Assignment #21.5 (due 3.1)

To participate in tomorrow's water quality testing, you must be dressed appropriately for cold, damp weather. Weather-permitting, we will spend part of the morning outside. Please be sure you have the following:

• Warm, waterproof shoes (insulated rain boots, waders, hiking boots...etc.)
• Warm layers (hat, gloves, warm socks, thermal layers)
• Rain gear
• Dry change of clothes for our return to school
• Water bottle

Questions? Contact T-Mac at ltukarski@novaschool.org.

Assignment #21 (due 2.28)

Please create a comic strip about the rock cycle. You can use the handout from class, or make your own design. Your comic strip must:

1. be neat.
2. be in color.
3. include the following terms: METAMORPHIC, SEDIMENTARY, IGNEOUS, ROCK, HEAT, PRESSURE, WEATHERING, EROSION, MELTING, COMPACTION, CEMENTATION.

Also--be sure to bring your Rock Cycle Dice Activity data sheet from today to class on 2.28 AND share the cool LRO vid we watched with your peeps!

Assignment #20 (due 2.26)

Please be sure you have completed your copy of the Rock Cycle WebQuest for class on Monday--pages 1-3 only, as the link on page 4 is faulty. You should have most of this assignment finished already--simply check to be sure you have answered all questions.

Note: If you are interested in identifying your own rocks at home, check out this link to THE ROCK KEY we have been using in class.

Have a GNEISS weekend, everyone!
(See what I did there???) 

Assignment #19.5 (due 2.22)

To participate in tomorrow's water quality testing, you must be dressed appropriately for cold weather. Weather-permitting, we will spend part of the morning outside. Please be sure you have the following:

• Warm, waterproof shoes (insulated rain boots, waders, hiking boots...etc.)
• Warm layers (hat, gloves, warm socks, thermal layers)
• Rain gear
• Dry change of clothes for our return to school
• Water bottle

No homework tonight...

...just remember to bring your copy of the Rock Cycle WebQuest to class tomorrow.

Assignment #19 (due 2.15)

Please complete the Rock Cycle Review Question Handout (links to Page 1 and Page 2 can be found here) for tomorrow--you can use THIS ROCK CYCLE DIAGRAM for help. Do your best. We will review the answers in class together. Also, be sure you have your copy of the Rock Cycle WebQuest in your science binder for tomorrow.

NOTE: Please remember I will not be at NOVA tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday. Mrs. Smith will be here to help with my classes so I can attend a conference in San Francisco. I hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend--see you next Wednesday!

No homework...

...except for yesterday's assignment which is due tomorrow. (HINT: ROCK + SUNSHINE!!)

Assignment #18 (due 2.14)

1. Spend 10 minutes in the sunshine this afternoon to get your Vitamin D fix.
2. Please find a rock (not mineral) outside your house to bring as a testing sample for our lab on Wednesday. Your rock should be between the size of a ping pong ball and your fist. 

No homework...

...have a wonderful weekend!!!!

No homework...

...it's Thursday! Get some rest, but do remember to see what kind of rad rock or mineral specimens you may have lurking around your house to share with our class!

Assignment #17 (due 2.8)

Please read the Mineral hints at bright blue rocks deep in the Earth article from class today. Write 5 questions which come to mind after reading the article. What are you still curious about? What information would you still like that may not have been provided in the article? Stay on topic!

Assignment #16 (due 2.7)

Please complete the Layers of the Earth Review Qs for 2.7. Complete sentences are not necessary, but complete thoughts ARE!

No homework!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!