Class and Homework for 12/21/09

Classwork

 Today in class we began a lab in which students will make a model to utilize for determining the local time and date for various places around the globe.  We will continue working on the lab tomorrow in class.

Homework

No homework was assigned

 Help Sessions

 All students are encouraged to attend my help session next Wednesday.

 Notes

 The notes for the Topography unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system.

 Projects & Tests

 No projects or tests are currently scheduled

Class and Homework for 12/18/09

Classwork

 We continued talking about using maps in today’s class.  We looked at how longitude can be used to not only determine local time, but day as well.

Homework

“Latitude, Longitude, & Time Zones” wkst (2 sides)

“Mapping the Earth’s Surface” wkst (1 side)

 Help Sessions

 All students are encouraged to attend my help session next Wednesday.

 Notes

 The notes for the Topography unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system.

 Projects & Tests

 No projects or tests are currently scheduled

Class and Homework 12/17/09

Classwork

 We continued looking at maps in today’s class.  We finished examining the coordinate system we use to determine location on our planet and began looking at how longitude can be used to determine local time.

Homework

No Homework was assigned

 Help Sessions

 All students are encouraged to attend my help session next Wednesday.

 Notes

 The notes for the Topography unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system.

 Projects & Tests

 No projects or tests are currently scheduled

Class and Homework for 12/16/09

Classwork

 We began looking at maps in today’s class.  We discussed some of their uses, talked about map scale and then started to examine the coordinate system we use to determine location on our planet.

Homework

 Read pages 287-293 in textbook

Answer questions 1-7 (B block q. 1-8)

 Help Sessions

 All students are encouraged to attend my help session next Wednesday.

 Notes

 The notes for the Topography unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system.

 Projects & Tests

 No projects or tests are currently scheduled

Class and Homework for 12/15/09

Classwork

 The introduction to Earth’s topography was concluded in class today.  We finished looking at the three types of landscape features by discussing plains and plateaus.

Homework

Complete the “Topography Review and Reinforcement” wkst (2 pages)

Help Sessions

 All students are encouraged to attend my help session next Wednesday.

 Notes

 The notes for the Topography unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system.

 Projects & Tests

 No projects or tests are currently scheduled

Class and Homework for 12/14/09

Classwork

 An introduction to the Earth’s topography was continued in class today.  The three types of landscape features were discussed in general with mountains landscapes covered more thoroughly.

Homework

 Read pages 279-285 in textbook

Answer questions 1-4 (B block q. 1-5)

 Help Sessions

 All students are encouraged to attend my help session next Wednesday.

 Notes

 The notes for the Topography unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system.

 Projects & Tests

 No projects or tests are currently scheduled

Class and Homework for 12/11/09

Classwork

In introduction to the Earth’s topography was begun in class today.  The major division of land were address and notes were given.

Homework

Read pages 276-278 in textbook

Answer questions 1-3 (B block q. 1-4)

Complete “The Continents” (2 sides)

 Help Sessions

All students are encouraged to attend my help session next Wednesday.

Notes

The notes for the Topography unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system.

Projects & Tests

No projects or tests are currently scheduled

Class and Homework for 12/10/09

Classwork

Mrs. Belisle was out of the building today.  The sub showed a “Planet Earth” video in each class to act as an introduction to the topography unit we are about to begin.

Homework

No homework was assigned

Class and Homework for 12/8/09

Classwork

Students took the Astronomy Unit Test today in class.

Homework

No homework was assigned

 Help Sessions

All students are encouraged to attend my Wednesday help session.

Class and Homework for 12/7/09

Classwork

The Astronomy projects were collected in class today.  As I collected the projects, students worked on answering two MCAS prompts that are related to our present unit of study.

Homework

Complete the MCAS prompts

Study for tomorrow’s unit test on Astronomy

 Help Sessions

All students are encouraged to attend my help session next Wednesday.

Notes

The notes for the Astronomy unit have been placed on the “Student Shared Drive” in the school’s computer system, but there are no notes for the engineering project

Projects

The “In a Galaxy Far, Far Away” project in due today, December 7th.

Upcoming Test

The test for the Astronomy unit is tomorrow, December 8th.