Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

Filed under: natural resources

Tuesday, January 10 A

All students: read the Counting Carbons article this evening. Per 3 and 5 are to attempt the worksheet (given in class today)
-Mid-term review materials are posted below. See my previous blog post (from last week) for review quizzes and games.

Period 1/2 Class and LAB:
-review more vocab terms (list is posted again today)
-watch Tom Brokaw's Global Warming video and complete questions

Period 3 Class:
-review more vocab terms (list is posted)
-discuss counting carbons assignment

Period 5 Class:
-same as Per 3

Click here to download:
12Mid-Term Review[1].pdf (216 KB)
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Click here to download:
1112MidTGraph Review[1].pdf (66 KB)
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Click here to download:
Counting_Carbons_article.pdf (948 KB)
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Click here to download:
Counting_Carbons_ws.pdf (54 KB)
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Click here to download:
Vocabulary for natural resources and cycles.doc (62 KB)
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Friday, January 13 A

Period 1:
-Complete GHE sketch (which we didn't get to on Tues)
-under their sketch, student will write down major facts about GHE
-sketch ozone layer (from L2 Resources PPT)
-write down major facts about "good" and "bad" ozone

Period 2:
-Open notes quiz on Resources

Period 4:
-ditto

Period 7:
-ditto

Friday, January 14 D

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Period 1:
-Sketch GHE using the diagram from nasa kids http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/faq/index.htm
-review major GH gases (CO2, H2O, CH4)

Period 2:
-Open notes quiz on resources

Period 4:
-same as 2

Period 7:
-same as 2

Tuesday, January 11 D

Ask kids where CT gets most of its energy needs from? (show graph) What about the rest of the world? (show graph)

Period 1:

-review water and carbon cycles
-Sketch GHE using the diagram from nasa kids http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/faq/index.htm
-review major GH gases (CO2, H2O, CH4)
-show part of Mythbusters GHE? (discoverystreaming site)

Period 2:
-review any confusing vocab words from the master list
-review any questions from Resources study guide
-Watch Mythbusters if time

Period 4:
-same as 2

Period 7:
-same as 2

Monday, January 10 C

Click here to download:
Energy_Sources_in_CT_and_worldwide.pptx (89 KB)
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Period 1:
-Review Friday's work (put up on Smartboard)
-PPT on Biogeochemical cycles
-handout ws on water and carbon cycles and have kids complete for HW

Period 2:
-PPT on biogeo cycles
-label water and carbon cycles ws
-fill in some vocab together
-give out study questions for Thurs Quest

Period 3:
-LAB show CT Energy Uses graph and make in Excel; upload to Moodle

Period 4:
-same as 2

Period 7:
-same as 2

Click here to download:
Biogeochemical Cycles.ppt (939 KB)
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Thursday, January 6 A

Teacher absent
Period 1- work on 5.3 Resources handout
 
Periods 2-7
-All Students will use appropriate chapters in book to complete the Resources handout

Click here to download:
Chapter 5 Resources ws.pdf (272 KB)
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Click here to download:
Earth's Resources worksheets.pdf (123 KB)
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