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
Do Now
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
Do Now
• 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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Do Now
• 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 13, 2012
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Do Now
• Get HW out!
• What is mass?
What are the units?
How is it measured?
*Bonus: How is it
different from
weight?
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End
Objective(s)
1. Mass & Density
Activity
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HW: Density Problems
WS
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September 14, 2012
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Do Now
• Will these float or
sink?? Why?
Objective(s)
1. Density Problems
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HW: None
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End
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September 17, 2012
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Do Now
Get your comp
books from the
back.
Why is using the
metric system
easier than English
units?
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End
Objective(s)
1. Dimensional Analysis
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HW: Metric conversion
WS; Quiz Fri
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September 18, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
1. Dimensional Analysis
Word problems
• Get out HW!
• Convert the
following:
– 24.5 cm hm
– 145 dL mL
– 0.25 kg dag
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End
HW: Read pgs. 11-16 &
Do Qs 1-6 CS!; Quiz Fri
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September 19, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
• Pass book HW to the 1. Qs D.A word problems
center of your table 2. Cricket Lab
• Calculate how many
days old Mrs.
Skinner is if her
bday is 6/28/80.
Use conversion method &
show work!
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End
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HW: Study for Quiz Fri
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September 20, 2012
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Do Now
• 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 24, 2012
Do Now
Objective(s)
1. Cricket Lab
• None Today
End
HW: Cricket Lab due
Wed.
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September 25, 2012
Do Now
• When testing which
detergent works the
best, what are the
variables? Control?
Constants?
Objective(s)
1. Scientific Method
Notes
*COPY
HW: Sponge Bob WS
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End
September 26, 2012
Do Now
• Pass Lab reports &
Spongebob WS to
center of table.
• Briefly describe the
steps of the
scientific method.
(USE NOTES to
help!!)
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End
Objective(s)
1. Atoms Video
w/questions
*COPY
HW: None
September 27, 2012
Do Now
• Describe the parts of
an atom. What are
the charges of each.
Objective(s)
1. Notes on Atoms
*COPY
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End
HW: Atomic Math
Challenge
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: Simpsons WS; Test
Thursday!
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October 2, 2012
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Do Now
•
•
•
•
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.3 Guided Reading
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 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. 77-83 &
Do Qs 1-7 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
Objective(s)
1. Finish Mineral notes
• Even though they
come from the earth, 2. Begin Mineral Mania
why isn’t coal or
cement considered a
mineral?
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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: Mineral packet 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: Mineral packet due
tomorrow; Quiz Thurs.!
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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
COPY
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 22, 2012
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Do Now
-Get out rough
draft & article
from Friday
Objective(s)
1. Current Event Practice
Final draft
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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 Ch.5 & Do Qs
HW at the top
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End
1-6 on pg. 106
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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: Igneous Rock SGDue Friday
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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. Finish Comic strip
3. Work on SG
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HW: Finish Igneous SG
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End
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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
*NO NOT NEED TO
Do Now
-Begin reading
the lab
End
COPY
Objective(s)
1. Rock Lab-Igneous
HW: Current Event due
Friday; pet rock project
due 11/8
November 1, 2012
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Do Now
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
*DO NOT need to copy
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
*DO NOT need to copy
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: Plate Tectonic
packet due Thurs.
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End
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November 28, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-What evidence did
Wegner have to
support his
continental drift
hypothesis? Why
didn’t scientists
believe him?
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End
1. Continental puzzle
activity
2. (time permitting)
sea floor spreading
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HW: Plate tectonics
packet due tomorrow!
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November 29, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Pass in plate
packets
-What is sea floor
spreading? What
landform feature is
associated with it?
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End
1. Discovering Plate
Boundaries
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HW: Quiz Thurs.
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December 3, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-How did we classify 1. Plate tectonic
notes
different plate
boundaries?
2. Work on Plate
boundary activity
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HW: Quiz Thurs.
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End
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December 4, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Sketch the layers 1. Work on Plate
tectonics activity
of the earth &
label.
Use terms: outer
core, mantle, inner
core, crust,
lithosphere,
asthenosphere
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End
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HW: 17.3 packet; Quiz
thurs.;
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December 5, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-What are the 3
major boundary
types? Name a
landform feature
of each.
