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LAST DAY TO TURN IN MISSING WORK!
 
HALL PASSES DUE TODAY!
 
EXTRA CREDIT DUE TODAY!

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Read Section 8.1
Cornell Note Format
-SAQ 1-7
-Summary

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Chapter 10 Test-Volcanoes

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Ch. 10 Assessment 22 pts
page 303 Write Question and answer 1-10
11-22 write answer only in complete sentences.
 
Follow directions -3pts

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Complete the Analysis Questions and the conclusion.
Attach the map with Volcano and Earthquake coordinates with key.

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Section 10.3 Cornell Note Format
include SAQs 1-5 into Cornell Notes with summary.
 

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Section 10.2 Cornell Note Format
include SAQs 1-5 into Cornell Notes with summary.
 

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Section 10.1 Cornell Note Format
include SAQs 1-5 into Cornell Notes with summary.
 

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Inventors and Inventions Brochure

You will be choosing an inventor and gathering information about their life and their work. You should include a short biography of the inventor’s life and describe what they have invented.  Be sure to explain how the inventor’s work has changed or improved the way in which we live today.

What should be included?

Inventor’s name

Date of birth and death (if applicable).

Biography of life.

What did he/she invent or how did he/she discover it?

How did it affect our world/society/environment?

Pictures (Portrait of inventor can be drawn)

 

Main Focus of Your Project

Topics to Research and Include in Your Project:

  • Who invented it: Who was the inventor? When did this inventor live? How was this inventor educated? Where did he/she live? If you can find out, tell why the inventor wanted to invent the invention. Did this inventor invent other things?
  • When was it invented: Give the date of the invention.
  • What the invention does: Clearly explain what the invention does and how it can be used. Is it used for communication, transportation, fun, food, medicine, science, or something else? (Use Key Concepts: Function (How does it work?), Form (What is it like?) Connection (How is Connected to other things?) Change (How has it changed?)
  • The importance of the invention: Explain why the invention is important. Has it saved lives, helped transportation, simplified communication, increased the food supply, or is it simply for fun?
  • The invention in today’s world: Describe how the inventor’s work has changed or improved the way in which we live today.

 

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Ch. 9 and 8.4 Test  Today!
Study!!!!!!

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Ch. 9 Test Today!

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Outline 9.4 SAQs 1-5
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Outline 9.3 SAQs 1-5
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Complete Reading Guide 15.1
Complete Cornell Notes for 15.1 with questions and summary
 
Quiz Today!

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Mapping the Ocean Floor Lab
 
Analysis Questions:
1.  What does a longer travel time for the sound tell you about the bottom?
2.  Describe the shape of the ocean floor.
3.  Explain how the depth of the ocean floor is measured by an echo sounder.
4.  Find and label the following features on your graph:  guyot, mid-ocean ridge, continental shelf, continental slope, continental rise, seamount, and ocean trench.
 
Conclusion:
What is the purpose/objective for this lab activity?  What did you learn about the ocean floor?  How do you think it compares to the features on land?  What causes the guyots to have flat tops?  What is the difference between the ocean features that formed the Hawaiian islands and the features that formed Iceland?

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Section 15.1, SAQ 1-6, Cornell note format with summary.

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Ch. 21 Climate Test Today!

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EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY!
The Lorax Writing Assignment:
Write a 1 page essay answering one of the following questions.  Your work must be typed 1.5 spaced with 1 inch margins.  Use font size 11 or 12.  If you are struggling writing enough for one question then you may choose a second question to answer.  Make sure to include the question at the top of your paper.
 
  1. Which of the main characters do you like the best?  Justify/explain the thinking behind your answer with examples from the story.  Do you identify  with the character?
  2. Write a diary for the Lorax recounting his dealings with the Once-ler.  Be detailed.
  3. Write a detailed new article that informs the reader about an event from The Lorax.
  4. The Lorax spoke for the trees" for the trees have no tongues".  What would you choose to speak for and what would you say?

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Cornell Note Format
Section 21.3, SAQs 1-6
Remember to include summary!

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Cornell Note Format
Section 21.2, SAQs 1-7
Remember to include summary!

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Cornell Note Format
Section 21.1, SAQs 1-8
Remember to include summary!

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Ch. 21 - 12 Vocabulary Words Define.  Choose one of the following:
3 column chart, word, definition, picture
mini booklet
index cards
foldable

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Ch. 21 Vocabulary Words
Please choose one of the following to define 12 words ALSO include Pictures!
  • index cards
  • foldable
  • 3 column chart
  • mini-booklet

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Ch. 19 Air Pressure & Wind Test

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Ch. 17 Test Today!

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Ch. 17 Review Questions due complete today!

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Read Section 17.3
Using Cornell Notes Format:
Define Albedo, Isotherm
and answer SAQs 1-5 and 6 is extra credit
write a 5 sentence summary
due today!

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Quiz on Section 17.2 Vocabulary and Concepts TODAY!

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Reading Guide 17.2 due complete tomorrow.

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Section 17.1 Quiz today!