21.10.13

Monday, October 21, 2013

*Benchmark Exam tomorrow - study so you can do great!*

AGENDA:

  • Turn in HW Calendars and Notebooks
  • Rocks TEST
  • Study for benchmark
HOMEWORK:
  1. Study for the benchmark!

18.10.13

Friday, October 18, 2013

*Rocks TEST and NOTEBOOK on Monday!  This is the last regular work that can change your grade this quarter.  Study, organize and make it count!*

**Geoscience 1st Quarter Benchmark is on Tuesday!  If you earn an 85% or better on the Benchmark I will raise your 1st Quarter grade by 5%!  Study all of your notes and labs for each unit since school started.**

AGENDA:

  • Stamp/Review HW
  • Sedimentary Rocks Lab and finish other rocks labs as needed
HOMEWORK:
  1. Due Monday: Rocks Paragraphs
  2. Monday: Rocks TEST and NOTEBOOK
  3. Tuesday: 1st Quarter Benchmark Exam

17.10.13

Thursday, October 17, 2013

*Mrs. H was out sick with the flu yesterday!  The Rocks TEST and NOTEBOOK will be on Monday now.*
** The 1st Quarter Benchmark will be on Tuesday. For the benchmark study all of the unit material for Earth's Sphere's, Maps, Geologic Time, Minerals, and Rocks.  A score of 85% or better on the benchmark will raise the quarter grade by 5%, so STUDY STUDY STUDY!!**

AGENDA:

  • Sedimentary Rocks Notes
  • Begin Sed Rocks Lab
HOMEWORK:
  1. Due Tomorrow: Sedimentary Rocks Questions
  2. Study for the Rocks Test and the Benchmark

15.10.13

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

*Rocks TEST and NOTEBOOK are scheduled for this Friday!*

AGENDA:

  • Stamp/Review HW
  • Metamorphic Rocks Notes
  • Begin Metamorphic Rocks Lab
HOMEWORK:
  1. Due tomorrow: Metamorphic Rocks Questions

14.10.13

Monday, October 14, 2013

*Rocks TEST (Ch. 3) and Notebook will be this Friday, 10/18.  Friday is also the end of the quarter.*

AGENDA:

HOMEWORK:
  1. Due tomorrow: Rock Cycle Questions
  2. Due tomorrow: Igneous Rocks Notes questions

Friday, October 11, 2013

*Sorry about the delay - my son is sick and that has distracted my brain!!!*

AGENDA:

HOMEWORK:
  1. Due Tuesday: Rock Cycle questions (look at Rock Cycle diagram to answer)
  2. Due Tuesday: Igneous Rocks questions

10.10.13

Thursday, October 10, 2013

*BEGIN ROCKS UNIT - CHAPTER 3 IN TEXT.  Rocks TEST and NOTEBOOK will be on Friday, October 18, the last day of the quarter!


AGENDA:

HOMEWORK:
  1. Due tomorrow: Rock Cycle reading questions
  2. Due tomorrow: finished rock cycle activity with graph and questions answered

9.10.13

Wednesday, October 9, 2013





Collect lovely Topaz crystals like these from Topaz Mountain, Utah.  These websites will tell you where to go and how to find them!


*Minerals Notebook Due tomorrow!*

AGENDA:

  • Minerals TEST
  • Rock Cycle reading and questions
HOMEWORK:
  1. Due tomorrow: Minerals Notebook
  2. Due Friday: Rock Cycle reading questions

8.10.13

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

*Minerals TEST tomorrow!  Study all of your notes and homework pages and the lab information.  Notebooks will be collected the next day (Thursday) because tomorrow is a minimum day.*

AGENDA:

  • Finish Mineral ID Lab
  • Study for Test
HOMEWORK:
  1. Study for the Minerals TEST tomorrow!
  2. Get your notebook ready to be turned in on Thursday!

7.10.13

Monday, October 7, 2013

* The Minerals TEST and NOTEBOOK have been postponed.  The Minerals TEST will now be on Wednesday, 10/9 and the Minerals Notebook will be collected on Thursday, 10/10.  This change has been made to give the class more time for the minerals ID lab and because Wednesday is a minimum day.*

AGENDA:

HOMEWORK:
  1. Study and review for the Test on Wednesday.
  2. Organize your notebook for collection on Thursday.