011

*First Notebook Collection will be this Thursday!*

AGENDA:

• Go to library to get textbooks. (keep books safe at home unless otherwise instructed)
• Work on Textbook Tour worksheet in class.

HOMEWORK:

1. Finish Textbook Tour worksheet.  Due Tomorrow!
2. Work on original student work in notebook.  2 pages can be completed.  1 under the Branches of Science questions and 1 under the Science Fair reading questions.
3. First Notebook Collection will be this Thursday!

Friday, August 19, 2011

AGENDA:

• Notebook Introduction
• Notebook setup

HOMEWORK:

1. Do 1 page of Original Student work.  Do this work under either the Branches of Science questions OR under the Science Fair reading questions.  Choose 1 of the 16 items as your work.
2. Per 6 only - finish and color your scientific method comic strip.

NOTEBOOK ORDER

LEFT SIDE                     RIGHT SIDE
1. Name page                2. Geoscience Notebook Setup Page
3. Science & Earth's...    4. Objectives page
5. Branches of Science    6. Branches Questions/student work
7. Scientific Method        8. Your comic
9. Science Reading         10. Reading Questions/ student work

Thursday, August 18, 2011

AGENDA:

• Class rules
• hand out Woe is Me passes
• Science Fair reading
• Reading questions
• work on sci method comic strip

HOMEWORK:

1. Bring notebook tomorrow please!
2. Parent signature due tomorrow.
3. Finish reading questions.
4. Finish comic strip.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

AGENDA:

• Finish Branches of Science Notes (per. 4, 5, 6)
• Branches questions (per. 4, 5, 6)
• Scientific Method Notes
• Scientific Method Comic

HOMEWORK:

1. get notebook - by Friday please
2. Parent signature
3. finish Scientific Method comic if started in class

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

AGENDA:

• Who is Mrs. Hollister?
• Student info notecard/popsicle sticks
• Branches of Science Notes
• Branches of Science questions

HOMEWORK:

1. get notebook - by Friday
2. parent signature 
3. Branches of Science questions

Monday , August 15, 2011

WELCOME BACK EVERYONE!

Agenda:

• Roll Call
• Course Intro/Syllabus

Homework:

1. get a spiral notebook for Friday
2. parent signature on course info sheet

Monday, May 23, 2011

*Final Exam Schedule 
     Wednesday:  Per. 1 & 2
     Thursday:      Per. 3 & 4
     Friday:          Per 5 & 6

AGENDA:

• Disaster Movie Presentations!!

HOMEWORK

1. Final Study Guide - DUE TOMORROW!!
2. STUDY -  the final is 10% of your semester grade!!

Friday, May 20, 2011

AGENDA:

• Finish Elegant Universe
• Turn in notebooks
• Work Time

HOMEWORK:

1. Disaster Movie Project - DUE MONDAY!
2. Study Guide - Due Tuesday!

Thursday, May 19, 2011

*6 more days of school!
**Notebooks due tomorrow for the last time!! :)
***Projects due Monday!
****Study Guide due Tuesday!

AGENDA:

• Stamp Big Bang storyboard and questions
• Video - Elegant Universe video and questions

HOMEWORK

1. Movie project - Due Monday
2. Study guide - Due Tuesday
3. Notebook - DUE TOMORROW!!

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

*Last day for Seniors- good luck to all of you!!!  Remember to work hard and be good to the Earth!

AGENDA:

• Finish Universe Notes
• Big Bang Theory storyboard
• Big Bang questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Finish Big Bang questions
2. MOVIE PROJECT - DUE MONDAY!!
3. Study guide - work on it every night.  Try to do 5-10 questions each night.

**NOTEBOOKS WILL BE DUE FOR THE FINAL TIME ON FRIDAY!! YAY!**

LEFT SIDE                               RIGHT SIDE
9. 25.3 Universe Notes            10. your universe drawing
11. Big Bang storybaord*        12. questions*

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

* 8 more days of school left!
*1 more day for Seniors!

AGENDA:

• The Universe notes

HOMEWORK:

1. Movie project - they are due next Monday - NO MATTER WHAT!!!

Monday, May 16, 2011

*10 days of school left!  Keep working hard- you're almost there!*

**If you need a little extra credit, you can bring in some supplies for next year. 
You may bring in any combination of the following up to 40 points.

• 1 box colored pencils - 5 pts. each
• 1 roll tape or tape re-fill - 5 pts. each
• 1 pair adult size scissors - 10 pts. each
• hand held pencil sharpeners - 1 pt. each
• 1 box colored pens - 5 pts. each
• 1 box hi-liter pens - 10 pts. each
• 1 bottle "white" or craft glue - 5 pts. each
• 1 basic (not graphing) calculator - 10 pts. each

AGENDA:

• SENIORS turn in review guide and notebooks.  Begin final benchmark exam.
• EVERYONE ELSE - work quietly on final study guide (astronomy section).  Students must finish 15 questions and at least 1 drawing or diagram before they are excused from class.