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End
1. Plate boundaries
activity
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HW: 17.3 packet due
tomorrow; Quiz Thurs.
on ch.17
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December 7, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Pass in 17.3 HW 1. Volcano intro side
1
-Begin Volcano WS
2. Plate boundaries
side 1
project
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HW: None
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End
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December 10, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-What/how did you 1. Volcano Notes
study for your
quiz? What did
you find most
difficult about it?
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HW: Volcano WS (from
Friday)
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End
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December 11, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out HW
-Describe the
differences
between the 3
different volcanic
cones.
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End
1. Volcano Video
2. Present Posters
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HW: None
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December 12, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Where are the 3
volcanic zones?
1. Volcano Tracking
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HW: EQ WS due Fri
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End
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December 13, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Where do most
volcanoes occur?
Why do you think
that is?
1. Earthquake notes
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HW: EQ WS due
tomorrow; Test Thurs.
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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. Earthquake Web
quest
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HW: Test Thurs.
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End
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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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End
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)
-How do seismologists
find an earthquake’s
epicenter? What is
this called?
1. EQ Search Activity
2. Extra Credit
opportunity
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HW: Dominoes
Test & NC Thurs.
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End
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December 19, 2012
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-What are the 3
types of faults and
the stresses that
they are associated
with? Draw each.
1. Jeopardy Review
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HW: Test & NC tomorrow
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End
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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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End
1. Fossil fuels
graphing
2. Finish Web quest
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HW: Ch.25/26 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 test
environment why do
corrections
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we use them more
than renewable?
HW: pg. 2 of Ch.26 packet
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End
(packet 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. Notes on Geologic
History
2. Geologic time in a
year
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HW: pg. 3 of packet;
Current event due 1/23
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End
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January 9, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Pass CH.25/26
packets to center of
table
-How is geologic time
broken down?
1. Geologic Timeline
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End
HW: CH. 21 Study guide
due Tues. Current event
due 1/23
*copy in planner
January 10, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out Geologic
time line directions
-When you’re done,
come get conclusion
Qs
1. Geologic Timeline
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End
HW: Bring books
tomorrow! CH. 21 Study
guide due Tues. Current
event due 1/23*copy in planner
January 11, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out Geologic
time line directions
-When you’re done,
come get conclusion
Qs
1. Geologic Timeline
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End
HW: Bring books Mon.!
CH. 21 Study guide due
Tues. Current event due
*copy in planner
1/23
January 14, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out Geologic
time scale conclusion
Qs
-Open up do now
journals to your
“notes” on geologic
time.
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End
1. Relative Time
notes
2. Book activity
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HW: Study guide due
Tues. Current event due
1/23
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January 15, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Pass HW to center
of table
-What does the term
“relative” mean? How
is this used with
geologic time/dating?
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End
1. Determining
Relative Age
2. Go over Ch.25/26
packet
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HW: Current event due
1/23
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January 16, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-Late HW?
-What are the 3
unconformities and
how do you tell them
apart?
1. Absolute dating
notes
2. Half Life lab
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HW: Current event due
1/23
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End
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January 17, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-What are 3 ways
scientists date
organisms or rock
samples?
1. Handout study
guide
2. Fossil Notes
3. Finish M&M Lab
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End
HW: Bring in article
tomorrow! Current event
due 1/23
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January 18, 2013
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Do Now
Objective(s)
-What are 3 types of 1. Study guide &
fossils and how are
essay questions
they preserved?
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End
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)
-Differentiate
between independent
& dependent
variables, control &
constant.
1. Study guide &
essay questions
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End
HW: Current event due
1/25; Midterm 1/23 &
1/24
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January 23, 2013
DO NOT NEED TO COPY
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
DO NOT NEED TO COPY
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 & Half life lab
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
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End
HW: Read pgs. 271-277
& Do Qs 1-5 on pg. 277
CS!
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
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End
1. % Oxygen Lab
HW: Lab Qs
January 30, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
1.How did the water move 1. Finish Atmosphere
up the test tube?
notes
2.What did this water
2. Atmosphere
represent?
graphing
3. What gas was left in
the test tube after the
candle blew out?
(reference your lab if you need HW: Greenhouse
to)
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End
Effect reading &
response
January 31, 2013
Do Now
-Get out HW (greenhouse
summary)
-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: None
February 1, 2013
Do Now
-What are isobars?
