Everyday

1. Review your notes from class, highlight important information and re-write sections as needed.
   
   
2. Complete the left side of your Interactive Notebook. Identify interactions of Earth's spheres; make connections to prior science learning; write a 2-3 sentence reflection (your thoughts and opinions) concerning today's topic or activity; and plan for your chapter challenge. Make them colorful and creative using pictures, graphic organizers, prose, etc.
   
   
3. Check the Home Page, read recent posts and following any links.
   
   
4. Use the study resources listed on the side bar to delve further into today's topic.
   
   
5. Check the Science News Page to see what is going on in your world.

Keep Studying for Your Tests

Monday all class will be taking the last test of this marking period.

Period 6 Honors: your test will cover just chapter 24 with more focus on sections 1 and 3. Here's the class review presentation.

All others: your test covers all astronomy topics covered so far. This will be open notebook so be sure you have today's review notes (diagram of the moon phases) and the review notes on terrestrial and gas giant planets. Click here for the class notes on planets.

Period 6

Read and take notes on Chapter 24.3. You should have already done 24.1 and 24.2.

You will have a test on chapter 24 on Monday. This will be the last grade for this marking period.

Have you been tracking the setting sun?

Periods 1, 3, 4, and 5

Please remember to get your grade reports signed and turn them in by this Friday to earn 10 points of extra credit!!

Test coming up on Monday. This will be a comprehensive test on astronomy (covers all the material so far): Nebular theory, phases of the moon, tides, earth's rotation/revolution, seasons, terrestrial and jovian planets, and other planetary bodies.

It will be an open notebook test. Do well this is the last grade for this marking period.

Periods 1,3,4,5, Test Thursday

This thursday you'll be having a test on the planets and other solar system objects. We've been reviewing this in class for the past couple of days and I decided to do a quick online review as well. Click here to see the review.

Honors Test

This Friday you'll be having a test on chapter 23, the solar system. As we discussed in class, be sure to review the key concepts and vocabulary for each of the sections. The reading checkpoints will help as well. At the end of the chapter is a study guide and self assessments.

Astronomy Test

A last minute reminder to review for your astronomy test tomorrow, oh and also do your lunar observation (tonight is the lunar eclipse). The total eclipse should be visible between 10pm and 10:45pm.

Periods 1,3,4,5

Some of you I'm sure will be asking "what's the test on". Well since its on astronomy go back in your notes to the first activity we did --- that would have been where you listed the things you thought were in our solar system and then drew the solar system. That was back on January 22nd.

Next we tried to create a scale model of the solar system. You should know the names and order of the planets (terrestrial and gas giants), what an astronomical unit is and a light year. Also be able to briefly explain the nebular theory (how the solar system was formed). Look for your Geo Words and Check Your Understanding questions.

The Moon-Earth System is important as well. This began with our exercise using the styrofoam ball and the lamps; you had to illustrate and label the phases of the moon. Also look for Geo Words with this section; know how the moon affects tides (neap and spring) and rotation of the Earth.

(Period 5 you also have an astronomy worksheet and notes you did on moon phases, tides and seasons)

Period 6

This will cover chapter 22, the same material that was on your previous test.

Plate Tectonics Test

All regular science classes: you'll be having a 20 question multiple choice test on plate tectonics this Wednesday. This will cover:

• The theories of plate tectonics and continental drift, evidence supporting these theories and why continental drift was never fully accepted
• What causes the movement of plates
• Terms such as lithosphere, oceanic and continental crust, mantle, athenosphere, rift valleys, subduction, trenches, seafloor spreading
• Types of plate boundaries: convergent, divergent, transform
• Formation of mountains, volcanoes and volcanic islands

Honors Study Guide

Your midterm exam will be next week Monday and Tuesday (1/14-15). I anticipate about 100 questions. Below are links to your study guide. The first one is blank and the second one is mostly completed. I hope they help.

• Blank midterm study guide
• Completed midterm study guide

Honors Study Guide

I hope you are enjoying the holidays, but also spending some time completing your study guide. The mid-term exam is tentatively scheduled for January 14th & 15th. The exam will cover:

1. The Nature of Science
2. Oceans
3. Weather
4. Plate Tectonics
5. Earthquakes and Volcanoes
   

You have the study pages for numbers 1-4 above and you'll receive number 5 when you get back to class. Also I'll be posting a "completed" study guide to the web site soon. The best study method is to complete the study guide on your own, then compare to the "completed" version. Be sure to use your textbook to help you review.

Honors Due 1/7

During the "winter" break please complete pages 8-10 of your mid-term review. Your mid-term will be a 2 hour test given the week of January 14th, probably over 2 days. The exam will account for 20% of your semester grade.

If you are having problems completing the review sheets leave a comment here.

All Classes

Friday you will have a test covering the material we have studied since the beginning of the school year. Each of you was given a sample of the test Review that test carefully, look up the answers, check with other students to see if their answers agree with yours.

Unlike the past 2 tests, this will not be open notebook.

Good luck.

Open Notebook Quiz

Tomorrow will be our second open notebook quiz. It will cover material from last week and today, including material in the 2 Power Point presentations below.

Structure and Temperature

Water in the Atmosphere

Oceans Test Monday 11/12

Your test on Monday the 12th will cover all of "Oceans and Your Community". The Chapter Challenge project should serve you well in helping to prepare, however I'll still give you a few more study points over the next couple of days.

Quiz Friday 10/5

Remember to be studying for your quiz on "Source of Water in the World and Your Community". Review the goals you had for this unit and be sure you can discuss them.

• Identify and analyze the various sources and distribution of salt and fresh water on Earth.
• Interpret data and a topographic map to determine the water sources that your community uses for drinking water.
• Generate a graphical model of the transport of water between reservoirs within the water cycle.
• Develop a method of determining the amount of fresh water that could be collected from your school roof.
  

Study the Geo Words:

• water (hydrologic) cycle
• closed system
• evaporation
• precipitation
• surface runoff
• ground water
• transpiration
• reservoir
• flux

(Also keep up on the left side of your notebook)

Study for Your Quiz

You should be studying for your quiz this Friday. The quiz will cover:

• Earth's Spheres
• Biosphere - life
  
• Geosphere - land
  
• Atmosphere - air
  
• Hydrosphere - water
  
• Interactions of Earth's Spheres
• Something happens (an event) in one sphere that cause something else to happen in another, or the same, sphere.
• Example: A volcano erupts (an event in the geosphere), which cause smoke that goes into the atmosphere, which reduces the amount of sunlight plants (in the biosphere) receive.
  
• Earth Systems Science, is the study of how these different spheres interact.
  
• Interactive Science Notebooks
• What goes on the left side
• What goes on the right side

If you haven't already turned in you signed grade report be sure to have a parent sign it and place it in the inbox by this Friday.

Last call on the extra credit it is due tomorrow.