Friday, November 30, 2012

Science: Show your progress report to your parents.  Bring back your signed progress report on Monday.  Happy December ~ play outside this weekend!

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Science: Finish the "Modeling Ocean Currents" lab (all questions, including the map).  Use Chapter 4, Section 4 in your textbook if you need help labeling currents or drawing the map. Question 4 on the handout is the same as question 4 on page 169 - use your book to help you understand the question! (There is a typo on the handout for question 4.) Go here for a beautiful animation by NASA showing ocean currents on Earth.
Humanities:  Read from your memoir....follow the planning sheet!

Math8 - No HW (Current Topic - Exponents)
Common Core I - 10 equations (Current Topic - Solving Equations)
Geometry - No HW (Current Topic - Properties of Polygons)

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Humanities:  Students should have Somerset Homecoming: Recovering a Lost Heritage each day in class and should keep up with the reading as outlined on the green sheet they were given.  Students who have not yet purchased a book should do so immediately so that they can get caught up.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_18?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=somerset+homecoming+recovering+a+lost+heritage&sprefix=somerset+homecomin%2Caps%2C116

Science:  Finish the ocean water diagram on page 11 in your binder.  Study pages 10-11 on ocean water chemistry, climate, and currents. These notes cover Chapter 4, Sections 3 & 4 in the textbook.  Click here to view the upwelling animation you saw in class today. 

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Humanities:  Read the designated pages in Somerset Homecoming!  Be prepared to discuss the memoir tomorrow!

Science: Study your notes on Ocean Water Chemistry.  Finish your summary paragraph on the back of page 10 in your binder - be sure to include the words discussed today (hydrothermal vents and reservoir) if you did not include these already.  Underline the key words as you use them in your summary paragraph.  Click here to watch the video on underwater volcanic eruptions you saw in class today. How do these affect ocean salinity????  * * * You do NOT need to finish the ocean water diagram if your class started this assignment - we will work on it during the first part of class on Wednesday! * * *

Monday, November 26, 2012

Science: Finish the "Ocean Water Chemistry" classwork assignment. Use Section 4.3 to help

Humanities:  Use your Reading Guide and start Somerset Homecoming!  

* All families were notified in September that Somerset Homecoming needed to be purchased.  We started the memoir today but noticed that MANY students still do NOT have a personal copy of the book!  Reading begins tonight and continues through the 11th of December.  Being prepared is an important step to being successful!    

Monday, November 19, 2012

Science:  1) Twiz tomorrow!  Study pages 4-9 in your science binder, and the review sheet on the back of page 9.  The quiz will cover the following topics: water distribution on Earth, freshwater, water cycle, water quality, water treatment, and pollution.  Click here for another review of the water treatment process.  Click here for a review of the water cycle.  2) Many students did not complete the Pondwater Lab Evaluation which was due today.  Be sure to complete this if you did not give me your Lab Evaluation today!! 

Here are a few more links to help you review the steps of water treatment:  coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, and disinfection. 

Friday, November 16, 2012

Science:  1) Finish your Pondwater Lab Evaluation - due Monday!  The Honors' Option is available to any student.  Points will be added based on effort, quality, and accuracy.  2) Freshwater Twiz on Tuesday.  Twiz  will cover pages 4-9 in your binder.  The following topics will be covered: freshwater, water on Earth, the water cycle, water quality, polllution, and water treatment.  Use the Review Sheet on the back of page 9 to help you begin studying this weekend! 
Click here to view an animation of the water treatment process.  The steps are named differently than the ones in your book, but the process is the same!


Humanities:   Read!
 Finish Reading NC 8.1 and writing your Cornell Notes.  Make sure that your summary is at least 5 complete sentences.  Homework check on Monday!

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Humanities:  Study for your test tomorrow!  Finish your Ch. 8 vocabulary flash cards and finish your acrostic poem.  Blog!

