Tuesday, November 25

Core Connections: Complete the "What is the American Dream worksheet.

Tuesday, November 25th

Core Connections: class quiz link Science Review Quiz

Friday, November 21

Math Links for Math 8 Classwork: Please Watch ALL 4 Videos!
Irrational Numbers (MyWhyU)
Rational & Irrational Numbers
Rational & Irrational Rap?
A Better Rational & Irrational Rap

Core Connections: Link for classwork and home study
USA States

Science:  Finish your Deep Zone / Open Ocean card (and any others that are incomplete) if you did not finish already. Test corrections due tomorrow, if you did these.

Thursday, November 20th

FIELD TRIP PERMISSION SLIPS AND PAYMENT DUE FRIDAY

Core Connections: Poster Contest Entry, Southeast Region States and Capitals Worksheet, due Friday
Bring earbuds to class Friday

Humanities:
www.superteachertools.net/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game.php?gamefile=1416336315#.VGuc1vnF_Sg
Test Tomorrow!

Science:  Finish your NERITIC ZONE creature card - due Friday, 11/21.  Follow directions on your handout.  The template is in the top right corner of the back side.  ***If you have not completed your Intertidal Zone card (it was due today), finish it also.  

Wednesday, November 19

Field trip money and permission slips are due this Friday, November 21 to your homeroom teacher.  

Math 8: Study for Volume Quiz (Practice Worksheet)
HS Math I: Study for Exponents Quiz (Exponent Rules: Easy Practice, Hard Practice) (Scientific                Notation (Writing Numbers, Operations)

Science:  Finish your Intertidal Zone creature card if you didn't in class. (Follow directions in the template!)  Complete the Neritic Zone  row of the Ocean Zones chart.  

Links for Science Ocean Research:

Monterey Institute (pictures of Intertidal Zone organisms):
http://www.montereyinstitute.org/noaa/lesson10/l10la2.html
National Aquarium:
http://www.aqua.org/

National Geographic:
http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/ocean-life/

Feeding Relationships:
http://scuba.about.com/od/ConservationandDiving/tp/Ocean-Food-Chain.htm

Deep Sea Creatures:
http://marinebio.org/oceans/deep/

Deep Sea Creatures Database:
http://www.seasky.org/deep-sea/deep-sea-menu.html

More Deep Sea Creatures:
http://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/index.
Black line algae: scroll to "The Spray Zone"
Rock Lice info  and More Rock Lice info

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Science:  
Finish Intertidal Zone row of Oceans Zone chart.  Finish the DRAFT (on back) of your intertidal zone Creature Card.  Follow the template & be sure to include the required information on your card!

Links for Science Ocean Research:

Monterey Institute (pictures of Intertidal Zone organisms):
http://www.montereyinstitute.org/noaa/lesson10/l10la2.html
National Aquarium:
http://www.aqua.org/

National Geographic:
http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/ocean-life/

Feeding Relationships:
http://scuba.about.com/od/ConservationandDiving/tp/Ocean-Food-Chain.htm

Deep Sea Creatures:
http://marinebio.org/oceans/deep/

Deep Sea Creatures Database:
http://www.seasky.org/deep-sea/deep-sea-menu.html

More Deep Sea Creatures:
http://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/index.

Humanities:  Blooms Questions due tomorrow.  Test on NC Ch. 8 on Friday.  

FIELD TRIP MONEY IS DUE BY FRIDAY!!!!

STUDY GUIDE
free black      plantation     subsistence farming      artisan     yeoman     cooper    camp meeting
emancipation     quarters    justice of the peace     barter   abolitionists     textiles

NC as  a slave state....% of people who owned slaves compared to other southern states
NC farm families....rural life/daily routines
Role of the community and seasons
What types of crops were farmed?
What was the slave code?
Where were the largest plantations in NC?  Which region of NC contained the most enslaved people?  Why?
What was clubbing and drovering?
Middle Passage/West Africa
What made a person a slave?
What was it like to be a slave?
Describe slave quarters
How did Quakers feel about slavery?  
Harriet Tubman
Triangular Trade Route

All Math Classes - Short Quiz Thursday
   Math 8 - Volume: Prisms, Cylinders, Pyramids, Cones, Spheres
   HS Math I - Exponent Rules

Math 8 - Complete 3 Volume Practice Sheets & Bring Edible Objects to Measure!
HS Math I - Study

Monday, November 17, 2014

We are still looking for chaperones for our December 3 field trip.  If you are available, please email Ms. Midkiff (kmidkiff@voyageracademy.net) as soon as possible.  Thank you so much!

Science: Finish Ocean Water Chemistry diagram if you did not finish in class today.  Follow instructions above the diagram box and use color.  If you missed Friday's Freshwater Twiz, please take it this week during lunch, walk time, or before school.

Humanities:  Test on Slavery/NC Ch. 8 on Friday.  Somerset Homecoming questions due on Wednesday.  

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Science:  Freshwater test tomorrow.  Study pages 5-10 in your binder and use your review sheet to help.  Use quizlet word sets named Water Quality and Freshwater & the Water Cycle.  (Username:  kmidkiff  PW: voyager8)

Core Connections: Complete the Water Use Infographic Project Questions on your digital portfolio -

Driving Question
Overview (1 paragraph)

• general description of the project (What did you have to do?)
• classes involved
• time spent on project
• materials needed

Process:
describe the steps you took during this project - can be a list

Reflection: (2 paragraphs)

• What did you like and/or dislike about the project?
• What were your areas of strength and weakness?
• If you could do the project again, what would you do differently?  Why would you do it differently?
• How could the project be altered to be more beneficial to future students?

