Thursday, December 6, 2012

*Ch. 6 Water TEST and NOTEBOOK are tomorrow.  STUDY AND PREPARE FOR THIS TEST - IT IS A LARGE AND IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR GRADE!*

AGENDA:

• Stamp/Review Homework
• Finish Floods Notes
• CA Water Projects map and questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow:  finish CA Water Projects map and questions, notebook, and STUDY FOR THE WATER TEST!

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

* Ch. 6 Water TEST and NOTEBOOK are this FRIDAY!!*

AGENDA:

• Stamp/Review Homework
• Finish GW contamination activity (per 5 and 6 only)
• Floods Notes

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: Water Unit Review Concept Map
2. Due Friday: TEST on Ch. 6 Water and the notebook

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

* Ch. 6 Water TEST and NOTEBOOK are this Friday! Study and be prepared!!*

AGENDA:

• Turn in What The page and get a new one
• Finish Personal Water Use graph and turn in
• Finish Groundwater Contamination Activity
• News Article on Hilmar Cheese
• Hilmar Cheese Pollution Report Site
• Report with Details on Plan to cleanup Hilmar Cheese - lots of good maps and figures at the end!

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: Hilmar Cheese Groundwater Contamination Personal Resonse paragraphs
2. STUDY FOR FRIDAYS TEST!!

Monday, December 3, 2012

*Ch. 6 Water TEST and NOTEBOOK are this FRIDAY!! Study every night and be prepared!*

AGENDA:

• Water QUIZ #1
• Graphing Personal Water Use

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: personal water graph - your graph and all of the questions that pertain only to your own data.
2. Due Friday: notebooks and a test - study and be prepared!!

Thursday, November 29, 2012

*Mrs. H will be gone tomorrow  - the class will be doing a map activity and it should be turned in before they leave class.  Everyone have a great and safe weekend - the weather forecast is linked below!*
Weather Forecast
Weather RADAR
Scientific Forecast Discussion


AGENDA:

• Stamp/Review Homework
• Groundwater contamination activity parts 1 and 2

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Monday: the rest of the vocab - so all the vocab pages 1-4 should be completed!
1. Study for a QUIZ on Monday!!!

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

AGENDA:

• Stamp/Review Homework
• Groundwater Notes
• Groundwater questions homework

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Thursday: groundwater questions

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

*Start studying and reviewing the notes and homework for Ch. 6 on Water.  The test and notebook, which are next week, will be a big part of the grade for this quarter.*

AGENDA:

• Stamp/Review homework
• Tales of the San Joaquin video

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Wednesday: vocab words from page 2 bed load to page 3 divide.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Welcome Back - I hope you had a great Thanksgiving!

AGENDA:

• Stamp/Review Homework
• Work of Streams Notes
• Begin Homework

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Tuesday: Work of Streams Questions
2. Due next Monday: completed personal water use chart - please fill out every day!

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

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