CLASS+CALENDAR+AAEE+2011-12

= **CLASS CALENDAR AAEES 2011-1** =

**SECOND SEMESTER**

 * FOURTH QUARTER **

Coastal Case Studies workday
 * WEEK SIX **
 * Mon. May 14 **

Astronomy presentation: Star birth, life and death Demonstration of Stellarium
 * Tues. May 15 **

//**You and a partner will do two astronomy investigations. The first involves using the Web; the second involves using the Cosmic Perspective textbook.**// //**Both investigations are in the packet you received today. It is due by the end of the period on May 17th**//
 * Wed. May 16 and Thurs. May 17 **

Start out with the web site below - keep it open (minimized) throughout the activity Pick out 15 of your favorite Messier objects. Try to have all types of Messier objects represented. Your choices are: open cluster, globular cluster, nebula and galaxy. Work with one Messier object at a time as you use the web sites below and collect information.
 * 1. Messier (Deep Sky) Objects**

http://www.nightskyatlas.com/messier.jsp

Use the link above for: Common Name ("name or description") visual magnitude and object type Click on the Messier code, (i.e. M1), for when the object is visible in the night sky (find this information on top of star map)

Here's another link that you will need to keep open: http://messier.seds.org/CONindex2.html Use the above link to find out what constellation it is in and when it was discovered first and by whom. This link also provides the distance in light years (ly) or kilo light years (kly) <1 kly = 1000 l

On the last page of your packet is a list of the brightest stars in the night sky. Use the __Cosmic Perspective__ textbook for finding information. Table F.2 is in the appendix (page A-19) Most of the information you need can be found here Appendix J (pages A-30 through A-33) contains night sky maps for each season. Find the __season__ that the constellation is best seen in the evening sky.
 * 2. Brightest Stars in the Sky**

Coastal Case Studies work day
 * Fri. May 11 **

Ocean and Coastal shoreline vocabulary words
 * WEEK FIVE **
 * Mon. May 7 **

Climate change - Milankovich Cycles
 * Tues. May 8 **

Guest presenter: Dr. Orrin Pilkey
 * Wed. May 9 **


 * Thurs. May 10 and Fri. May 11 **

COASTAL CASE STUDIES




 * HERE ARE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES - SOME NOT ON YOUR CASE STUDY FILE **

http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/features.html
 * World Wind **

Barrier Island basics - focus on Assateague Island on the Maryland coast http://teachoceanscience.net/teaching_resources/education_modules/barrier_islands_and_sea_level_rise/get_started/

//Drowning the North Carolina Coast// (2003) []
 * Background Reading **

//NC Coasts on Crisis// (2008) []

Guide to Coastal North Carolina Barrier Island Dynamics []
 * Barrier Island Dynamics **

//Effect of Storms on Barrier Island Dynamics, Core Banks, Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina, 1960−2001// []

View a photo series that highlights the changes in Oregon Inlet, located between Bodie Island and Hatteras Island, from 1933 to the present. This series is presented by the UNC Coastal Studies Institute (CSI) on Roanoke Island and // Our State // magazine. [] With more than 3,000 square miles of estuaries, North Carolina’s coast comprises some of the world’s largest. View a 4 and ½ minute video from CSI about NC Estuaries and the role of oysters in this ecosystem. []
 * Oregon Inlet **
 * Estuaries **

NC Coastal Federation []
 * Living Shorelines **

NC Coastal Reserve, Living Shorelines Fact Sheet []

NOAA Living Shoreline Planning and Implementation []

//Developing Alternative Shoreline Armoring Strategies: The Living Shoreline Approach in North Carolina// (2010) []

LivingShorelines: A GoodIdeaGoneBad (2012) []

//Coastal Processes and Conflicts: North Carolina’s Outer Banks, A Curriculum for Middle and High School Students// []
 * Curricula **


 * How Severe Storms Shape the Coast **

NASA's TRMM Satellite adds up Irene's massive rainfall totals []
 * Hurricane Irene Images of Interest (2011) **

Hurricane Irene Breaches Outer Banks (NOAA) []

Hurricane Irene Coastal Flooding – Before and After (MODIS, NASA) []

Pre-Storm and Post-Storm 3D Lidar Topography (NOAA-USGS airborne lidar survey) []

