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Earth Science Homework Assignments |
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Note: The date given is the day it was assigned. Unless stated otherwise, assume the assignment is due in the next class period. Also, the most recent week is on the top of this page; to travel back in time for older assignments, please scroll down...
M, 5/19 - DROP DAY
T, 5/20 - Study for test (geologic time, dimensional analysis, global warming)
W, 5/21 - TEST today; study for exams
Th, 5/22 - study for exams
F, 5/23 - study for exams
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Older Assignments:
M, 1/7 - Read "Riding the Water Cycle" and complete questions
T, 1/8 - DROP DAY
W, 1/9 - Read p. 224 - 231; read through lab handout
Th, 1/10 - Pick a role and read the book chapter ("Mekong - Feel the Pulse")
F, 1/11 - Write your letter to the King of Cambodia, and finish the Porosity/Permeability lab
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M, 1/14 - Read p. 232 - 241; write Mekong River reflection
T, 1/15 - p. 231 #2, 3, 5; p. 237 #1, 2, 3; read through the Stream Projects handout and think about choosing a river
W, 1/16 - DROP DAY
Th, 1/17 - Make a list of 4 or 5 pointers for "good" PowerPoint slides; begin researching your river
F, 1/18 - Work on your river projects (PPT due Wednesday)
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M, 1/21 - NO SCHOOL (MLK DAY)
T, 1/22 - Finish Stream PPTs - be ready to present tomorrow
W, 1/23 - Study for stream quiz (vocab and meanders)
Th, 1/24 - p. 245-246 #1-7, 14-18, 25-28 (test on Tuesday)
F, 1/25 - DROP DAY (however, speaker during Advisory/H bell)
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M, 1/28 - Study for test
T, 1/29 - Surface Water Test (to be taken during second hour...); for Wednesday, read p. 252 - 258
W, 1/30 - Complete questions #1-6 on p. 258
Th, 1/31 - Complete Cross-section worksheet
F, 2/1 - NO SCHOOL - FACULTY INSERVICE
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M, 2/11 - Finish Itannicnic projects (present them Tuesday!) and GeoLab on p. 270
T, 2/12 - SNOW DAY
W, 2/13 - Finish water budget wkst; start studying for Wednesday's groundwater test
Th, 2/14 - DROP DAY
F, 2/15 - NO SCHOOL (PREZ WKND)
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M, 2/18 - NO SCHOOL (PREZ WKND)
T, 2/19 - Study for groundwater test
W, 2/20 - SNOW DAY
Th, 2/21 - Read p. 173-177 from Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything," then answer these questions: What evidence did Wegener find? How did he explain it? How did others explain it?
F, 2/22 - SNOW DAY
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M, 2/25 - Finish Pangaea Assignment
T, 2/26 - DROP DAY
W, 2/27 - Finish reading "A Short History of Nearly Everything" chapter
Th, 2/28 - Finish lab questions and read p. 469-479
F, 2/29 - Read p. 480 - 485
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M, 3/3 - Finish Prob-Solving lab on p. 484; p. 485 #1, 2, 3
T, 3/4 - Finish Boundary Lab questions; read p. 486-488
W, 3/5 - DROP DAY
Th, 3/6 - Finish North Atlantic questions; also, p. 488 #1, 2, 4, 5
F, 3/7 - NO CLASS (EARLY DISMISSAL)
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M, 3/10 - p. 494 #1-22
T, 3/11 - Finish Convection Currents lab questions
W, 3/12 - Do practice worksheets; study for test
Th, 3/13 - DROP DAY
F, 3/14 - TEST on Plate Tectonics
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SPRING BREAK
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M, 3/31 - Read p. 528-533; p. 533 #1, 2, 3
T, 4/1 - Worksheet: Layers of the Earth
W, 4/2 - Read p. 534 - 538; p. 538 #1, 3, 4
Th, 4/3 - Finish Problem-Solving Lab questions; read p. 539 - 544
F, 4/4 - DROP DAY
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M, 4/7 - p. 544 #1-5
T, 4/8 - Finish triangulation questions; finish magnitude (Richter scale) worksheet; read p. 545 - 551
W, 4/9 - Start studying...
Th, 4/10 - p. 551 #1; p. 555-556 #1-10; 17-26
F, 4/11 - Study for Tuesday's test
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M, 4/14 - DROP DAY (Study for tomorrow's Earthquake test)
T, 4/15 - Earthquake TEST; read p. 500 - 507
W, 4/16 - Viscosity Lab questions #1-6
Th, 4/17 - Read p. 508 - 517; finish vocab sheet
F, 4/18 - Mapping Magma worksheet
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M, 4/21 - p. 513 #1, 3; finish Viscosity Lab questions
T, 4/22 - DROP DAY (EARTH DAY!)
W, 4/23 - Study for Volcano Vocab quiz; you may start researching Pompeii (due Monday...)
Th, 4/24 - Pompeii reports due Monday; Volcano Test on Tuesday
F, 4/25 - NO CLASS (INSERVICE)
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M, 4/28 - Study for Volcanoes test
T, 4/29 - TEST: Volcanoes; read p. 590 - 594; finish Geologic Timeline worksheet
W, 4/30 - Complete worksheet: "This... is Your Life!"
Th, 5/1 - DROP DAY
F, 5/2 - Read p. 595 - 600
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M, 5/5 - Finish relative dating worksheets; read p. 601 - 605
T, 5/6 - Problem-solving lab on p. 599; quiz tomorrow on relative dating
W, 5/7 - p. 605 #1, 2, 3
Th, 5/8 - Finish radioactive decay lab questions and practice questions
F, 5/9 - DROP DAY
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M, 5/12 - Read p. 387 – 396
T, 5/13 - Finish Greenhouse Effect Lab questions
W, 5/14 - Study for radiometric dating quiz
Th, 5/15 - Worksheet: Conversions 1
F, 5/16 - Global Warming FAQ's; Worksheet: Conversions 2 (test on Wednesday)
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