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Archive for February, 2012
by snodgrass on February 27, 2012 at 4:58 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Reminders – -
- Quiz – - Air Pollutants on Wed 2/29
Mon 2/27
Finish overview of air pollutants and go over the formation of photochemical smog – - it produces ground-level ozone (secondary pollutant)
HW: Study air pollutant vocabulary
Tues 2/28
Acid Rain Video – - complete video notes while watching the video. and make predictions on acid rain fall on US map.
Review of Air pollutants
HW: study air pollutant vocabulary
Wed 2/29
Air Pollutant Quiz
Overview of pH scale, properties of acids and bases
HW: Acid/Base wks
Thursday 3/1
Testing pH and the neutralization of acids and bases.
HW: Acids/Bases – -Venn Diagram
Friday 3/2
Discuss pH lab activity and compare/contrast acids and bases by sharing venn diagrams
Graph quiz scores and go over quizzes, checking for accuracy.
HW: Acid Rain Lab – - experiment design; state problem, develop hypothesis, identify variable and create a rough draft of a procedure that would test your hypothesis.
by snodgrass on February 24, 2012 at 10:12 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Wed 2/22
Climate factors reviewed.
HW: Use the table on page 304 to create vocabulary flip charts for each of the following air pollutants: carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxide, particulate matter, VOC’s, *ground-level ozone (*this is described on page 303).
Thurs 2/23
Active Reading – - What causes air pollution? completed and discussed in class.
Notes - – Compare/contrast primary pollutants and secondary pollutants.
HW: Read about smog formation and temperature inversions on page 308; create an illustration of each and include captions/labels as a brief description as to what happens to create these conditions.
Fri 2/24
Overview of Air pollutants – - students will check their flip charts for accuracy and will highlight key points of focus relative to each pollutant.
Air Pollutants
HW: Active Reaading – - Acid precipitation
by snodgrass on February 14, 2012 at 11:32 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Mon 2/13
Insolation – - introductory notes and review of energy Budget Pie chart.
HW: Guided reading – - Energy and the atmosphere
Energy in the Atmosphere – guided reading
Tues 2/14
Notes – - drawing a visual of the Earth’s Energy budget and what happens to the insolation as it interactes with the earth’s spheres
Land and Soil Graphing Activity – - started in class and completed for HW
Wed 2/15
Discussion of Land and Soil Activity from HW – - peer review.
Preview of greenhouse effect
Thurs 2/16
Greenhouse effect – - illustrating greenhouse effect from animation in small groups then sharing back with the class
Methane Madness – - Pair and share activity.
HW: Complete PowerPoint notes page while viewing the Climate Factors PowerPoint below.
ClimateFactors
Friday 2/17
Greenhouse effect review; discuss Methan Madness.
Goal Setting for quarter 3.
Have a great long weekend!!
by snodgrass on February 8, 2012 at 9:08 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Reminders – -
- Current Event due Friday – - see me if you need help finding an article
- Quiz Friday – - Tragedy of the commons and composition of atmosphere
Mon 2/6
Tragedy of Commons – - Students will be taking notes on the PowerPoint
Tragedy of the Commons and Collapse
Tragedy of the Commons notes outline
HW: Read pgs 366-368 answer section review questions #1,2,4
Tues 2/7
Complete note-taking and discussion on Tragedy of the commons.
Introduction to the composition of the atmosphere
HW: Work on current event, and review notes for quiz friday
Wed 2/8
Composition of the atmosphere – - Notes defining what our atmophere is composed of.
Layers of the Atmosphere graphing activity
HW: Complete Layers of Atmosphere activity
Thurs 2/9
Layer of the Atmosphere – - we will go over the layers of the atmosphere activity
Review for quiz
HW: Word Jumble ; Current Event
Friday 2/10
Quiz – - Tragedy of the Commons and Atmosphere
Introduction to Insolation and Energy Budget
HW: Pie Chart – - Energy Budget
by snodgrass on February 1, 2012 at 2:13 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Welcome to the second semester!!
Wed 2/1
We will be going over the lab reports and you till conduct a self-evaluation using the template provided to you in class to identify areas that you need to improve upon for the next lab report
HW: Develop three personal goals and brainstorm class goals
Thurs. 2/2
Tragedy of Commons Activity
HW: Select an appropriate, current, news article related to science and/or technology and print out a copy for tomorrow.
Fri 2/3
Part II – Tragedy of Commons activity
Tragedy of Commons – - discussion.
HW: Tragedy of Commons reflection
Tragedy of the Commons
