Thursday, March 05, 2020

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!

Wednesday, March 04, 2020

No homework tonight...

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

Monday, March 02, 2020

No homework tonight...

...see you on Wednesday!

Friday, February 28, 2020

No weekend homework...

...see you Monday!!!

Thursday, February 27, 2020

No homework tonight...

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

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

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!

Monday, February 24, 2020

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 applicationNOTE: All applications are due by 11:59 PM tonight (Monday, February 24th). Please see the complete application for further instructions.


Thursday, February 13, 2020

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.



Wednesday, February 12, 2020

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!

Thursday, February 06, 2020

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:

Monday, February 03, 2020

No overnight homework tonight...

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

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

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.

Monday, January 13, 2020

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.

Friday, January 10, 2020

No weekend homework!

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


Thursday, January 09, 2020

No homework tonight...

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

Wednesday, January 08, 2020

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.

Monday, January 06, 2020

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!!!