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Chapters

1 & 2

 

Today's date :   October 15
Topic :   Film : Volcano, Nature's Inferno, by National Geographic
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Today's date :   October 12
Topic :   Test Day
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Today's date :   October 11
Topic :   Practice Test
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Class Discussion :   Grade Practice Test and Pages 55&56 for study use
On Line Interactives    
Assignment:   Test Friday!  
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Today's date :   October 10
Topic :   Chapter 2, Review and Assessement
Pages :   55-56, 1-15 and Map Skills Activity
Class Discussion :    
On Line Interactives    
Assignment:   Test Friday!  
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Today's date :   October 9
Topic :   Open Book SPARK - Chapter 2, Sections 3&4
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Today's date :   October 8
Topic :   Chapter 2, Section 4
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Class Discussion :    
On Line Interactives   Climate and Weather Links
Assignment:   Guided Reading and Review Graded
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Today's date :   October 5
Topic :   Chapter 2, Section 4
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Class Discussion :    
On Line Interactives   Climate & Weather Links
Assignment:   Guided Reading and Review
Due :   Tomorrow

 

Today's date :   October 4
Topic :   Lab Activity Day
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Class Discussion :    
On Line Interactives   From Geography Website - Explore Water Cycle Interactives
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Today's date :   October 3
Topic :   Reading Chapter 2, Section 3, Climate and Weather
Pages :   40-47
Class Discussion :   Currents - ocean and air. 
On Line Interactives   See Interactive Links Below, Climate and Weather Section
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Today's date :   October 2
Topic :   REVIEW - Chapter 2, Sections 1&2
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Class Discussion :    
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Assignment:   Section Quiz for Sections 1 & 2 (open book)
Due :   End of Hour Today

 

Today's date :   October 1
Topic :   Climate And Weather
Pages :   Chapter 2, Section 3, Pages 47
Class Discussion :  

Weather, Climate, and the Water Cycle

On Line Interactives  

Go To Online Links - See Water Cycle

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Today's date :   September 27
Topic :   Human - Environmental Interactions
Pages :   Film - History Channel - True Caribbean Pirates
Class Discussion :  

The students wanted to finish the documentary from yesterday, so I showed the second third of it.  I think we can be done with it for now, as what I wanted them to see from it has been shown.   

Assignment:   Film Questions.

1.  Where is the area known as "The Caribbean?"

2.  What geological features made it so favorable for piracy?

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Today's date :   September 26
Topic :   Human - Environmental Interactions
Pages :   Film - History Channel - True Caribbean Pirates
Class Discussion :  

I need to be gone from class today, so I showed this film, which is an accurate documentary of the Caribbean region of the 17 & 18th centuries.  

Assignment:   Film Questions.

1.  Where is the area known as "The Caribbean?"

2.  What geological features made it so favorable for piracy?

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Today's date :   September 25
Topic :   Forces Shaping Our Earth
Pages :   33-39
Class Discussion :  

We went to the computer lab today so we could look at the information provided in some of the links on this page.  It was a successful activity, the students really seemed to enjoy the Volcano Maker from Channel One in particular. 

Assignment:   If you have access to the internet at home, or can go to the public library, then it would be great if you could go spend some more time with these activities.  The simulations are great, and can show what actually happens in a visual way that is not possible with simple text. 
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SPARK : Topic Suggestion   What are the four layers of the earth?   (core, mantle, crust, atmosphere)

 

Today's date :   September 24
Topic :   Forces Shaping Our Earth
Pages :   33 - 35
Assignment :   Discussion of :

1.  Core, Mantle, Crust

2.  Atomosphere and Water

3.  Earthquakes & Volcanos

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SPARK : Topic Suggestion   Think about Rotation, Revolution, and Axis tilt.  What does each mean?  What does each cause?

 

Today's date :   September 21
Topic :   Forces Shaping Our Earth
Pages :   33-39
Assignment :   Reading Only - Discussion Next Monday.  Be ready!
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Today's date :   September 20
Topic : GRADING ALL Worksheets - 2.1, Hemispheres, Geo Sandwiches
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Today's date :   September 19
Topic :   Using An Atlas
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Assignment :   Worksheet - Western & Northern Hemisphere
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Today's date :   September 18
Topic :   Using An Atlas
Pages :    
Assignment :   Worksheet - Western & Northern Hemisphere
Due :   September 19

 

Today's date :   September 17
Topic :   Using An Atlas
Pages :    
Assignment :   Worksheet - Western & Northern Hemispheres
Due :   September 19

 

Today's date :   September 14
Topic :   Using An Atlas
Pages :    
Assignment :   Worksheet - TCM - Geography Sandwiches
Due :   September 19

 

Today's date :   September 13
Topic :   Begin Reading Chapter 2
Pages :   28-32
Assignment :   Guided Reading and Review
Due :   Friday, September 14

 

On Line Interactive Sites

Chapter 2

Each link is set up to open in a new window.  Once you are done with that site, close the open window.  If you don't, you're going to end up with open windows all over the place, and it will get confusing trying to figure out where you are, where you want to go, and where you've been! 

