Class Assignments

Please check back frequently as assignments are subject to change.

 


June 4-8
Ocean 2 and APES
Monday:  2nd block exam 8:30-1:00
Tuesday:  3rd block exam 8:30-1:00
Wednesday:  FLEX exam 8:30-1:00
Thursday:  LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!  Half-day schedule for make-up exams
Friday:  Teacher Workday!!!



May 28-June1

Ocean 2
Monday:  NO SCHOOL
Tuesday:  MEGAtest on Sharks, Turtles, and Marine Mammals presentations
Wednesday:  Clean out Aquariums
  HW:  Final Exam Review Sheet
Thursday:  Paint ceiling tiles
  HW:  Final Exam Review Sheet
Friday:  NO CLASS - 1st Block Exam
  HW:  Finish review sheet - our exam is THURSDAY June 6 @ 8:30


APES
Monday:  NO SCHOOL
Tuesday:  MEGAtest on Endangered Species and Biomes presentations
 HW:  Final Exam Review Sheet 
Wednesday:  work on review sheet
 HW:  Final Exam Review Sheet 
Thursday:  go over old tests
Friday:  NO CLASS - 1st Block Exam
  HW:  Finish review sheet - 2nd Block exam is MONDAY June 4 @ 8:30 
                                        3rd Block exam is TUESDAY June 5 @ 8:30


May 21-25
Ocean 2
Monday:  Finish mammal projects, finish turtle video
Tuesday-Friday:  Marine Mammal Project Presentations
  HW:  Test Tuesday on Shark, Turtle, and Mammal Projects!!!!!!!!!!!

APES
Monday-Wednesday:  Endangered Species presentations
Thursday:  Finish The Lonliest animals DVD, Begin Biomes notes
Friday:  finish Biome notes
  HW:  make sure to have all notes for test on ES and biomes TUESDAY!


May 14-18
Ocean 2
Monday:  Finish Turtle projects, begin presenting them
Tuesday-Wednesday:  Turtle Project Presentations
Thursday:  Computer Lab - Marine Mammal Projects
Friday:  Trip to NC Aquarium @ Pine Knoll Shores!!!!!!!!!

APES
Monday:  Last day in the computer Lab for Endangered Species & A to Z projects
Tuesday-Thursday:  Endangered Species Presentations
Friday:  Hunam Footprint DVD w/?s


May 7-11
Ocean 2
Monday-Wednesday:  Continue Shark Project Presentations
Thursday:  Computer Lab - Sea Turtle Projects
Friday:  Review Breakfast at Wrightsville Beach


APES
Monday:  THE AP EXAM:  CFCC North Campus - 8:15-
Monday-Friday:  Work in the Computer Lab on A-Z and Endangered Species Projects


April 30-May 4
Ocean 2
Monday-Tuesday:  Fish of the Future design and presentations
Wednesday-Thursday:  Computer Lab - making Shark Project Powerpoints
Friday:  Begin presenting Shark Projects:  Types of Sharks, Evolution of Sharks, and video w/notes - The Ultimate Guide to Sharks

APES
Monday:  Ch 22 vocab quiz, Begin 6 Degrees DVD w/?s
  HW:  Ch 22 guided notes
Tuesday:  Ch 22 notes quiz, Finish 6 Degrees DVD w/?s
  HW:  Ch 24 vocab and notes
Wednesday:  Ch 24 vocab and notes quiz, Garbage Mountain video w/?s,
  HW:  Ch 7 vocab and notes, review sheet
Thursday:  Ch 7 vocab and notes quiz, Finite Oceans video w/?s
  HW:  study for test, current event essay, finish packets
Friday:  Pollution Test, current event essays and packets due



April 23-27
Ocean 2
Monday:  Begin NC Fish Identification, Barracuda video w/?s
  HW:  study for quiz
Tuesday:  NC Fish quiz 1, continue NC fish identification, Hooked Again video - take notes
  HW:  study for quiz
Wednesday:  NC Fish quiz 2, finish NC fish identification, finish Hooked Again
  HW:  study for quiz
Thrusday:  NC Fish quiz 3, Real NC fish quiz (review)
  HW:  study for test, packets due tomorrow too
Friday:  NC Fish Test

APES
Monday:  Ch 20 vocab quiz, (AP EXAM PRECODING)  Ch 20 guided notes
  HW:  Finish 20 guided notes
Tuesday:  Computer Lab - Car emissions webquest, Ch 20 notes quiz, Air Quality DVD w/?s
  HW:  Ch 21 vocab
Wednesday:  Outside Sock lab, Ch 21 vocab quiz, Global Climate Change DVD w/?s
  HW:  Ch 21 guided notes
Thursday: Computer Lab - Global Warming webquest, Begin Global Warming video - take notes
  HW:  finish ch 21 guided notes
Friday:  Ch 21 notes quiz, finish GW video
  HW:  Ch 22 vocab



