21.11.12

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

*Happy Thanksgiving!  Here is some information about Turkey Timers!*
Pop Up Turkey Timer History

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY!
***40 point EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY (20 points each paper) - Due Monday Dec. 3

1.Watch the Ken Burns documentary Dust Bowl on PBS Sunday and Monday night (or record it to watch when you can).  Dust Bowl Documentary Website

2.Write a detailed 1 page report on each epsiode of the show. (so you can turn in 1 page or 2 pages, depending on how much credit you want to earn).

3. In each paper talk about the which of the Earth's sphere's are invovled in that episode and how each sphere is interacting with the others to create what is happening to the land.  Also identify the Geoscience related information that we have been learning in class and how the geoscience processes helped to create the dust bowl.  Finally, discuss the signifigance that geoscience processes in general, and the dust bowl specifically, had on Amerinan History.

AGENDA
  • Stamp/Review Homework
  • Personal Water Use Chart - Due Monday Dec.3
  • CA Precipitation Map (in text on page CA14)
HOMEWORK
  1. Due Monday: CA Precipitation map colored and Precipitation Map Questions

20.11.12

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

*Remember - Dust Bowl Extra Credit Opportunity - see last Friday's post*

AGENDA:
  • Stamp/Review Homework
  • Water Cycle diagram and questions
HOMEWORK:
  1. Due Wednesday:  Water Cycle questions

19.11.12

Monday, November 19, 2012

*Dust Bowl extra credit opportunity - see last Friday's post!*

AGENDA:
  • Stamp/Review Homework
  • Running Water Notes
  • Begin homework questions
HOMEWORK:
  1. Due Tuesday: Running water notes questions
  2. Due Tuesday: vocab words from water cycle to meander (p. 1 and 1/2 of page 2)