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May 29 - June 1

NOTIFICATIONS
Unit 8 Test - Rocketry/Physics - 6/7, Thursday next week
Unit 8 Packet coversheet - distributed 6/4 - Monday & stamped on 6/5
Rockets assigned on Tuesday, 5/29 (launch date - TBA)

Tuesday
Passback Spectroscope Lab. Correct HW. Velocity Notes (ppt). Assign Rockets.
HW: Speed & Velocity H/O (back)

Wednesday
Correct HW. Acceleration Notes. HW: Acceleration H/O. 

Thursday
Newton's 1st Law.

Friday
Newton's 2nd Law. HW: Newton's 2nd Law H/O.

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May 21 - May 25

Monday - ASB Elections - period 2 (freshman)
Extreme Weather video with worksheet.

Tuesday - Career Day
A Global Warning? video with worksheet.

Wednesday - Achievement Awards (early out)
Finish A Global Warning? video with worksheet.

Thursday
Speed - notes and worksheet.

Friday
Velocity and graphs with worksheet. Assign Rockets project. Launch on 
Wednesday, 6/5 (tentative - need to schedule with Aoki and Okazaki).

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May 14 - May 18

NOTIFICATION
Unit 7 Test (Ch. 26-30) - Thursday, 5/17
Stamp Unit 7 Packet on Wednesday, 5/16

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Monday
Identify elemental gases for the Spectroscope Lab. Due tomorrow. The Big Bang 
Notes (ppt).

Tuesday - Late Start
Collect Spectroscope Lab. Review game. Pass out Packet coversheet.

Wednesday
How the Universe Was Formed video w/ H/O. Stamp packet.

Thursday
Collect Unit 7 packet. Unit 7 Test. Return assignments. HW: TBA

Friday
Correct test and packet. TBA

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May 7 - May 11

NOTIFICATION
Unit 7 Test (Ch. 26-30) - Thursday, 5/17
Stamp Unit 7 Packet on Wednesday, 5/16

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Monday & Tuesday
CST Science. Bring SSR book to read.

Wednesday
H-R Diagram project. Due Tuesday, 5/15

Thursday and Friday
Milky Way Galaxy video w/ H/O. Spectroscope Lab.

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April 30 - May 4

NOTIFICATION
CST Review worksheet - EXTRA CREDIT - due 5/7 or 5/8
(Download on this website on the CST Review Extra Credit)
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Monday & Tuesday - Block Schedule
Guess their ages. Stellar Evolution notes w/ H/O. Possible video. Galaxies 
notes w/ H/O.

Wednesday & Thursday - Block Schedule
CST Practice test. Review game.

Friday - Traditional
Review game.

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April 23 - April 27

NOTIFICATION
CST Review worksheet - EXTRA CREDIT - due 5/7 or 5/8
(Download on this website on the CST Review Extra Credit)
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Monday & Tuesday - Block Schedule
Review warm-ups. Models of the Solar System ppt. Formation of the Solar 
System ppt w/ H/O. Possible: Planets Data Info H/O. Moon ppt w/ H/O. Video 
clips.
HW: TBA

Wednesday & Thursday - Block Schedule
Review warm-ups. Asteroids, Comets and Meteors: Cosmic Collisions video w/ 
H/O. Venn Diagram of the three. Sun Notes ppt w/ H/O. Fill in the blanks on 
he back page. Our Amazing Sun or The Sun: Our Star Attraction video.
HW: TBA

Friday
Characteristics of Stars Notes ppt w/ H/O. Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram H/O.
HW: TBA

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April 16 - April 20

NOTIFICATIONS
Unit 6B Test - Weather & Climate (Ch. 24 & 25) - Wednesday, 4/18
Unit 6B Packet - stamp on Tuesday 4/17 (collect on 4/18)
Study guide

Monday
Climate Change ppt w/ H/O (front). The Greenhouse Gases H/O (back - complete 
this for HW). Passed out packet coversheet (to be stamped Tuesday).

