Friday, August 30, 2013

*Enjoy your 3 day weekend!*

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EXTRA CREDIT

 - Remember, there is extra credit explained on the Science & Earth's Sphere's page.  Also, if you bring in a 3-hole punch to be used in class, you can earn 50 extra credit points!

AGENDA

• Stamp/Review homework
• Magnetic Fields Lab
• Earth's Magnetic Field
• How Earth's magnetic field is created
• Aurora Borealis Info
• Wikipedia Super detailed definition
• Aurora explanation from How Stuff Works
• Great VIDEO of Aurora in Tromso, Norway
• VIDEO of Aurora in Galena, Alaska
• Begin lab questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Tuesday: finish any lab questions that are not complete
2. Due Tuesday: Notebook - be sure that your pages are all in the correct section and the correct order.  You will not have any time at the beginning of class to organize your notebook so be sure it is read to go!
3. TEST #1 is on Tuesday - be sure to study all of the pages in the Notes and Homework section.  Tests are HALF (50%)  of your grade, so be sure to study and be prepared!

Thursday, August 29, 2013

REMIND 101

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EXTRA CREDIT

 - Remember, there is extra credit explained on the Science & Earth's Sphere's page.  Also, if you bring in a 3-hole punch to be used in class, you can earn 50 extra credit points!

AGENDA

• Stamp/Review Homework
• Definition of Cheating
• Magnetosphere Reading for Lab tomorrow

HOMEWORK

1. Due tomorrow: Debriefing questions for Pea gravel observation

*TEST # 1 and the first Notebook check will be on Tuesday Sep. 3.  Be sure to study all of the pages and information found in the Notes and Homework section of your notebook and be sure that your notebook is organized.*

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

REMIND 101

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AGENDA:

• Solar nebula theory reading
• Solar nebula theory comic strip (in color) / pea gravel identification
• Solar nebula theory questions 

HOMEWORK

1. Due tomorrow: Solar Nebula Theory comic strip (in color) and questions

EXTRA CREDIT

 - Remember, there is extra credit explained on the Science & Earth's Sphere's page.  Also, if you bring in a 3-hole punch to be used in class, you can earn 50 extra credit points!

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

AGENDA:

• Stamp/Review Homework
• Scientific Observation
• Observations of Pea Gravel

HOMEWORK:

1. Organize your 3 ring notebook tonight!

NOTEBOOK ORGANIZATION

*Remember to have your notebook (or binder - I use both names) organized into 3 sections separated by dividers.  The dividers should be titled and have the following papers in them in the correct order.  Papers that are out of order will lose points when notebooks are graded!

• CLASS PAPERS

1. Calendar
2. Geoscience with Mrs. Hollister
3. Geoscience Notebook Setup

• SCIENCE SKILLS

1. Science Root Words 
2. Science Root Words practice page*
3. Geoscience Textbook Tour*

• NOTES & HOMEWORK

1. Science & Earth's Spheres
2. Earth as a System Notes
3. Earth's Spheres questions*
4. What kind of crap experiment...reading
5. Judging the Science Fair questions*
6. The Scientific Method Notes
7. Steps of the Scientific Method Practice*

* = needs a stamp for full credit. If you do not have the work done on time for a full credit stamp you can still earn half of the points by completing the work by the time notebooks are due to be graded.

Monday, August 26, 2013

*Remember, there is EXTRA CREDIT written on the Science and Earth's Spheres Unit page and you can get 50 extra credit points if you bring in 1 3-hole punch for our class to use this year. (limit 1 3-hole punch per student)

AGENDA:

• Stamp/Review homework
• Science Fair Reading
• Scientific Method Notes

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: Steps of the Scientific Method Practice and Science Fair Reading questions 

Friday, August 23, 2013

*Congratulations - you made it through the first week of school!  Only 175 more days to go - I promise I will do my best to fill them with interesting activities and information!

Check out InciWeb for information about the fast growing Rim Fire!

• Rim Fire on Inciweb

AGENDA:

• Get textbooks - keep at home in a safe place
• Set up 3 ring notebook
• Textbook Tour worksheet

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Monday: Textbook Tour worksheet

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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Remember to bring your class supplies tomorrow!  You should have:

• 3 ring binder
• colored pencils
• scissors
• calculator
• 3 tabbed dividers (you may be excused from these if you can't get them.  we will make them.)

AGENDA:

• Stamp/Review Homework
• Systems group activity
• Earth as a system Notes

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Friday: signed syllabus form
2. Due Friday: class supplies!  (see above)
3. Due tomorrow: Earth's spheres questions (written in complete sentences)

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Great work today - it was fun to learn about everybody in class today!  Thanks for sharing.  :)

AGENDA:

• Finish group posters
• Group presentations/introductions
• Scientific words - prefixes, roots, and suffixes

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Friday: signed syllabus form
2. Due Friday: class supplies (see Monday's post for more details)
3. Due tomorrow: Science root words worksheet

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Awesome thunderstorms last night!  Check the weather for the rest of the week here:

• Weather Underground - Turlock

AGENDA:

• Finish Syllabus
• Mrs. H Introduction
• Group Posters

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Friday: signed syllabus form
2. Due Friday: Class supplies (see yesterdays post for more details)

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Monday, August 19, 2013

WELCOME BACK EVERYONE!  Today is a minimum day and school is out at 12:30.

AGENDA:

• Seating
• Roll Call
• Course Intro and Syllabus

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Friday: signed syllabus form
2. Due Friday: class supplies
1. *3 ring binder
2. 3 tabbed dividers
3. *colored pencils
4. *Scissors
5. *calculator

*indicates item is required for class

REMIND 101

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