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Sept. 4, 2012
Do Now
Objective(s)
• Find your seat by color & 1. Introduction
number
2. Demos & observations
• Fill out the index card
like the example
Pd. ___
Seat Color/# _______
Name: Michel Skinner Called: “Mrs. Skinner”
Fav. musician(s): Death Cab, Dashboard
Hobbies/sports: Swimming, running, knitting
Fun Fact: I have 3 cats; I’m a vegetarian
Summer: Worked at science camp, went to
Mexico & SC
HW: None
Sept.5, 2012
Do Now
• Begin filling out the
Self Evaluation
Objective(s)
1. Classroom procedures
2. Lab safety
HW: Get classroom
procedures & lab safety
signed by tomorrow
Sept. 6, 2012
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Objective(s)
• Get out HW
• Please take a copy
of the scantron &
put your name &
period on it
• Prop up folders for
privacy
1. Pretest
2. Course expectations
HW: Bring binder &
composition book
September 7, 2012
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• Late HW??
• Grab a textbook
from the cabinet &
write your name in
it.
Objective(s)
1. Textbooks issued
2. Table of Contents
3. Go over Pretest
HW: All materials by
Monday
September 10, 2012
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Do Now
What is the measurement
below in cm (where arrow
is pointed)?
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End
Objective(s)
1. Table Top Physics pgs.
1-3
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HW: Pg. 4 of Table Top
Physics
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September 11, 2012
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• Get out HW!
• What is the surface
area of the box below?
What is the volume?
Objective(s)
1. Finish Table Top
Physics pgs. 1-3
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4 cm
6 cm
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3 cm
End
HW: None
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September 12, 2012
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Do Now
• How would you
measure the volume
of a marble or a
pencil?
Objective(s)
1. Table Top Physics pgs.
5-7
2. Academic Integrity
activity
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End
HW: pg.8 of Table Top
Physics
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September 18, 2012
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Objective(s)
1. Dimensional Analysis
• Get out HW!
• Convert the
following:
– 24.5 cm hm
– 145 dL mL
– 0.25 kg dag
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End
HW: Dimensional analysis
problems
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September 19, 2012
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• Get out HW!
• A condor has a wing
span of 3.05 m.
What is the wing
span in inches?
Show work!
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End
Objective(s)
1. Dimensional Analysis
Problems
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HW: Finish Problems;
Quiz Fri.
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September 20, 2012
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Do Now
• Get out HW!
• 86 feet/min
m/sec
• Show work & units!!
Objective(s)
1. Cricket lab
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HW: Study for Quiz Fri.
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End
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September 21, 2012
Do Now
• Get PENCILS
sharpened
• Put up folders for
privacy
• When done with quiz
QUIETLY work on
Cricket Lab
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End
Objective(s)
1. Quiz
2. Cricket lab
*DO NOT NEED TO COPY
HW: None
September 24, 2012
Do Now
• When testing which
detergent works the
best, what are the
variables? Control?
Constants?
Objective(s)
1. Scientific Method
Notes
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HW: Sponge Bob WS
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End
September 25, 2012
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• Pass HW to center
of table!
• What is the
independent variable
in the cricket lab?
Dependent? Is
there a control?
Constants?
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End
Objective(s)
1. Cricket Lab
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HW: Cricket Lab due
Thursday
September 26, 2012
Do Now
• Late HW??
• Briefly describe the
steps of the
scientific method.
(USE NOTES to
help!!)
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End
Objective(s)
1. Atoms Video
w/questions
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HW: Cricket Lab due
tomorrow!
September 27, 2012
Do Now
• Pass Cricket labs to
center of table
• What are the 3
parts of an atom?
What charges do
they get?
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End
Objective(s)
1. Notes on Atoms
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HW: Atomic Math
Challenge WS; Test
Thurs!
September 28, 2012
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Do Now
• Get out HW!
• Get out your
composition book for
your do now quiz
Objective(s)
1. Do now quiz
2. Not so “Bohring”
atoms
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HW: Test Thursday!
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End
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October 1, 2012
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Do Now
• Grab a laptop & log
in
Objective(s)
1. Atom Builder
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End
HW: Back of Atom
Builder; Test Thursday!
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October 2, 2012
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•
•
•
•
Protons=12
Neutrons=12
Electrons=10
What element is
this? What is the
atomic #? Mass #?
