1/30

-"How do you do"

-Get Texts (complete text intro)

-Hand out spiral notebooks

HW:  Number all pages in notebook

1/31

-Brain storm "What life would be like without electricity and gasoline." (p.4)

-Pick groups/go to library for Alternative Energy Research Project

-Use (p. 5) notebook for individual notes on topic

HW:  7.2 #'s 1,5,6

        7.3 define bold terms  (p.6)

2/1

-Stamp/review HW

-Library research for Alternative Energy Research Project

HW:  Read p. 645-646

Do #'s 5,6,7 end of section (p. 8)

2/4

-Strategies for success (p.2)

-Stamp/review HW

-Last day of library research for topic

   sign up for presentation day (Wed., Fri, or Monday)

HW:  Read Kyoto article-

  Highlight/define unfamiliar words

  Write 3 questions you have about topic or what you need clarified. (p. 10)

2/5

CAHSEE TESTING

 (only period 1 & 2 meet)

2/6

CAHSEE TESTING

 (only period 3 & 4 meet)

**Back to School Night**

-Stamp/review HW

-Class guidelines

-Hydro presentation(p.7)

HW: Read p. 558 in text on Greenhouse effect-write summary AND find another place that experiences the greenhouse effect other than Earth and describe it. (p.9)

2/7

Guest Lecturer

(notes on p.11)

2/8

Minimum Day

Stamp/review HW

Presentation notes (p.7)

HW:  7.4 #'s 1-6 (p.6)

2/11

-Stamp/review HW

-Presentations (p.7)

2/12

-Finish Presentations (p.7)

-Climate notes (p. 13)

HW: Read 25.1 And do end of section #1-5,7 (p. 14)

2/13

-Climate map activity (p.12)

-Weather: Heat

HW:  25.2 #'s 2-6 (p. 14)

2/14

-Stamp/review HW

-Finish Climate map activity/stamp (Finish for homework if not done)

HW:  25.3 #'s 2-4,8 (p.14)

2/15 Presidents Holiday-No school

2/18  Presidents Holiday-No school

2/19

-WU: Understanding climates (p. 15)

-stamp/review HW

-Rainfall activity (p. 16)

HW:  22.1 #2,3,5-8 (p. 17)

2/20

WU:  Atmospheric gases (p.19)

-stamp/review HW

-Atmosphere notes (p.19)

-Begin Atmosphere layers organizer Draw picture on p. 552 on front of cover (p. 18)

HW:  22.2 #1-6 (p.17)

2/21

WU: Barometers (p.20)

-stamp/review HW

-BN: Atmosphere/10 facts (p. 18)

-Fill in atmosphere layer info on organizer (p.18)

HW:  Ozone list (p.22)

2/22

-Ozone Quiz

-Stamp HW

-Questions on layers (p. 18 under organizer and BN facts )

-BN: Wind-Notes (p. 23)

HW:  22.3 #1-5 (p.17)

2/25

Temperature inversion (p. 21)

Stamp/review HW

Brainpop: wind

Dew point notes (p.25)

Humidity ws(p. 24)

HW: 23.1 #5,6,8,9 (p.26)

2/26

Stamp HW

Just Dew It Lab(turn in tomorrow)

HW:  p. 592 #'s 9,19,20,25,26

(p. 26)

2/27

-Brainpop: Humidity and Humidity worksheet (p.24)

-Stamp/review HW

-Brainpop: Hurricane

-Tornado,Hurricane, Flood w/ questions

HW:  Precipitation worksheet(p. 26)

2/28

-Finish video/review questions

-Stamp/review HW

-Brainpop: Clouds

-Up, Up and Away(p.27)

Finish for homework

HW: Read pgs. 601-614, Do p. 614 #'s 1-6 (p. 28)

2/29

-Stamp/review HW

-Organize Notebook and turn in (Notebook grade sheet)

-Turn in Ozone Quiz corrections

-Review Up,up & away(p.27)

-BN: Storms/10 facts (p.29)

HW: p. 620 #1-6 (do on a separate page to attach later)

3/3

Stamp HW

Time in class to finish HW

Review

WIND

HW:  p. 174 #19-22   p.  566 #22-25,28

(Do on separate sheet of paper)

3/4

WU:  Safety questions p.xviii in text (p.2)

-Stamp/review HW

-Front notes (p.31)

HW: p. 592 #19,21,23 p. 622 #18-20, 22,25  p. 648 #16,17 (p. 32)