Brown sediments clogged coastal estuaries a week after Hurricane Floyd. [] (Landsat 7 Image, NASA) [] (for higher resolution image)
 * Hurricane Floyd Images of Interest (1999) **

Flooding – Before and After Hurricane Floyd (Landsat 7, NASA) []

Flood runoff in the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd carried an immense load of sediment into the sea. This image, from the Sea-viewing Wide Field of View Sensor (SeaWiFS) on September 23, 1999, shows the sediments being swept into the Atlantic by the Gulf Stream (NASA) []

This Landsat 7 image of the Outer Banks shows the after-effects of flooding caused by Hurricane Floyd []

LIDAR: In the Wake of the Storm ( NASA EAARL (Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar) data) Water washes through a newly formed breach on Hatteras Island [] []
 * Hurricane Isabel Images of Interest (2003) **

Bodie Island []
 * Other Coastal Images from Space **

Mixing Waters off the North Carolina Coast (Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) images) []

Energy presentations
 * WEEK FIVE **
 * Mon. Apr. 30 **

Energy presentations
 * Tues. May 1 **

Video: Kilowatt Ours
 * Wed. May 2 **

Video: Kilowatt Ours (afternoon classes at assembly)
 * Thurs. May 3 **

Video: Kilowatt Ours
 * Fri. May 4 **

**WEEK FOUR**

**Mon. Apr. 23** //Study guide handed out for WATER TEST (this Friday)//

**ENERGY PROJECT 2012**

**WEB RESOURCES**

http://www.biofuels.coop/education/#curriculum

 * AMERICAN WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION**

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/wind_how.html

 * OCEAN ENERGY - TIDAL AND WAVE POWER**
 * http://www.energysavers.gov/renewable_energy/ocean/index.cfm/mytopic=50007**
 * OCEAN ENERGY - HOW TIDAL POWER PLANTS WORK**
 * http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/tidal_power.htm**
 * OCEAN ENERGY COUNCIL - TIDAL ENERGY PROS**
 * http://www.oceanenergycouncil.com/index.php/Tidal-Energy/Tidal-Energy.html**
 * OCEAN WAVE ENERGY**
 * http://www.oceanenergycouncil.com/index.php/Tidal-Energy/Tidal-Energy.html**
 * PELAMIS WAVE POWER**
 * http://www.pelamiswave.com/**
 * OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION**
 * http://www.energysavers.gov/renewable_energy/ocean/index.cfm/mytopic=50010**
 * OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION**
 * http://cleantechnica.com/2011/09/23/ocean-thermal-energy-conversion/**
 * OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION**
 * http://www.nrel.gov/otec/what.html**

http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/technology_and_impacts/energy_technologies/how-biomass-energy-works.html

 * COAL - U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION**
 * http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=coal_home-basics**
 * COAL MINING AND PROCESSING - CONSUMER ENERGY REPORT**
 * http://www.consumerenergyreport.com/research/coal/coal-mining-and-processing/**
 * COAL - DANGEROUS POWER - ENERGY JUSTICE NETWORK**
 * http://www.energyjustice.net/coal**


 * NATURAL GAS - AN OVERVIEW**
 * http://www.naturalgas.org/overview/background.asp**
 * NATURAL GAS BASICS**
 * http://www.pge.com/microsite/safety_esw_ngsw/ngsw/basics/whatis.html**
 * NATURAL GAS - U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION**
 * http://205.254.135.7/naturalgas/**
 * //Go to Main Home Page for links on hydraulic fracturing//**

**Tues. Apr. 24** Energy project research continued

**Wed. Apr. 25** Final day in class to work on Energy Project - focus on development of final product Prepare your final product at home - no more class time after today!
 * Be prepared to present/submit project on MONDAY APRIL 30**

**Thurs. Apr. 26** Review for water test

**Fri. Apr. 27** **WATER TEST (rivers and streams; groundwater)**

**WEEK THREE** **Mon. Apr. 16** complete investigation of relief maps

**Tues. Apr. 17**

Living on Earth program - Drugs in our drinking water http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=02-P13-00011&segmentID=2

**Wed. Apr. 18** Hydrology lecture with overhead transparencies. Notes handed out that correspond with transparencies. 2 Diagrams - cross sections of groundwater features.