Science: 1) Quiz on Tuesday!  Study pages 4b - 8 in your science binder.  Quiz will cover the following topics: water distribution on Earth, freshwater vocab, water cycle, water quality, pollution.  2) Pondwater Lab Analysis report is due MONDAY.  3rd and 4th period received this assignment today.  (1st, 2nd, and 5th periods will receive this assignment on Friday since these classes went to the high school today.) 

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Humanities:  Study for your test.  Read. Blog.

Science: 1) Test corrections are due Thursday.  This option is only available to students who scored below a 70 on the Chemistry Take Home test. 2) Finish ALL incomplete work that was returned to you today, the "Water on Earth" handout and "Water to Drink" handout.  See each handout for specific chapters and sections in the book for reference.  3)  Quiz Tuesday on freshwater, water cycle, water quality, and pollution.  Study pages 4-8 in your binder.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Humanities:  Study for your Test this Friday using the study guide.  Blog responses are due on Friday as well.  Read!!
Blog Questions for this week are listed below....
Question 1
T1:  How have non-Native Americans been affected by the Trail of Tears?  Explain.
T2:  Describe the "modern" relationship between Native Americans and non-Native Americans.
T3:  In the year 2012, how are Native Americans represented in our society?  Explain.

Question 2

T1:  Interpret the following quote..."Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves" Abraham Lincoln
T2:  Interpret the following quote..."Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave"  Frederick Douglass
T3:  Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty.  The obedient must be slaves"  Henry David Thoreau

Link to Family Stories below...

http://anpa.ualr.edu/digital_library/Family%20Stories%20from%20the%20Trail%20of%20Tears.htm

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Humanities:  Read NC 7.2 and take cornell notes.  Spend at least 20 minutes reading from your self-selected novel as well.

If you haven't already purchased Somerset Homecoming: Recovering a Lost Heritage, please do so! It can be found on Amazon at this link. http://www.amazon.com/Somerset-Homecoming-Recovering-Lost-Heritage/dp/0807848433/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352396952&sr=8-1&keywords=somerset+homecoming+recovering+a+lost+heritage

We will need it in a week or two.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Humanities:  Correction....there are NO BLOG QUESTIONS for this week.  We will resume blogging next week.  Finish your notes on America 9.2 and review all vocabulary words and notes from NC Ch. 6 and America Ch. 9.  Make sure that you have completed your "map tasks" for ATSOU episode 3.

Science:  Study your notes on freshwater and water distribution on Earth (pages 4 & 5 in your binder).  No quiz this week!  Go here or here to watch the dancing groundhogs you saw in class today!  Which vocab terms do you hear or see in the video? 

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Humanities:  Read and Blog!

Science: Study pages 4-5 in your science binder.  Learn the percentages of water distribution on Earth!  Review all vocabulary discussed (ex: hydrosphere, groundwater, percolation, salt water, freshwater, river basin, tributaries, etc.) 

Monday, November 5, 2012

Science: Finish parts A & B of page 4 in your binder, "Water on Earth." Be sure you have calculated the percentages in the table at the end of today's lab instructions.  Answer all questions in section B.

Humanities:  Final Debate Prep....bring your notecards....you are ON tomorrow!!
Read!

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Humanities:  Continue to research information for the Presidential debate on Tuesday.  Read your independent novel.  Blog posts due tomorrow!

Science: 
ALL CLASSES - Quiz tomorrow on water properties & density.  Study pages 1-3 in your binder and Chapter 2, Sections 1 & 2.  Here are a few extra tools for review:

• Listen to this song about Water Properties (1st, 2nd & 3rd period - you heard this in class!) - how many properties do you recognize? Can you explain them?  
• Click here for a few practice questions about water properties (just ignore the pH questions). 
• Click here for a review of water properties - scroll through the terms, then click on "Scatter" or "Space Race" for a review game!  You can also click on "Test" for a practice test.

 4th & 5th Period - finish the "Explanation" section of the Liquid Layers activity.  Analyze each layer in the test tube and explain its position.  You can use bullet points for each liquid instead of sentences.  Use words such as lower density, higher density, above, below, less dense, more dense in your explanations.