Tuesday
Stamp packet. Climate change video clips. Review for test.

Wednesday
Unit 6B Test. Collect packet. Start HW. Galactic Addresses H/O w/ ppt.
HW: Ch. 26 Key Terms - p. 675 Section 1 and 'rotation' and 'revolution'.

Thursday
Correct test and packet. Viewing the Universe notes (ppt).
HW: Read p. 659-666 - Ch. 26 Section 1 Review - p. 666 #1-6, 8

Friday
Formation of the Solar System notes (ppt) w/ H/O.
HW: Read p. 685-690 - Ch. 27 Section 1 Review p. 690 1-6, 8

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April 2 - April 6

NOTIFICATIONS:
NEED TEXTBOOK ALL WEEK IN CLASS
Humidity Lab - due Tuesday, 4/3

After spring break:
Unit 6B Test - Weather & Climate (Ch. 24 & 25) - Wednesday, 4/18
Unit 6B Packet - stamp on Tuesday 4/17 (collect on 4/18)

Monday
Collect Unit 6A Packet. Unit 6A Test. Start HW. Difference between weather 
and climate. 
HW: Ch. 24 Key Terms - p. 621 Sections 1,3,4 (word, def, drawing, color)

Tuesday
Collect Humidity Lab. Correct test and packet. Air Masses Notes. Fronts 
drawings. 
HW: Fronts H/O.

Wednesday - Evacuation drill
Review Fronts H/O. Weather Instruments. Station Model drawing. Interpretting 
Weather Maps. 
HW: Finish Interpretting Weather Maps.

Thursday
Review Interpretting Weather Maps. Factors that Affect Climate ppt w/ H/O 
(front).
HW: Ch. 25 Key Terms - p. 647 ALL

Friday
Climate Zones notes (ppt). Start HW.
HW: Climate Zones H/O (back).

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March 26 - March 30

NOTIFICATION:
Unit 6A Test - Atmosphere (Ch. 22 & 23.1) - tentative Monday, 4/2
Unit 6A Packet - stamp on 3/30 (collect on 4/2)
Study Guide

Monday
Correct Atmosphere Riddles and Ch. 2 Section 2 Review - p. 38 #1-7 Atmosphere 
Activity (due Friday). Pass out study guide.

Tuesday
Solar Energy and the Atmosphere Notes (ppt w/ H/O).
HW: Energy and the Sun H/O & Study guide

Wednesday
Correct Energy and the Sun H/O. Global Wind Patterns Notes (w/ H/O). Coriolis 
Effect, Land and Sea Breezes.
HW: Ch. 23 Key Terms - p. 591 - Section 1 only & study guide

Thursday
Stamp Ch. 23 Key Terms. Atmospheric Moisture Notes w/ H/O. Start Temperature 
and Humidity Lab.
HW: Unit 6A Packet & study guide, finish Atmosphere Activity

Friday
Collect Atmosphere Activity. Stamp Packet. Finish Lab. Review games.
HW: Unit 6A Test, packet and study guide

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March 19 - March 23

NOTIFICATION: Students need to take ETUSD Unit 4 Benchmark on their own time 
by midnight Sunday, March 15.

Monday
Collect Ch. 2 Key Terms. Correct Unit 5 - Oceans test and packet. Start 
Energy in the Earth System.

Tuesday - Late start
Open/Closed system questions. Carbon Cycle. Element of Surprise video with 
questions. 
HW: Unit 4 Benchmark & the Carbon Cycle H/O

Wednesday 
Review Carbon Cycle H/O. Nitrogen Cycle. Nitrogen Cycle: The Cycle Series 
video and quiz.
HW: Unit 4 Benchmark & Nitrogen Cycle H/O

Thursday
Review Nitrogen Cycle H/O. Characteristics of the Atmospher notes with H/O.
HW: Unit 4 Benchmark & Atmosphere Riddles