**Thurs. Apr. 19** Planet Earth DVD - Caves (2nd per.); Fresh Water (3rd, 5th and 6th)

**Fri. Apr. 20** Planet Earth DVD - Caves (2nd per.); Fresh Water (3rd, 5th and 6th)

**WEEK TWO** **Tues. Apr. 10** Relief maps - continue

**Wed. Apr. 11** Geology and Hydrology of Florida slide show (8 parts)

**Thurs. Apr. 12** Continuation of geology and hydrology of Florida - last part - the Everglades Hand out notes on groundwater, aquifers and Florida's hydrology - Test next Thursday April 19

Airboat ride through Everglades http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lXPLlVJwTM The Everglades and Florida Keys in Peril http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHuBjmkwq24

**Fri. Apr. 13** Relief maps - continue Last class period do work on maps will be Monday

**WEEK ONE** **Mon. Mar. 26** Weathering, Soils and Slope Instability (landslides)

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**Tues. Mar. 27** Announcement: Hydraulic Fracturing public meeting tonight at ECHHS (info. links on home page)

Energy from Shale: How fracking works http://www.energyfromshale.org/shale-extraction-process?gclid=CNzIzL76hq8CFUURNAod3wIzAg

Basin and Range slide show

Death Valley National Park http://www.nps.gov/deva/photosmultimedia/photogallery.htm

Raised Relief Map Landforms Investigation (next three days)

**Wed, Mar. 28** Debriefed students about NC-DENR public meeting on fracking Continue Raised Relief Map Landform activity

**Thurs. Mar. 29** In place of doing one of the relief maps (you need to do SIX), you can send an email to NC-DENR expressing your views on hydraulic fracturing (fracking). Emails must be received by April 2nd. Send to: shale_gas_comments@ncdenr.gov

Tell them you are a concerned high school student in Chapel Hill and give reasons for your concern. Here are some web sites that provide information about fracking and the consequences:

Gasland movie web site http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/whats-fracking

EPA web site on Natural Gas Extraction http://www.epa.gov/hydraulicfracture/

Food and Water Watch http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/fracking/

**Fri. Mar. 30**

**WEEK TEN** **Mon. Mar. 19** Video: Mystery of the Megaflood.
 * THIRD QUARTER **

**Tues. Mar. 20** NOVA - Mystery of the Megaflood interactive map http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/explore-the-scablands.html

NASA -Visible Earth - surface water http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/

Evolution of a meandering stream Profile of a river Article about the history of kayaking Article about floods on mars http://www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/egeo3/ch/14/studyplan.aspx

Imbed question in the answer. Exercises (1-10) pp. 303-304 Thought questions (1-11) p. 304
 * UNDERSTANDING EARTH TEXT ASSIGNMENT**
 * GRAY BOOK:** Streams - Transport to the Oceans pp. 281-303

Exercises (1-10) p. 451 Thought questions (1-11) p.451
 * YELLOW BOOK:** pp. 427-451

**Wed. Mar. 21** Mexico's earthquake http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

Landslides http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR77MhKwAew http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1qY8nPqcCw

Large Floods in the U,S, - Where they happen and why http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2003/circ1245/

**Thurs. Mar. 22**

Japan tsunami http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRDpTEjumdo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3AdFjklR50

**WEEK NINE** **Mon. Mar. 12** Review for test **Tues. Mar. 13** Volcanoes, Igneous Rocks and Minerals test **Wed. Mar. 14** Watersheds and Geology of North Carolina - list of cities and towns **Thurs. Mar. 15** Outside today - explore the Jolly Branch watershed **Fri. Mar. 16** Outside today - explore the Jolly Branch watershed

**WEEK EIGHT** **Mon. Mar. 5** Guns, Germs and Steel - The Incas

**Tues. Mar. 6** Testing day for Juniors

**Wed. Mar. 7**

**Thurs. Mar. 8** Complete Glacier powerpoint. View slides of student spring break trip to southern Argentina and a glacier