Charge?
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End
Objective(s)
1. Ch.2 Reading guide
2. Finish Atom Builder
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HW: Test Thursday!
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October 3, 2012
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Do Now
• What is a charged
atom called? When
does this happen?
What happens when
an atom has a
different number of
neutrons?
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End
1.
2.
3.
4.
Objective(s)
Go over Spongebob WS
Catch up day
Study guide
Brain pop (if time)
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HW: Test tomorrow;
Notebook check ready!
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October 4, 2012
Do Now
• Get PENCILS
sharpened
• Put up folders for
privacy
• Pile binders on lab
station
• When done, take
down folder & read
quietly!
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End
Objective(s)
1. TEST
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HW: None
October 5, 2012
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Do Now
• Get Notebooks from
lab stations if not
gotten yesterday
• How much did you
study for your test?
What/how did you
study?
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End
Objective(s)
1. New Table of contents
2. Current Event
Guidelines
3. Brain pop Minerals
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HW: None
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October 9, 2012
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Do Now
• What’s a mineral?
How did Tim &
Moby test minerals?
Objective(s)
1. Mineral Notes
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End
HW: Read pgs. 96-102 &
Do Qs 1-5 CS loose leaf
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paper
October 10, 2012
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Do Now
• Pass HW to center
of table
• Describe the 5
characteristics of a
mineral.
Objective(s)
1. Mighty Minerals
project
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End
HW: Mighty Minerals
project due Friday!
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October 11, 2012
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Do Now
• Even though they
come from the earth,
why isn’t coal or
cement considered a
mineral?
Objective(s)
1. Finish Mineral notes
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End
HW: Mighty Minerals
project due tomorrow!
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October 15, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
1. Mineral Lab
• How is fracture
different from
cleavage?
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End
HW: Ch. 5 Reading guide
due Wed.; Quiz Thurs.!
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October 16, 2012
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Do Now
-What are the
two main groups
of minerals?
What is the
difference
between these
groups?
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End
Objective(s)
1. Mineral Lab
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HW: Ch. 5 Reading guide
due tomorrow.; Quiz
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Thurs.!
October 17, 2012
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Do Now
-Get out HW!
-Is H20 a
mineral? If so
when? (think
about the 5
characteristics)
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End
Objective(s)
1. Finish Mineral Lab
2. Finish Mineral Mania
3. Review for Quiz
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HW: Quiz tomorrowSTUDY!!
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October 18, 2012
*NO NOT NEED TO
Do Now
-Get pencils
sharpened
-Prop up folders
-When done with
quiz-turn over &
read article
quietly
End
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Objective(s)
1. Quiz
2. Read Article
HW: None
Directions:
1. Scan the article once-looking at pictures, titles, captionsthink about what you think the article will be about
2. Now read the article entirely.
3. Turn the article over & jot down a few main ideas (bullet
info not complete sentences) on the back without looking
back at the article.
4. Reread the article once more with a highlighter or pencil
& jot notes in the margins, underline or highlight important
information.
5. Get out your current event guidelines & a pencil. As you
do each of the parts on loose leaf paper read that section
of your current event guidelines carefully.
October 19, 2012
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Do Now
-How is a
summary
different from
paraphrasing?
Objective(s)
1. Summarizing &
paraphrasing
2. Practice current event
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HW: None!
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End
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October 23, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-How do you think 1. Brain pop- Rocks
a rock is different 2. Rock Guided notes
from a mineral?
-Get out a piece of
loose leaf & write
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your name & the
HW: Read pgs. 118-120
HW at the top
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End
& Do Qs 1-4 on loose
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leaf CS!
October 24, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Pass HW to center
of table
1. Journey through
the rock cycle
-What are the 2
types of lava? Give
3 differences
between them.
What type of rock
do they form?
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End
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HW: None
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October 25, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Compare & contrast
intrusive & extrusive
rocks using a Venn
diagram.
1. Rock Notes
2. Reading Guide
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End
HW: Finish Ch.6 Reading
Guide
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October 26, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out HW
-Compare & contrast
Igneous &
metamorphic rocks.
Give an example of
each.