HOMEWORK:

1. movie project - due 1 week from today (May 23!)

Friday, May 13, 2011

*It's Friday the 13th!  Be safe and don't go camping and don't do any babysitting today for your own good! :)*

AGENDA:

• Stamp HR diagram, questions, Stellar life pics, questions.
• Watch Star Stuff video and answer questions
• Hand out grade printouts.

HOMEWORK:

1. Get grade check signed
2. work on movie project
3. finish coloring sun diagram

-Notebooks will be due one last time next Thursday or Friday!-

Thursday, May 12, 2011

*Seniors - Reviw guide due tomorrow!

-Mrs. H out for a meeting: sub today.  Be good and work hard!-

AGENDA:

• Draw life cycle of stars diagram from page 710 in book
• Answer questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Finish drawings and answer questions - due tomorrow for a stamp*
2. Finish HR Diagram and questions - due tomorrow for a stamp*
3. Work on movie project - Due Monday, May 23!

LEFT SIDE                               RIGHT SIDE
1. Visible light notes                 2. -------
3. HR Diagram graph*             4. HR Diagram questions*
5. Stellar Evolution pics*          6. Stellar Evolution questions*
7. Star Stuff video q's               8. Sun diagram (colored)*

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Agenda:

• Graph stars onto an HR Diagram
• Answer HR Diagram questions
• Check movie project rough drafts

HOMEWORK:

1. Answer HR Diagram questions
2. work on movie project!

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

*Disaster movie rough draft due tomorrow!

AGENDA:

• Finish spectra lab

HOMEWORK:

1. finish lab questions 1-13
2. Movie project rough draft.

Monday, May 9, 2011

*Last day for Astronomy Unit Extra Credit is Monday, May 16th!
45 possible points!
Copy and answer (letter and words) any of the Assessment questions for chapter 22 (q’s 1-10, found on page 639), chapter 23 (q’s 1-11 found on page 669), chapter 24 (q’s 1-12 found on page 695) and chapter 25 (q’s 1-12 found on page 725) at the end of these chapters.


Please LABEL YOUR PAPER clearly with your name, period, Chapter 22, 23, 24 or 25 Assessment Questions Extra Credit and the question #’s. Correct answers will receive 1 extra credit point each. THESE QUESTIONS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN MAY 17, 2010.


**Seniors - notes due Wed. and Review Guide due Fri!**

AGENDA:

• Turn in notebooks
• Visible light notes
• Spectra Lab

HOMEWORK:

1. Rough draft of movie project - Due Wednesday!

Friday, May 6, 2011

**Notebooks due Monday! (except 5th period - they were due today)**

AGENDA:

• Finish solar system information
• EM Spectrum Notes

HOMEWORK:

1. Finish labeling and coloring the solar system diagram.
2. Movie project rough draft - Due Wed.
3. Get notebooks together - they are Due Monday!!

LEFT SIDE                          RIGHT SIDE
21. Solar system facts chart    22. solar system diagram (labeled, colored)
23. 24.1 EM Spectrum Notes

Thursday, May 5, 2011

*Happy Cinco de Mayo!

AGENDA:

• Solar system search
• Share solar system information
• color solar system diagram

HOMEWORK:

1. color solar system diagram
2. movie summary - due tomorrow!

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

*Early out day - teacher meetings in the afternoon.

AGENDA:

• Work time for:
• Movie project facts and fibs
• Solar nebula storyboard
• solar nebula questions
• ALL OF THESE NEED TO BE STAMPED BY THE END OF CLASS!

HOMEWORK:

1. Movie project summary - Due Friday!

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

EXTRA CREDIT
*Astronomy extra credit questions are due by Monday, May 16!  Papers are on the front desk.

OBJECTIVE:
  5.  Describe how our solar system was fromed in 3 sentences or less.

AGENDA:

• Solar Nebula Theory storyboard*
• Solar Nebula Theory questions *
• Movie project facts and fibs

HOMEWORK:

1. Vocab cards page 2- Due tomorrow!
2. 5 facts and 3 fibs for movie project - Due tomorrow!
3. Tools of astronomy questions with printed picture - Due tomorrow!

LEFT SIDE                          RIGHT SIDE
11. Celestial object groups    12. Celestial Org. Questions*
13. 24.2 Tools of Astro        14. Questions*
15. Vocab p.2*                    16. Sentences
17. Earth-Moon-Sun pics     18. Eclipse descriptions
19. Solar Nebula Story         20. Questions*

Monday, May 2, 2011

AGENDA:

• Look at pictures from Hawaii - discuss all the awesome geoscience that Mr. H and I saw!
• Discuss Disaster Movie project facts and fibs.

HOMEWORK:

1. Vocab cards page 2 - definitions and pictures due Wed!
2. 5 facts and 3 fibs for disaster movie.
3. questions page (with printed picture) for 24.2 Tools of Astronomy notes.