**Fri. Mar. 9** Chocolate Chip Cookie Mining

**WEEK SEVEN** **Mon. Feb. 27** Video: Splendid Stones - an inside look at the gem industry and its history

**Tues. Feb. 28**

**Wed. Feb. 29**

**Thurs. Mar. 1**

**Fri. Mar. 2**

**WEEK SIX** **Tues. Feb. 21** Plate tectonics test

**Wed. Feb. 22** The Physical Properties of Minerals tutorial http://www.gccaz.edu/earthsci/imagearchive/minerals.htm

**Thurs. Feb. 23** Physical Properties of Minerals Lab (per. 3 & 5)

**Fri. Feb. 24** Physical Properties of Minerals Lab (per. 2 & 6)

**WEEK FIVE** **Mon. Feb. 13**

**Tues. Feb. 14**

**Wed. Feb. 15** Activity: Examining extrusive (volcanic) and intrusive igneous rocks

**Thurs. Feb. 16** Review for Plate Tectonics Test

**Fri. Feb. 17** ** Plate tectonics test **

**WEEK FOUR** **Mon. Feb. 6** VIDEO: Born of Fire

**Tues. Feb. 7** Finish video Sketch and label various volcano diagrams from the text UNDERSTANDING EARTH

**Wed. Feb. 8**

**Thurs. Feb. 9**



**Fri. Feb. 10** complete Volcanoes 2 powerpoint

**WEEK THREE** **Mon. Jan. 30**

The Dynamic Earth Section: "Plates Pass By" (convergent boundaries)

@http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/main_frames.html



**Tues. Jan. 31** Instructions for how to find the epicenter of an earthquake

Virtual Earthquake

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Activity: Finding the epicenter of an earthquake

**Wed. Feb. 1** The Dynamic Earth Section: "Volcanoes and Hot Spots" >> section: "above hot spots" @http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/main_frames.html David Attenborough explains Easter Island http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hO-vCPuuQQ
 * Class discussion (or presentation) "Twilight on Easter" **

Six part series on Easter Island. Here is the link to part one - the other parts can be accessed from this page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DBTtC4J0OY

**Thurs. Feb. 2** The Dynamic Earth Section: "Plates Move Apart" (divergent boundaries) @http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/main_frames.html

**Fri. Feb. 3** The Dynamic Earth Section: "Plates Come Together" (convergent boundaries) @http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/main_frames.html

**WEEK TWO** **Mon. Jan. 23** WEB QUEST - PLATE TECTONICS. Answer sheet provided. Go to the following web site: [|http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications//text/understanding.html#anchor3617237]

**Tues. Jan. 24** Complete web quest. Begin reading the chapter "Twilight at Easter" from Jared Diamond's best seller, Collapse. Six open-ended questions related to the reading. Respond by taking notes or outline for class discussion. Alternate textbook (workbook) assignment: Prentice Hall Earth Science. Workbook sections 9.1 to 9.5

**Wed. Jan. 25** same as Tuesday

**Thurs. Jan. 26** (periods two and six only) Same as Tuesday

**Fri. Jan. 27** (periods three, five and seven) Same as Tuesday

**WEEK ONE**

**Wed. Jan. 18**
http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/si-gems/index.html
 * The Splendour of Diamonds**

Diamond cutting - behind the scenes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaiSbTwkZs0

How Stuff Works - Diamond cutting http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/diamond2.htm

Introduction to USGS Map "This Dynamic Planet" http://baird.si.edu/minsci/tdpmap/viewer.htm

**Thurs. Jan. 19** "This Dynamic Planet" Plate Tectonic map activity Describe 5 tectonic plates.


 * Fri. Jan. 20 **

__**SECOND QUARTER**__

__**WEEK TEN**__

**Mon. Jan. 9**
Continue working on Weather practice Test It is available on the main page for this class along with the answer key The test is based on the powerpoints that we reviewed last week. The weather practice test reinforces much of the information on the slides.

** Tues. Jan. 10 ** WEATHER TEST - 35 multiple choice questions

**Wed. Jan.11** Reading: "Our Restless Rocky Earth" List five facts or pieces of information from each section.

**Thurs. Jan. 12**

Begin Geology unit. Lecture based on this web site:

The Dynamic Earth

@http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/main_frames.html

Sections covered: Geologic Revolution and ancient continents

Students given time to work on "Our Restless Rocky Earth"

**Fri. Jan. 13** Continue with lecture from The Dynamic Earth Section covered: The Inner Earth (crust, mantle and core) We also covered the sub-sections on Diamonds.