Friday - sub
Naked Science: Our Atmosphere video with H/O.
HW: Unit 4 Benchmark & Read p. 31-38 - Ch. 2 Section 2 Review - p. 38 #1-7

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March 12 - March 16

NOTIFICATIONS
Unit 5 Test - Friday, 3/16
Study Guide
Packet coversheet (passed out on Wed), due for stamp on Thurs., turn in Friday

Monday
Finish Dangers of the Deep Video. Review Ocean Environments H/O adding marine 
animal drawing to students drawing of the Ocean Environments. Start Main 
Ocean Currents notes (ppt - Surface Currents).
HW: Ch. 21 - Key Terms - p. 535 Section 1 only (word, def, drawing, color)
    Unit 5 Study Guide
    Study for test

Tuesday
Collect HW. Predicting Ocean Currents activity. 
HW: Ch. 21 Section 1 Review - p. 524 #1-8
    Study guide
    Study for test

Wednesday
Finish Main Ocean Currents notes (Deep Currents). Drawing(?). Understanding 
Oceans video (20 min).
HW: Study guide 
    Unit 5 Packet
    Study for test

Thursday
Ocean Resources Notes. Review game. Stamp packet.
HW: Packet & study guide, Study for test.

Friday
Collect packet. Unit 5 Test. Start HW.
HW: Ch. 2 Key Terms - p. 43 - Section 2 ONLY
    
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March 5 - March 9

Monday
Bathymetry ppt. Start Bathymetry Lab.
HW: Read p. 474-478 - Ch. 19 Section 2 Review - p.478 #1-7

Tuesday
Review HW. Finish and collect Bathymetry Lab. Start Ocean Properties Notes.

Wednesday - Multicultural Day
Finish Ocean Water Properties notes. 
HW: Ocean Water H/O

Thursday
Benthic and nektonic marine organisms. Upwelling. Life in the Ocean. Ocean 
Environments. Drawings.

Friday - Multicultural Assembly
Ocean Currents Notes. Start Main Ocean Currents H/O (color and label).

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February 27 - March 2

Monday
Collect Unit 4 packet. Unit 4 Test - Water. Work on MWD Project or Ch. 19 - 
Key Terms - p.483 Sections 1 & 2 (word, definition, drawing, color - will 
stamp on Wednesday).

Tuesday - Late start
Correct test and packet. Collect MWD Map Project. 
HW: Ch. 19 - Key Terms - p.483 Sections 1 & 2 (word, definition, drawing, 
color - will stamp on Wednesday).

Wednesday - Assembly schedule for scheduling for next year
MWD Map Project Quiz using questions packet.

Thursday
Correct MWD Map Project quiz. The Water Planet notes. Oceans, Seas, Bays & 
Gulfs H/O using atlases.
HW: Read p. 471-474 - Ch. 19 Section 1 Review - p. 474 #1-9.

Friday
Features of the Ocean Floor drawing. Bathymetry ppt. Start Bathymetry Lab.
HW: Read p. 475-478 - Ch. 19 Section 2 Review - p. 478 #1-7.

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February 20 - February 24

NOTIFICATIONS:
Unit 4 Test (Ch. 14.1, 15 & 16) on Monday, February 27
Study guide & packet due on day of test
Stamp packet on Thursday & Friday (next week)
MWD Map Project - assigned 2/17 (Friday) - due 2/28 (Tuesday - changed)
Foul Water Lab (2/21 & 2/22)
Personal Water Use assignment - assigned 2/13 (Tuesday) - due 2/21 (Tuesday)
Parents need to inital daily.

