"There is no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure" – Colin Powell
by snodgrass on March 6, 2012 at 12:45 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Reminders – -
- Quiz Wed 3/7 – - Acids, bases, pH scale, acid precipitation
- Acid Rain Lab – - make sure that you keep the hand-out for this lab with your design and observations in a safe place!!
Mon 3/5
Students will be randomly grouped into lab groups to design a procedure to test their hypotheses and address the problem posed to them on the lab hand-out.
HW: study for quiz
Tues 3/6
Acid rain lab set-up
HW: study for quiz
Wed 3/7
Quiz – - acids, basee, pH scale and acid rain
Make observations of lab set-up
Thurs 3/8
Temperature Inversions – - review/warm-up
Go over how to write a clear hypothesis; and detailed procedures
Work in lab groups to establish very clear procedures for tomorrow and Monday’s data collection and create a table on which you can record your data.
Get started on HW if your lab groups complete above tasks.
HW: Read the Donora, PA Killer Smog article on page 325; use graphic organizer to take notes
Fri 3/9
Continue with Acid Rain lab procedure
discuss Donora article with lab partners
HW: Write a summary and reflection on the Donora article
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
by snodgrass on January 23, 2012 at 4:30 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Reminders - –
I will be conducting a mid-term review session Tues 1/24 after school.
Continue working on developing your reference notecards that you will be able to use on the open-ended portion of your exam and remember that the notecards are counted as a grade!
Cocoa and Crams review sessions will take place afterschool Wed, Thurs, Fri, and Mon. for all freshman. Be sure to take advantage of these study opportunities.
Earth Science midterm study guide
mid term topics standard 2012
Mon 1/23
Overview of Carbon Cycle; Recap of Water treatment and filtration.
Tues 1/24
Finish going over the Carbon cycle; graphing water cycle quizzes.
Review for mid-term
Wed 1/25
Mid-term review.
Study Tips:
- Use your study guide to create flash cards
- Use old tests and quizzes to review
- Review labs that were conducted in the first semester.
- Have someone quiz you
Good Luck!!
by snodgrass on January 17, 2012 at 10:13 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Reminders – -
There will be mid-term exam review sessions Tues 1/17, Thurs 1/19 and Tues 1/24 after school in PG04. If you cannot make it to a review session and you have questions/concerns please schedule an alternative time to meet with me as soon as possible.
Earth Science midterm study guide
Water cycle quiz Fri 1/20
Tues 1/17
Reviewing weathering - – using weathering notes students will work on a weathering review in partners.
Students will graph plate tectonic/rock cycle exams and will be given 4 5×8 notecards to take notes on for the open-ended portion of the mid-term exam.
HW: Studying the Water Cycle Wks.; Work on creating notecards for mid-term exam.
Wed 1/18
World’s water distribution demonstration. Going over the water cycle – - correcting water cycle hw.
HW: Answer human impacts on the water cycle presented in class using complete sentences.
Thurs 1/19
Water filtration/treatment introduction – - students will work in small groups to discuss human impacts on water quality and examine methods of water filtration and treatment.
HW: study for the water cycle quiz – - the processes involved in water cycle; labeling diagram; water distribution
Fri 1/20
Water cycle quiz.
Water treatment demonstration.
by snodgrass on January 9, 2012 at 9:17 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Reminders – -
Start going through your mid-term exam studyguide, identifying areas that you may need some extra help in reviewing. I will be conducting exam review this Thurs 1/12, Tues 1/17, Thurs 1/19, and Tues 1/24.
Mon 1/9
Students will be broken into groups to discuss and share with the class a type of weathering from the reading hw. They must present a visual with their description.
HW: Brainstorm procedures for testing the factors of affecting the rate of weathering.
Factors Affecting Chemical Weathering Lab Instructions
Lab Report Rubric
Tues 1/10
Work in small groups; select a problem to test a factor to determine its affect on chemical weathering. Construct a hypothesis. Identify all experimental variables and develop a prodecudure for testing your hypothesis.
HW: create a data table on which you can collect your data
Wed. 1/11
Finalize procedures and get teacher’s approval to begin tests.
HW: Begin typing your final draft of your formal lab report using the lab report grading rubric.
Thurs 1/12
Finish conducting experiment. Organize data and graph. Compare results that your group gathered with that of another group that had tested the same factor.
HW: Complete graphs and use guided questions to support the development of your conclusion and validity paragraphs.
Fri 1/13
Students will meet with their lab partners to discuss their test’s validity. for the first portion of class.
Abrasian lab activity – - students will work with their table partners to analyze a lab testing the mechanical weathering of certain rock types.
HW: Formal lab reports are due Tues 1/17. They must be typed.
by snodgrass on January 9, 2012 at 8:29 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Tues 1/3
Review of rock cycle in class.
HW: Plate Tectonics and the Rock Cycle Connection wks. Page 1 of studyguide
Wed. 1/4
Activity – - reviewing plate tectonic boundaries using a graphic organizer.
HW: Studyguide
Thurs 1/5
Review Game – - review of plate tectonics and the rock cycle.
HW: Study!!
Fri 1/6
Plate tectonics and Rock cycle test
HW: Weathering guided reading wks
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