__** WEEK NINE **__

** Tues. Jan. 3 ** Final test of grading period will be on TUESDAY JANUARY 10. Topic: Weather "Study Guide" consists of 2 powerpoints - Weather Review 1 and Weather Review 2 **Wed. Jan. 4** continue with Weather Review 1 Listen to an episode of a radio program, Living on Earth

**Thurs. Jan. 5**

**Fri. Jan. 6** Weather Practice test

**NEXT TEST IS ON TUESDAY JANUARY 10th.** **LOOK OVER THE POWERPOINTS - WEATHER REVIEW #1 AND WEATHER REVIEW #2**

**Here is the Practice test you did in class on Friday**



__**WEEK EIGHT**__ Make-up work day
 * Mon. Dec. 19 **

Holiday Party
 * Tues. Dec. 20 **

WINTER BREAK BEGINS!!!
 * Wed. Dec. 21**

__**WEEK SEVEN**__ Movie: Day After Tomorrow
 * Mon. Dec. 12 **

WW2010 Tutorial - Air Masses, fronts and weather station symbols Here is the link to the main page: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/home.rxml Here is the packet for the tutorial: Follow the instructions on the packet. Work must be done in your scrapbook. If you do not have a scrapbook, use recycled paper and bind together when completed. This is a multiple day project that involves going to the WW2010 web site. You will be graded on accuracy, neatness, completion and attention to detail. A rubric will be used to grade this project. Points will be deducted for not using class time on this project.
 * Tues. Dec. 13 **

WW2020 Tutorial
 * Wed. Dec. 14**

WW2010 Tutorial
 * Thurs. Dec. 15**

WW2010 Tutorial - last day Take home quiz is due today Complete tutorial at home. Due Monday Dec. 19 Take home test: Air masses, Air pressure and Winds, and Fronts - DUE: Fri. Jan. 6th
 * Fri. Dec. 16**

__**WEEK SIX**__ Textbook work
 * Mon. Dec. 5 **

Textbook work
 * Tues. Dec. 6 **

finish textbook work
 * Wed. Dec. 7**

Delayed opening day - 2nd, 4th and 6th periods Movie: Day After Tomorrow
 * Thurs. Dec. 8**

Delayed Opening 5th period Movie: Day After Tomorrow
 * Fri. Dec. 9**

__ **WEEK FIVE** __
 * Mon. Nov. 28 **


 * Tues. Nov. 29 **

Weather Test
 * Wed. Nov. 30**


 * Thurs. Dec. 1**


 * Fri. Dec. 2**

__**WEEK FOUR**__ __** Mon. Nov. 21 **__ Types of Thunderstorms Web site used for lesson: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/mtr/svr/type/home.rxml Notes (handed out) and diagrams

__**Tues. Nov. 22**__

__**Wed. Nov. 23**__

__**WEEK THREE**__
1. Review of how a wet-dry bulb thermometer and sling psychrometer work including an explanation of the "science" behind it. Students have the opportunity to improve their points on the "pop quiz" by typing a more complete response into a Survey Monkey box. Go to this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XZ2FG79 When you are finished, click "done." 2. Lecture and notes on "Cumulus Cloud formation" Only hard copies available at this time. The notes have not been scanned. 3. We made a weather prediction using the wind vane and cloud chart. Each time we go outside to do a prediction, it will be marked on the back of the cloud chart handout (given out on this day).
 * Mon. Nov. 14**

1. Lecture and notes: "Atmospheric stability and cloud formation" Web resources used: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/mtr/cld/home.rxml http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream//synoptic/clouds.htm 2. We made a weather prediction using the wind vane and cloud chart. Each time we go outside to do a prediction, it will be marked on the back of the cloud chart handout
 * Tues. Nov. 15**


 * Wed. Nov. 16**


 * Thurs. Nov. 17**


 * Fri. Nov. 18**

__**WEEK TWO**__
Continue with textbook assignment.
 * Tues. Nov. 8**


 * Wed. Nov. 9**

Last day of textbook assignment
 * Thurs. Nov. 10**

__**WEEK ONE**__

Earth's Amazing Sites http://www.wimp.com/amazingsights/
 * Mon. Oct. 31**

1. We watched the short videos below:
 * Tues. Nov. 1**

Earth's atmosphere http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YAOT92wuD8 Layers of the atmosphere http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA5gmwnF49w Earth's Atmosphere - Incredible Evidence of Design http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FdRb-0j7C8

2. We completed the powerpoint shown yesterday

3. Demonstration of the wet and dry bulb thermometer and the sling psychrometer. Both are used to measure relative humidity.

