Assignment #12 (due 3.9)

Hi everyone--just a reminder here that we are using Google Classroom while the NOVA campus is closed. You can check out the link right here:

https://classroom.google.com/u/1/c/NTMxMTAwMTk3ODZa 

Please complete the Tectonic Plate Identification Map for Monday, 3.9. You can find instructions on the handout. Also, you can use the link provided on the handout or simply CLICK HERE!

No homework tonight...

...but be sure to bring your Tectonic Plate note packet to class tomorrow!

No homework tonight...

...see you on Wednesday!

No weekend homework...

...see you Monday!!!

No homework tonight...

...great work on today's Layers of the Earth Quizzipooipooipooh, everyone! Get some rest tonight--see you tomorrow!

Layers of the Earth Quizzipooipooipooh--tomorrow!!

Please prepare for tomorrow's Layers of the Earth Quizzipooipooipooh using your notes and other materials from class. We will spend the first few minutes of class reviewing together!

Assignment #11 (due 2.26)

Please complete the 3-year graph of your water quality testing group's results for 2.26. Your graph should include all data points for your test, an appropriate title, correctly-labeled axes, and appropriate scaling. In addition, continue preparing for the Earth's Layers Quizzipooipooipooh--coming your way this Thursday, 2.27!!

IMPORTANT REMINDER!!! If you are interested in applying to represent NOVA Middle School at the 28th Annual Student GREEN Conference, please click here for the application! NOTE: All applications are due by 11:59 PM tonight (Monday, February 24th). Please see the complete application for further instructions.

Assignment #10 (due 2.14)

Please complete the FIRST PAGE of the Winter Water Quality Testing Reflection for tomorrow (2.13).

Also, if you are interested in applying to represent NOVA Middle School at the 28th Annual Student GREEN Conference, please click here for the application! NOTE: All applications are due by 11:59 PM on Monday, February 24th. Please see the complete application for further instructions.

No homework for 2.13...

...but please come to class prepared to discuss our morning and analyze the water quality data we collected in Watershed Park yesterday!

Assignment #9 (due 2.7)

Please complete the Water Quality of Moxlie Creek review chart for tomorrow (2.7). You should use the optimal values provided on the Optimal Water Quality Values for Aquatic Ecosystems handout you received today for help.

Also, you can also click here for the article about suction dredging we read together in class today!

And, here's the Gold vs. Salmon film about suction dredge mining from class today! 

If you would like to keep up with the proposed bills in support of this issue, check out the following pages:

HB1261

HB6149

No overnight homework tonight...

...but you can totally check out the video we watched in class today again here: The Man Who Planted Trees!!

Assignment #8 (due 1.30)

Please complete ONE "visual haiku" for 1.30 using the instructions below:

1. Choose one haiku from the collection of haiku you completed as part of today's Layers of the Earth Haiku assignment.
2. Write your haiku in a large, legible, and creative font on the blank side of 5" x 8" index card (provided by T-Mac).
3. Design a colorful and detailed border for your visual haiku.
4. Illustrate and add color/visual detail to the remaining areas of your visual haiku. 

NOTE: The design and colors you choose should relate to the words of the haiku. Example: Reds and oranges would be great color options for a haiku about magma in the mantle!

A Haiku about your Visual Haiku

by T-Mac

A poem to help teach 

Learning about Earth through word
Find joy in this work

No homework tonight...

...but please be sure to bring your Layers of the Earth notes handout to class tomorrow!!

Also, check out Mr. Lee's Layers of the Earth Rap here! You can play it for all of your family members and friends!!

REMINDER: Assignment #7 (Layers of the Earth Haiku) is due next Monday, 1.27!

Assignment #6 (due 1.17)

No overnight homework, but please come to class tomorrow prepared for one last in-class work session with your partner on the Campus Mapping Project. NOTE: Any work past class on Wednesday will need to be completed on your own time. Please remember that the final project is due this Friday, 1.17. This will count as Assignment #6.

No homework tonight, but...

...please come to class prepared for an in-class work session with your partner on the Campus Mapping Project. NOTE: Any work past class on Wednesday will need to be completed on your own time. Please remember that the final project is due this Friday, 1.17.

No weekend homework!

Relax--and get your snow dancing on! We may be in for some winter weather next week!

No homework tonight...

...get some rest--and come to class tomorrow prepared to work with your partner on the NOVA Schoolyard Mapping Project!

Assignment #5 (due 1.9)

As part of your thinking around the NOVA Schoolyard Mapping Project, please take the time between now and class tomorrow to notice any features of our school campus that you may not have noticed before (buildings, paved areas, green space, fencing, landscaping, outbuildings, roads...etc.). You are welcome to a list. Be prepared to discuss in class tomorrow.

No homework tonight!

Welcome back everyone! I am so excited to hear about all of your memorable Winter Break experiences!! See you on Wednesday for some new, rad Earth and Space Science--comin' at you, 2020 style!!!

Also, please click here for the link to the National Geographic documentary about the history of our planet we began watching last decade.