March 26-30
Ocean 2
Monday:  Invertebrate Test (paper) and Clam, Squid, and Crab anatomy test (ppt) packets due
  HW:  Midterm Review Sheet
Tuesday-Wednesday:  Work on Midterm Review Sheet
Thursday or Friday during FLEX:  Your choice of which day to take the midterm

APES
Monday:  Energy Test, packets due and current event essays due
  HW:  Midterm Review Sheet
Tuesday:  Work on MTRS
Wednesday:  Review old Tests
Thursday:  2nd block - review, 3rd Block MIDTERM 12:25-2:30
Friday:  2nd Block MIDTERM 8:30-10:30



March 19-23
Ocean 2
Monday:  CLAWS! video - take notes, Arthropod guided notes and coloring
  HW:  Study for quiz
Tuesday: Arthropod Quiz, Blue Crab DVD - take notes, Crab Lab! 
Wednesday:  Blue Crab Dissection and tasting!
Thursday:  Echinoderm DVD w/?s, guided notes and coloring
  HW:  finish notes and study for quiz
Friday:  MEGA review lab
  HW:  study everything!  Test on Invertebrates Monday
 

APES
Monday:  Ch 12-13 vocab and power up quiz, Begin energy powerpoint presentations
Tuesday:  Continue presentations, begin Renewable Energy video w/?s
Wednesday:  Continue presentations, finish Video
Thursday: finish presentations, guest speaker on ecotravel
Friday:  Bill Nye Renewable Energy video (e-mail me and I will send you a link to view this if you missed it) - take notes, test review, put packets together
  HW:  Study for test!, Current Event Essay, Packets





March 5-9
Ocean 2
Monday:  Plankton Test
  HW:  Sponge Guided notes and coloring page
Tuesday: NO CLASS, ACT Testing 
Wednesday:  Sponge DVD w/?s, Sponge quiz, Cnidarian notes
  HW:  finish notes and study
Thursday:  Cnidarian quiz, cnidarian video w/?s, coral guided notes and lab
  HW:  finish notes and study for quiz
Friday:  Coral quiz, Jellyfish Invasion video - take notes
 

APES
Monday:  Ch 9 notes quiz, China Revs Up DVD - take notes
  HW:  Ch 10 vocab
Tuesday:  ACT testing
Wednesday:  Ch 10 vocab & China Revs up DVD quiz, , Ch 10 guided notes, demographic facts of life ws
  HW:  finish ch 10 notes
Thursday: Ch 10 notes quiz, Test review
Friday:  Population Test, current event essays due, packets due, energy project surveys
  HW;  Ch 11 vocab



Feb 27-March 2
Ocean 2
Monday:  Plankton quiz 2, Drifters video - take notes, play PLANKTO again if time permits
Tuesday: Meet ath Wrightsville Beach (bridge by Mercer's Pier) for plankton collection lab
  HW:  Study!   
Wednesday:  Identify plankton under the microscope
Thursday:  The Great Plankton Race
  HW:  Study for plankton Test monday
Friday:  The Gerat Plankton Race Tournament, play PLANKTO!
  HW:  study for Plankton Test Monday PACKETS NOT DUE!

APES
Monday:  Chs 16,18,19,23 Test, Bioengineered Food Projects due, packets due, current event essays due
  HW:  Ch 8 vocab
Tuesday:  Ch 8 vocab quiz, The People Paradox DVD - take notes
Wednesday:  Quiz on The People Paradox DVD, Begin Ch 8 notes, Biologix Population change video - take notes
  HW:  Ch 9 vocab
Thursday: 1st half of class:  computer lab - Population Statistics webquest, ch 9 vocab quiz, finish ch 8 notes
Friday:  Ch 8 notes and biologix video quiz, test review, Power of the Pyramids population activity
  HW;  Ch 9 guided notes



Feb 20-24
Ocean 2
Monday:  No School
Tuesday: Monster Waves video - take notes, Test Review
  HW:  Study!  Prepare packets 
Wednesday:  Physical Oceanography Test, packets due!
Thursday:  Begin Plankton, PowerPoint w/Notes Ocean-2-Plankton.ppt
  HW:  Study for plankton quiz, Plankton Classification Activitiy 1
Friday:  Plankton Quiz, Finish notes, review foldables, play PLANKTO!
  HW:  study for bigger plankton quiz, Plankton Classification Activity 2
APES
Monday:  No School
Tuesday:  Finish Ch 19 notes, Begin The Future of Food DVD w/?s
  HW:  ch 23 vocab
Wednesday:  Finish the Future of Food DVD w/?s, Farming for the Future Game
  HW:  Ch 23 guided notes
Thursday: Food Inc. DVD w/?s
  HW:  finish 23 stuff
Friday:  Ch 23 vocab and notes quiz, test review, Commercial Fishing video - take notes to be turned in
  HW;  Test monday, packets due, projects dueCh-19-food-project.pdf, current event essays!