Students determined relative humidity levels in four areas of the school.
 * Wed. Nov. 2**

Topic: Cloud formation WW2010 WEB SITE: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/mtr/cld/dvlp/wtr.rxml JETSTREAM ONLINE WEATHER: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream//synoptic/clouds.htm//
 * Thurs. Nov. 3**

Textbook assignment: Chapters 17 & 18 in text Workbook sections: 17.2, 17.3, wordwise, 18.1 Write answers in your notebook. Continue on Tuesday.
 * Fri. Nov. 4**

__**WEEK NINE**__

Final in-class workday for plastics ad campaign
 * Mon Oct. 17 **

El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Web Quest Here are the links for the web quest:
 * Tues. Oct. 18**

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[|http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/eln/home.rxml]

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[|http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/impacts.html#part3]

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Continue with El Nino web quest
 * Wed, Oct. 18**


 * Thurs. Oct. 19**


 * Fri. Oct. 20**


 * __WEEK EIGHT__ **
 * QUIZ ON TUESDAY OCT. 11 **

__**Mon. Oct. 10**__ The Story of Bottled Water http://storyofstuff.org/bottledwater/
 * WATCH THE FOLLOWING**

TED Talk - Charles Moore on Ocean pollution http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/capt_charles_moore_on_the_seas_of_plastic.html

Natl. Geographic article on plastic bottles http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/water-bottle-pollution-2947.html?source=glhottopic
 * AND READ THIS ARTICLE**


 * THEN WORK WITH YOUR CHOSEN GROUP ON THIS MINI-PROJECT:**

**PLASTICS AND OCEAN POLLUTION PROJECT:** **WHAT IS THIS?: Ad campaign that informs people about plastic and its effects on the overall health and well-being of humankind and nature.** **DUE: Monday Oct. 24** **ONLY ONE DAY OF CLASS TIME WILL BE USED - THIS WEDNESDAY - SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY** **SIZE OF GROUPS: You may work by yourself or with up to THREE other students. The more in your group, the greater the standards will be for grading.** **Inform me by Wed. Oct. 12 of your group members and chosen final product. Write information on note card and submit. Include class period on card.** **FINAL PRODUCTS:** **- slide show that you narrate** **- quality poster that gets the message across** **- video of a commercial or public service announcement** **- campaign speech** **- comic or cartoon strip** **- poem, rap or song (to be performed)** **- OTHER IDEAS?? let me know.**

__**Tues. Oct. 12**__ Quiz #3 on Celestial Motions.

__**Wed, Oct. 13**__ //PSAT testing in the morning// Periods 2/3 Earth Comm textbook assignment Periods 5/6 Plastics ad campaign workday

Textbook assignment: Activity 3 - Surface Circulation of the Ocean (begins on page F-23) Part A. Mapping Surface Currents (1-4) including plotting data on map) Part B. Tracing Wind and Surface Ocean Currents (1-2) Label warm and cold currents on map.

__**Thurs. Oct. 14**__ Periods 2/3 Plastics ad campaign workday Periods 5/6 Earth Comm textbook assignment (described above)

Plastics ad campaign workday Complete Earth Comm textbook assignment
 * __Fri. Oct. 15__**

** REMINDER: QUIZ ON TUES. OCT. 11 ** **Sun and Earth's Magnetosphere slide show and notes** **Earth and Ocean Basics web quest** **Celestial Sphere and Celestial Motions slide show and defined terms** //**You will be given a practice quiz on Tuesday to work on - we will go over it on Thursday in class**//
 * __WEEK SEVEN__ **

Fictitious planet challenge. Uses sketches and text to explain the answers to the questions about your planet. Name it and discuss the how (if) plants, animals and "intelligent life" could exist. This work is done in your scrapbook (per. 3,5 & 6) or composition book (per. 1) One person in each group should use the larger paper provided and illustrate (with text) the assignment. These will be displayed in the hallway gallery.
 * __ Mon. Oct. 3 __**


 * Practice test will be handed out. Do for homework. We will go over it in class on Thursday. That's when it is due.**

__**Tues. Oct. 4**__ Topic: Ocean currents - outline handed out with terms to be defined NOAA narrated slide show – Ocean Currents and global impact []

Here are the teacher notes for you:

Time at end of period to work on fictitious planet (part 3 of lab)

