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Mrs. Butts' Agenda Notes
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Week of Oct. 19-23, 2009
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Homework/Agenda Notes |
Classroom Activities |
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Monday |
Ch. 2 Test Friday !!! Study guide - do some each night, Ch. 2 Review pages due Wed., Set D Quiz post-poned to 10/27 |
Review of first 3 characteristics of quality water and completion of the last three - nitrates, pH and biological indicators. Do virtual turbidity testing! See linked site! |
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Tuesday |
1. Review page due Wed. 2. DC Trip payment #2 due Wed. 3. Use study guide for Ch. 2 Test on Friday! |
Reviewed 6 healthy water characteristics and the fact that trout are one of the most sensitive organisms - if they are present then the water is of high quality. Read "Everyone Poops" by Taro Gomi - yes all this and more goes into the half % of Earth' s freshwater available to us! We took a virtual field trip to the Blue Plains Waste Water Treatment Plant and then began discussion about what happens to our water if we have private wells, not city water (see web links for virtual tour and septic tank animations) and class documents for the power point notes on wastewater ( 11 slides) |
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Wednesday |
Use study guide, circle book, diagrams, notes, text .. for Ch. 2 Test on Friday! |
Looked at links to wastewater management in a septic tank and a "Dirty Jobs" video to learn how a septic tank should look and what's involved in cleaning one! W e compared waste water treatment plant filtering of water to septic tank filtering. We worked in groups to do an activity called "Odd One Out." The groups worked to select which term or concept didn't fit with the group and why - there are many correct answers if you know your science and can justify your answers! Homework was collected! |
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Thursday |
Study for Ch. 2 Test on Friday and get parent signatures on planner and JAG TAG! |
Performed a ClassScape Freshwater practice assessment to review water quality concepts, Viewed and discussed two websites about groundwater pollution, use and conservation, collected late Ch. 2 worksheets. Watch the "Groundwater Story with words and then without to see if you really know your water terminology and processes! |
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Friday |
No school Monday!
Have a good weekend and review Set D terms for Vocabulary Quiz on Tuesday!!! |
Students will take their Ch. 2 Freshwater Test and complete an 8th grade, goal 3 standardized task for their portfolios of saved work to evidence their science knowledge. With time permitting they are to begin reading about our oceans - Ch.3, Sect 1! |
Week of Oct. 27 - Oct. 30, 2009
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Homework/Agenda Notes |
Classroom Activities |
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Monday |
No school - teacher workday |
None |
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Tuesday |
Define Set E for Friday
Report cards and Nov. calendars issued Thurs.
Read & review Ch.3, Sect. 1 & 2 |
Assign new seats for the nine weeks, update first and second nine weeks grade sheets, return graded work (verbal and written feedback given), take Set D vocabulary quiz, reorganize science notebooks, pickup and file in new, blue oceanography note pages (6), correct Ch. 2 review pages as a final review for all (especially the many absent last week) and finish and collect goal 3 county standardized task |
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Wednesday |
Define Set E for Friday
Report cards and Nov. calendars issued Thurs.
Read & review Ch.3, Sect. 1 & 2 |
Begin discussion of the history of oceanography from 1200 BC to today - answer 1. Why is oceanography a newer or young science (as compared with biology, medicine...)? and 2. What factors have limited the science of oceanography?
See Cousteau film clips - go to hyperlinks on my home webpage |
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Thursday |
Define Set E for Friday
Get parent signatures times two - planner and Jag Tag
Return signed report card cover & calendar coupon (to Mrs. Ruth) |
Completion of section one notes on the history of oceanography. Now we know the answer to the above questions!
*Kids absent from last Friday need to schedule a time to take their make-up Ch. 2 Test - thanks. |
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Friday |
Review History of Oceanography notes! |
We checked our Set E Greek terms and discussed words/concepts using them. We watched half f a video about exploration of the Titanic shipwreck, 2 mini subs used to investigate the site and all the oceanographic challenges to exploring the oceans. |
Week of Nov. 2 - Nov. 6, 2009
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Weekday |
Homework/Agenda Notes |
Classroom Activities |
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Monday |
Set E Quiz Fri., Computer Lab time Thurs. (surveys, ethnicity forms, report card envelopes back ASAP) |
Viewed second half of Titanic wreck exploration video, journaled personal opinion about whether we should or should not bring items back to the surface from shipwrecks like the Titanic, and began II. Ocean Statistics notes. How many oceans do we have? What's each ocean's claim to fame? |
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Tuesday |
Set E Quiz Fri., Computer Lab time Thurs. |
Complete section II notes - look at manganese nodules!, salinity map of the oceans, talk about gold mining in the ocean... |
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Wednesday |
Set E Quiz Fri., No textbooks or notes needed tomorrow |
Begin III. Ocean Chemistry notes - we will look at various salts and set up evaporation demos to watch the ocean's hydrologic cycle |
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Thursday |
Set E Quiz Fri., Jag Tag/planner and project paperwork signatures |
Computer lab research beginnings for second nine weeks project |
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Friday |
Read a review I. & II of Oceanography notes, work on projects |
Media center day to work on an ocean web quest from the site "Oceans Alive!" |
Week of Nov. 9-13, 2009
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Homework/Agenda Notes |
Classroom Activities |
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Monday |
Define Set F for Fri., Work on projects (get signatures of parents), No school on Wed. |
1st & 5th - Grade sheet updates to be done and work returned, including Ch. 2 Test on Freshwater, complete discussion of section III notes on ocean chemistry, view and complete video guide for Eyewitness video on "Oceans" (great illustrations of concepts learned so far and those in the coming weeks!) and begin discussion of section IV - Ocean Life Zones |
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Tuesday |
same |
2nd & 6th |
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Wednesday |
No school - Veteran's Day |
None |
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Thursday |
Define Set F for Fri., Get signatures on Jag Tags, agendas and project paperwork! |
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