Tuesday, April 20, 2011

OBJECTIVE:
 4. Describe two methods used by astronomers for looking at objects in space.

AGENDA:

• Tools of Astronomy notes
• Questions
• Movie project time

HOMEWORK:

1. Tools of astronomy questions - due with printed picture after spring break.
2. page 2 vocab cards - due after spring break.
3. Movie project- partner sign up and project chocie due this Thursday!!

Monday, April 18, 2011

AGENDA:

• Stamp/turn in homework
• Celestial Organization
• Movie Project Introduction

Geoscience Disaster Movie Plot Storyboard Guidelines
This is 500 point project that will go in the notebook category! Do it!!!

Assignment Objective:• Your assignment is to correctly apply your knowledge of geosciences to the world of Hollywood science fact and fiction by creating a movie story board.
• The story board and your movie pitch (you will be “selling” your movie to me in front of the class) will be completed on the Monday before your final or the Senior’s last day.
What is a story board?


Filmmakers use different elements to tell stories. Story boards focus specifically on the use of pictures to tell stories or movie plots. You (and up to one partner) will create a series of pictures and brief descriptions on the poster board that, if presented to a Hollywood executive (Mrs. H), would convince them to make your movie. Examples of real Hollywood storyboards can be seen in front of the classroom.

Requirements for a successful storyboard
Final Story board will be one of several things:
• Drawn or Photoshopped Images taped to a poster board showing movies progress OR
• Power Point slides OR
• Video Taped mini-segments
o       NOTE: if you choose to do a video, it can be no longer than two minutes but must tell the entire story.
o       Video groups can have a maximum of FOUR people in a group and ALL must share equal camera time. Capiche?


Vital Geoscience information needed:
 Your story must revolve around at least FIVE (5) factual Geoscientific topics we’ve covered this year or that are in your book (stuff that really could happen).
 You must note in the text on your story board the FACTUAL Geoscientific stuff and then offer support as to where the thing you depicted in your movie actually happened in real life (ex: This is a geosceintific fact: a woman in Modesto was hit by lightning in 2006 or, tornadoes picked-up cows and dropped them 50 miles away, etc).
 The real world support should be referenced. (For example, article from the Modesto Bee, April 23, 2006)
 You need to have at least THREE (3) Geoscientific movie fibs that are then explained in the notes as to how it could never happen in real life. Just stretch the truth of some geoscience topics. (ex: bolt of lighting struck the earth causing an EQ to open up. This could never happen because….)


Putting it all together
o The final story board will show pictures in the sequence of how your movie develops and must include the side notes supporting your facts or discrediting your fibs.
o Work need not be colored, but it should be detailed and clear. REMEMBER, YOU”RE TRYING TO SELL ME YOUR IDEA TO MAKE MILLIONS!! IMPRESS ME!

HOMEWORK:

1. Movie Project - decide on partner or no partner and type of project.  Due Thursday!

Friday, April 15, 2011

OBJECTIVE:
  3. Explain what a constellation is and give 1 specific example.

AGENDA:

• Stamp yesterdays questions.
• Go over answers.
• Read What are constellations? and answer questions
• Make your own constellation.
• hand out progress grade printouts.

HOMEWORK:

1. Finish vocab cards - due Monday.
2. Finish your constellation and story - due Monday.
3. Parent signature on grade printout.

LEFT SIDE                         RIGHT SIDE
1. Astronomy                        2. Objectives
3. Why study space?             4. Questions*
5. Vocab page 1                   6. vocab sentences
7. History of Astro Notes      8. Questions*
9. What are constellations?   10. Your constellation story.

Tuesday, April 14, 2011

OBJECTIVE:
 2. Name 2 astronomers and explain what they contributed to astronomy.

AGENDA:

• History of astronomy notes
• notes questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Finish notes questions*
2. vocab cards page 1 - Due Monday!

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

OBJECTIVE:
 1. Explain 1 way that astronomy has benefited mankind.

AGENDA:

• Why study astronomy? reading page
• Questions worksheet

HOMEWORK:

1. Finish reading questions worksheet*
2. Vocab cards page 1 - Due Monday!

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

CST Science Test in the morning - Go Science!

AGENDA:

• Review game for science test.

HOMEWORK:

1. Relax, get a good sleep - tomorrow we begin astronomy!

Monday, April 11, 2011

CST math test in the morning.

AGENDA:

• Review game for science test.

HOMEWORK:

1. Study your review cards for science test tomorrow!

Friday, April 8, 2011

CST History Test in the morning.

AGENDA:

• Review game for CST Science test.

HOMEWORK:

1. Study your review cards for Science test!

Thursday, April 7, 2011

CST English Test in the morning.

AGENDA

• Review game for CST Science Test

HOMEWORK:

1. Study your review cards!