To close a window, click on the close box.  It's the red X in the upper right corner of your screen.  DON'T CLOSE THIS WINDOW or you'll have to retype the address into your browser! 

     

CLIMATE AND WEATHER

Ocean World   Currents
    Currents Quiz
Teacher's Domain   Examine Global Currents Interactive
    Cold and Warm Fronts Interactive
    Adrift On The Gulf Stream
    What Causes The Gulf Stream?
NASA S'COOL Project   Cloud Types Tutorial
Nova Online   Inside the Jet Stream
Study Of Place   Ocean Currents Exploration
NOVA | scienceNOW   Hurricanes
    Hurricanes and Global Warming
    Climate Change
    What's Up With The Weather
    Hunt For The Super Twister
     

THE WATER CYCLE

Kids Earth

  Droplet and the Water Cycle
National Marine Aquarium    The Water Cycle
EPA   The Water Cycle
Earth Guide   Animated Water Cycle
MSNBC   Animated Water Cycle
Matter Cycles   Earth's Stuff
Education 4 Sustainability   Water Goes Around
Canterbury Environmental Education Center   Water Cycle Explorer
EPA   Water Trivia Facts!
QUIA   Matching Game : Test Your Knowledge!
Action In Education   Drag and Drop Water Cycle Practice
University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences (k-12 resources)   Water : A Never Ending Story (some experiments)
     

WHAT MAKES UP THE EARTH

CNN   Layers Of The Earth
DIVE & DISCOVER   Plate Tectonics
SCED Modules   Plate Tectonics
Matter Cycles : Earth's Stuff   Plate Tectonics
INTERACTIVES   Dynamic Earth
National Geographic   Global Warming Interactive
     

VOLCANOS

NOVA Online  

Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius

Discovery Channel   Explore A Virtual Volcano
National Geographic   Forces Of Nature
Channel One   Volcano Maker
CNN   Anatomy Of A Volcano
Homework Help   Blast From The Past - Plato's Thera

EARTHQUAKES

Discovery Channel   Make A Quake
Scholastic   Anatomy of an Earthquake
Virtual Courseware   Earthquake
SCEC Modules   Earthquakes
     

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Here's the link to an article about the shrinking sea ice that Mrs. Gent talked about in class today.  What do you think this means for our planet?   Northwest Passage Open
     

 

 

Today's date :   September 12
Topic :   Chapter 1 Test
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Today's date :   September 11
Topic :   Test Review, Grading Worksheets
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Today's date :   September 7
Topic :   Make Up Quiz Opportunity
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Today's date :   September 6
Topic :   Chapter 1, Section 2 - The Geographer's Tools
Pages :   20-22
Assignment :   Chapter Review & Assessment, Page 23&24, #1-15

Quiz  Makeup Opportunity Tomorrow! 

Due :   Friday, September 7

 

Today's date :   September 5
Topic :   Map Projections Quiz
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Assignment :   None 
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Today's date :   September 4
Topic :   Map Projections
Pages :   Study Guide
Assignment :   Review Study Guide for QUIZ tomorrow! 
Due :   QUIZ TOMORROW!!!

 

Today's date :   August 30
Topic :   Map Projections
Pages :   17-18
Assignment :   Guided Reading and Review Worksheet (in class)
Due :   Reading and discussion in class

 

Today's date :   August 28
Topic :   The Five Themes of Geography
Pages :   8-13
Assignment :   Begin Reading Section 2, The Geographer's Tools. 

 

Today's date :   August 27
Topic :   The Five Themes of Geography
Pages :   8-13
Assignment :   The Lorax - read in class.  Answer this question.  Who do these three characters represent :  The Lorax, The Once-ler, and the Someone?

Worksheet, Relative Location

Due :   Tuesday, August 28

 

Today's date :   August 24
Topic :   The Five Themes of Geography
Pages :   8-13
Assignment :   Worksheet, Map Skills, Front and Back
Due :   Monday, August 27

Five Themes Pictures & Discussion Link

Today's date :   August 23
Topic :   The Five Themes of Geography
Pages :   8-13
Assignment :   Worksheet Guided Reading and Review, Page 62
Due :   Friday, August 24