Tuesday, November 19, 2013

AGENDA:

• Soils Lab
• Interactive US Soils Map
• Mass Movements Notes

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: Parent signature on grade - last day to turn in for 20 pts
2. Due tomorrow: Megaflood stories
3. Due Thursday: Mass Movements questions

Monday, November 18, 2013

AGENDA:

• Finish Megaflood video

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Wed. - signed grade printouts
2. Due Wed. - megaflood stories

Friday, November 15, 2013

*Grade Printouts were sent home today - they must be signed and returned by Wednesday, 11/20.*

AGENDA:

• Stamp HW - Soils Questions and Nitrogen Cycle Questions
• Check HW Answers
• Watch and Take Notes on first part of Mystery of the Megaflood
• Hand out grade printouts and return notebooks

HOMEWORK:

1. Due by Wednesday - parent signature on grade printout

Thursday, November 14, 2013

AGENDA:

• Nitrogen Cycle Reading and questions
• Soil Texture Lab Part 1

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: Soil Questions
2. Due tomorrow: Nitrogen Cycle Questions

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

*Begin Unit on Changes to the Earth's Surface, Ch 5 & 7 in the book.  The TEST and NOTEBOOK will be on Friday, Nov. 22!

AGENDA:

• Stamp/Review HW
• Re-write paragraphs comparing mechanical and chemical weathering
• Rate of Weathering Lab with antacid tablets

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: Rate of Weathering Graph and Conclusion questions
2. Due Thursday- Bring a baggie or small container of soil (dirt) from your yard for Thursday's lab.  This should not be potting soil that you can buy - it will not work.

Friday, November 8, 2013

*Happy Harvest Bowl- Good luck to both teams - be safe and have fun!*

AGENDA:

• Introduce Weathering Unit
• Weathering Notes
• Begin Homework

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Tuesday: Questions for Weathering Notes

Thursday, November 7, 2013

AGENDA:

• Turn in notebooks (except per 4 and 5 - they turn them in tomorrow)
• Resources TEST
• Rockfall Reading and questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: Rockfall Reading questions

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

*Ch. 4 TEST and NOTEBOOK tomorrow - study and do well on the test - remember, tests count more than notebooks in your grade!*

AGENDA:

• Stamp/Review HW
• CFL and Incandescent Bulb comparison

HOMEWORK:

1. STUDY FOR THE TEST - IT WILL HELP YOUR GRADE THE MOST
2. Organize your notebook - it will help your grade a lot, but not as much as the test.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

*Tomorrow is an early out day - school is dismissed at 12:30.*

AGENDA:

• History of Environmental Laws and Rules
• Update on Love Canal Pollution
• 20 point Extra Credit - Read the article above on the Love Canal and COPY and ANSWER the following questions.
• 1. How many years ago did the chemicals leak from the ground?
• 2. Why did people move into the area again?  What motivated them to live there?
• 3. What do the people who live there now say is happening to them?  Provide a specific example from the reading.
• 4. The families have filed a lawsuit.  Who is being sued?
• 5. What "Act" says that the company being sued is responsible for the chemicals?
• 6.  What are some of the claims made by the lawsuit? 
• 7. Do you think the people who are suing the company are right?  Explain your opinion citing details from the reading as support for your opinion.
• Begin homework
• Photos of Salmon Run on the Tuolumne River at La Grange

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: City of ______ Map (see previous day for details)
2. Due tomorrow: Questions for Protecting Resources

Monday, November 4, 2013

*Ch. 4 Earth's Resources TEST and NOTEBOOK will be due this Thursday!  Study and be prepared!*

AGENDA:

• City of ____________ - Design your own community of 2000 people that includes:
• A Map and a Legend
• Source of Water (1 per 1000)
• Source of Power (1 per 700)
• Waste Water Treatment Plant (1 per 2000)
• Solid Waste Landfill ( 1 per 2000)
• Places for people to live
• Places for people to buy food and other items
• Transportation system (cars, busses, trains, light rail, subway - you choose!)
• Farms to grow food (1 per 300)
• Green Space - places left in between cities for plants and not buildings
• Identify sources of pollution in your community (type and if it is pt. or non-pt. source)
• Source of minerals (a mine)

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Wednesday: City of _______ Community Map and Legend