These are the proposed activities and assignments for our class. They are subject to change and it is ultimately the student's responsibility to keep track of their assignments and due dates. All work should be able to be completed during class time. If more time is needed, work may be completed at home. All work for the week is due at the end of the period Friday unless otherwise indicated.
Monday: What do you know? Four corners.
Homework: Spiral notebook by Tuesday, or bring 10 cents.
Tuesday: Class rules. Seating chart. Class philosophy. Start working on INB.
Homework: Bring in clean, delabelled two liter bottle by next Wednesday.
Wednesday/Thursday Block: Finish INB set up. How do we know what we know? Globe toss activity.
Homework: INB cover. Full name, title of class, date of class, appropriate drawing or illustration, at least four different colors and black and white don't count.
Friday: Blue Planet. Catch up day and notebook check.
Homework: Bring in clean, delabelled two liter bottle by next Wednesday.
October 20th - October 24th
Monday/Tuesday Block: Whale mural. Gray Whale Packet
Homework: Finish any work if necessary.
Wednesday: Finish Gray Whale Packet. Due today.
Homework: None.
Thursday: The Incredible Mr. Limpet.
Homework: None.
Friday: The Incredible Mr. Limpet.
Homework: None.
October 13th - October 17th
Monday: Test prep.
Homework: Finish any work if necessary.
Tuesday: Intro to whales.
Homework: Finish any work if necessary.
Wednesday/Thursday Block: Gray Whale Packet.
Homework: Finish any work if necessary.
Friday: Blue Planet. Catch up day and notebook check.
Homework: None.
October 6th - October 10th
Monday: Sea Floor Spreading
Homework: Finish if necessary.
Tuesday: The Shape of the Ocean Floor.
Homework: Finish if necessary.
Wednesday/Thursday Block: Mapping the "Blackie Sea"
Homework: Finish if necessary.
Friday: Blue Planet. Catch up day and notebook check.
Homework: None.
September 29th - October 3rd
Monday: Intro to ocean zonation. Mapping the sea floor.
Homework: Finish if necessary.
Tuesday: Characterisrtics of the sea floor.
Homework: Finish if necessary.
Wednesday/Thursday Block: Mapping the sea floor: Box Activity.
Homework: Finish if necessary.
Friday: Blue Planet. Catch up day and notebook check.
Homework: None.
September 22nd - September 26th
Monday: Wave action. Characteristics of waves. Wave problems.
Homework: Finish if necessary.
Tuesday/Thursday Block: Tides. Tide coloring. Waves and Tides Review. Wave Speed.
Homework: Finish if necessary.
Wednesday: No school, teacher inservice day.
Homework: Finish if necessary.
Friday: Blue Planet. Catch up day and notebook check.
Homework: None.
September 15th - September 19th
Monday: Currents and Climate.
Homework: Finish if necessary. Progress Reports due back, signed, by block.
Tuesday: Sea Surface Temperatures: El Nino.
Homework: None
Wednesday/Thursday Block: Deep Ocean Currents/Water Density Lab. Ocean Currents Worksheets (2).
Homework: Finish lab questions and worksheets if necessary.
Friday: Blue Planet. Catch up day and notebook check.
Homework: None.
September 8th - September 12th
Monday: Key Words/Concepts
Homework: Finish if necessary.
Tuesday: Minimum Day. Pressure, Density and Buoyancy.
Homework: None
Wednesday/Thursday Block: Cartesian Diver. Salinity and Density Lab.
Homework: Finish lab questions if necessary.
Friday: Blue Planet. Catch up day and notebook check.
Homework: None.
September 1st - September 5th
Monday: Labor Day Holiday
Homework: None
Tuesday: Properties of water: Reading, discussion and worksheet.
Homework: Finish worksheet if necessary.
Wednesday/Thursday Block: Properties of water lab.
Homework: Finish lab questions if necessary. Bring in a clean, delabeled two liter bottle.
Friday: Blue Planet. Catch up day and notebook check.
Homework: None.
August 25th - August 29th
Monday: Debrief Obscertainer activity. Learning as a process. Intro to Interactive Notebooks.
Homework: Start working on cover for Interactive Notebook. Full name, title of class, date of class, appropriate drawing or illustration, at least four different colors and black and white don't count.
Tuesday: Continue Interactive Notebook set up.
Homework: Finish working on cover for Interactive Notebook. Full name, title of class, date of class, appropriate drawing or illustration, at least four different colors and black and white don't count.
Wednesday/Thursday Block: How much water is on earth? What are those waters?
Homework: Finish up anything which is incompete.
Friday: Blue Planet. Catch up day and notebook check.
Homework: None.
August 18th - August 22nd
Monday: No school.
Homework: None.
Tuesday: Day of Welcome. 1:15 day.
Homework: Get supplies (listed below). The single subject spiral notebook is needed ASAP! A two liter, clear palstic bottle, clean and delabeled, is also needed, but not as soon.
Wednesday: Class Rules. Class routines and safety. What is marine science? 1:15 day.
Homework: Get parent signature on rules. Get supplies (listed below). The single subject spiral notebook is needed ASAP! A two liter, clear palstic bottle, clean and delabeled, is also needed, but not as soon.
Thursday: Seating chart. What is marine science: four corners. How do we know what we know? Globe toss.
Homework: Get supplies (listed below). The single subject spiral notebook is needed ASAP! A two liter, clear palstic bottle, clean and delabeled, is also needed, but not as soon.
Friday: Indirect observation: Obscertainer discs.
Homework: Get supplies (listed below). The single subject spiral notebook is needed ASAP! A two liter, clear palstic bottle, clean and delabeled, is also needed, but not as soon.
Required supplies:
* an open and inquisitive mind
* a single subject spiral notebook
* pens and pencils
* a basic calculator
* colored pencils
* a hi-liter
* an assignment book
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