Classwork

 Today in class we finished working on the time zone lab.  Students who finished early were given a holiday trivia challenge which will count as extra credit on the next unit test.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Classwork

As a way of reviewing for our upcoming Astronomy test, we played Astronomy Jeopardy in today’s classes.

Homework

Complete the “In a Galaxy Far, Far Away” Astronomy project

Begin studying for Tuesday’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 on December 7th.

Upcoming Test

The test for the Astronomy unit has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 8th.

Classwork

To gain a further understanding as to how optical telescopes function, students built simple refracting telescopes for the “Modeling a Telescope” lab today in class.

Homework

Complete the telescope lab

 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 on December 7th.

Upcoming Test

The test for the Astronomy unit has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 8th.

Classwork

To gain a further understanding as to how optical telescopes function, we examined how light behaves in class today.  Notes, handouts, and physical representations of different types of mirrors and lenses were used to reinforce the lesson.      

Homework

Complete the worksheet “Reflection in a Spoon” (1 page)

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 on December 7th.

Upcoming Test

The test for the Astronomy unit has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 8th.

Classwork

Today in class we discussed how telescopes function and compared the two types of optical telescopes; reflecting and refracting.      

Homework

1) Read pages 32 to 39 in the book

2) Answer questions 1 & 2

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 on December 7th.

Upcoming Test

The test for the Astronomy unit has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 8th.