8/20. Student Information. Asking Good Questions. No homework.

8/22. Warm-up (science & technology). Class Rules. Towers. Ancient Puzzle. Candle Observation. HW  : 5 min observation.

8/26. Warm-up. Safety Rules. Notes - measuring in Science. HW - Nature of Science handout

8/28. Warm-up (scientific notation practice). Quiz. Textbooks. How to Draw. Notes - Displaying Data. HW; Sec 1.3 Do #1-7 p. 26

9/2. Warm-up (types of graphs). Measurement Basics. Measurement Lab. HW: Making Line Graph, Making Pie and Bar Graphs.

9/4. Warm-up (layers of the earth). Tectonics Unit set-up. Geologic Time. How Earth Made, part I. No new HW.

9/8. Warm-up (Earth as it began). Earth Structure Notes. Density Lab. How Earth Made, part II. HW: High in the Himalayas.

9/10. Warm-up (How things are working in labs). Summer House activity. CA project. How Earth Was Made. Reflection: Epoch, Era, Period. HW Earth Science To go, p. 4 of packet. Quiz 9/12. Turn in binders 9/12.

9/12. W-up (what powers plate tectonics). Quiz. TASA notes. Part B. Plate Puzzle. HW: Part C. Read Sec 17.1, do #1-7 on p. 566. Finish Plate Puzzle (see map p. 561).

9/16. Warm-up. Grades. Notes: Magnets. HW   p. 566 1-4. p.680 1-5.

9/18. Warm-up - divergent boundaries. Return Quiz. Activity: Field of Dreams. HW. Sections D & E of tectonics packet. Mt. Pinatubo worksheet.

9/22. Warm-up: Convergent boundaries. Volcano notes. Volcano structure. How Thick Ridges and Rifts. Time for maps and magnet lab. HW:   Do Earth Science To Go, p. 4 of volcano packet.

9/24. Warm-up: Transform boundaries. Wave notes. Wave worksheet. Activity: maps & magnet lab. HW Sec 11.1, Do 1-6 on p. 364.

9/26. Warm-up - Describe the location of your region in CA. Quiz. Conversions worksheet. Wave Lab. HW: finish conversions worksheet and wave lab calculations and questions. Do Earthquake and Volcano Review (backside of wave worksheet done in class 9/24).

9/30. Warm-up. Finish Wave Lab - graphing. Return Quiz. Earthquake Notes. HW. Read Sec 17.2. Do 1-7 on p. 575.

10/2. Warm-up: family earthquake planning. Earthquake measuring notes. Activity: Where Is It? Reflection: how to do better on tests/quizzes. HW:   On Shaky Ground (p.1) and p. 4 of Earthquake packet.

10/6. Warm-up: what do you want to do after HS. Counselor visit. Prep for brochure next class.

10/8. Warm-up - how to sign onto gaucho. CA   project - write brochure and region summary. HW: Do # 1-10 on Scientific methods review sheet. Quiz next class on waves, earthquakes and conversions. CA project due 10/14. Unit test 10/16. Extra credit due 10/16.

10/10. Warm-up - conversions example. Quiz. Rock notes. Rock Cycle. Rock sort. HW: Do p. 1 of tectonics review and p. 2 of rock cycle worksheet. CA   project due next class.

10/14. Warmup - rock cycle worksheet. Present CA project. return quiz. Review for test. Reflection: What did you learn about CA from CA project. HW. p.2 of tectonics review.

10/16. Warm-up (significant figures). HW. Test. Unit reflection. Turn in unit work. HW:   Complete reflection if not completed in class. Bring all unit work not turned in this class to next class.

10/21. Warm-up (solar system) Formation of the solar system notes. Solar system research. HW: write 4 quiz questions.

10/23. List words that mean a number. Return test. Solar system presentation. HW: Complete Jigsaw review if not completed in class. Do part C on p. 4 of solar system packet.

10/27. Warmup - what is a scientific model? Gaucho Page 1B. Solar system dimensions model. HW: Finish solar system model questions. Do diagram for Gaucho Page 1B. Do # 6-10 on p. 551.

10/29. No warm-up. Journey to the center of the sun videoclip. Sun structure. Small star notes. HW: Do #1, 4-7 on Sun and Stars worksheet. Do "sun" section of dictionary. Quiz on Friday.

If you didn't turn in these assignments, bring them on Friday:  Solar system packet (titled Star Trek Gaucho), solar system presentation notes, homework p. 551, Solar Sstem Summary page (with diagram) and 4 student written solar system quiz questions.

10/31. Warmup - modified true/false questions. Quiz. Large star notes. Graphing stars. HW:  Finish graphing stars questions. Do Astronomy to Go, p. 5 of packet.

11/4. Stars Summary. Wave Basics. EM  Spectrum. Telescopes notes and demo. HW: 11/4 Do Star Stuff Puzzle. Do Stars section of dictionary. Finish Stars Summary page and diagram.

11/6. Warm-up #2-3 of stars and sun. Stars dictionary. More then your eyes can see. Light lab. Start Telescopes Summary. HW:   Telescopes Astronomy To Go and Telescopes Summary. Finish Light lab questions if not done in class.

