Friday, May 22, 2015

**The Agenda for next week has changed!!  There will be a final exam that covers the entire year of the course.  Tuesday you have have the class time to develop a study guide that you may use on the final.  Your study guide must be handwritten - not typed!!**

AGENDA:

• Mystery Planet
• Group/Categorize Rock samples.  Take photos of them for later use if you want.
• Make concept maps of each of the different groups of rocks similar to the one we did together in class.
• Use the concept maps to determine what you now know and can describe about this planet you have never been to.  
• Use the Newspaper Template to write a newspaper article that explains to the public what we have learned about our mystery planet and how we know what we know.
• Include a diagram or picture that helps to explain what you know about the planet.
• TURN IN ON TUESDAY in this order:
• Newspaper article - 40 pts.
• Rock groups/descriptions - 20 pts.
• Concept Maps - 40 pts.

HOMEWORK:

1. Mystery Planet Activity!!

Thursday, May 21, 2015

AGENDA:

• Discuss agenda for the rest of the year

• Award for Best Overall Project Grade
• Award for Best Story
• Size of the Planets group activity

HOMEWORK:

1. Organize your notebook - Due Tomorrow!
2. Begin to study for Benchmark - Ch. 17-25 in the book.

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

AGENDA:

• Discuss Disaster Movie Expectations and return grades
• Second Chance on the Sun Model - make it better!!

HOMEWORK:

1. Continue to Improve your Sun Model if you decided to take it home
2. Organize your notebook - Due Friday!

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

AGENDA:

• Work on Sun Models - Due at the end of class!

HOMEWORK:

1. Organize Notebook - due Friday!

Monday, May 18, 2015

*Still grading the Disaster Movie projects!  Should be completed by Tuesday!*

*Sun Diagram Models are due at the end of class tomorrow!*

AGENDA:

• Discuss rules of Sun Model Diagram

Your final model:

• •Should be a visual diagram (85% picture vs. 15% words)  that should answer/explain the answer to the two following questions:
  •1.  How does the Sun produce energy and how does the energy get to Earth?
  •2. How long will the Sun produce energy?
  •Should be done without the use of large paragraphs. However, small, short explanations of 1 or 2 sentences are ok.
  •Should be original enough in design and format that it would not be considered a copy of anyone else's.  The best way to achieve this is simply to do your own original work.
  •Should not be plagiarized from the book or the internet in any way.  Again, this is easy to achieve if you just do your own work.
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  Remember:
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  •DO YOUR FIRST WORK IN PENCIL BEFORE YOU COLOR OR USE PEN!
  •Think about how the diagramatic models in the National Geographic magazines were constructed.
  •Think about what information you need to include – information that is not necessary will not improve your diagram and will often make it less effective.
  •Make everything neat and clear.
  •Use neat, careful writing.
• Work on models - due at the end of class tomorrow!

HOMEWORK:

1. Sun Diagram Model
2. Organize your notebook - Due Friday!