__**Wed. Oct. 5**__ Thermohaline Lab. All about ocean currents and why not all ocean water is the same. Demonstration: Convection tank

__**Thurs. Oct. 6**__ Go over Celestial Motions practice test. **The quiz will be on Tuesday Oct. 11.** It will cover the following: - Sun and Earth's Magnetosphere (slide show and notes) - Earth and Ocean Basics Web Quest - Celestial Sphere and Celestial Motions slide show and terms defined on the back of the notes from the previous powerpoint. //Note that there will be no questions about ocean currents on this quiz//

Textbook assignment: __Earth Science and Your Community__
 * __Fri. Oct. 7__**

__ **WEEK SIX** __ __**Mon. Sept. 26**__ Last day to work on web quest in class **COMPLETE FOR HOMEWORK - DUE TOMORROW**
 * HOW STUFF WORKS - OCEAN CURRENTS ASSIGNMENT - DUE FRI. OCT. 3 **

__**Tues. Sept. 27**__ Hand back quizzes and other graded work. Students will have opportunity to do quiz corrections in composition book (per 2) and notebook (per. 3,5 & 6) Back side of Notes from Sun and Magnetosphere powerpoint - vocabulary words - we will go over them (keep in notebook)

__**Wed. Sept. 28**__

__**Thurs. Sept. 29**__ **PER. 2 & 6 - LAB DAY - extended period** Depending on weather, we will either do PATH OF SUN IN SKY (outdoors if sunny conditions) or CONVECTION LAB



__**Fri. Sept. 30**__ **PER. 3 & 5 - LAB DAY - extended period** Depending on weather, we will either do PATH OF SUN IN SKY (outdoors if sunny conditions) or CONVECTION LAB (in different location for 6th period)

__ ** WEEK FIVE ** __ __**Mon. Sept.19 - Fri. Sept. 23**__
 * TOPICS: How the Sun Affects the Earth; Earth's Motions in Space**

student outline

__**Mon. Sept. 19**__ Quiz: Solar Nebula and Early Earth After quiz: Cosmic Perspective textbook assignment: Chapter 2 (pp.40-62) Questions 1-13 on pg. 63 Moon Phase diagrams (handout) - use textbook figure 2.19 on pg. 62 //Textbooks never leave classroom. You may finish work in classroom during lunch or 1st or 4th period study hall)//

__**Tues. Sept. 20**__

student outline

__**Wed. Sept. 21**__ Continue with textbook work and moon phase diagram (from Monday). This work goes in notebooks. In addition, label and color a drawing of the Sun (put in scrapbook)

__**Thurs. Sept. 22**__

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**Your work should be done on separate paper. Staple pages together before handing in and put your name and class period on top of each page. Please use the numbering format below. Write the title of each section above the answers to that set of questions (so it is easier to grade). You do not have to re-write the question, however the question itself should be implied in the answer. Be thorough and accurate with your answers to get the most points. ** =====

Here's the link to the packet you received in class.



**Here are the web sites used in the webquest (in order) - note that there is no section "I"**

 []  []  [] []  [|http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007299181x/student_view0/chapter2/lunar_phases_interactive.html#]  []  []  [] []
 * A) Tutorial on Earth-Sun relations **
 * B) Earth orbiting Sun and the seasons animation **
 * C) Coriolis Effect **
 * D) Coriolis Effect, ocean circulation and tides**
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">E) Lunar phases interactive **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">F) Excellent solar eclipse animation by NOVA with subtitles **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">G) Eclipse of the Century **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">H) The next solar eclipse!! **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">J) Observation of night sky looking south from same location throughout the year **


 * __Fri. Sept. 23__**
 * CONTINUE WORKING ON WEB QUEST (day 2 in computer lab)**
 * We will work on this one more day in the computer and then complete for homework - Due Tues. Sept. 27 **

**ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENT - DUE FRIDAY SEPT. 30** ** Go to How Stuff Works _ Ocean Currents here's the web site: ** ** http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/oceanography/ocean-current.htm ** ** There are seven sections to this article. You will read and outline (or summarize) the first five sections (up thorough "Tidal currents") **

** NEXT WEEK: Topics: Ocean currents; "Sky orientation" ** ** LABS AND DEMOS: Convection demo and lab (if cloudy on Thurs. and Fri.) - or - Path of the Sun in the Sky activity (if sunny on Thurs. and Fri.) **