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End
1. Rock Video w/Qs
2. Pet rock project
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HW: Current Event due
Nov. 1; Find rock for Pet
rock project
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October 31, 2012
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Do Now
-Begin reading
the lab
End
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Objective(s)
1. Rock Lab-Igneous
HW: Current Event due
Friday; pet rock project
due 11/8
November 1, 2012
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Objective(s)
1. Rock Lab
-What are the 3
types of
sedimentary rocks?
Give an example of
each.
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End
HW: Current Event due
tomorrow!; Pet rock
project
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November 5, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-What are the 2
types of
metamorphic rock?
Give an example of
each.
1. Rock LabMetamorphic
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HW: Pet rock project
due 11/8
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End
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November 7, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Sketch the rock
cycle with the 3
types of rocks &
the processes that
change them from
1 to another.
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End
1. Finish Rock Lab &
Qs
2. Work on Pet Rock
project
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HW: Pet rock project
due tomorrow!
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November 8, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out Projects
-List the 3 main
rock types, how
they form & an
example of each
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End
1. Present Pet rock
projects
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HW: Rock Lab Questions
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November 9, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Take out your lab
-List the igneous
rocks that were
FELSIC. What
does that mean
they contain a lot
of?
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End
1. Finish presenting
2. Go over Rock
riddles
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HW: Test Thursdayrocks & minerals
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November 12, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out Rock labs
-Describe the
stages of the
formation of
marble (use lab or
book)
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End
1. Mineral/Rock
Dominoes review
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HW: Rock Study guide
due Wed.; Test
Thursday-rocks &
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minerals
November 13, 2012
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Do Now
-Get Dominoes &
pick up where you
left off
End
Objective(s)
1. Finish Mineral/Rock
Dominoes review
2. Work on study
guide
HW: Rock Study guide
due Wed.; Test
Thursday-rocks &
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minerals
November 14, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out study
guides
-Describe the
igneous intrusions
we learned about.
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End
1. Test review
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HW: Test tomorrowrocks & minerals-STUDY;
Notebook check too!
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November 16, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-How did you study 1. Bill Nye-Earth’s
Crust w/questions
for the test? How
long? Did you feel
that you prepared
enough?
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HW: None
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End
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November 19, 2012
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Do Now
-Begin reading
Journey to the
center of the
Earth
Objective(s)
1. Journey to the
center of the
earth Article with
questions
HW: None
End
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November 26, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-What do you know 1. Continental drift
notes
about continental
drift?
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HW: Read pages 172175 & Do qs 1-5 CS
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End
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November 27, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out HW
-What evidence did
Wegner have to
support his
continental drift
hypothesis? Why
didn’t scientists
believe him?
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End
1. Sea floor spreading
activity
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HW: None
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November 29, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-What is seafloor 1. Brain pop
2. Plate tectonic
spreading? What
notes
landform feature is
associated with it?
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HW: Movement of
lithospheric plates WS
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End
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November 30, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out HW
-What are the 3
major boundary
types? Name a
landform feature
of each.
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End
1. How fast some
plates move
activity
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HW: Quiz Wed. on Ch.8
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December 3, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-What are the 3
types of
convergent
boundaries? What
forms at each?
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End
1. Finish How fast
some plates move
activity
2. Volcano brochure
project
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HW: Read pgs.176-179
& Do Qs 1-5 CS; Quiz
Wed.
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December 4, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out HW
1. Volcano Notes
-Sketch the layers
of the earth &
label.
Use terms: outer
core, mantle, inner
core, crust,
lithosphere,
asthenosphere
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HW: Quiz tomorrow;
optional dominoes for
review on website
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December 5, 2012
*NO NOT NEED TO
Do Now
-Get pencils
sharpened
-Prop up folders
-When done with
Quiz-turn over &
read quietly
End
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Objective(s)
1. Quiz
HW: Read pgs. 194-201
& Do Qs 1-4 COMPLETE
SENTENCES!!
December 7, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
1. Finish Volcano
-What are the 2
Notes
types of mafic
lava? How do their 2. Volcano projects
textures differ?
USE NOTES!!!!
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HW: Volcano project due
Mon.
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End
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December 10, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out Volcano
brochure & rubric
1. Volcano Video
(make sure name is on
rubric & tuck inside
brochure)
-Describe the 3
types of volcanic
cones.