Tuesday
Collect Personal Water Use H/O. Start Foul Water Lab (oil-water separation).
HW: See above

Wednesday
Pass out Unit 4 Packet coversheet. Finish Foul Water Lab (sand-gravel & 
charcoal filtration). HW: See above

Thursday - HRA retreat
Review for test. Work on Foul Water Lab. Bring MWD Map Project tomorrow.
HW: See above

Friday - HRA retreat
Work on MWD Map Project & Foul Water Lab (for those at HRA yesterday).
HW: See above

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February 13 - February 17

NOTIFICATIONS:
Unit 4 Test (Ch. 14.1, 15 & 16) on Monday, February 27
Study guide & packet due on day of test
Stamp packet on Thursday & Friday (next week)
MWD Map Project - assigned 2/17 (Friday) - due 2/27 (Monday)
Foul Water Lab (2/21 & 2/22)
Personal Water Use assignment - assigned 2/13 (Tuesday) - due 2/20 (Tuesday)
Parents need to inital daily.

Tuesday
Personal Water Use assignment. Streams notes (erosion) and A River System 
(front).
HW: Read p. 379-382 - Ch. 15 Section 2 Review - p.382 #1-9. 
    Personal Water Use assignment with parent initials.
 
Wednesday
Check Personal Water Use assignment for parent signature. Streams notes 
(deposition) and Particle Size H/O (back).
HW: Read p. 383-386 - Ch. 15 Section 3 Review - p. 386 #1-6.
    Personal Water Use assignment with parent signature.

Thursday
Check Personal Water Use assignment for parent signature. Groundwater Notes - 
part 1.
HW: Read p. 397-404 - Ch. 16 Section 1 Review - p.404 #1-5,8 & 9.
    Personal Water Use assignment with parent signature.

Friday
Check Personal Water Use assignment for parent signature. Groundwater notes - 
part 2. Start MWD Map Project.
HW: Personal Water Use assignment with parent signature. Due Tuesday.
    MWD Map Project - due 2/27

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February 6 - February 10

Monday 
Correct Unit 2B & C Packet & CA Close Up. Sign pink slips.
HW: Ch. 15 Key Terms - p.387 Sections 1-3 (word, def, drawing, color)

Tuesday
Collected Ch. 15 Key Terms - p.387 Sections 1-3. Review Final Exam (answers & 
test). Weathering Graphic Organizer. Weathering H/O.
HW: Read p.343-348 - Ch. 14 Section 1 Review - p.348 #1-7 
    (answer in complete sentences)

Wednesday
Review Weathering H/O (front - no stamp). Correct Ch. 14 Section 1 Review - 
p.348 #1-7 (graded, collected & stamped). Water Cycle discussion using 
transparency. Water Cycle video w/ questions (US). Water Cycle H/O (back). 
Pass back packets & papers. Seat change(?).
HW: Read p.375-378 - Ch. 15 Section 1 Review - p.378 #1-6  
    (answer in complete sentences)
    MEET in LIBRARY TOMORROW (Unit 3 Benchmark)

Thursday
Meet in library for Unit 3 Benchmark. Review HW. Direct vs. Indirect Use.

Friday
Water Budget notes. Admiral Splash.

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January 30 - February 2

Monday & Tuesday
Final Exam Review. Stamp packets.

Wednesday & Thursday
Final Exams. Correct packets.
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January 23 - January 27

NOTIFICATIONS:
Packets will be due next Tuesday. 
FINAL EXAM will cover Units 1-3. WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY of next week.
STUDY GUIDE needs to be printed on your own from my website.

Monday
How and Where Earthquakes Erupt. Finding the Epicenter of an Earthquake.
HW: Ch. 12 Key Terms - p.309 Sections 1-3

Tuesday
Studying Earthquakes. Mercali vs. Richter Scale. HW: Read p. 295-300 Ch.12 
Section 1 Review - p.300 #1-9. NEED TEXTBOOK TOMORROW!

Wednesday - sub today
NEED TEXTBOOK TODAY!
Work on Final Exam Study Guide. HW: Ch. 13 Key Terms - p.331 Sections 1 & 2

Thursday
Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics. Causes of Volcanoes H/O. HW: Read p. 319-324 
Ch. 13 Section 1 Review - p. 324 # 1-9.

