Everyday

1. Review your notes from class, highlight important information and re-write sections as needed.
   
   
2. Complete the left side of your Interactive Notebook. Identify interactions of Earth's spheres; make connections to prior science learning; write a 2-3 sentence reflection (your thoughts and opinions) concerning today's topic or activity; and plan for your chapter challenge. Make them colorful and creative using pictures, graphic organizers, prose, etc.
   
   
3. Check the Home Page, read recent posts and following any links.
   
   
4. Use the study resources listed on the side bar to delve further into today's topic.
   
   
5. Check the Science News Page to see what is going on in your world.

Honors Study Guide

I hope you are enjoying the holidays, but also spending some time completing your study guide. The mid-term exam is tentatively scheduled for January 14th & 15th. The exam will cover:

1. The Nature of Science
2. Oceans
3. Weather
4. Plate Tectonics
5. Earthquakes and Volcanoes
   

You have the study pages for numbers 1-4 above and you'll receive number 5 when you get back to class. Also I'll be posting a "completed" study guide to the web site soon. The best study method is to complete the study guide on your own, then compare to the "completed" version. Be sure to use your textbook to help you review.

Honors Due 1/7

During the "winter" break please complete pages 8-10 of your mid-term review. Your mid-term will be a 2 hour test given the week of January 14th, probably over 2 days. The exam will account for 20% of your semester grade.

If you are having problems completing the review sheets leave a comment here.

ALL CLASSES

Grade reports were given out in class today. These reports are to be returned signed by a parent or guardian no later than Friday of this week (12/21).

Many of you have been asking what can I do to improve my grade.

1. Pay attention in class
2. Take good notes
3. Study daily
4. Read the textbook (online version or check one out through the Media Center)
5. Follow links on the site to learn more
   

Honors Earth Science

Continue to work on your Mid-Term Study Guide. You should have completed pages 1-7 by this Friday.

Honors Earth Science

Please read pages 248 - 253 on Continental Drift.

You should also be finishing the first page of your study guide you received yesterday.

Honors Earth Science

Spend some time becoming familiar with the CD version of your textbook you received today. Read pages 728-731 and complete the first page of the study guide.

All Classes

Friday you will have a test covering the material we have studied since the beginning of the school year. Each of you was given a sample of the test Review that test carefully, look up the answers, check with other students to see if their answers agree with yours.

Unlike the past 2 tests, this will not be open notebook.

Good luck.

Weather Around the Country

In your notebooks describe the general weather conditions for different areas around the country. For example it might sound something like this (although this is not accurate): high pressure in the southwest, intense snow storms in the central plains, record low temperatures in Northwest. You may mark them on your US map or just write them in your notebook.

Here are some resources to help you find the information needed, of course there are others. You can use the internet ( http://weather.com or http://wunder.com ), TV (the weather channel or the weather segments on the news) or a newspaper.

Open Notebook Quiz

Tomorrow will be our second open notebook quiz. It will cover material from last week and today, including material in the 2 Power Point presentations below.

Structure and Temperature

Water in the Atmosphere