11/10. Warmup. Galaxy Notes. Galaxy Inquiry. Galaxy Type Notes. Speed and Distance. Exit ticket: list and describe types of galaxies. HW: Galaxy HW handout, star groups dictionary.

11/13. No warmup. Speed and Distance. Walking Races and calculations. Parallax. HW: How Long (back of More than your eyes can see) & Galaxy and Speed Review (backside of parallax worksheet).

11/17. Speed and Distance calculations. Parallax activity. Galaxy Summary.

11/19. Red Shift Summary. Big Bang Notes Part I. Video: Back to the Beginning. HW:  Finish Red Shift Summary. Study for quiz 11/21. Turn in Red shift, Galaxy and Telescopes packets, and Parallax, More Than Your Eyes Can See and Galaxy Summary Page on Friday.

11/21. Quiz. Big Bang Notes part 2.Finish video. HW:  Big Bang Summary and Big Bang section of dictionary.

11/25. HW, warmup. Drake Equation. Where are the Aliens? video. Reflection:   What message would you want to send to an extraterrrestrial intelligence. HW: Drake equation estimate and Elemental Puzzler.

12/2. Warm-up:   Drake Equation. Collect HW. Atoms Pretest. Atomic Structure Notes. Atom Activity. HW: Read Section 3.1, Do Atoms To Go.

12/4. Review Pre-assesment. Isotope Notes. Particle Interactions. Particle Practice. Isotope activity. HW:  Read Section 3.2. Do Atoms To Go in Nuclear and Isotope packet.

12/8. Isotopes. Candium lab. HW:  Atoms to go in packet #9. Extra credit Carbon-14 dating assignment.

12/10. Atom reading. Radioactivity. Einstein video. HW:   Nuclear Review (in packet #10). Quiz on Friday.

12/12. Quiz. Finish video. Starlight & Waves review. HW: Make flash cards from vocabulary list provided.

1/6/09. Grades. Second Semester Plans. Water Cycle. HW: Do Water Cycle Puzzle. Begin one week of records of your personal water use (due 1/16).

1/8/09. HW. Water Notes. Water Poster. HW: California Water (answer questions in bold italics in reading). Do Water to Go. Both assignments in water packet.

1/12 HW. W-up What are N. CA sources of drinking water and hydroelectric power? Present Water poster. Reading: What's in the water. Solutions worksheet. HW: Water to Go home experiment.

1/14. HW. W-up:  Design another experiment to test solubility with water, salt and/or sugar. Solutions Notes. Deep water circulation activity. HW: Read Sec 6.2. Do #1-8. Do Part F: Thought Experiment if not completed in class.

1/16. HW. Warm-up (3 things dissolved in the ocean, 3 things mixed into the ocean. Intro to water. Dissolving rates activity (reading 3rd period). HW:  p. 213 1-4 and 11. p. 214 #19.

1/21. HW. W-up: personal concerns about science, technology or education. Ocean Currents Reading. Activity: Surface Currents. Global Currents worksheet. HW:   Do p. 1 of Review Assignment.

1/23. HW. Upwelling Reading. Ocean Life, ocean Topography. HW:  Do p.2 of Review. Test next class.

1/27. HW. W-up: Match terms - continental margin, slope, shelf, rise. Test. Counselor visit. HW:  Bring binder to class on Monday.

2/2. Short answer section of oceans test. Warm-up - diagram of the atmosphere. Pre-assessment. Layers reading. HW: Atmosphere graph.

2/4. Warmup: solid, liquid, gas. Counselor visit. Atmosphere reading. HW: Finish atmosphere reading worksheet in Section 18.1. Quiz next class.

2/06. Warmup: What are benefits of the atmosphere? Quiz. Notes: Layers. Lab: Oxygen in the Atmosphere. HW:   Finish Lab questions.

2/11. Warmup:   Predict results when air is pumped out of container with marshmallows. Collect lab. Return quiz. Notes: Gas Laws. Daily Weather Recording. Activity: Gas Laws Math. HW: Home experiment "Effects of Air Pressure" and read p. 609-610 and answer questions on worksheet.

2/13. HW. Finish Gas Laws Math. Quiz. PRessure Scavenger. Crush the Can. Daily Weather. HW: Finish Pressure Book & Internet Scavenger. Websites: http://www.pdas.com/bb1.htm,

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/factsheets/HALOE-Ozone.html, http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/factsheets/Aerosols.html, http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/air_pressure/spin.html, http://www.nasa.gov/missions/earth/f-ozone.html

2/18. Warmup - hot &  cold air demo. Reutrn quiz. Daily weather data. Foot Pressure lab. HW:   Energy Transfer questions - Section 10.2 in Science Spectrum.

2/20. Warmup - expanding marshmallows. Quiz. Absolute Zero video. HW:  Write paragraphs about video.

2/24. Warmup. Daily weather. Seasons in the sun lab. HW: complete lab questions.

