Week of January 25-27, 2012
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Weekday |
8th grade
Homework/Agenda Notes |
8th grade
Classroom Activities |
Earth/Environmental
Homework/Agenda Notes
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Earth/Environmental
Classroom Activities |
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Mon. |
Teacher Workday |
Today we:
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Teacher Workday
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Today we:
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Tues. |
Teacher Workday |
Today we:
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Teacher Workday
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Today we:
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Wed. |
1. Read in Chapter 3 and review class notes!
2. Set J Quiz Friday |
Today we:
-reviewed timeline of events in the development of the science of oceanography
-began discussion of ocean statistics |
1. Read in Chapter 6
2. Worksheet packet due Friday (4 pages issued 1-11-12)
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Today we:
-reviewed river anatomy concepts and completed last few man-made river features - dams and levees |
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Thurs. |
1. Read in Chapter 3 and review class notes!
2. Set J Quiz Friday
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Today we:
-continued with ocean statistics of salinity, temperature... |
1. Read in Chapter 3 and review class notes!
2. Set J Quiz Friday
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Today we:
-completed a lab on five major US watersheds
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Fri. |
-1. Read in Ch. 3 and review notes! |
Today we:
-took Set J vocabulary quiz
-completed discussion and notes of ocean statistics |
-Read in Ch.6 and review classnotes. |
Today we:
-had a DC trip debriefing/question answer session
-took a River Anatomy Quiz
-took a Hydrologic Cycle Quiz |
Week of January 30 February 3, 2012
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Weekday |
8th grade
Homework/Agenda Notes |
8th grade
Classroom Activities |
Earth/Environmental
Homework/Agenda Notes
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Earth/Environmental
Classroom Activities |
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Mon. |
1. Read in Ch. 3 and review class notes.
2. Define Set K terms by Friday
3. Return STEM field trips forms (2) by Friday |
Today we:
-Began notes and discussion about ocean chemistry |
1. Read in Ch. 6 and review class notes
2. Return STEM field trips forms (2) by Friday
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Today we:
-began groundwater notes - learning the concepts of porosity, permeability, zone of aeration, water table, zone of saturation... |
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Tues. |
1. Read in Ch. 3 and review class notes.
2. Define Set K terms by Friday
3. Return STEM field trips forms (2) by Friday
4. Remember to complete 7 math problems on salinity chart and bring listed colored pencild |
Today we:
-completed ocean chemistry notes
-observed sea salt, table salt and Epsom salt
-learned about the property of water known as electrical conductivity with my magic lamp! |
1. Read in Ch. 6 and review class notes
2. Return STEM field trips forms (2) by Friday
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Today we:
-returned four graded homework and quiz tasks - reviewed correct answers and offered constructive feedback
-illustrated a beverage cup with ice and a straw as analogous to a well on groundwater and the key terms from Monday |
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Wed. |
1. Read in Ch. 3 and review class notes.
2. Define Set K terms by Friday
3. Return STEM field trips forms (2) by Friday
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Today we:
-finished creating a salinity pie graph of ocean salts
-set up a demo of evaporating seawater to watch the next few days
-began a brief documentary video of the shipwrecked Titanic |
1. Read in Ch. 6 and review class notes
2. Return STEM field trips forms (2) by Friday
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Today we:
-discussed the difference among plain groundwater and an aquifer
-differentiated among a traditional well and an artesian well
-began notes and discussion on springs - both hot and cold |
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Thurs. |
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Today we:
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Today we:
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Fri. |
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Today we:
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Week of January 16-20, 2012
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Weekday |
8th grade
Homework/Agenda Notes |
8th grade
Classroom Activities |
Earth/Environmental
Homework/Agenda Notes
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Earth/Environmental
Classroom Activities |
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Mon. |
No School - Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday |
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No School - Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday
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Tues. |
1. Read Chapter 3
2. Define Set J for Friday
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Today we:
-reviewed our graded Chapter 2 Tests on Freshwater
-received new notes and began discussing the history of oceanography
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1. read in Chapter 6
2. review class notes
3. packet due next Friday 1-27-12
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Today we:
finished discussing qualities of rivers and began river features
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Wed. |
same and review new class notes
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Today we:
-completed notes and discussion on the history of oceanographic science and discussed the limiting factors to ocean research |
same as Tuesday |
Today we:
-continued with the discussion of river features and examined the Catawba River Watershed |
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Thurs. |
none |
Today we:
-had a special opportunity to view a movie in the GeoDome and learn about global climate change and its impact upon marine mammals. Guest educators from the Catawba Science Center and Natural Science Museum in Raleigh were in-house all day! We made an origami whale, touched baleen and learned about animal blubber! |
none
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Today we:
-had a special opportunity to view a movie in the GeoDome and learn about global climate change and its impact upon marine mammals. Guest educators from the Catawba Science Center and Natural Science Museum in Raleigh were in-house all day! We made an origami whale, touched baleen and learned about animal blubber! |
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Fri. |
Read in Chapter 3
No school Monday or Tuesday |
Today we:
-debriefed about how we can "Think globally, but act locally" for the benefit of mother nature
-reviewed Set J terms |
Read in Chapter 6
No school Monday or Tuesday
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Today we:
-debriefed about how we can "Think globally, but act locally" for the benefit of mother nature |