Last Week of School
Monday: Presented project
Tuesday:
May 19, 2008
May 14, 2008
May 12-16
Monday: Page 727, Questions 2 and 3... Stars packet
Tuesday: Page 727, Question 4... H-R Diagram game... Star Quiz
Wednesday: Started Energy Sources Project
Thurdsday: Worked on project
Friday: Finished project... Students will present Monday
May 05, 2008
May 5-9: Test Tuesday
Reminder: Earth, Sun, Moon Test on Tuesday
Monday: Test Study Guide... Video on our Moon... Activity with students physically representing the Moon and the Earth
Tuesday: Earth, Sun, Moon Test
Wednesday: StarsWebquest ... Birth and Death of a Star Worksheet (color, label, draw and fill in details)
Thursday: Continued Wednesday's work... Watched Video about Stars and answered questions about video
Friday: Summarize each slide in 1 or 2 sentences (IN YOUR OWN WORDS!) Download BigBang.ppt Download ClassifyStars.ppt Download ObservingStars.ppt Here is a link with some cool pictures... just for fun SpacePics
April 29, 2008
April 28- May 2
Test- Next Tuesday, May 6 on Earth, Sun, and Moon (mostly Chapet 19)
Monday: Bill Nye Planets
Tuesday: Page 666-667 Questions 1-30 in complete sentences; do not do questions 14 or 20; not for homework; we will finish it tomorrow in class
Wednesday: finished pg 666-667... Started the Eclipse Packet
Thursday: Page 710-711, Questions 1-32
Friday: Spaceday activities at Space Day Website
April 21-25: CRCT
Sorry for the delay. There were some technical difficulties with the blog.
Monday: Laptops, finished Moon Phases packet... Watched Fossil Fuels video
Tuesday: Earth Day, copied quote "It is not until we catch the last fish, cut down the last tree, and pollute the last river that we will realize that we can not eat money." Sioux Chief... Notes/ discussion on Renewable and Non-renewable Resources... Video Energy Conservation
Wednesday: Webquest on Earth at www.enchantedlearning.com click on astronomy, then Earth
Thursday: Bill Nye Sun
Friday: Bill Nye Seasons
April 15, 2008
April 14-18: Welcome Back; CRCT Next Week
I hope everyone had an enjoyable Spring Break. You are all wonderful and deserve to have an enjoyable time. Welcome back. We are studying Earth, Sun, and Moon (Chapter 19).
Monday: Read and discussed Chapter 19, Section 2... Watched Moon video and completed questions on the video
Tuesday: Read and discussed Chapter 21, Section 3... Watched Sun video and completed questions on the video... Chapter 19, Section 4 Section Review
Wednesday: Finished answers to Moon and Sun videos... Returned and Reviewed Article " Basics of Weather"... Power Point Notes on The Sun Download Sun.ppt
Thursday: Answered today's power point questions as preparation... Power Point notes Download Earth.ppt ... Nuclear energy video
Friday: Moon Packet... Birthday Moon on the web (site is on Mr. Brown's blog... Fossil Fuel Video
March 31, 2008
March 31- April 4
Due- 1) Worksheet 20-2---> Tuesday, April 1... 2) Chapter 20 Study Guide---> Wednesday, April 2
Monday: Read pages 741-744... Power Points notes (to be posted)... Section Review questions 1-4, page 744, complete sentences (due tomorrow)
Tuesday: Collected Worksheet 20-2... Did Section Review, pg 689, 1-6... Planet Size Activity (will finish tomorrow in class)
Wednesday: Finished Planet Size Acitvity... Because this took the whole period, CHAPTER 20 STUDY GUIDE will be DUE TOMORROW
Thursday: Reviewed Chapter 20: Study Guide answers, then collected it... Watched Bill Nye Meteors and Comets
Friday: Chapter 19, Section 1- Section Review (all questions)... Word Game... Astronomy online trivia
March 24, 2008
March 24-28
Monday: We continued finishing Solar System Webquest, PlanetAd, then we took notes from the Power Points on last Friday's blog... Assignments due tomorrow (ON TUESDAY) 1) Worksheet 20-1... 2) Planet Ad
Tuesday: Read pages 700-703... Finished and turned in Planet Ad, note taking from blog (from last Friday's power point attachments)
Wedesday: Began Chapter 20 Study Guide, DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2... Solar System Distance Activity on counter tape (roll of register paper)
Thursday: Create a Brochure on Our Solar System (due Friday)... There is a front and back to the sheet so make sure you do both sides!!! Download todays_instructions.doc Download SolarBrochure.pub ... If you finish work on the Study Guide
Friday: Finished Thursday's work
March 17, 2008
March 17-21: 4th Quarter
This is the first day of the new and final grading period. We are moving from studying weather to beginning astronomy.
Monday: Read Chapter 20, Section 1 and did Section Review (1-5) due tomorrow... Watched video Earth Science: Solar System
Tuesday: Read Galileo Galilee Article, then discussed... Returned/Reviewed Weather Quiz, students corrected incorrect answers... Returned Adopt-a-City... Worksheet 20-1 (due tomorrow)
Wednesday: Read Chapter 20, Section 3... Returned/Reviewed Weather Final... Graphic Organizer worksheet (inner planets due tomorrow)
Thursday: Webquest---> Solar System ... Other useful sites--->
Friday: Power Point notes---> Download InnerSpace.ppt Download OuterSpace.ppt Download SolarSyst.ppt Download PlanetAd.pub
March 10, 2008
March 10-14: Test This Friday
This Friday's Test is the last of the quarter. Weather Test Friday, March 14. Included readings Chapter 15, Sections 1,3,4... Chapter 16, All Sections... Chapter 17, Sections 1, 2... Chapter 19, Section 1 (just the part on unequal heating due to Earth's tilt)
Monday: Collected Hurricane Webquest... Read Cloud Article... Radiation lab using the heat lamp... Cloud Drawings/ North American Air Masses... Questions and help on Adopt-A-City (DUE WEDNESDAY)... Student Weather Report
Tuesday: Went over Radiation Lab Data... Cloud Watched... Helped students with Adopt-A-City questions
Wednesday: "Tornado in a Bottle" Lab (pg 567) along with questions... Finished Adopt-A-City project
Thursday: Hurricane Activity ---> Hurricane Tracker
Friday: Weather Final