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End
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HW: Volcano Crossword
WS
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December 11, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Pass HW to center
of table
-Late projects??
-Where are the 3
volcano zones? (USE
NOTES!)
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End
1. Volcano Tracking
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HW: Finish Lab Qs
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December 12, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Where do most
1. Earthquake notes
volcanoes occur? Why 2. Work on Volcano
do you think that is?
tracking
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End
HW: Read pgs.214-216 &
Do Qs 1-5 in complete
sent.
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December 13, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-How do seismologists
determine the
epicenter of an
earthquake?
1. Earthquake Search
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HW: EQ characteristics
WS
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End
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December 14, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out HW
-Compare and
contrast the 3 types
of seismic waves.
1. Go over Crossword
puzzle
2. Catch up day
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End
HW: Test Thursday on
Plate tectonics, Volcanoes,
Earthquakes
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December 17, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Contrast the 2 types 1. Wave that shook
of scales that
the Earth Video
measure EQ activity.
w/Qs
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HW: Test Thursday on
Plate tectonics, Volcanoes,
Earthquakes & notebook
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check
December 18, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out video
questions
-Begin cutting out
dominoes
1. Domino review
2. Wave that shook
the Earth Video
w/Qs
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End
HW: Test Thursday on
Plate tectonics, Volcanoes,
Earthquakes & notebook
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check
December 19, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-What are the 3
earthquake zones?
1. Jeopardy Review
2. Wave that shook
the Earth Video
w/Qs
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HW: PR signed; Test &
NC tomorrow—STUDY!!
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End
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December 20, 2012
*DO NOT NEED TO
Do Now
-Binders on lab
benches, pass PR
sheets to center
of table
-Prop up folders
-When done with
Test-turn over &
read quietly
End
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Objective(s)
1. Test
HW: None
December 21, 2012
*DO NOT NEED TO
Do Now
-Get out video
Qs
End
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Objective(s)
1. Wave that shook the
world
HW: Current event &
Xtra credit
January 4, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-What is the
difference between
renewable and
nonrenewable
resources? Give an
example of each (use
HW or web quest)
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1. Fossil fuels
graphing
2. Finish Web quest
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HW: Ch.7 packet due on
Wed.; Current event due
1/23
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January 7, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-If we’re going to run 1. Brain pop
out of non renewable
w/questions
resources & they’re
2. Finish Fossil fuels
bad for the
graph &/or
environment why do
webquest
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we use them more
than renewable?
HW: Ch.7 pg. 2 (packet
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End
due on Wed.); Current
event due 1/23
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January 8, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-What are fossil
fuels? What effect
does burning them
have?
1. Read “The Lorax”
2. Discussion Qs
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HW: Ch.7 pg. 3 (packet
due on Wed.); Current
event due 1/23
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January 9, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Pass your Ch. 7
packet to the center
of the table
-What kind of
resource were the
truffula trees?
Explain why this could
have more than 1
answer.
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1. Geologic Time
Project
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HW: Project due Fri;
Current event due 1/23
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January 10, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Late HW??
-Get to work on your
Geologic time line
project!
1. Geologic Time
Project
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HW: Project due Fri;
Current event due 1/23
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End
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January 11, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get together with
1. Geologic Time
your partner(s) and
Project
finish up your project! 2. Presentations
You only have 15
minutes!
HW: Current event due
1/23! Midterm 1/23 & 1/24
End
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January 14, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out your
Timeline notes!
-What was it like
during the Ordovician
period?
1. Project
presentations
2. Earth Time Line
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HW: Geologic Time WS;
Current event due 1/23
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End
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January 15, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out your HW
1. Earth Time Line
-If 1 mm=1 million
years, How many
millimeters (mm) would
542 million years be?
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How many centimeters
HW: Current event due
(cm)?
1/23
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January 16, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Late HW?
1. Earth Time Line
-How long ago did the
first reptiles appear?
How many centimeters
from present would
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that be marked?
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End
HW: Conclusion Qs to
Earth Time line
Current event due 1/23
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January 17, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-How long were each
of the eras? Put
them in order from
longest to shortest.
1. Finish
presentations
2. Midterm Study
guide
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HW: Show me article for
current event tomorrow!;
Midterm 1/23 & 1/24
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January 18, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out article &
rubric for current
event
-Differentiate
between independent
& dependent
variables, control &
constant.