Friday
Volcanic Eruptions. Types of Volcanoes H/O. HW: Read p. 325-330 Ch. 13 
Section 2 Review - p. 330 #1-9.

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January 17 - January 20

Tuesday - Sub a.m.
Per. 2-3: video. Per. 4-6: Investigating Earth's Crustal Plates.

Wednesday
Finish Investigating Earth's Crustal Plates. Plate Tectonics notes. HW: Read 
p. 247-254 - Section 2 Review - p. 254 #1-8.

Thursday
How Rocks Deform notes. HW: Ch. 11 Definitions p. 285 Section 1 % 2 (word, 
def, drawing, color)

Friday
How Mountains Form notes. HW: Read p. 271-278 - Section 1 Review - p. 278 #1-
8 & 11.

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January 9 - January 13

Monday
Correct Unit 3A Test & Packet. Correct or work on CA Close-Up. Collect Ch. 2 
Key Terms - p. 43 Section 1 only, Drawing of Fig. 2 and D.R. 2.1. 
HW: Ch. 10 Key Terms - p. 261 Section 1.

Tuesday - Late Start
Continental Drift Notes. HW: TBA

Wednesday
Finish Notes. What Gondwanaland May Have Looked Like. Finish for HW.

Thursday
Review What Gondwanaland May Have Looked Like. Supporting Evidence for 
Continental Drift notes w/ H/O. 

Friday - Substitute p.m. for PSE
Investigating Earth's Crustal Plates H/O or video.

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January 3 - January 6 (Substitute all week)

Tuesday
Assembling America video with handout. BRING TEXTBOOK TOMORROW TO CLASS.

Wednesday
Start California Close-Up (see textbook - right after Ch. 30). Read and 
answer questions on handout. HW: Continue working on questions. 

Thursday
Earth's Crust video and handout. HW: Ch. 2 Key Terms - p. 43 (SECTION 1 ONLY) 
Term, definition, drawing and color. BRING TEXTBOOK TOMORROW TO CLASS.

Friday
Read Ch. 2-1 on p. 27-30. Work on Directed Reading 2.1. Collect at end of 
period. HW: Drawing of Fig. 2 on p. 28 - both pictures, labeled and colored.

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December 12 - December 16

NOTIFICATIONS:
Unit 3A Test (Ch. 8-9) on Friday, December 16
Study guide & packet due on day of test
Stamp packet on Thursday

Monday
Review Radioactive Decay wkst. Finish Determining Absolute Age notes. Start 
Index Fossils.

Tuesday
Fossils Lab or Grand Canyon video.

Wednesday
Geologic Time Scale and Evolution. Pass out Unit 3A Packet coversheet.

Thursday
Review games. Stamp packet.

Friday
Unit 3A test. Collect packet.

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December 5 - December 9

Monday
Review Sources of Energy HW and Energy Crossword puzzle. Put together Unit 2C 
packet coversheet. Stamp packet. Open book and notes quiz (15 questions). 
Start HW: Ch. 8 - Key Terms - p. 201. 

Tuesday - Late start
Collect and correct Unit 2C packet and test. If time, review Ch. 8 Key Terms.

Wednesday
Warm-up: Who Dunnit? Dating Rocks notes with H/O. Overhead on Principle of 
Superposition. Start HW: Relative Dating H/O #1-3.

Thursday
Review HW #1-3. Work on # 4 together. Relative Dating Worksheet.

Friday - Assembly schedule
Correct Relative Dating worksheet. Continue Dating Rocks notes (Absolute 
Dating). Determining Absolute Age notes (handwritten). Pass out Study guide. 
Start HW: Radioactive Decay worksheet.

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November 28 - December 2

Monday
Correct Unit 2B test. Periods 3 & 6 will correct Unit 2B packet. Mineral 
Resources notes, if time. Possibly Maps in Action - p. 152 as a class.

Tuesday
Mineral Resources (?). Non-Renewable Resources notes and worksheet.

Wednesday 
Non-renewable resources (?). Renewable Resources Notes and worksheet.