3/5  Minimum Day

-Stamp HW

-Pass back notebooks/discuss

-Review

HW:  Prepare for test tomorrow (**Suggest going over chapter reviews for Ch. 7,22,23,24,25)

3/6

**TEST** on Chapters 7,22,23,24,25 (open notebook)

HW: Read p. 659-666 Do p. 666 #1-6,8 ( p. 32)

3/7

-Stamp HW

-Weather Map activity (p. 33)

Finish for homework

HW:    Choose 2 of the space telescopes or probes discussed in 26.1 and learn more about them by using either the library or internet sources.  Write up a comparison on the project goals, types of remote-sensing technologies, and the science benefits expected. ** (Do on separate piece of paper) **Extra Credit opportunity: Do more than the two above

3/10

-Review HW

-Stamp/review weather (p.33)

-BN: Space Exploration/10 facts (p.34)

-Begin 26.1 organizer (p.34)

HW:  Choose 2 of the space telescopes or probes discussed in 26.1 and learn more about them by using either the library or internet sources.  Write up a comparison on the project goals, types of remote-sensing technologies, and the science benefits expected. ** (Do on separate piece of paper)

**Extra Credit opportunity: Do more than the two above

3/11

-26.1 organizer (p.34)

HW:  26.2 #1-8 (p.32)

3/12

-StampHW

-Finish organizer/turn in tomorrow

Notes:  (p.35)

Earth's revolution

Earth's rotation

Earth's axis

Earth revolution animation

HW:  a) Finish organizer

b)  Complete illustration of one word or comparison from group list

3/13

-Turn in organizer

-Review Ch. 26 HW

-Finish Ch. 26 group vocab assignment/turn in

HW:  Outline 27.1 (p.36)

3/14

-Stamp/review HW (p.36)

-Chapter 26 open notes quiz

grade/turn in

Brain Pop: Big Bang

-Big Bang notes (p.37)

HW:  27.1 p. 690 #1-5 (p.36)

3/17

**Space telescope research due

-Stamp/review HW

-Notes on Nebular Theory (p. 39)

-"How the Earth was Made" (p.38)

-Vocab card directions SET 1(p. 40)

HW:  Vocab cards SET #1 (p. 40)

3/18

-Record completion of vocab (students switch cards and ID)

-Planet Comparisons (Use texts and notes) (p. 38)

-BN: Planets (p. 41)

-Work on Vocab cards SET #2

HW:  Vocab cards SET #2(p. 40)

3/19

*GUEST SPEAKER*

-Record completion of vocab (students switch cards and ID)

HW:  Vocab cards SET #3 (p. 40)

3/20

-Record completion of vocab (students switch cards and ID)

-Review Concept mapping/p. 819

- Astronomer's Wheel (p. 42) using texts, internet, and video

HW: Finish Astronomer wheel

3/21

-WU: p.694 #7,8 (p.43)

-Stamp Wheel (p.42)

-BrainPop: Galileo

-Kepler notes/powerpoint (p. 43)

-"Standard Deviants" notes (fill in wheel)

HW:  p.712-713 #1-12 (p. 44)

3/24

-BrainPop: Outer Solar System (p.45)

-Stamp/review HW(p.44)

-Moon Notes

(p. 47)

-Moon diagram

(p. 46)

HW: p. 719-732

Do p. 732 #1-6 (p.48)

3/25

WU:  Do p.732 #7 & 8 (p. 48 in notebook)

-BN: Moon (p.49)

-Lunar Phases(Draw and label the phases of the moon.  Use text.) (p.50)

-Eclipse notes (p.51)

HW: p.744 #1-7 (p.52)

3/26

WU: Read p.734 answer . 738 #3&4 (p.53 in book)

- Eclipse lab (p.728 in text)   (p. 54 in notebook)

-Asteriod notes (p. 55)

-Stamp HW

HW:  p. 746 #9-16 (p.52)

3/27

-BN: Asteroids (p.56)

-Stamp/review HW (p.732 #1-6, p.744 #1-7, p. 746 #9-16)

HW: Organize notebook and study chapter reviews for test tomorrow

3/28

Test on Astronomy (open notebook)

Notebook check

3/31

Handback/review tests

(Test corrections due Friday!)

Begin midterm Review posters

HW: work on notes on stamped paper for use on midterm

4/1

4/2

**Midterm**

May use notes on pre-stamped paper, handwritten. (NO Notebook!)

4/3

4/4 Minimum day

End of 3rd quarter