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End
1. Midterm Study
guide
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HW: Current event due
1/23; Midterm 1/23 &
1/24
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January 22, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-What makes a
mineral a mineral and
not a rock or
something else?
1. Midterm Study
guide Qs?
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HW: Current event due
Fri. 1/25; Midterm 1/23 &
1/24
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January 23, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out a book to
read, & two #2
pencils sharpened,
prop up privacy
folders
DO NOT NEED TO COPY
End
1. Midterm Part 1
HW: Current event due
Fri. 1/25; Midterm Part 2
prepare for ESSAYS!
January 25, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Staple rubric forward,
1. Notebook clean out
summary/rxn, then article
2. Bill Nye
(IN ORDER) & pass to
Atmosphere
center of table
-Take out of NB:
TOC, Energy
webquest, fossil fuel
graph & Lorax Qs
End
HW: None
January 28, 2013
Do Now
-Why is it so important
that we have an
atmosphere? (if you’re
not sure, check your Bill
Nye Qs)
Objective(s)
1. Atmosphere Notes
*copy in composition book
HW: Read pgs. 366-373 &
Do Qs 1-5 on pg.373 CS
End
January 29, 2013
Do Now
-Get out HW
Objective(s)
-What is the
atmosphere composed
of and in what
amounts?
-Begin reading the lab
carefully
*copy in composition book
End
1. % Oxygen Lab
HW: Lab Qs
January 30, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
1.How did the water move 1. Greenhouse Effect
up the test tube?
reading & response
2.What did this water
represent?
3. What gas was left in
the test tube after the
candle blew out?
(reference your lab if you need HW: Atmosphere
Crossword puzzle
to)
*copy in composition book
End
January 31, 2013
Do Now
-Get out HW (crossword
puzzle)
-What was the
atmosphere made up of 4
billion years ago? What
was the temperature like
on the planet?
*copy in composition book
End
Objective(s)
1. Finish Atmosphere
graph
2. Begin Isobar lab
HW: Read pgs. 414-418
(reading quiz tomorrow)
February 1, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-If you took notes on the 1. Reading quiz
reading last night, you
2. Isobar lab
may get those out for the
reading quiz!
HW: None
End
February 4, 2013
Do Now
-Get out Isobar lab
Objective(s)
-How would you right
the date and time
that it is now on an
isobar map? (look at
part 2, #1 on isobar
lab to help you!)
*copy in composition book
End
1. Isobar Lab Part 3
HW: Finish Isobar Lab &
Qs
February 5, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Describe the layers
of the atmosphere
and how pressure
changes within the
layer.
1. Atmosphere
Graphing
HW: None
*copy in composition book
End
February 6, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-What do closely
1. Wind Notes
spaced isobars mean
2. Atmosphere
on a map? What does
graphing
this usually result in?
HW: Finish Atmosphere
graphing
*copy in composition book
End
February 7, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Compare and
1. Heat Capacity Lab
contrast sea breeze &
land breeze.
HW: Dominoes
*copy in composition book
End
February 8, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out HW
1. Heat Capacity
(dominoes)
Lab-graphing & Qs
-In the lab, what was
the independent
variable? What was
the dependent?
HW: Dominoes (if not
Constants?
shown today!)
*copy in composition book
End
February 13, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Late HW??
-Prop up folders &
sharpen pencils for
Quiz
-Read QUIETLY
End
1. Quiz
2. Temp conversion
HW: Temp conversion
WS if not completed in
class
February 14, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Name 4 rules of
isobars. (use isobar
lab if you’re not sure)
1. Planet in Peril
Video w/Qs
HW: None
End
February 20, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out a piece of
loose leaf paper &
write homework
assignment at top
-Put “Planet in Peril”
in your table of
contents (#10)
End
1. Water in the
Atmosphere Notes
HW: Read pgs. 390-395 &
Do Qs 1-4 & #6 CS!
February 21, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out HW
-What is dew point?
What forms at the
dew point?
1. Dew Point & RH
Lab Parts 1 & 2
HW: Dew Pt & RH WS
End
February 22, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Pass HW to center
of table (rip off
tables first)
-Compare & contrast
relative humidity and
specific humidity.