Thursday
Renewable resources (?). Resources and Conservation.

Friday
Unit 2 Benchmark in the library. Set up students for e-tusd. CA mined 
minerals and uses internet search.

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November 21 - November 22 - Happy Thanksgiving

Monday
Correct test and packet. Start Chilean Mine Rescue video.

Tuesday
Continue Chilean Mine Rescue video.

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November 14 - November 18

NOTIFICATIONS:
Unit 2B - Rocks & Minerals Test - Friday, 11/18
Unit 2B Packet Coversheet - due Thursday, 11/17 for stamp
Unit 2B Study Guide - due with packet on Friday
Rock Identification Lab

Monday
Correct Erosion & Deposition H/O. Metamorphic Rocks notes. Metamorphic Rocks 
H/O. Pass back Mineral Identification Lab. Pass out Unit 2B Study Guide.

Tuesday - Late start
How to read an Igneous Rock Chart. Start Rock Identification Lab.
HW: Study Guide

Wednesday
Continue Rock Identification Lab. Pass out Unit 2B Packet coversheet.
HW: Study Guide & put together packet.
 
Thursday
Finish Rock Identification Lab. Stamp Unit 2B packet. Rocks Review. Possible 
game review. 
HW: Study Guide

Friday - Assembly
Collect Unit 2B packet. Unit 2 B Test. Start HW.
HW: Ch. 7 - Key Terms - p. 173 Sections 1-3 (word, definition, & drawing - 
colored).

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November 7 - November 10

Monday
Rock Cycle Poster.
HW: Read p. 125-128 - Section 1 Review - p. 128 #1-8

Tuesday
Igneous Rocks notes. 

Wednesday
Igneous Rock Classification.

Thursday
Sedimentary Rocks.

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October 31 - November 4

NOTIFICATIONS:
START BRINGING TEXTBOOK EVERYDAY!!

Monday
Correct Moh's Hardness Scale H/O (front). Start Mineral Lab - galena + 2 
minerals.

Tuesday
Mineral Lab.
HW: Minerals H/O (back)

Wednesday
Finish Mineral Lab. Need textbook tomorrow.

Thursday - Sub per. 2-3
Ch. 6 Key Terms - p. 145 (Sections 1-4 - all, word, definition and drawing, 
color). Read p. 125-126. Section 1 Review #1-3 & 7-8 - answer in complete 
sentences.

Friday
Rock Cycle Notes. Start Rock Cycle poster in groups.

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October 24 - October 28

NOTIFICATIONS:
Chemistry Test - Tuesday, 10/25
Study guide on Tuesday with packet
Unit 2A Packet - stamped 10/24
Fantasy Island Project - due October 24, Monday
NEED TO START BRINGING TEXTBOOK!!

Monday 
Finish Periodic Table & Atomic Structure H/O, if not done. Review games.

Tuesday - Late start
Collect packet. Unit 2A - Chemistry Test. Possibly grade packet. Start HW.
HW: Key Terms - p. 115 (both sections - word, definition and drawing)

Wednesday
Correct test and packets. Review Key Terms.

Thursday
Start Identifying Minerals.
HW: Read p. 103-108 - Section 1 Review #1-7, 9 (Answer in complete sentences)

Friday
Finish Identifying Minerals. Start MOH's Hardness Scale H/O.
HW: Finish MOH's Hardness Scale H/O & Minerals H/O.

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October 17 - October 21

NOTIFICATIONS:
Chemistry Test - Friday, 10/21
Study guide on Monday or Tuesday
Unit 2A Packet Coversheet will be passed out on Wednesday
Fantasy Island Project - due October 24

Monday - CAMFELS
Review Phase Changes and HW. Periodic Table notes. Periodic Table H/O.

Tuesday
Atoms - protons, neutrons and electrons. H/O

Wednesday
Ions & Isotopes. H/O. Pass out packet coversheet.

