Monday, September 10, 2012

*BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT FROM 6:30 TO 8:22.  EXTRA CREDIT FOR YOUR STUDENT IF YOU ATTEND!*

AGENDA:

• Stamp / Review Homework
• Map scale notes

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: Lat & Long Practice #2
2. Bring scissors for tomorrow!!

Friday, September 7, 2012

*Maps TEST and NOTEBOOK will be Friday, Sep. 14.*

*We are grading notebooks as fast as we can!  You will have them back soon, I promise! :)*

AGENDA:

• Stamp / Review Homework
• Hurricanes
• Wunderground Tropical Hurricane Page
• Hurricane Ike Lat & Long Map and Questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Monday: Hurricane Ike Map (with colors)
2. Due Monday: Hurricane Ike Questions

EXTRA CREDIT

1. Hurricane Katrina Lat and Long Map - do this map just like the Hurricane Ike map.  20 points if correct!

Thursday, September 6, 2012

AGENDA:

• Stamp Homework
• Discuss rational for map making
• Latitude and Longitude Notes
• Lat & Long Practice
• Lat & Long Practice #2
• Lat & Long Practice #3
• Battleship Game
• Online Battleship
• Latitude and Longitude practice worksheet

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: Latitude and Longitude Practice worksheet - both sides!

EXTRA CREDIT

1. 20 points!   Create your own latitude and longitude practice worksheet.  You must include a map, at least 10 locations to find, and the correct answers on a separate piece of paper.  (Be sure this is your own original work - I search the web a lot for this type of thing!)  Due no later than Monday, September 10.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

*Notebooks will be returned as soon as they are graded.  This may take a few days, so your patience is appreciated.*

AGENDA:

• Finish Map of Turlock
• Map Comparison

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: completed Map Comparison worksheet

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

AGENDA:

• Turn in notebooks to be graded
• Reveiw and turn in Study Guide
• Take Science and Earth's Sphere's TEST
• Begin Map of Turlock assignment

HOMEWORK:

1. NONE :)

Friday, August 31, 2012

*FIRST TEST AND NOTEBOOK CHECK ON TUESDAY!!*

AGENDA:

• Stamp HW
• Go over HW answers
• Earth System Notes
• Work time - study guide and/or Notebook organizing time

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Tuesday: Study Guide
2. Due Tuesday: Completed and organized notebook
3. STUDY FOR THE TEST!!

Thursday, August 30, 2012

*First TEST and NOTEBOOK check will be on Tuesday, Sep. 4!  Study and be prepared! :)

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• You can send a text message to (501) 232-4076 and write the message @geosc
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• Or you can do both.

I will send out homework reminders and test reminders occasionally (though not every day - that is what this blog is for! :) )

 

 AGENDA:

• Stamp Homework
• Magnetosphere Lab Answers
• Solar Nebula Theory storyboards and questions ws

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow:  Finished and COLORED Solar Nebula Theory storyboard
2. Due tomorrow: Completed Nebular Theory Questions

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

*First TEST and NOTEBOOK collection will be Tuesday, Sep. 4.  Study, get organized, and be ready!

AGENDA:

• Stamp Homework
• What is cheating?
• Go over Scientific Method sequencing homework
• Magnetosphere Lab

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: magnetosphere lab questions

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

*First TEST and NOTEBOOK will be due on Monday!

AGENDA:

• Absence procedure
• Scientific Method Notes
• Scientific Method comic strip

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: Scientific method practice worksheet
2. Due tomorrow: Scientific method comic - IN COLOR!

Monday, August 27, 2012

RIP Neil Armstrong

AGENDA:

• Stamp Homework
• Neil Armstrong remembrance
• NASA Neil Armstrong Biography
• Sphere's review
• Popsicle sticks, woe is me passes
• Reading
• Today's Science Reading
• Scientific Method Notes
• Sci Method Website

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: think of a problem you have had to solve in the last month - be ready to use it in class tomorrow.