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Humanities:  Journal Responses are due on Friday.  You should have chapters 1 -4  read in Somerset Homecoming.  Review your Ch. 8 vocabulary and notes along with your graphic organizer on Discovery Ed topics.

Blooms Questions for Somerset are due on Wednesday, November 19.  You may work with a partner on this assignment but you must read through Ch. 5 to complete your responses.y

Core Connections: Complete your Driving Question and Overview for the Water Use Infographic Project

Science - Finish the review handouts from class if you did not complete these in class.  Submit your Water Quality Lab if your name was on the board - this is a major assignment!  Test on Freshwater on Friday.  Use your review sheet (back of page 8, Water Treatment notes) to help you study.

Monday, November 10, 2014

Bring your field trip permission slip and money to your homeroom teacher as soon as possible!  Parents, if you can chaperone, please contact Ms. Midkiff (kmidkiff@voyageracademy.net)

Science:  Finish water quality lab report if you did NOT finish last week.  Submit the link to your lab report using the form  (see post from Thursday & Friday for the link!)  Finish the water treatment process steps - describe each step, use the correct words for the appropriate steps, and label the diagram.  Review for Freshwater Test on Friday.  Use the review sheet to help!

Humanities:  Journal Responses due by Friday!

Journal 3/Quarter 2

T1:  How is culture transmitted through families?

T2:  How does a family serve as an economic institution?

T3:  How does government through its laws protect, support and encourage families?

T1: Define yourself.

T2:  Define yourself.  What expectations are a part of your existence?  Explain.

T3:  Who are you?  What beliefs, influences and events have shaped your identity? Explain

Make sure that you have read Ch. 4 of Somerset Homecoming by Wednesday night.  Review your Ch. 8 vocabulary and notes.

Friday, November 7, 2014

Science:  Copy the Water Quality Lab Report template.  Follow directions on the template for copying and renaming the assignment. You will work on this lab report in class on Thursday. Submit your link on this form. Lab reports are due on Friday, November 7 by the end of your science class period.  ***Be sure you answer ALL questions specific to this lab on the half-sheet of paper.  These questions will help guide you as you write your Conclusions section.  The Honors' Level questions are optional.  Thoughtful and accurate responses to these questions may earn WOW points on your lab report. ***

Mosley's No Shave November Link

Thursday, November 5, 2014

Science:  Copy the Water Quality Lab Report template.  Follow directions on the template for copying and renaming the assignment. You will work on this lab report in class on Thursday. Submit your link on this form. Lab reports are due on Friday, November 7 by the end of your science class period.  

Core Connections:  links for classwork

1 http://www.thewaterpage.com/water-conservation-kids.htm

1 http://www.epa.gov/WaterSense/kids/whysave.html

2 http://www.environment.gov.sk.ca/ConservingWater

3 http://www.livestrong.com/article/119446-need-conserve-water/

3 http://www.isustainableearth.com/water-conservation/5-reasons-why-water-conservation-is-important-for-your-family

Complete "Researching the Call to Action" if you didn't finish it in class.

Humanities:  Review the content and key vocabulary from NC Ch. 8.  Do your "catch-up" reading of Somerset Homecoming if applicable.

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Science:  Copy the Water Quality Lab Report template.  Follow directions on the template for copying and renaming the assignment. You will work on this lab report in class on Thursday. Submit your link on this form. Lab reports are due on Friday, November 7 by the end of your science class period.  

Math Study Links

Test Thursday - These links should help!

Math 8
Sci. Notation Jeopardy - Tyler B, Adam
Standard to Scientific Practice - Hailey K
Exponent Rules Notes with Examples - Hailey K
More Exp. Rules Notes - Hailey K
Exponent Rules Rap - Hailey K
Laws of Exponents Song (On the Floor) - Alex T
MYWhyU Scientific Notation Video - Spencer Co
What is Scientific Notation? Video - Spencer Ch, Reyna
Base Down Low Math Song - Hailey Y
Scientific Notation Rap - Reyna, Arveyyah
King Kong Scientific Notation Game - Kaleb C
Scientific Notation Video Lesson - Hannah H
Scientific Notation Song in Chipmunk Voices - Reyna
Converting To & From Sci. Notation Note and Examples - Kayla
Scientific Notation Match Game - Kaleb C
Basic Exponents Song - Arveyyah, Kayla
Scientific Notation - What does moving the decimal mean? - Kai'Aishah

HS Math I
Systems of Equations Jeopardy - Devan D
Systems of Equations Rap - Jason H
Index of Every Algebra Topic with interactive examples - Sarah H
Substitution Practice + Games - Emma M
Substitution Video Lesson - Spencer F
Another Substitution Video - Lance A

Monday, November 3, 2014

Science: Finish your Aquifer Lab Reflection. Submit your reflection here.  Review your notes on water quality.

Math 8:
     3rd Period - Sci. Notation Word Problem Practice
     1st & 5th - None
Test Thursday!
Study Guide:
     1. Writing Large & Small Numbers in Scientific Notation & Standard Form
     2. Multiplying & Dividing Number in Sci. Notation
     3. Word Problems involving Sci. Notation
     4. Exponent Rules!

HS Math I:
     Do 8 on System of Linear Inequalities Practice
Test Thursday!
Study Guide:
     1. Solving Systems (Graphing, Substitution, Elimination, and Matrices)
     2. Graphing Systems of Linear Inequalities
     3. Writing Systems of Equations and Inequalities from Word Problems

All Math Classes: Bring Device AND headphones tomorrow!!!!!!!!