31.1.14

Friday, January 31, 2014

*Plate Tectonics Group Project will be Due on Thursday, February 20!  There will be a Plate Tectonics TEST and NOTEBOOK Check on Friday, February 21!*

AGENDA:

HOMEWORK:
  1.  Due Monday:   Final Lab write up.  Should include all procedures, observation notes, and the final explanation.  The final explanation should explain convection using all of the vocabulary words correctly and explain how your experiment or experiments did or did not show convection and why.
  2. Due by Wednesday: Signed grade printout

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES - ALL DUE BY FRIDAY, FEB. 21

1. COPY and ANSWER any of the listed Assessment questions for chapter 9 (q’s 1-20,     found on pages 275) at the end of t he chapter. 
Please LABEL YOUR PAPER clearly with your name, period, Chapter 9 Assessment  Questions Extra Credit and the question #’s.  Correct answers will receive 1 extra credit point each.  

2. Plate Tectonics  News Article write up (20 pts.) –Find a recent (within the last year) newspaper article about any of the topics covered in chapter 9.  Print or cut it out and write a 1 page paper about what the article says and how it is related to what we have learned about PLATE TECTONICS.

3. Bring tissues - it's allergy/cold/flu season and we are out of tissue.  Bring in a box of tissue for the class so we can keep our noses dry.  10 points for each box.  You may bring up to 3 boxes.

30.1.14

Thursday, January 30, 2014

AGENDA:

  • Thermal Convection Lab
HOMEWORK:
  1. Study for tomorrow's group quiz on Continental Drift (Ch. 9.1) and Thermal Convection and the vocab cards!
  2. Lab Write-up - Due on Monday!

29.1.14

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

AGENDA:

HOMEWORK:
  1. Due tomorrow: Be ready to perform your lab when class starts.  You must complete the lab and clean up before class is over.  The Lab paper will be due at the beginning of class on Monday.
  2. STUDY  for the next Group Quiz on Friday.  Study Continental Drift (ch. 9.2) and the thermal convection vocabulary as well as what thermal convection is.

28.1.14

Tuesday, January 29, 2014

*Study Chapters 8.4 and 9.2 for the group quiz tomorrow!*

AGENDA:

  • Stamp Homework
  • Continental Drift Notes
  • Continental Drift Lab
HOMEWORK:
  1. Study for the group quiz tomorrow - Chapter 8.4 and 9.2!
EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY:
  • 10 extra credit points to anyone who brings food coloring, paper towels, or 5 Styrofoam cups for our lab tomorrow.

27.1.14

Monday, January 27, 2014

AGENDA:

  • Take notes for Chapter 8.4 and 9.2 using graphic organizer.
HOMEWORK:
  1. Due Tomorrow: completed notes, answers to questions, and diagrams for chapter 8.4 and 9.2.  Be responsible and DON'T LET YOUR GROUP DOWN!!