End
1. Finish Point & RH
Lab Parts 1 & 2
2. Relative Humidity
lab
HW: None
February 25, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-What happens (or
doesn’t happen) if the
dew point is equal to
the air temperature
(dry bulb)? What is
the relative humidity
when this is true?
End
1. Finish Relative
Humidity Part IV
of lab
2. Relative humidity
Worksheet
HW: Relative Humidity
WS & lab Qs
February 26, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out Relative
Humidity HW
-How are relative
humidity and dew
point related?
End
1. Weather Notes
2. Study Jam
3. Lab Qs
HW: Read pgs. 436-444;
Reading Quiz tomorrow
(may take & use notes)
February 27, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-If you took notes on
the reading last
night-get them out
3rd period: BRING
BOOK TOMORROW!
End
1. Reading Quiz
2. Interpreting
surface maps
HW: Station Model WS ;
Short quiz on states Fri.;
February 28, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out HW
-Get out Interpreting
1. Finish Interpreting
surface maps
surface maps
-Draw a station model
depicting the following
Snow, 32 degrees, DPT
32 degrees, pressure
996.4, 75% cloud cover,
winds from East @ 20 kts
End
HW: Short quiz on states
Fri.;
March 1, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Put everything away 1. Maps Quiz
for your states quiz
2. Finish Weather
-When finished, work
notes
QUIETLY on finishing
any unfinished packets
or lab (i.e. Dew point
lab or Interpreting
surface maps packet)
End
HW: Unit Test on
Weather Fri. 3/8
March 4, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Distinguish between
a tropical depression,
tropical storm &
hurricane.
1. Hurricane Tracking
Lab-Turn in when
done (or HW)
End
HW: Finish Lab Qs; Unit
Test on Weather
postponed to Tues. 3/12
March 5, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-If you did not give
1. Brain pop
me your Hurricane
2. Finish Weather
tracking yesterdayNotes
turn in now!
-What causes a
hurricane to
strengthen? Weaken? HW: Unit Test on
Weather Tues. 3/12
End
March 6, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Where are tornados
most prevalent? Why
do you think that is?
1. Dominoes
HW: Unit Test on
Weather Tues. 3/12
End
March 8, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-How does density
affect heat capacity?
1. Adopt a City &
Hurricane web
quests
2. Go over heat
capacity lab Qs
HW: Unit Test on
Weather Tues. 3/12
End
March 11, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Why does a cold
1. Test review game
drink “sweat” on a hot
day?
End
HW: Unit Test on
Weather tomorrow!
STUDY!!
March 12, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
Take the following things out
of your notebook & put them
IN ORDER behind your T.O.C.
1. % oxygen lab
2. Layer of atmosphere
graphing
3. Wind Web quest
4. Dew pt/RH Lab
5. Interpreting surface
maps
1. Test
2. QUIETLY finish
hurricane web
quest or Adopt a
city & TURN IN!
HW: If not done with #2
above-complete & turn in
by FRIDAY!!
End
*Copy in do now journal
March 13, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-What do you
1.
remember about
Ecology? List &
2.
describe 3 things, then
compare with your
neighbor.
Ecology Video
w/Qs
Biology book pgs.
854-856 Qs 1-3
*Copy in do now journal
HW: Join fusion page
*Copy in do now journal
*copy in plan book
*Copy in do now journal
March 14, 2013
Do Now
-What is the
difference between
biotic and abiotic?
Give an example of
each.
Objective(s)
1.
Ecology Notes
*Copy in do now journal
*Copy in do now journal
HW: Food Web WS;
Join fusion page
*copy in plan book
March 15, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Pass up HW
1. Lesson of the
Kaibab
-Web quests??
-What is the
competitive exclusion
principle? (use notes!)
Why is it so?
End
HW: Join Fusion page
Quiz on Ecology next Fri.
March 18, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Late HW??
1. Finish Ecology
Notes
How are scavengers
different from
decomposers? Give an
example of each.
End
HW: Ecology Crossword
puzzle; Join Fusion page
Quiz on Ecology Fri.
March 19, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Pass HW to center
of table
How are parasites
different from
predators? Give an
example of each.
End
1. Predation vs.
Starvation
HW: Post response on
fusion page by Fri.
Quiz on Ecology Fri.
March 20, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-How do you think
1. Random Sampling
scientists find out the
Lab
number of organisms
in a population?