2/26. Warmup - why warm at poles. Review Heat/Energy HW. Quiz. Greenhouse Effect. Greenhouse lab or Going Further Lab. HW:   Complete lab you did in class.

3/2. Warm-up. Return Quiz. Daily weather Data. Activity: Greenhouse or Going Further lab. Reading: Section 10.3 - Using Eenrgy.

3/4. Warmup:   How does sunlight energy get into wood or wax or milkor electricity? Review Greenhouse lab. Global warming. Test Prep. HW:   Study for test. Complete review sheets. Grade sheet due next Tuesday 3/10 with parent signature.

3/6. Warmup:   How do barometers work? Review worksheets. Collect: Seasons lab, Greenhouse notes, Greenhouse lab, and Using Heat. Test. Daily weather. HW:   Do Methane worksheet - graph and questions.

3/10 Warm-up: Unit Reflection. Review HWand graphing. Heat Light and Temperature Lab. HW: Make graph for lab and answer lab questions.

3/12. Review Heat lab results & HW. Wind Notes. Coriolis Effect Lab. Quiz. HW: Do Density Currents in the Atmosphere (back side of Where the Wind Blows Notes).

3/16. Warmup: Draw winds on Earth as if Earth didn't rotate. Review HW. Review quiz and atmosphere test. Notes: Global Winds. Activity: Global Winds Worksheet. Weather video, part 1. HW: Read Section 18.2 of Science Spectrum (p. 606-612). Do # 1-7 on p. 612.

3/18. Warmup:   Air pressure changes what, solar energy changes what, what else changes in weather? Review HW  and Global Winds worksheet. Weather video. Intro to Weather reading, notes and questions. HW:   Finish Intro to Weather, read Deforestation, do 1, 2, and 5.

3/20. Review HW and Intro to Weather. Quiz. Warm-up:   Which is colder? Activity: Ready Set Gas. HW:   Finish lab questions and Do Phase Change Diagram.

3/24. Warm-up:   Why does the outside of a cold glass get wet? Review HW.  Return quiz. Finish Deforestation. Activity:  Clouds and Fog in a Bottle. HW:  Cloud Notes.

3/26. Warmup. Review Cloud Notes. Quiz. Relative humidity demo/activity. Masses & Fronts Notes. Air Movement drawing activity. HW: Air Masses and Fronts sheets.

3/30. Warmup: which is more severe, cold front or wram front weather? Reveiw HW. Cyclone Notes. Cloud Poater. HW:   Read p. 613-617 in Science Spectrum. Do #2, 4, 5-6 on p. 620 and #8-12 on p. 621.

4/1. Warmup: April fools. Review HW. Return quiz. Daily weather. Thunder and Lightning Notes. Activity: Hurricane Andrew. HW: Finish Hurrricane Andrew graphing and questions.

4/3 Review Hurricane Andrew. Weather Map symbols. Daily weather. Weather Patterns mapping. HW: Finish Weather patterns maps and questions for Tuesday class. Test review materials due Thursday 4/9.

4/7. Warmup - What is climate? Review Weather Patterns. Climate Notes. Mountain Precipitation. HW: Finish Mountain Precipitation. Complete test review sheet. Study for test. Bring assignments to class.

4/9. Warmup. Review Test prep. Weather test. Unit reflection. No HW. Extra Credit handed out - due 4/20.

4/20. Warmup - what is a cycle? Biogeochemical cycles reading jigsaw. Carbon cycle in packet. HW: Finish Carbon Cycle in packet. Do Nitrogen Cycle in packet.

4/22. Warm-up: Do you live green? Review HW. E² video "Paving the Way." Tectonics Review. HW: Finish Tectonics review. Extra credit: Answer up to 2 "Post Viewing" questions about video.

4/24. Warmup: What natural disasters happen here? Review HW. Quiz. Resource Notes. Hazard Jigsaw. HW:   Astronomy STAR Review.

4/28. Warmup. Review HW and jigsaw. Topographic map reading. First page of topographic maps packet. HW:   STAR  Review #3.

4/30. Warmup: topo maps matching. Review HW. Quiz. Mapping Mountains. STAR Review #4 and 5. HW: Finish STAR Review #4 and 5.

5/4. STAR testing. No homework.

5/6 Warmup: What do we know and what do we want to know about air pollution. Clean Air Video, part 1. Air Quality Notes. Part B of Clean Air worksheet #1. HW: Read pages 2-7 of Case Study, and finish Part B.

5/8. Warm-up Which criteria pollutants are still a problem? Review HW. Quiz. FEV1 lab. HW:   Put particle card out for an hour. Bring to class on Thursday.

5/12. Field Trip.

5/14. Warmup:   Pt. Reyes questions. Particle Notes. Activity: Particles in the environment.HW: Finish particle activity on p. 8-9 to question #7. Read and do p. 6-7 in Data Log.

5/18. Review HW. Concentration Activity. Activity:   Graphing Air Basin Data. HW:   Finish Concentration Qs, Graphing Air Basin Data. Read p. 9-10 in Case Study about ozone.

5/18.