__ ** WEEK FOUR ** __ __** Mon. Sept.12 - Fri. Sept. 16 **__
 * TOPICS: IMPACTS AND CRATERS, EARLY EARTH EVIDENCE IN THE ROCKS AND IT'S "POISONOUS" ATMOSPHERE**

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> Impact Crater activity - outside. complete packet including graph and hand in by the end of this week.
 * TUES. SEPT. 13 - WED. SEPT. 14**


 * THURS. SEPT. 15**

Short video: Early Earth and Plate Tectonics []

__**FRI. SEPT 16.**__ Video: From Pole to Pole (from Planet Earth series) How does latitude and axis tilt affect the angle of sunlight and lengths of days and nights? How have plants and animals adapted to their particular locations?

__ ** WEEK THREE ** __ __**Tues. Sept. 6 - Fri. Sept. 9**__ i //**Hurricane Quiz on Tuesday before beginning new topic**//


 * TOPIC: EVOLUTION OF THE SOLAR NEBULA (Formation of the Solar System)**


 * __Notes go in three ring binder along with outline__. Information can be found in powerpoint and Chapter 8 of Cosmic Perspective**

__**WEEK TWO**__ **//STUDY FOR QUIZ ON TUESDAY SEPT. 6.//** **Have 3-ring binder and "scrapbook" in class next week. You will be marked off if you do not have these supplies****All surveys must be complete by midnight tonight. You will be marked off if I did not receive a survey from you.****I must have received an __email from PARENTS__ by this weekend.**

__**Mon. Aug. 29 - Fri. Sept. 2**__
 * TOPIC: HURRICANES**

Each student given his/her permanent (the rest of the year) class number Reminders about supplies, survey and parent emails The M.O. of the classroom: backpacks, electronics, music, recycling, garbage, clean-up, supplies, end-of-class, cubbies in front of room Explanation of how "Think Tank" group initiatives work

//Topic: hurricanes// (outline provided)

DEMOS = PHYSICS CONCEPTS RELATED TO THE ATMOSPHERE AND WEATHER atmospheric moisture can crush cloud in a bottle easy way to remember high pressure (sinking air) and low pressure (rising air)
 * Per 3,5 & 6 - Descriptions of each demo (below) go in scrapbook. Per 2. - Descriptions go in composition book. **

LECTURE AND NOTES

University of Illinois weather web site: [|http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml] (online guides > meteorology > hurricanes > introduction)

OTHER HURRICANE LINKS USED IN CLASS:

Here's another web site that will be helpful: []

Hurricane categories animation []

Global hurricane tracks []

HURRICANE IRENE Satellite image of hurricane's path [] Video footage [|http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/27/hurricane-irene-video-footage_n_939303.html#s341416&title=Rain_In_Kill]

2005 hurricane tracks [] [] []

Hurricane Katrina - interactive graphics []

Finish diagrams using "Weather Book." ** Per 3,5,&6 **: **This goes in your scrapbook. Per 2: This goes in 3-ring binder ** 1. How water powers hurricanes (p.141) 2, The ingredients a hurricane needs (p. 142) 3. How hurricanes pile up water (p. 144)
 * THINK TANK GROUPS:**

1. Why do we perspire? Under what conditions does it work best? (clue: has to do with evaporation) 2. Think about how cumulus clouds form. Why do they heat up inside and rise higher? (clue: has to do with condensation) 3. Why does the shower curtain "attack" you when taking a hot shower? (clue: has to do with wind and air pressure) 4. What are three things you learned about hurricanes that you were unaware of before
 * Discuss and answer questions: Arts Academy: This goes in scrapbook. Regular Earth Science: This goes in composition book **

** __WEEK ONE__ **

__Fri. Aug. 26__
Web site "scavenger hunt" Purpose: to become familiar with web site

__ First Day: Thurs. Aug. 25 __ supplies for class: 1 inch 3-ring binder; scrapbook; drawing kit **HOMEWORK: STUDENT SURVEY** (homework - due Tuesday Aug. 30 - must be submitted online by thenEach period has its own link to this survey ** THIRD PERIOD SURVEY **http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5L6JLBW  **FIFTH PERIOD SURVEY** http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5VN6PXS

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5VG258J
 * SIXTH PERIOD SURVEY**

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