Thursday
Review games. Stamp packet

Friday
Chemistry Test. Collect packet.

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October 10 - October 14

NOTIFICATIONS:
Studying the Earth Test - Wednesday, 10/12
Study guide on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Unit 1B Packet Coversheet will be passed out on Friday
Fantasy Island project will be assigned - rough draft due on Tuesday, 10/11
   Final Project is due on Monday, 10/24

Monday - Student Free Day

Tuesday
Stamp packet. Review for test

Wednesday
Collect Unit 1B Packet. Unit 1B Test. Start HW.
HW: Chapter 4 Key Terms - p. 93 (section 1 only). 3 columns - word, 
definition and drawing in color.

Thursday
Correct test and packet. Unit 1 Benchmark.

Friday
States of Matter chart and Phase Changes notes.
HW: Phase Change Worksheet

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October 3 - October 7

NOTIFICATIONS:
Studying the Earth Test - Wednesday, 10/12
Study guide on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Unit 1B Packet Coversheet will be passed out on Friday
Fantasy Island project will be assigned - rough draft due on Tuesday, 10/11
   Final Project is due on Monday, 10/24

Monday
Correct Physically Featured - Map A. Topographic Maps with Simple Rules. Topo 
Map Notes (front) with Rules of Contour Maps (back). 
HW: Interpretting Topo Maps H/O.

Tuesday
Correct Interpretting Topo Maps H/O. Topo Map Review Day 1 and 2. 
HW: Start Topography & Geography H/O.

Wednesday
Correct Topography & Geography H/O. Assign Fantasy Island - due 10/24. 
HW: Bear & Duck Island H/O.

Thursday - late start
Correct Bear and Duck Island H/O. Topographic Profiles.

Friday 
Correct Topographic Profiles. Geologic Maps. Get Unit 1B Packet coversheet.

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September 26 - September 30

Monday
Correct Unit 1A Test and Packet. Discuss Italy's lawsuit against Italian 
scientists regarding the 2009 earthquake in the Abruzzo area.

Tuesday - sub for Running Records (MELD)
Angry Earth video.

Wednesday
Notes on Compass Rose. A virtual walk through the directions at NHS using 
cardinal directions. Latitude and Longitude Notes. Start working on Latitude 
and Longitude Practice H/O. Finish for HW.

Thursday
Correct Latitude and Longitude Practice H/O. Start Global Scavenger Hunt. HW: 
World Latitude and Longitude Activity H/O.

Friday
Correct World Latitude and Longitude Activity H/O. Possibly finish Global 
Scavenger Hunt. If done, Start Physically Featured Map A.

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September 19 - September 23

NOTIFICATIONS:
Scientific Method & Metrics Test - Friday, 9/23
Study guide on Monday.
Unit 1A Packet Coversheet will be passed out on Wednesday

Monday
Warm-up. Review metrics measurements using Types of Measurements overhead. 
Introduction to Metrics - Rules, practice on whiteboard, using the metric 
ruler. Work on Introduction to Metrics H/O (front only). Pass out Conversion 
Factors reference handout.
HW: Metric Conversions H/O (front and back)

Tuesday
Demonstrate how to measure length using a metric ruler. Start Practice 
Measuring Length (on back of Introduction to Metrics H/O.)
HW: Finish Practic Measuring Length H/O (back side of Introduction to Metrics 
H/O).

Wednesday
Warm-up. Review HW. Dimensional Analysis Notes - One Step only with 
Dimensional Analysis H/O (one step only - do # 1-13). Pass out and explain 
Unit 1A Packet and coversheet.
HW: Measurement Conversion Practice H/O.

Thursday
Warm-up. Dimensional Analysis Notes (cont'd) - Two Step. Classwork: Work on 
Dimensional Analysis #14-19. Stamp Unit 1A packet.
HW: Finish Dimensional Analysis H/O #14-19.

Friday
Collect Unit 1A Packet. Scientific Method and Metrics Test.
HW: TBA

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