Explain 3 rules of drawing
isobars on a map.
Objective(s)
1. Isobar lab
HW: None
*copy in composition book
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
(15-20 min.)
2. How does air exert
pressure
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. How air exerts
pressure activity
HW: Atmosphere SG
worksheet
*copy in composition book
End
February 6, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-What do closely
1. Wind Notes
spaced isobars mean
2. Pressure activity
on a map? What does
on laptops
this usually result in?
HW: Finish pressure
activity (graphs)
*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 12, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out HW
-Get out Dominoes
-How does altitude
affect pressure?
1. Go over Dominoes
2. Wind Web quest
HW: Study for Quest
tomorrow!
*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 (#12)
End
1. Water in the
Atmosphere Notes
HW: Read pgs. 285-291 &
Do Qs 1-5
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?
1. Weather Notes
2. Study Jam
3. Lab Qs
HW: Humidity, RH, DP
WS
End
February 27, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get out HW
-How can knowing the
dew point temp help
find specific
humidity?
1. Go over HW Qs
2. Interpreting
surface maps
HW: Read pgs. 299-304Reading quiz tomorrow
(may take & use notes);
End States quiz on states Fri.;
February 28, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Get loose leaf paper
& label it “reading
Quiz”, get out any
notes you took
1. Interpreting
surface maps
HW: Station Model WS;
States quiz on states Fri.;
End
March 1, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Put everything away 1. Maps Quiz
for your states quiz
2. Weather notes
-When finished, work
QUIETLY on finishing
any unfinished packets
or lab (i.e. Dew point
lab or Interpreting
surface maps packet)
End
HW: Unit Test on
Weather Tues. 3/12
March 4, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Distinguish between
a tropical depression,
tropical storm &
hurricane.
1. Hurricane Tracking
Lab (turn in when
done)
2. Relative humidity
exercise (one more
time!)
HW: Unit Test on
Weather Tues. 3/12
End
March 5, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
1. Brain pop
-If you did not give
2. Finish Weather
me your Hurricane
notes
tracking yesterday3. Relative humidity
turn in now!
exercise (one more
time!)
-What causes a
hurricane to
strengthen? Weaken? HW: Unit Test on
Weather Tues. 3/12
End
March 7, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Where are tornados
most prevalent? Why
do you think that is?
1. Paper pass backupdate TOC
2. 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
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.
2.
3.
4.
% oxygen lab
Wind Web quest
Dew pt/RH Lab
Interpreting surface
maps
5. RH exercises (class)
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
March 13, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-What do you
remember about
Ecology? List &
describe 3 things,
then compare with
your neighbor.
1.
2.
Ecology Video
w/Qs
Biology book pgs.
854-856 Qs 1-3
HW: Join fusion page
End
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
2. Battle at Krueger
video & discussion
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 21, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-Put food web in
1. Quiz
table of contents
2. Population dynamics
-When done with
graphs WS
quiz, turn it over &
work on the Population
dynamics graphs WS
HW: Pick out a current
event
End
March 26, 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
*Copy in do now journal
April 4, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
Current event
1. Go over TOC &
assignment stapled in
handed back
this order:
papers
1. Rubric
2. Biome Web quest
2. Summary/opinion
3. Article
*Copy in do now journal
Pass to center of table
HW: Finish Biome web
End
*Copy in do now journal
quest 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 11, 2013
Do Now
-Get out 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.
Succession Web
quest
Finish going over
Population
dynamics packet
*Copy in do now journal
HW: Test Tues on
Ecology!
*copy in plan book
*Copy in do now journal
April 12, 2013
Do Now
Objective(s)
-What are the 3 types 1.
of graphs we talked
about? What factors
effect them?
2.
Finish going over
Population
dynamics packet
Populations &
succession WS
*Copy in do now journal
End
*Copy in do now journal
HW: Test Tues on
Ecology!
*copy in plan book
*Copy in do now journal
April 12, 2013
Do Now
-What is the
difference between
density independent
and density dependent
limiting factors? Give
an example of each.
Objective(s)
1.
Jeopardy review
*Copy in do now journal
End
*Copy in do now journal
HW: Test and notebook
check tomorrow!
*copy in plan book