End
HW: Estimating
populations WS Post
response on fusion page
by Fri.; Quiz Fri.
March 21, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Pass HW to center
of table
-What are the 3
types of symbiosis?
Give an example of
each.
End
1. Brain pop
2. Symbiosis around
the room
HW: Post response on
fusion page by tomorrow;
Quiz tomorrow!
March 22, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Put everything away
for your quiz
-When finished, read
QUIETLY &/or make
sure random sampling
lab is complete!
End
1. Ecology Quiz
2. Battle at Krueger
video
3. Go over symbiosis
HW: Find current event
article
March 25, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
Describe cooperation
and competition in an
ecosystem. Give an
example of each. Do
they occur amongst
the same species or
different?
End
1. Coral seas video
w/questions
HW: Find current event
article; Current event
due 4/4
March 26, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Grab a current event 1. Coral seas video
rubric from the 1st
w/questions
table
2. Hand back & go
-Get out video Qs
over quizzes
from yesterday-What
was the relationship
b/t the small crabs & HW: Find current event
article; Current event
the coral?
End
due 4/4
*Copy in do now journal
April 3, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Pass HW to center of 1.
table
2.
-What characteristics
distinguish one biome
from another?
Biome Map
Biome Web quest
*Copy in do now journal
End
*Copy in do now journal
HW: Current Event due
tomorrow!
*copy in plan book
*Copy in do now journal
April 4, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
Current event
1. Carbon cycle
assignment stapled in
video
this order:
2. Go over TOC &
1. Rubric
handed back
papers
2. Summary/opinion
3. Article
*Copy in do now journal
Pass to center of table
HW: Biome web quest
End
*Copy in do now journal
due tomorrow!
*copy in plan book
*Copy in do now journal
April 5, 2013
Do Now
-Late Current events?
-Pass web quests to
center of table
-What are the 2
means of estimating a
population? When are
each used?
End
*Copy in do now journal
Objective(s)
1.
Mark & recapture
Lab
*Copy in do now journal
HW: Test next Friday
on Ecology!
*copy in plan book
*Copy in do now journal
April 8, 2013
Do Now
-Late Current events?
-Sketch the water
cycle & label the parts
Objective(s)
1.
2.
Biogeochemical
Cycles Notes
Mark & recapture
Lab
*Copy in do now journal
End
*Copy in do now journal
HW: Cycles WS; Test
Friday on Ecology!
*copy in plan book
*Copy in do now journal
April 9, 2013
Do Now
-Late Current events?
-Get out HW!!
-Why is nitrogen
important and how do
we get it?
Objective(s)
1.
2.
Nitrogen passport
activity
Finish Mark &
recapture lab
*Copy in do now journal
End
*Copy in do now journal
HW: Dominoes; Test
Friday on Ecology!
*copy in plan book
*Copy in do now journal
April 10, 2013
Do Now
-What are some ways
an organism’s habitat
or entire ecosystem
can change?
1.
2.
3.
Objective(s)
Ecological
succession video
clip
Succession
Worksheet
Finish any
unfinished labs!
Get notebook
organized!
*Copy in do now journal
End
*Copy in do now journal
HW: Dominoes due
tomorrow!; Test
rescheduled for Tues.
*copy in plan book
*Copy in do now journal
April 12, 2013
Do Now
-Late dominoes
-What is succession?
How is primary
succession different
from secondary
succession? Give an
example of each?
End
*Copy in do now journal
Objective(s)
1.
2.
Go over dominoes
Population
dynamics packet
*Copy in do now journal
HW: Test Tues on
Ecology!
*copy in plan book
*Copy in do now journal
April 15, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-What are the 3 types 1.
of population graphs
2.
and what do they
show?
Jeopardy Review
Population
dynamics packet
*Copy in do now journal
End
*Copy in do now journal
HW: Test tomorrow on
Ecology!
*copy in plan book
April 16, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
Take the following things OUT
of your notebook & put them
IN ORDER behind your T.O.C.
1. Lesson of Kaibab
2. Blue Planet-Coral seas
3. North American
Biomes
4. Nitrogen Passport
5. Succession internet
activity
1. Test
2. QUIETLY work on
Climate outline
HW: Do now quiz
tomorrow!
End