Feb 13-17
Ocean 2
Monday:  Begin Tides -  Foldables, Activities 1-3 from The Fluid Earth and questions 4-8, 13-15, 27-33
  HW:  study for tide quiz
Tuesday:  Tide Quiz, Tidal Seas DVD - take notes
Wednesday:  Currents - Foldables, Help Nemo Get home activity, Nike Shoe investigation
  HW:  Study for currents quiz
Thursday:  Currents Quiz, Shoreline notes, Coasts DVD - take notes
  HW:  Study for shoreline quiz
Friday:  Shoreline Quiz, Wave Lab
APES
Monday:  Ch 18 vocab quiz, Ch 18 guided notes, Managing our National Forests video w/?s
Tuesday:  Ch 18 notes quiz, Forestery Game!
  HW:  finish guided notes
Wednesday:  Treasure Coast video w/?s and essay afterwards, intro to food projectCh-19-food-project.pdf
  HW:  Ch 19 vocab
Thursday:  Ch 19 vocab quiz, Ch 19 notes
Friday (short class):  History's Harvest video w/?s




Feb 6-10
Ocean 2
Monday:  Test 1 - History of Oceanography and Marine Careers, Packets Due
Tuesday:  Begin Waves:  Foldables, Concept Map, The Fluid Earth (FE) Unit 2, Topic 2 - answer questions 1,3,5,7,8,10,11
  HW:  finish questions, study all stuff for quiz
Wednesday:  Wave quiz, Condition Black - take notes
  HW:  Sea Waves WS
Thursday:  Quiz on Condition Black, America's Tsunami DVD w/?s, FE Unit 2, Topic 8 - answer questions 5-13
Friday:  Meet at the south end of Wrightsville Beach for wave observation lab - bring a pencil and notebook


APES
Monday:  Ch 15 vocab quiz, Begin Ch 15 notes - Soil Resourcesch-15.ppt, Soil handout, Weathering and Soils video w/?s
  HW:  Study for ch 15 notes quiz
Tuesday:  Ch 15 Notes quiz, Finish ch 15 notes, Soil Quality DVD w/?s, test review/prepare packets
  HW:  Current event essay #2, Study for chs 5,14,15 test, packets
Wednesday:  Chs 5,14,15 Test, packets and current event essay #2 due
  HW:  Ch 16 vocab
Thursday:  Ch 16 vocab quiz, Begin Ch 16 Powerpoint notesch-16.ppt, Out of the Rock video w/?s
Friday:  Ch 16 notes part 1 quiz, Finish Ch 16 Powerpoint notes, Cookie Mining Lab
  HW:  Ch 18 vocab



Jan 30-Feb 3
Ocean 2
Monday-Tuesday:  Work on Marine Careers Projects in the computer lab
Wednesday-Friday:  Present Marine Careets Projects to the class
  HW:  Test Monday on Timeline and Careers


APES
Monday:  Chs 1-2 Test, Current Event Essay #1 Due, Packet 1 Due
  HW:  Ch 5 vocab, finish Legislative Project
Tuesday:  Legislative Projects Due, Ch 5 vocab quiz, Ch 5 Notes, Understanding Weather video clips - take your own notes
  HW:  Finish Ch 5 notes
Wednesday:  Ch 5 notes quiz, Wonders of Weather video - take your own notes
  HW:  Ch 14 vocab
Thursday:  Ch 14 vocab quiz, Surfrider watershed video - take your own notes, Bagin Ch 14 Powerpoint notes, Floodplain Communities video clip
Friday:  Weather and water videos quiz, Finish Ch 14 Powerpoint notes, Freshwater Wetlands of NC video - take your own notes, Watershed Simulation Lab
  HW:  Ch 15 vocab



Jan. 24-27

Ocean 2
Monday:  No School
Tuesday:  1st day business - syllabus, rules/procedures, parent letter, 1st day quiz - go over, letter to Cotton
Wednesday:  Make and begin filling in The History of Oceanography Timeline
Thursday:  Finish filling in timeline, Deep Sea Exploration video - take notes!
Friday:  Biological Sampling Methods Lab

APES
Monday:  No School
Tuesday:  1st day business - syllabus, rules/procedures, parent letter, Current Event Essays, 1st project, 1st day quiz - go over, begin HW
  HW:  Ch 1:  read and define vocab from list, Eco-footprint internet activity
Wednesday:  Ch 1 vocab quiz, Sustainability DVD w/?s, begin Ch 1 guided notes
  HW:  Finish Guided Notes
Thursday:  Ch 1 Notes quiz, The Lorax video w/?s, Ch 2 vocab and chart
  HW:  finish ch 2 vocab and chart
Friday:  Ch 2 quiz, Commons Sense video clip w/?s, Tragedy of the Commons Lab!
  HW:  Study for chs 1-2 test, finish all stuff for packet, current events